With the conference held in the Museo degli Innocenti in the center of Florence, PhD students Thea Støle and Athiramol Sasi presented their posters on syndecan-4 and versican in the museum’s art gallery, showcasing their work on the cardiac ECM and sparking fruitful discussions with other international ECM biologists. PhD student Chloe Rixon and post-doc Karoline Rypdal were selected to give talks on lumican and ADAMTSL3, respectively, presented with a renaissance mural backdrop!