More than 3000 participants registered for the Agency’s 69th general conference in Vienna this week, with 10,500 people joining online. The conference decides the direction of the IAEA’s work for the coming year, as it seeks to promote peace, health and prosperity worldwide. Water was the focus of the Scientific Forum and highlighted how by studying water at an atomic level, we can better manage our global water resources for future generations. During the conference, the Director General also opened a new Visitor Centre at the IAEA’s laboratories in Lower Austria.