Elie Azoulay, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Paris, France, is the Director of the MICU at Saint-Louis Teaching Hospital in Paris. He is a member of the Ethics Section of ESICM and on the Editorial Board of both "Reanimation" and "Intensive Care Medicine." He is also Director of the French "FAMIREA" study group aimed at improving effectiveness of communication  with family members of ICU patients. Professor Azoulay is a prolific writer with over 100 published scientific papers on mostly ethical problems in CCM. He presented "The Typology of ICU Conflicts" at the CCM Research Conference on June 17th and "Meeting the Needs of Relatives of Critically Ill Dying Patients" at the CCM Grand Rounds on the following day. Both sessions, drawing crowded audiences with standing room only, were followed by frequent questions and lively discussions; obviously much appreciated presentations.