This year's HPSN Europe 2-day event brought together educators, practitioners and learners for an immersive simulation and education conference. Focusing on learning environments, keynote lectures were given by: Professor Donna Mead OBE, University of Glamorgan, Georg Breuer, University of Erlangen and Balazs Moldovanyi of CAE Healthcare. The conference was hosted at The University of Applied Sciences in Mainz, Germany. At the evening reception attendees were able to network with over 120 individuals and enjoy the local fayre and entertainment.