On behalf of the organizing committee I wish to warmly welcome you to the 6th International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruits and welcome to the city of Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt. The symposium organized under the auspices of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) will commence on the 26th to 28th of September 2016. Symposium sessions will be complemented with a visit to various farms and packing house. The principal goal of the symposium is to bring together world’s academic, researchers, students, growers and businessmen involved in tropical and subtropical fruits production, sharing the current state of art on knowledge about these fruit trees and providing endless opportunities for exchange of knowledge, expertise, ideas and great networking.