eHealth Week came to Dublin in 2013 and was once again a focal point for knowledge transfer, sharing and discovery of how technology can transform healthcare, set against the backdrop of the hugely impressive Dublin Convention Centre. Expected numbers were >2,500 attendees and >100 exhibitors and there certainly didn’t seem to be a shortage of either of these groups. Common to many shows I’ve attended recently, there was more of an air of cautious optimism than in the years immediately following the global financial crisis. Buyers are still wary, but at least there are buyers.