50 clinical units contributing to IOTA studies in nearly every continent. The culture of IOTA is to be transparent and open to new collaborators. The group is multidisciplinary and involves gynaecologists, radiologists, oncologists – as well as physicists and biologists. The group believes that good communication between all these disciplines is how ideas can be turned into improvements for patients. 2013 marked new developments for IOTA. Having focused on research, the group had the first IOTA congress and the development of the IOTA website. Having established a platform of clinical research centres IOTA will be planning further studies investigating aspects of ovarian cancer management and outcome prediction. Interested units should contact the group and we are always interested in new ideas! IOTA steering committee Dirk Timmerman, University Hospitals, KU Leuven, Belgium Tom Bourne, Imperial College London, London and KU Leuven, Belgium Lil Valentin, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden Ben Van Calster, KU Leuven, Belgium Antonia Testa, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy Ignace Vergote, KU Leuven, Belgium Sabine Van Huffel, KU Leuven, Belgium IOTA websites iotagroup.org iota.education References Ovarian cancer