Professor Mark Tremblay was honoured as the Joseph Rutenfranz lecturer at the XXIX Pediatric Work Physiology Meeting in Utrecht, The Netherlands on September 9th, 2015. He delivered the lecture in the Old City Hall to delegates from over 40 countries. His talk was titled “Stand-up and take the next step in child health and exercise research: Journeying into unfamiliar territory”. For more information on the conference see www.pwp2015.org.