I had the pleasure to give an opening plenary at the XVIII. Congress of the Spanish-Portuguese Herpetological Societies in Barcelona. It was one of the best organized congresses I attended and I enjoyed every moment of it. It was held between 1-4 of October in Museu Blau, the Natural History Museum of Barcelona. Nearly 160 herpetologists attended the meeting, giving many-many interesting presentations over three days. The Congress was organized by the Catalan Herpetological Society. My talk was about the monitoring and conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Hungary. More details about the congress can be found here: https://congres.soccatherp.org/