As the three-day gathering entered its official closing session, dialogue lab moderators, young scientists and students alike, bravely accepted the difficult task of reporting back to the audience before the participants took leave of each other. Each speaker sought simple and genuine words to convey the complex mixture of frustration and hope, that the experience had elicited in him or her. At the same time, each showed awareness of his responsibility to convey as objectively as possible, the opinions and ideas of the group that he or she represented. If the reports were in many ways highly critical, they were perceived (by many) from the floor of the conference hall, to be delivered with a sense of shared community and personal involvement. Only time will tell whether durable bonds have indeed been formed or strengthened, both on a purely intellectual basis and more.