The Third International Jujube Symposium sponsored by the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS ) will be held as one of the symposia of the 29th International Horticultural Congress in Brisbane, Australia on 17-22 August, 2014. The First and the Second International Jujube Symposia were held in China in Baoding and Xinzheng, respectively. Over 400 participants from India, Australia, USA, Brazil, Chile, Israel, Iran, Kuwait, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovenia, Tunisia and China attended the symposia. The family Rhamnaceae, where jujube (Ziziphus) belongs, consists of more than 170 species. They are distributed from the temperate to tropical regions of almost all continents. Chinese jujube (Z. jujuba Mill.) and Indian jujube (Z. mauritiana Lam.) are widely cultivated with a total growing area of over 2 million hectares with an annual production of over 6 million tons. Approximately 30 million farmers rely on jujube production for their livelihood. Jujube species are becoming increasingly popular because of their outstanding characteristics, including early bearing, rich nutritional and multi-use properties, long flowering season, as well as high tolerance to drought and barren soils. The aim of this symposium is to provide an international forum on jujube for researchers, academics, business people as well as government officials to discuss sustainable development of jujube throughout the world.