Today was the first day of ECAL (European Conference on Artificial Life) 2017 in Lyon, France and my first year attending. It’s lucky I managed to go this year, because apparently this is the last ECAL! Next time it will be turning into the International Conference on Artificial Life and will be held much farther away (I think it is meant to be held in Japan). Although I am already getting my hopes up to go again, not only for the conference but to visit Japan once more!