Dear Colleagues and Friends, 

It is with great pleasure and honour that I invite you to join us for the 21st World Congress for Esophageal Diseases hosted by the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus Sept 18-20th 2025 in the beautiful city of Brisbane, Australia.  

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 meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, where we had 850 registrants from over 50 countries 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.    

The ISDE is laser focused on embracing and expanding on this diversity as we move across the Globe to the next two meetings, first in Australia for 2025, followed by the 2026 meeting in Kyoto, Japan.    

For the 2025 meeting in Brisbane, we are planning an outstanding and comprehensive program 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 look forward to welcoming you to the vibrant city of Brisbane, capital of Queensland.  This sun-soaked city is the gateway to Australia’s best beaches along the Gold Coast as well as the Great Barrier Reef, a haven for maritime wildlife lovers.  

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 Brisbane in September!