As you may know, in the winter of 2006, the Olympic Games will be taking place in Turin, Italy. It is with this in mind that the theme of the 2006 PDW was conceived: Pharmacy : an Olympic challenge! Pharmacists and pharmacy students face several obstacles and challenges on a daily basis. As such, the main goal of this year?s Professional Development Week is to provide future pharmacists with indispensable tools to surmount these obstacles and challenges. The organizing committee has worked incredibly hard to plan an exciting week filled with various academic and socio-cultural activities. Furthermore, we hope that this event will bring together pharmacy students from across Canada to establish new bonds and exchange ideas and visions about the profession. We can?t wait to see you in our gorgeous city of Montreal in January 2006. Please, feel free to visit our web site:http://www.aepum.umontreal.ca/PDW2006 to obtain a more detailed description of the conference itinerary.