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What makes a conference question worth everyone’s time? Simon Carley revisits a tongue-in-cheek question-asking algorithm and the serious point behind it: making discussion useful for the whole audience. He considers moderated social-media questions, their limitations and ways to encourage focused debate without silencing participation.

A 2017 conversation with the #bad_EM team explores African emergency medicine, shared learning and plans for the 2018 festival conference near Cape Town. The accompanying post considers why locally relevant FOAMed and support for African delegates matter.

How can FOAMed support teaching at the bedside? This RCEM 2017 update offers practical starting points, from selecting blogs and podcasts to building a personal learning network and following a clinical conversation with a relevant resource link.

Katherine Gridley reports from the inaugural Don’t Forget the Bubbles conference in Brisbane in 2017. Her review brings together paediatric evidence, simulation and difficult conversations, with reflections on compassion, clinician wellbeing and the perspectives of children and families.

Katherine Gridley reports from the 2017 ACEM Winter Symposium in South Australia. The review spans decision-making, research translation, emergency psychiatry, paediatrics and critical care, alongside practical workshops on simulation, exam performance and preparing for major incidents.

What does a major critical-care conference offer a medical student? A student volunteer reflects on dasSMACC 2017 in Berlin, describing international friendships, encouragement from clinicians and how FOAMed opened up learning opportunities beyond the usual placement experience.