In the middle of the summer, some of PHARMAFLIGHT PLC's scientific staff returned home from Salzburg, headed by Gyula Győri, the company's head of research. PHARMAFLIGHT's experts were invited to the prestigious conference as invited speakers, and Dr. Botond Szűcs, chief biologist, was asked to summarize their experiences.

- Before we go into the details of the Salzburg conference, I would like to ask you to give us a brief update on a previous trip, which is also closely linked to the symposium in the Austrian capital.

- Although the two trips are only closely related from a professional point of view, we were in New Orleans in May at the invitation of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA). What is worth knowing about this international organisation is that it is the largest and most prestigious professional body in the field of space medicine and human performance research. It also acts as a scientific forum, bringing together representatives from many different disciplines. We were honoured to be invited because these events are attended by some of the world's leading aero-medical experts. In response to this invitation, Dr Krisztina Szabó, head of PHARMAFLIGHT's Aeromedical Center, and myself gave a presentation on behalf of PHARMAFLIGHT. The background to this was that last year we sent the organisers a preliminary draft of the topic, on the basis of which they considered that there would be room for our presentations, which focused on pilot training and the results of our measurements at HungaroControl.

- How was the Salzburg forum different?

- Actually, the three-day event of AMST, a simulator manufacturing and training organisation, in Salzburg, which we attended under the leadership of Gyula Győri, was related to this topic. At this symposium on human performance, Gergely Nagy, Deputy CEO of PHARMAFLIGHT, and myself gave a presentation. It should be noted that this conference is also invitation-only, but it is mainly open to Europeans and those with whom AMST has links. So we had participants from India and as well from Singapore. The focus of the conference this time, as I mentioned earlier, was on human performance and the factors that influence it and how to improve it. Of course, this applies not only to ship crews, but also to air traffic controllers, for example. It is safe to say that our presentation on real, measurable results generated considerable interest.