In response to the challenges of COVID, led the development of the IFAA Federative International Program for Anatomical Education.  The overarching aime of this program is to create an Anatomy Education Network with four main goals related to promoting and further developing Anatomical Education:

a.     Nurture a connected community

b.     Promote collaborative reciprocal initiatives

c.     Promote resource and skill exchange

d.     Engage in 21st century educational challenges

In 2020, I launched an International Virtual Anatomy Education Symposium series. The launch of the first Anatomy Education Symposium coincided with World Anatomy Day, 15 October 2020, and presented a unique opportunity to engage anatomists across the globe.

The symposium consisted of two keynote talks and a panel discussion:

• Keynote 1. Professor Gareth Jones (Otago University, New Zealand): COVID-19 and anatomy: Threats to the continued flourishing of anatomy as a humanistic and research-based discipline
• Keynote 2. Professor Claudia Krebs (UBC, Canada): The Virtual Anatomy Lab: creation and implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Panel Discussion. Opportunities and Challenges to Anatomy Education. Panel members: Professor Beverley Kramer, Professor Adam Taylor, Professor Andrea Oxley da Rocha, Ms Joyce El-Haddad (Chair, Professor Nalini Pather)

The recording of the symposium is found at https://www.ifaa.net/education/ It continues to be accessed with high frequency.

A total of 1104 participants registered for the symposium (111 of these were for the recording only).  On the day, there were 1342 in attendance (643 via Zoom and the remainder via the livestream) from 33 countries.