• Plenary Session
• PG Course
• Int'l Network Meeting
• Educational Session(K)
• APSR-KATRD Joint Symposium
• ATS-KATRD
  Joint Symposium
• JRS-KATRD
  Joint Symposium
• MTS-KATRD
  Symposium
• Symposium
• Epigenetics Session
• Core Training Session(K)
• Report KATRD Research Grant(K)
• Hands-on
• Meet the Experts
• Satellite Symposium
• Luncheon Symposium

Plenary Session 1

• Michelle Ng Gong Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  USA Closing the Gap Between Research and Clinical Practice in Critical Care: The Acute Learning Health System
• Marc Miravitlles Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital
  Spain The Challenge of Preventing Exacerbations of COPD with Pharmacotherapy
• Moo Suk Park Yonsei University
  Korea Advances in Diagnosis and Management of IPF in Korea (ILD)

Plenary Session 2

• Claus F. Vogelmeier Philipps-University Marburg
  Germany GOLD: Evolution and Annual Updates—Implementation and the Road Ahead
• Rahul Bhatnagar University of Bristol
  UK The Modern Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions - European Perspectives
• Jae Cheol Lee University of Ulsan
  Korea Deciphering the Development and Metastatic Progression of EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer

PG Course 1
ILD - ILD Masterclass: Multidisciplinary Diagnostic Approach and Management

• Jung-Wan Yoo Gyeongsang National University
  Korea Where to Start: A Practical Diagnostic Approach to ILD
• Ji-yeon Han Inje University
  Korea Advances in HRCT from Diagnosis to Clinical Decision
• Nicole Goh University of Melbourne
  Australia The Power of Team: Multidisciplinary Decision-Making in ILD
• Jimyung Park Seoul National University
  Korea Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Current Standards of Care
• Joo Hun Park Ajou University
  Korea Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis: Definition and Management
• Sung Hae Chang Korea University
  Korea Connective Tissue Disease–Associated ILD: Key Clinical Insights

International Network Meeting 1
TB - Tuberculosis in Vulnerable Population: What Do We Know and What Should We Do?

• Takashi Yoshiyama Fukujuji Hospital/The Research Institute of Tuberculosis,
  Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Japan Tuberculosis in the Elderly
• Jinsoo Min The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea Tuberculosis in Patients with Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
• Joon-Sung Joh National Medical Center
  Korea Tuberculosis in the Socially Vulnerable Population

International Network Meeting 2
Environmental Lung Disease - Emerging Environmental Exposures and Lung Disease: Engineered Stone induced Pneumoconiosis and COPD

• Hye Yun Park Samsung Medical Center
  Korea Environmental Drivers of COPD Exacerbations: Particulate Matter and Respiratory Infections
• Kang-Yun Lee Taipei Medical University
  Taiwan Oxidative Stress Induced by Engineered Stone Dust: Mechanisms and Implications
• Jun-Pyo Myong The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea Clinical Characterization of Engineered Stone induced pneumoconiosis: Insights from the Korean Experience

International Network Meeting 3
CCM - The Long and Winding Road: from ARDSNet, to PETAL, beyond COVID-19, and the Next?

• Su Hwan Lee Yonsei University
  Korea from ARDSNet to PETAL
• Chen-Yu Wang Taichung Veterans General Hospital
  Taiwan From Lung Protection to Host-Response Modulation: ARDS Care Beyond COVID-19
• Michelle Ng Gong Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  USA The Future of ARDS Clinical Trials: What's Next

International Network Meeting 4
Lung Cancer - The Critical Debates on First-Line Treatment Strategies in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

• Satoshi Ikeda Kansai Medical University,
  Department of Thoracic Oncology, Japan Optimal Treatment Strategy in Advanced EGFR-Mutated NSCLC: What Is the Tradeoff with Upfront Combination Therapy?
• Cheol-Kyu Park Chonnam National University
  Korea Sequencing Framework for ALK-Positive NSCLC in the Era of Next-Generation TKIs

International Network Meeting 5
Airway - Bridging Asthma and COPD: A New Era of Unified Airway Management

• Chin Kook Rhee Konkuk University School of Medicine
  Korea Endotypes and Treatable Traits in Asthma and COPD
• Naoya Tanabe Kyoto University
  Japan Imaging Airway and Parenchymal Phenotypes in Asthma and COPD
• Richard Russell King's College London
  UK Transforming Treatment Paradigms in Asthma and COPD

Educational Session 1 [KOR]

• Hyonsoo Joo The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea Asthma
• Hyung Koo Kang Inje University
  Korea Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Current Perspectives on Diagnosis and Management
• Yoon Joo Lim Kyung Hee University
  Korea NTM (건강검진에서 우연히 발견된 r/o NTM with bronchiectasis 소견, 어떻게 하나요?)

Educational Session 2 [KOR]

• Jae Heun Chung Pusan National University
  Korea The Next Wave of Medical Treatment in Lung Cancer: Antibody Drug Conjugate and Targeted Protein Degradation
• Won-Young Kim Chung-Ang University
  Korea Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Its Interaction with Respiratory Failure
• Jaeyoung Cho Seoul National University
  Korea Could Your Patient Have Sleep-Disordered Breathing?: Practical Guide to Screening and PAP Therapy

Symposium 13 | APSR-KATRD Joint Symposium
Airway 4 (COPD) - Beyond Pharmacologic Therapy in COPD: Multimodal Assessment and Digital Integration

• Tai Joon An The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea Frailty, Performance, and Prognosis in COPD
• Yasutaka Nakano Shiga University of Medical Science
  Japan Imaging and Functional Links in COPD: Muscle, Exercise, and Hyperinflation
• Bryan Ross McGill University
  Canada From Monitoring to Intervention: Digital Biomarkers in the Understanding, Detection, and Early Management of Exacerbations of COPD

Symposium 01 | ATS-KATRD Joint Symposium
Airway 1 (COPD) - Unraveling COPD Complexity: Biology, Trajectories, and Biologics

• Dawn DeMeo Harvard Medical School
  USA Genetic and Molecular Networks in COPD: Toward Precision Medicine
• Jung-Kyu Lee Seoul National University
  Korea Defining Disease Trajectories in COPD
• Klaus F. Rabe University of Kiel
  Germany The Challenge of Heterogeneity in COPD: Are Biologics the Answer?

Symposium 04 | JRS-KATRD Joint Symposium
Airway 2 (Asthma)

• Mona Bafadhel King's College London
  UK The Evolution of T2-Targeted Therapy: Moving Beyond Eosinophil Counts
• Satoshi Konno Hokkaido University
  Japan Unveiling the Non-T2 Landscape: Precision Phenotyping for T2-Low Asthma
• Joon Young Choi The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea Optimizing Severe Asthma Outcomes: Precision Medicine and Biologics in Real-World Practice

Symposium 05 | JRS-KATRD Joint Symposium
Cough - Chronic Cough: Mechanisms, Measurement, and Management

• Woo Jung Song University of Ulsan
  Korea Chronic Cough: Mechanistic Advances and Evolving Disease Concepts
• Hyeon-Kyoung Koo Inje University
  Korea Cough Measurement: Uncovering Multidimensional Heterogeneity
• Yoshihiro Kanemitsu Nagoya City University
  Japan Chronic Cough in Japan with Epidemiologic Patterns and Real-World Therapeutic Insights

Symposium 19 | MTS-KATRD Joint Symposium
Tuberculosis in Malaysia and Korea: Current Burden, Treatment Challenges, and the Road to Elimination

• Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail Universiti Teknologi Mara
  Malaysia Tuberculosis in Malaysia: Epidemiology, Drug Resistance, and the Unmet Need for Scalable Screening
• Arvindran Alaga Head, Clinical & Interventional Pulmonology, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Setar
  Malaysia Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Malaysia: Diagnosis, Treatment, and the Gap Between Guidelines and Reality
• Taehwa Kim Kosin University
  Korea Korea’s Journey in Tuberculosis Control: From High-Burden Nation to Elimination Policy and Remaining Challenge

Symposium 02
ILD 1 - Updated ILD Guideline Session: What's Changed in ILD Classification and Management

• Vincent Cottin Service de pneumologie, hôpital Louis Pradel, Hospices Civils de Lyon France Updated Classification of Interstitial Pneumonia: New Insights and Challenges
• Nicole Goh University of Melbourne Australia Interstitial Lung Abnormalities: Clinical Implications and Management
• Jong Sun Park Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
  Korea Acute Exacerbation of ILD: Current Evidence and Challenges

Symposium 03
Bronchoscopy - Updates in Interventional Pulmonology

• Scott Oh Keck Medical Center of USC
  USA Real-World Impact of Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy
• Calvin S.H. Ng The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital
  Hong Kong Bronchoscopic Treatment for Early-Stage Lung Cancer
• Yeon Wook Kim Seoul National University
  Korea EBUS-TBNA in the Era of Perioperative Immunotherapy

Symposium 06
Environmental Lung Disease - Novel Environmental Exposures and Emerging Approaches to Environmental Lung Diseases

• Eun Taek Lee Air Force Aerospace Medical Center
  Korea Air Travel and Environmental Lung Disease
• SunKyun Park Daejeon Armed Forces Hospital
  Korea Hyperbaric Environment: Diving-Related Lung Diseases
• Yunsung Lee Norwegian Institute of Public Health
  Norway Environmental Exposures and Epigenetic Aging

Symposium 07
Airway 3 (Bronchiectasis) - Breaking the Vicious Vortex: From Guidelines to Pipeline

• Takanori Asakura Keio University
  Japan Restoring Mucociliary Clearance in Bronchiectasis: From Basic Mechanisms to Host-Directed Strategies
• Jang Ho Lee University of Ulsan
  Korea Breaking the Stasis: Targeted Strategies for Chronic Bacterial Infection
• Hayoung Choi Hallym University
  Korea Quelling the Fire: Current and Emerging Anti-Inflammatories

Symposium 08
Critical Care Medicine 1 - Precision Medicine in ARDS

• Jung Soo Kim Inha University
  Korea How to Implement the ARDS CPG in the Real Clinical Field
• Young-Jae Cho Seoul National University
  Korea Biological Phenotypes in ARDS: Are We Ready for More Personalized Future Clinical Trials?
• Seung Yong Park Jeonbuk National University
  Korea How to Approach ARDS with Precision Medicine?: Lessons from Lung Cancer

Symposium 09
Lung Cancer 1 - Innovative milestones and techniques for bench to bedside transition in Lung Cancer

• Yu-Ju Chen Academia Sinica
  Taiwan Understanding, Current Applications, and Future Directions of Proteogenomics in Lung Cancer

Symposium 10
NTM - Managing NTM-PD: What Should We Focus on?

• Kyung-Wook Jo University of Ulsan
  Korea Sputum Culture Conversion in NTM-PD: Still the Most Important Goal
• Youngmok Park Yonsei University
  Korea What Patients Actually Experience: PROs, Quality of Life, and Nutritional Status in NTM-PD
• Hyeontaek Hwang Seoul National University
  Korea The Economic Burden of NTM-PD: Implications for Clinical Decision-Making

Symposium 11
Critical Care Medicine 2 - Future Directions of Critical Care in Asia Pacific

• Taehoon Ko The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea AI and Digital Transformation in the ICU: Korean Experience
• Ryoung-Eun Ko Sungkyunkwan University
  Korea New SSC Guidelines: Asian Perspective (or Focused on Pulmonary Sepsis)
• Ming-Cheng Chan Taichung Veterans General Hospital
  Taiwan Regional Collaboration for Critical Care Medicine in the Asia-Pacific Region, Challenges and Opportunities

Symposium 12
Lung Cancer 2 - Recent Advances in Early Detection of Lung Cancer: Redefining Lung Cancer Screening

• Pan-Chyr Yang National Taiwan University College of Medicine
  Taiwan Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening for Never-Smokers
• Yeon Wook Kim Seoul National University
  Korea Risk Prediction Models for Personalized Lung Cancer Screening
• Chaeuk Chung Chungnam National University Hospital
  Korea Emerging Biomarkers for Early Detection of Lung Cancer: What Could Replace Current Standard?

Symposium 14
ILD 2 - Beyond the Common: Rare Interstitial Lung Diseases

• Toru Arai National Hospital Organization
  Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Japan Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis: Old Disease, New Insights
• Ian Glaspole The Alfred Hospital
  Australia Advances in LAM Management: Evidence from Recent Research
• Hye Sook Choi Kyung Hee University
  Korea PPFE: Clinical Insights and Emerging Concepts

Symposium 15
Pulmonary Vascular Disease

• Lai Heng Lee Singapore General Hospital
  Singapore Optimizing Anticoagulation in Cancer-Associated VTE: Balancing Recurrence and Bleeding
• Jin-Young Huh Chung-Ang University
  Korea Navigating Periprocedural DOAC Management: From Evidence to Practice
• Jieun Kang Seoul National University
  Korea Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pulmonary Hypertension: An Overlooked Contributor

Symposium 16
일선진료의를 위한 결핵 강좌1 [KOR] - 우리나라 결핵의 현주소와 미래 발전 방향

• Gyeong In Lee The Korean Institute of Tuberculosis
  Korea 국내 항결핵제 내성 현황과 약제감수성검사의 발전 방향
• Jee Youn Oh Korea University
  Korea 국내 결핵의 현주소: PPM 빅데이터 기반 분석
• Ji Young Kim Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA)
  Korea 국가 결핵관리사업의 성과와 향후 발전 전략

Symposium 17
Sleep - Moving Toward Precision Medicine in OSA

• Ali Azarbarzin Harvard Medical School
  USA Endophenotyping of OSA: Linking Mechanisms to Targeted Therapies
• Andrew Chan The University of Sydney
  Australia Phenotyping, Predicting and Personalizing: The Future of Oral Appliance Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Young-Jae Cho Seoul National University
  Korea Pharmacologic Therapies for OSA: Lessons from Landmark RCTs and How to Apply to Phenotyping

Symposium 18
Infection - Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia 2026: Multicenter Real-World Evidence and Management Strategies for MDR-GNB

• Chung-Kan Peng Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital
  Taiwan Multicenter Real-World Experience of Managing MDR-GNB in East Asia: The Taiwan Experience
• Youjin Chang The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea Multicenter Real-World Experience of Managing MDR-GNB in East Asia: The Korean Experience
• Kyungmin Huh Sungkyunkwan University
  Korea Precision Antibiotic Stewardship: Selecting the Right Agent for MDR-GNB in the Era of New Drugs

Symposium 20
일선진료의를 위한 결핵 강좌2 [KOR] - 결핵 진단, 치료의 최신 업데이트

• Byung Woo Jhun Sungkyunkwan University
  Korea 결핵 vs. 비결핵항산균 폐질환: 비슷하지만 다른 질환
• Heemoon Park Seoul National University
  Korea 잠복결핵감염의 진단, 치료 최신 지견
• Hyung Woo Kim The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea MDR/RR-TB의 진단, 치료 최신 지견

Epigenetics Session
Biological Sex and Aging in Human Disease: An Epigenetic Perspective

• Dawn DeMeo Harvard Medical School
  USA Sex, Smoking, and DNA Methylation in Respiratory Disease
• Yunsung Lee Norwegian Institute of Public Health
  Norway Epigenetic Aging: Concepts, Biomarkers, and Implications
• Sungho Won Seoul National University
  Korea Analytical Strategies for Epigeneitc and Multi-Omics Data

Core Training Session 1[KOR] Community-Acquired and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
Treatment of Sepsis

• Eunjeong Son Pusan National University
  Korea 호흡생리와 폐기능검사
• Kang-Mo Gu Chung-Ang University
  Korea 객혈의 감별진단과 치료원칙
• Yong Won Seong Seoul National University
  Korea 기흉 및 혈흉의 진단 및 치료 원칙

Core Training Session 2[KOR] Latnet Tuberculosis Infection and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

• Seohyun Kim The Catholic University of Korea Korea 지역사회획득폐렴과 병원획득폐렴
• Hyunseung Nam Hallym University Korea Management of Sepsis
• Chiwook Chung Hallym University Korea 잠복결핵감염 및 내성결핵

Report of KATRD Research Grant [KOR] 연구비 발표

• Hyoung-Kyu Yoon The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea 과민성 폐렴 코호트 구축을 통한 노출항원조사 및 예측모형개발
• Tai Joon An The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea 중증 천식의 급성 악화 유발 호흡기 바이러스 규명과 국가 표본감시 자료와의 시계열 비교 분석: 다기관 레지스트리 연구
• Young-Jae Cho Seoul National University
  Korea 흡인성 폐렴으로 인한 급성호흡곤란증후군 환자에서 복와위 조기 적용이 임상적 예후에 미치는 영향: 실용적 무작위 비교 임상시험
• Young Ae Kang Yonsei University
  Korea Post-TB lung disease registry를 위한 프로토콜 개발 및 다기관 연구 체계 구축
• Hyun Lee Hanyang University
  Korea 단일세포분석을 통한 결핵성 기관지확장증 발생 관련 인자 규명 연구
• Eun Hye Lee Yonsei University
  Korea 인공지능 기반 흉부 X선 분석을 통한 기관지 확장증 중증도 및 NTM 동반의 임상적 유용성 평가

Hands-on 1
Bronchoscopy - Bronchoscopic Approaches to Peripheral Lung Lesions

• June Hong Ahn Yeungnam University
  Korea Practical Tips for RP-EBUS
• Scott Oh Keck Medical Center of USC
  USA Practical Tips for Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy
• Hyeong Jun Cho The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea Hands-on Training: EBUS-GS
• Soo Han Kim Pusan National University
  Korea Hands-on Training: Transbronchial Cryobiopsy
• Scott Oh Keck Medical Center of USC
  USA Hands-on Training: Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy

Hands-on 2
Thoracic Ultrasound

Hands-on 3-1
Thoracic Ultrasound - KATRD TUS Training Course

Hands-on 3-2
Thoracic Ultrasound - KATRD TUS Scientific Session

• Tai Joon An The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea TUS Screening for Interstitial Lung Abnormality in High-Risk Individuals
• Young-Jae Cho Seoul National University
  Korea Clinical Application of Lung Elastography
• Jinwoo Lee Seoul National University
  Korea Deep Learning-Based Interpretation of TUS

Meet the Experts

Meet the Expert 1 COPD	Meet the Expert 2 Lung Cancer - Key Rare Mutations and Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer
Meet the Expert 1 COPD Naoya Tanabe Kyoto University Japan Beyond the Lungs: Frailty and Sarcopenia in COPD	Meet the Expert 2 Lung Cancer - Key Rare Mutations and Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer Satoshi Ikeda Kansai Medical University, Department of Thoracic Oncology Japan Evolving Treatment Landscape for Rare EGFR Mutated NSCLC	Seung Hyeun Lee Kyung Hee University Korea Novel Therapeutic Strategies for HER2-Positive NSCLC

Meet the Expert 3 Asthma	Meet the Expert 4 ILD - Emerging Therapies in ILD: Latest Clinical Trial Results	Meet the Expert 5 Sleep
Meet the Expert 3 Asthma Mona Bafadhel King's College London UK Biologics in the Acute Setting: Can They Replace Corticosteroids in Severe Exacerbations?	Meet the Expert 4 ILD - Emerging Therapies in ILD: Latest Clinical Trial Results Kevin Robert Flaherty University of Michigan Health USA Emerging Therapies in ILD: Latest Clinical Trial Results	Meet the Expert 5 Sleep Ali Azarbarzin Harvard Medical School USA Beyond AHI: Physiological Metrics to Predict Cardiovascular Risk and Guide OSA Management

Meet the Expert 6 Thoracic Ultrasound & Pleural Intervention - TBD
Rahul Bhatnagar University of Bristol UK The Clinical Utility of Thoracic Ultrasound

Satellite Symposium

Luncheon Symposium