Having attended ACT 1, the inaugural "Creative Teaching" event in 1998, I was most anxious to discover how WACRA’s concept of holding a Winter conference had developed over two years. Just like a theatrical production in three parts, there was some trepidation that, by unavoidably missing ACT 2, the value of returning to Switzerland might be diminished. Any such fears were immediately dispelled since it was most apparent that the momentum of the creative approach had been carried forward and many of the original attendees were repeat visitors - a sure indicator that the event had developed a winning formula! As with WACRA Summer conferences, the commitment and enthu-siasm of all the participants was apparent from the start of the Lucerne meeting. There was a very real sense of excitement as creative teaching and learning methodologies were demonstrated at plenary sessions, with enjoyable and challenging assignments undertaken by all of the participants. As part of one of the major plenary sessions which simulated cross-culture experience, I was inveigled (or, more correctly, conscripted) to participate in an interactive mode with the "Alpha" community in the role of Patriarch of the "Beta" tribe. This set the scene for constant rejoiners from colleagues for the rest of the conference for me to live up to the title. ACT is just such a conference! At ACT you have many oppor-tunities to sample a whole range of interest-ing presentations, and one of the major features of the event is that it enables you to meet highly enthusiastic attendees keen to show their innovative teaching experiences, while providing you with the occasion of making so many friends in a most enjoyable convivial atmosphere. As with all WACRA conferences each of us could transcend disciplines through participating in presentations which illustrated how creative approaches to teaching and learning should, and can, cross the many boundaries between disciplines. I recommend readers who have not yet attended "ACT" to obtain a copy of the ‘Selected Papers’ of any of the three conferences held to date in order to sample the flavour of the creative approach to education that WACRA has been promoting. Better still, make a commitment, now, to attend "ACT 4" in Vienna next January.