From 18 to 29 October the tenth Conference to the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity took place in Nagoya, Japan. I was on the spot to help negotiate agenda item 6.6 on the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) on behalf of the EU and its 27 member states (Belgium holding the Presidency to the EU in the second half of 2010).
But one day I ended up in the wrong chair, so adaptability was key.
