The "International Symposium on Digestive Physiology of Pigs" is one of the most important and respected conferences in the world dealing with understanding all and interrelated aspects of the growth and development, immunology, microbiology, nutrition and physiology of the pig. This triennial meeting began in 1979 when Dr R. Braude organized the first "International Symposium on Digestive Physiology of Pigs" in Shinfield, UK, and subsequently, symposia have been held throughout the world (France, Denmark, Poland, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Sweden, Canada, Denmark, Spain, USA, Poland, Australia, The Netherlands).