President and Meeting Chair Louise Howard provided an overview of the purpose of a strategic “Away Day” meeting to discuss and brainstorm around key challenges and opportunities for the International Marcé Society. I took part in the last meeting which had 22 participants from approximately 14 countries! These included Scandinavia, Africa, Germany, Australia, USA, UK, South America and Europe. I discussed the African conference and they offered their broad support for an African perinatal mental health virtual conference sponsored or co-sponsored by the International Marcé, which is hoped to be organised next year