Pilots don’t say: “I’m going on my last flight”. They say: “…next flight”. Probably this is wrong in terms of stylistics, but this is very correct from the psychological point  of view.   We are about to make our 11th flight. We believe that it will be next and not last.   The crew of International Conference on Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention includes both beginners and veterans, who recall the times of the first CT conference, defined as All-Russian at that time. These romantic memories are filled with light sadness. They were 10 years younger and their belief in the power of new technologies was even stronger. Yet, let the veterans speak for us.