On behalf of the Pediatric Rheumatology European Society (PReS) as well as the Organizing Committee and Scientific Committee, it is my pleasure to invite you to attend to the 25th European Pediatric Rheumatology Congress (PReS 2018) that will be held from September 5th to September 8th 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. The Congress will take place at the Lisbon Congress Center (CCL) which is located close to the river Tagus and the historical and cultural heritage of Belem, just a few minutes from the city center, in a prime area with a vast transport supply.

In line with previous congresses organized by PReS, this will be a place for challenging presentations and enriching debates of the more recent scientific investigations, including new syndromes and their treatment, trials for old diseases of young people and an up-to-date of care of the more severe juvenile rheumatic diseases.

We will have to select the more valuable abstracts to be presented both by young and mature Pediatric Rheumatologists from Europe and around the World that certainly will, as usually happens, help to advance the field of Pediatric Rheumatology both in basic science and in clinical practice.