15th International Congress on Cleft Lip / Palate and Related Craniofacial Anomalies (CLEFT 2025)

15th International Congress on Cleft Lip / Palate and Related Craniofacial Anomalies (CLEFT 2025) is organized by Japan Convention Services (JCS), Inc., Japanese Cleft Palate Association (JCPA) and will be held from Oct 20 - 24, 2025 at Kyoto International Conference Center, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, Kansai, Japan.

Theme: Best time in Kyoto to create cleft history

Description:
The Congress has always maintained an interdisciplinary character, holding separate meetings for each specialty, while at the same time emphasizing the need for each specialty to understand each other's practices. Experts in every field have advocated their views and clarified key points. Eventually, all participants became aware of each specialty's issues and how multiple specialties can work together to achieve ideal outcomes for cleft palate patients. Initially, the conference focused solely on cleft palate, but eventually transitioned to include cleft palate and related maxillofacial anomalies. This reflected a major development in the field of craniofacial surgery, and indeed the notion that cleft palate itself is a craniofacial disorder; the second Congress in 1973 featured pioneering research on the craniofacial field, and the Congress name began to include the theme of craniofacial abnormalities. Beginning with the seventh convention, ten scholarships were awarded to encourage young medical professionals to present their research. It is our goal that this tradition will be carried on at all subsequent congresses.