The movement to create a library of DNA barcodes for plants, animals, and fungi began with the Cold Spring Harbor Banbury meeting that Jesse Ausubel and Mark Stoeckle helped organize in 2003. During the 17-21 September 2007 the Consortium for the Barcode of Life convened its 2nd International Conference in Taipei along with meetings of working groups concerned with fish, all forms of marine life, plants, fungi, regional initiatives, and techniques. The progress, reported in a press release and covered in The Economist and also recounted in Mark’s Blog, is thrilling. The happy mood of the exciting conference shows in the photo of attendees. Thanks to Kwang-Tsao Shao (Academia Sinica), David Schindel (Consortium for the Barcode of Life), Karen Armstrong (New Zealand, chair of conference program committee), and many others for making a great success.