The World Congress of Audiology is the biennial meeting of the International Society of Audiology (ISA). The WCA2016 is hosted as a joint effort by Canada’s two national audiology associations – the Canadian Academy of Audiology (CAA) and Speech-Language and Audiology Canada (SAC). We wish to acknowledge the cooperation of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) during the planning for WCA2016 beginning with their help in making the bid to hold the Congress in Vancouver.