Professor Florian Popa, President of the Organizing Committee of the First International Congress ,,Health – Food – Welfare”, Rector of „Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacie in Bucharest, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of „Journal of Medicine and Life”, President of the Executive Board of Academy of Medical Sciences, President of Department of Surgery of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Vice President of the Romanian Society of Surgery, Member of International Society of Surgery, Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Palermo, and more. „Journal of Medicine and Life” is pointing the concerns about medicine and life within the increasing importance of the patient’s point of view, while quality of life is managed within medicine and even going beyond, the necessity of reconsidering the essential role of communication in an adequate offering of the right answers in accordance with the changes in medical care, inviting us to make responsible steps on the way of building a collaborative environment, turning up the conversation focused on patients’ lives and on the outcomes of the necessary mature actions as meeting and surpassing patient expectations.