The members of the Executive Committee met last March 21st and 22nd at the INC Headquarters in Reus for a full day Strategic Meeting session and its quarterly meeting.During the Strategic meeting EC members reviewed the current Strategic Plan and discuss new initiatives to develop in the 2019-2023 Strategic Plan, as well as identified new opportunities and trends in the industry.On its quarterly meeting session EC members reviewed the financial status at the end of the year 2016 and the 2017 Budget; the current projects such as the INC Academia, the Global Dissemination Projects “Nuts for Gifts”, the INC Pavilions and exhibitions, the Annual Communication Plan, the latest developments for the INC Congress in Chennai and the preparations for the Congress in 2018 in Sevilla. The group also reviewed and discussed the activities of the different sub-committees and ad-hoc working groups.