24th Congress of the Asian Association of Pediatric Surgeons

It is a great honor to be hosting the 24th Congress of the Asian Association of Pediatric Surgeons (AAPS2016) and the 53rd Annual Congress of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons (JSPS2016), events that will be held at the Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk in Fukuoka City for three days, from May 24 (Tue) to 26 (Thu), 2016. In addition, the Executive Meeting of the World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons (WOFAPS) will be held on May 22 (Sun), and the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group’s 25th Annual Congress for Endosurgery in Children (IPEG2016) will be held from May 26 (Thu) to 28 (Sat) at the same venue. This is the third occasion that the Department of Pediatric Surgery of Kyushu University has hosted the Annual Congress, 16 years since the 37th Congress led by Professor Sachiyo Suita and, further back, the 20th Congress led by Professor Keiichi Ikeda.