It is a great privilege for Karachi to host the UROCON 2011. This is second time in a row that UROCON will be held here. We hope we come up to your expectations. It is because of an unprecedented floods situation in Pakistan that the venue has been shifted once Hyderabad communicated its inability to continue. Traditionally the chapters have been hosting the UROCON in collaboration with the centre, however, this time it is the other way around. The theme this year is “Urology: the way ahead”.