The joint Annual Conference of ISTS and APTS was held at Cochin with Dr Subramania Iyer as the Organising Chairman and Dr KK Thankkappan as Organising Secretary and Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi as Scientific Chairman. There were 6 pre-conference workshops including surgical, IONM and laryngeal re-innervation. This was followed by a comprehensive scientific programme comprising lectures, debates and symposia covering all aspects of management of thyroid disorders.