The theme for this year’s conference is Latest Advances in Gastric Cancer Research: Basic Science, Prevention and Therapeutics. The aim of this conference is to bring together clinician scientists, cell and molecular biologists, gastroenterologists, GI surgeons and gastric oncologists to discuss the latest developments in gastric cancer research. We aim for this to be a focused discussion on research directions and collaborations. This year, a pre-congress advanced laporoscopic workshop on upper gastrointestinal surgery led by Professor Jimmy So will also be held on 17-18 July 2017.