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The 14th meeting of the Goose Specialist Group (GSG) held in Steinkjer, Norway from 17 – 21 April 2012 was an outstanding success. The meeting was hosted by the University College in Nord-Trøndelag (HiNT) at the Faculty of Agriculture and Information Technology in Steinkjer. The inspiring opening words by Hanne Solheim Hansen from the University College set the scene for a very fruitful and lively meeting, which was attended by 70 participants from 18 different countries. The scientific committee, consisting of Jouke Prop, Carl Mitchell, Paul Shimmings and Ingunn Tombre, selected 46 oral presentations and 6 poster presentations for this conference, which focussed on Svalbard populations of Pink-footed (Anser brachyrhynchus) and Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis), of Greylag Geese (Anser anser) nesting in Norway and wintering in Spain, but the programme included also more general themes, like: how Greater White-fronted Geese follow the green wave during spring migration though central Russia, about the breeding biology of the strongly increasing population of Barnacle Geese on Kolguyev Island, Russia, about a circumpolar meta-analysis on the impact of global warming on breeding success of arctic-nesting geese, etc.