The ICCR wishes to extend our thanks and appreciation to Professor Sigurd Lax for his service as Chair of the ICCR Dataset Steering Committee for the past almost five years. We would like to express our sincere gratitude for the significant contributions Professor Lax has made overseeing the dataset work of the ICCR. The ICCR greatly appreciates his leadership, wisdom and invaluable support.

We look forward to his continued involvement in the ICCR as the Austrian Society of Pathology and Austrian Division of the International Academy of Pathology representative on the Dataset Steering Committee.