Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of The Digestive Endoscopy Society of Taiwan (DEST), I would like to welcome all of you, friends and members of DEST, to attend the 3rd Annual Congress of DEST (DEST 2017) held at the NTUH International Conventional Center, Taipei, Taiwan on July 29th and 30th, 2017.

The programs of DEST 2017 will include the update and hot topics of different endoscopic fields:

New Frontier of Digestive Endoscopy
– new concepts and new devices
Symposium on Self-Expandable Enteric Metal Stents
Hemostasis workshop
1^st International Forum of Endoscopic Tumor Ablation
-Long-Term Outcomes of Endoscopic Ablation for Early GI Neoplasms
2^nd International Symposium of Biliary and Pancreatic Diseases
- Difficult Biliary Stricture (DBS)-from Diagnosis to Treatment
Endoscopy of small intestines
Colon Camp 2017 & Debates in colonoscopy practice
Update of IEE for digestive disease
Endoscopy for over- and under-nutrition
Update in GI motility diagnosis and treatment
3^rd DEST Endoscopic Forum of GEP-NET
Endoscopy Safety and Quality indicators-DEST criterion

DEST 2017 will also include special meetings and training programs

4^th International Taiwan-Japan Forum of Digestive Disease (iTJF-DD)
4^th Taiwan-Kyushu IBD Expert Exchange Meeting (TKIEM)
Master Class - Prof. Peter Draganov
EUS Phantom
VISTA ERCP Training
ERCP Championship

DEST 2017 will invite the experts from USA, Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Myanmar and Taiwan to join update presentations and comprehensive discussions.

I believe all the participants will learn the cutting-edge knowledge and techniques in the DEST 2017

I hope all of you will find the 3rd Annual Congress of DEST a splendid and exciting event and am looking forward to your contribution and participation.