This is the application to OsEAN Open Forum Conference "Teaching the Soft Skills", April21 st and 22 nd , 2016. It gives you the opportunity to have all important information about theOpen Forum (e.g. program, venue, hotels and other) directly on your mobile device.For a long time the soft skills like professionalism, communication or self-regulation havebeen a blind spot in osteopathic education, and even now many schools are struggling to get agrip on topics that are harder to define, teach and assess than anatomy or technique. This iswhy the next OsEAN Open Forum will focus on the topic "Teaching the Soft Skills", featuringpresentations and workshops in these important areas:Osteopath-patient communicationProfessionalism and ethicsSelf-regulation and self-careMaximizing the placebo effectOsteopath-patient communicationProfessionalism and ethicsSelf-regulation and self-careMaximizing the placebo effectAs we did for previous Open Forums, we have arranged the dates of this conference inconjunction with one of our member schools, the Wiener Schule fr Osteopathie, who willorganize a separate conference on the topic of "Mindbody | Bodymind" at the same venue onApril 23rd - 24th. You can attend the conferences back to back, although a separateregistration is necessary.We are looking forward to welcoming you all at this exciting event!Raimund EngelOsEAN President