During the last few months, I have attended a few conferences and visited a few universities to give some talks. These trips offered me the possibility to meet many old friends and also to make new friends. Particularly enjoyable was the attendance of the 24th ICOMC 2010 in Taipei (Tawain), which was followed by a visit to the National Dong-Hwa University, Shoufeng, Hualien. In August/September, I also spent some time at the Hong Kong University hosted by Prof Patrick Toy as part the ACP lectureship program. Finally, I attended my first alumni meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation in Hanoi, Vietnam early this November.
