In the last two decades, endometriosis has been extensively investigated throughout the world. The disease, however, continues to represent a major challenge for the healthcare system, both in terms of understanding the pathogenetic and environmental causes and in terms of developing efficacious, safe, and practical treatments. Basic and clinical scientists have frequently followed independent routes in their research activities. This International Congress on Endometriosis will aim to take a look at the latest developments in this search by building a bridge between basic scientists and clinicians. It will examine how an ever-increasing understanding of basic processes can be applied to endometriosis relief, how obstacles in drug development and clinical trials can be minimised, how preventive measures can be organized and how tools for assessing the disease activity can be improved. For three days, scientists and clinical physicians will promote the exchange of clinical experience, scientific thought, and investigation offering to the international audience a unique platform for exchanging information on an interdisciplinary basis. The city of the congress, Milan, is traditionally the proper site to this purpose given the longstanding activity of its school of medicine in this specific field. At the end of the conference, by a full immersion in the various aspects of the disease, all delegates should have a broad knowledge of endometriosis news and a comprehensive understanding of how to treat the different manifestations of the disease.