Asian EUS Congress 2025

The 5th Asian EUS Congress (AEC2025), a biannually event set to take place on June 21-22, 2025, in Taipei. Following the success of AEC2023 in Hong Kong, the past two years have witnessed significant advancements in EUS techniques and the introduction of innovative interventional EUS devices. Under the compelling slogan of AEC2025 "Moving Beyond Boundaries", the Organizing Committee meticulously organize an update and perspective program.

In the AEC2025, the education programs include the diagnostic EUS and advanced hands-on model training. The programs of diagnostic EUS include shear-wave elastography. The pros and cons will be discussed. EUS-tissue acquisition will include through-the-needle biopsy and EUS- TA for genome analysis. A session discussing all the devices of interventional EUS is scheduled in the program. For the hands-on training, the AEC2025 provides HGS, HDS, CBD, GJ, Pseudocyst, RFA and coil-embolization of varices. Several second-generation models will be used.

Interventional EUS has gradually been accepted. More experience with breaking the limit will be presented in the sessions of biliary, pancreatic, GI anastomosis & liver fields. All the LAMs available in Asia will be presented and discussed in one session. Other updates of interventional EUS include anti-tumor treatment, vascular treatment, and procedures through the ESCR.

For collaboration between each Asian country and area, AEC2025 will hold APBA symposium, WEST & EAST Asia EUS symposium. Two important lectures are the Presidential lecture by Professor Mitsuhiro Kida and Asian EUS Group Prestigious lecture by Professor Kenjiro Yasuda. AEC2025 believes all the participants will have two fulfilling days.

The Asian EUS group, founded in 2012, is an international organisation focused on education and research of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in Asia. Our aim is to promote EUS training and education, support the professional development of endosonographers and foster collaborative research in EUS in the Asia-Pacific region. We have members from over 20 Asian countries. Every year, we organise 20 to 30 basic to advanced workshops on education of EUS. Furthermore, our Centres of Excellence organise the unique Train-the Trainer courses to teach our next generation leaders in the field. In addition, we are also very active in conducting EUS related studies and guidelines. So far we have published 2 guidelines on interventional EUS and pancreatic cyst ablations with several more being formulated. In 2015, we decided to organise the first Asian EUS congress in Korea and thereafter, the meeting was held every 2 years in different countries. With the growth of the group, the meeting is also gaining recognition as one of the important meetings on EUS in Asia.