Mansoor Raza Mirza, MD, from the Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark speaks to us from the 2017 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) conference in Madrid, Spain to explain the importance of these meetings for the field of gynecologic oncology. Dr Mirza explains why it is significant that data from several clinical trials was presented as ESMO 2017, and shares with us his feelings on the congress’ future.