The International Network of Integrated Care will hold its 2006 Annual Scientific Conference in Montreal, Canada -— the first of its meetings in North America -— on April 7-8, 2006. INIC is based in the Netherlands, and is affiliated with the International Journal of Integrated Care, an international English-language E-journal. INIC members are researchers, policy-analysts, planners, administrators, and practitioners in both the health and social service fields with an interest in the integration of care in order to promote better quality, more cost-effective services. You are invited to submit an abstract of a research, policy or practice paper on some abstract of integrated care by no later than Dec. 16, 2005. Notification of acceptance will be made by e-mail by Jan. 30, 2006. For more information on the 2006 Montreal Conference and to download the Call for Abstracts, consult the INIC Web site: <www.integratedcarenetwork.org>.