Dear Colleagues and Friends, 

It is with great pleasure and honour that I invite you to join us for the 22nd World Congress for Esophageal Diseases hosted by the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus Sept 16-18th, 2026 in the historic city of Kyoto, Japan.   

The ISDE is a vibrant multidisciplinary community of physicians, allied health personnel, and scientists all unified in their interest and focus on both benign and malignant conditions affecting this physiologically and anatomically unique organ.   

We are building on the huge success of our most recent meetings in Edinburgh, Scotland and Brisbane Australia with attendees from across the globe providing varied perspectives of both benign and malignant diseases of the esophagus with broad representation from gastroenterologists, surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, pathologists, scientists, nurses, dietitians, industry partners, and patient advocates.     

We are particularly excited for the 2026 meeting in Kyoto and are planning an outstanding and comprehensive program in a beautiful setting so that there is something for everyone with an interest in diseases of the esophagus.  The broad program will cover the entire range of both benign and malignant disease from epidemiology, pathogenesis, fundamental and translational mechanistic insights, novel diagnostics, innovative therapeutics, and patient-centered outcomes research.   We anticipate over 1000 attendees from every corner of the world to join us for what promises to be an outstanding meeting in this cultural and architectural jewel of a city in the heart of Japan. 

If you are at all interested in the esophagus, you don’t won’t want to miss out on this meeting, most certainly the best on this topic globally.  

See you all in Kyoto in September!