A joyful academic tour throughout the 23^rd European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery

The 23^rd European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery was successfully held by the European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS) from May 29 to June 3, 2015 in Lisbon, Portugal. As one of the largest global reunions of general thoracic surgeons, this grand conference included extraordinary guest lectures given by experts invited from all over the world, joint sessions with international scientific societies, working group sessions and techno meetings. The most exciting part was the 7^th Joint Collaborative Post-Graduate Course organized by Dr. Dirk Van Raemdonck and Dr. Alan Sihoe, which attracted every nerve of contestants and audiences and provoked highly interactive discussions.