The document is an invitation letter asking Dr. Mauro Luisetto to give a speech at the 17th Annual Congress of International Drug Discovery Science & Technology conference to be held in July 2019 in Kyoto, Japan. The conference has been held annually since 2003 in major cities around the world and has attracted over 10,000 participants. Kyoto is described as a historic city that was the capital of Japan for over 1,000 years and continues to be a major part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area. Contact information is provided for the executive chair and organizing commission of the conference.