Our 1st event, supported by the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, brought together colleagues from across the North of England. We combined short key-notes from Ms. Rachel Fletcher and Prof. Fiona Lecky with workshops and networking sessions to get to the heart of what people need and want from GECCo. We had partner representation from Doctors WorldwideUK-MedReache NorthwestFreedom from torture, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Medact and the event was overseen by Emeritus Prof. Tony Redmond Read more about it here in our piece for the Emergency Medicine Journal blog, along with a summary of the workshop discussion outcomes.