We are pleased to announce Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Bone & Cartilage: From Development to Human Diseases which will be held in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Monday October 24, and will conclude after lunch on October 28, 2016. The conference will include eight oral sessions and one poster session covering the latest findings across many topics in bone and cartilage. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.