The meeting was sponsored by the Genetics Society of America (GSA) and was organized by Celeste Berg (University of Washington), Steve Crews (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Erika Matunis (Johns Hopkins University), and Kevin White (University of Chicago). This annual meeting brings together basic research scientists from all over the world, who study the genetic model organism, Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly. This year’s meeting was a huge success with almost 1,500 preregistered attendees, ~900 poster presentations, 157 platform talks, 14 plenary lectures, 12 workshops, and 16 exhibits.