It was during the I.I. European Conference in Paris in October 2008 when Elisabeth Streubel (a member of the I.I. Chapter Vienna) and myself participated in a workshop given by Jeanne Rauwenhoff and Corrie van der Meer-Fischer. Since then we had the idea to ask Jeanne and Corrie to come to this beautiful city of Vienna and to give workshops to interested participants from the local Ikebana community.