• Plenary Session
• PG Course
• Int'l Network Meeting
• Educational Session
  [한국어 교육세션]
• ATS-KATRD
  Joint Symposium
• JRS-KATRD
  Joint Symposium
• MTS-KATRD
  Symposium
• Symposium
• Editor's Desk
• Hands-on
• Meet the Experts
• Satellite Symposium
• Luncheon Symposium

Plenary Session 1

• Gregory Tino ATS Treasurer University of Pennsylvania
  USA Bronchiectasis: New Insights
• Joanna Chorostowska-Wynimko ERS President-Elect National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases
  Poland Lung Cancer Screening-More Than Nodules. New Perspectives and Challenges for the Respiratory Medicine
• Chul-Gyu Yoo APSR President Chung-Ang University
  Korea Cereblon in Pulmonary Diseases

Plenary Session 2

• Charles Y. Yu APSR 2025 Congress President De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute
  Philippines Updates on Latest TB Diagnostics: Results from Korean NIH TB Biomarker Study, Tongue Swabs Study and R2D2 Updates
• James Yang National Taiwan University Hospital
  Taiwan From Targeted Success to Next-Generation Strategy:
  The Evolving Landscape of Third-Generation EGFR-TKIs in common EGFR-Mutant NSCLC
• Yeon-Mok Oh University of Ulsan
  Korea Lung Regeneration Strategies for Emphysema Treatment

PG Course 1
Critical Care Medicine - Lung Transplantation

• Song Yee Kim Yonsei University
  Korea Indication and Timing of Referral for Lung TPL
• Kyeongman Jeon Sungkyunkwan University
  Korea Postoperative Management of Lung TPL
• Woo Hyun Cho Pusan ​​National University
  Korea Beyond the Surgery: Optimizing Long-Term Outcomes After Lung Transplantation

International Network Meeting 1
Airway - Toward Inflammatory Management in COPD

• Wisia Wedzicha Imperial College London
  UK Reframing Exacerbations: Inflammatory Pathways and Biologic Targets
• Dave Singh University of Manchester
  UK Biologic Therapies in COPD: From Mechanisms to Treatment
• Ji-Yong Moon Konkuk University
  Korea Personalized Care in COPD: Endotyping and Biologic Integration in Clinical Practice

International Network Meeting 2
Environmental Lung Disease - Air Pollution: From Bench to Clinical Practice

• Kang-Yun Lee Taipei Medical University
  Taiwan Air Pollution Related COPD and the Molecular Mechanism
• Chin Kook Rhee The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea Air Pollution and Proteomics
• TBD TBD How to Prevent PM-Related Exacerbation in COPD

International Network Meeting 3
NTM - Why NTM in Asia? From Epidemiology to Host Genetics

• Youngmok Park Yonsei University
  Korea Epidemiology of NTM: A Global and Asian Perspective
• Hyung-Jun Kim Seoul National University
  Korea Understanding NTM-PD as a Host Disease
• Ho Namkoong Keio University
  Japan Host Susceptibility Genes for Pulmonary NTM Disease Identified by International Network

International Network Meeting 4
ILD - Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in Asia: Clinical and Epidemiologic Characteristics

• Hongseok Yoo Sungkyunkwan University
  Korea Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in Korea
• Pin-Kuei Fu Taichung Veterans General Hospital
  Taiwan Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in Taiwan: The Role of Functional Assessment in Clinical Practice
• Felicia Teo Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
  Singapore Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis in Singapore
• TBD TBD TBD

International Network Meeting 5
Lung Cancer - Defining the Optimal Window for CIO Therapy in Resectable NSCLC

• TBD TBD TBD
• Terufumi Kato Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital
  Japan Refining the Timing: Neoadjuvant vs. Perioperative CIO Therapy
• Hong Kwan Kim Sungkyunkwan University
  Korea Surgical Perspectives for Perioperative CIO Therapy

Educational Session 1
한국어 교육세션

• June Hong Ahn Yeungnam University
  Korea 소세포폐암의 새로운 치료전략:
  임상 적용과 고려사항
• Jun Yeun Cho Chungbuk National University
  Korea 간질성폐질환에서 항섬유화제 치료와 부작용 관리
• Seong Mi Moon Chung-Ang University
  Korea 비결핵항산균 폐질환 진단 그 이후: 어떻게 평가하고, 언제 치료하나요?

Educational Session 2
한국어 교육세션

• Joon Young Choi The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea 천식의 미충족 수요와 정밀 치료:
  표현형 기반 접근과 새로운 치료
  옵션
• Jung Soo Kim Inha University
  Korea 비만 환자의 호흡기계 변화와 기계 환기 전략
• Seon Cheol Park National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital
  Korea 금연 약물치료의 최신 지견

Symposium 01 | ATS-KATRD Joint Symposium
Airway 1 (COPD) - New Horizons in Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Prevention for COPD

• Craig Hersh Harvard Medical School
  USA Advancing the Precision Approaches for COPD
• Youlim Kim Konkuk University
  Korea New Tools for a New Era: Diagnostics and Stratification in COPD
• Alberto Papi University of Ferrara
  Italy Targeted Immunization Strategies: RSV in COPD - Vaccination and Risk Prevention

Symposium 15 | ATS-KATRD Joint Symposium
Pulmonary Vascular Disease - Recent Advances and Therapeutic Strategies in Pulmonary Hypertension

• Jang Ho Lee University of Ulsan
  Korea Therapeutic Approach for PAH and CTEPH in Korea
• Jieun Kang Seoul National University
  Korea Pulmonary Vascular Phenotype in COPD: Definition and Clinical Implications
• Steven D. Nathan University of Virginia
  USA Inhaled Treprostinil in PH-ILD and PH-COPD: Lessons from the INCREASE and PERFECT Studies

Symposium 08 | JRS-KATRD Joint Symposium
Cough - Clinical Perspectives on the Sound of Symptom

• Woo-Jung Song University of Ulsan
  Korea TBD
• Takeshi Kaneko Yokohama City University
  Japan Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Strategies for Airway Mucus Hypersecretion in Asthma
• Tai Joon An The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea Structural Lung Disease and Cough: Recognizing the Anatomic Patterns

Symposium 13 | JRS-KATRD Joint Symposium
Airway 4 (COPD) - Imaging Beyond the Airways:
Radiologic and Molecular Approaches to COPD

• Naoya Tanabe Kyoto University
  Japan Imaging in COPD: Tools for Detection, Classification, and Prognosis
• Jung-Kyu Lee Seoul National University
  Korea Interstitial Lung Abnormalities in COPD: Clinical Significance and Implications
• Hye Yun Park Sungkyunkwan University
  Korea Emphysema: Is It a Treatable Trait?

Symposium 14 | JRS-KATRD Joint Symposium
ILD 2 - Beyond the Joints: Recent Advances in CTD-Associated ILD

• Kevin Brown National Jewish Center
  USA SSc-ILD: Monitoring and Management Strategies
• Song Yee Kim Yonsei University
  Korea RA-ILD: Pathogenesis and the Promise of Antifibrotics
• Masataka Kuwana Nippon Medical School
  Japan Inflammatory Myopathy–Associated ILD: Unraveling Mechanisms, Markers, and Management

Symposium 19 | MTS-KATRD Joint Symposium
Optimizing Longitudinal Care after Exacerbation in ILD and COPD

• Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail Universiti Teknologi Mara
  Malaysia Improving Discharge-Related Care Following COPD Exacerbation
• Syazatul Syakirin Sirol Aflah Institut Perubatan Respiratori
  Malaysia Balancing Benefits and Burdens of Anti-fibrotic Treatment in Interstitial Lung Disease
• TBD TBD TBD

Symposium 02
ILD 1 - Fibrosing ILD: From Today's Challenges to Tomorrow's Breakthroughs

• Sun Mi Choi Seoul National University
  Korea Tailoring Treatment: Precision Medicine in Fibrosing ILD
• Takafumi Suda Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
  Japan The Clinical Impact of Antifibrotics: Pulmonary Fibrosis and Beyond
• Steven D. Nathan University of Virginia
  USA What’s Next? Shaping the Future of Pulmonary Fibrosis Trials

Symposium 03
Bronchoscopy - Clinical Pearls in Interventional Pulmonology

• Naofumi Shinagawa Hokkaido University
  Japan Bronchoscopic Diagnosis of PPLs – With a Focus on Cadaver-Based Studies
• Jung Seop Eom Pusan National University
  Korea Bronchoscopic Liquid Samples for Molecular Testing
• Kyungjong Lee Sungkyunkwan University
  Korea Updates in EBUS-TBNA and its clinical implications

Symposium 04
Airway 2 (Asthma) - The Hot Issues in Asthma Management

• Sun Hye Shin Sungkyunkwan University
  Korea Are We Doing Enough for Mild Asthma? Disease Burden and Evolving Treatment Strategies
• Arnaud Bourdin University of Montpellier
  France Decoding T2-Low Asthma: Mechanisms and Expanding the Within-Reach Biologics?
• Jong Geol Jang Yeungnam University
  Korea Environmental Influences on Asthma: From Urbanization to the Microbiome

Symposium 05
Critical Care Medicine 1 - Recent International Guidelines

• Su Hwan Lee Yonsei University
  Korea Fluid Therapy in Critically ill Patients
• Jae Kyeom Sim Korea University
  Korea Update to PADIS Guidelines in ICU
• Chul Park University of Ulsan
  Korea Corticosteroids in Sepsis, ARDS, and CAP

Symposium 06
Environmental Lung Disease - Latest Insights on PM in Respiratory Diseases

• Jung-Kyu Lee Seoul National University
  Korea Protecting COPD Patients from Particulate Matter: Evidence-Based Interventions and Strategies
• Hee-Young Yoon Soonchunhyang University
  Korea The Impact of Air Pollution Interventions on ILD
• Hwan-Cheol Kim Inha University
  Korea Community-Based Intervention Study on Air Pollution and Respiratory Health in the Elderly

Symposium 07
Airway 3 (Bronchiectasis) - Bronchiectasis Demystified:
Bridging Clinical Insights and Emerging Therapies

• James D. Chalmers University of Dundee
  UK What are the Key Changes in the 2025 ERS Bronchiectasis Guidelines?
• Hyun Lee Hanyang University
  Korea Asian Bronchiectasis: Is it a Distinct Phenotype and Treatable Target?
• Hayoung Choi Hallym University
  Korea Novel Therapies in Bronchiectasis: What’s in the Pipeline?

Symposium 09
Lung Cancer 1 - Rare AGAs in Advanced NSCLC: Evolving Therapeutic Approaches

• Terufumi Kato Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital
  Japan Targeting METex14 in NSCLC: Clinical Advances and Unmet Needs
• Jung Seop Eom Pusan National University
  Korea New Frontiers in KRAS-Mutant NSCLC: Therapeutic Strategies and Resistance
• Cheol-Kyu Park Chonnam National University
  Korea Redefining First-Line Standards with Unprecedented Survival in ALK+NSCLC

Symposium 10
TB - New Paradigm for TB and LTBI

• Ju Sang Kim The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea Latent Tuberculosis Infection: From Evidence to Clinical Practice
• Ji Young Kang Jeju National University
  Korea Diagnosis and Treatment of Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Overcoming Challenges
• Jeongha Mok Pusan National University
  Korea Treatment Shortening of Tuberculosis: Where Do We Stand?

Symposium 11
Critical Care Medicine 2 - Acute Respiratory Failure

• Won-Young Kim Chung-Ang University
  Korea How to Protect both Lung and Diaphragm in ARDS?
• Alexandre Demoule Sorbonne Universite
  France Dyspnea in Mechanically Ventilated Patients
• Sung Yoon Lim Seoul National University
  Korea Should We Treat Respiratory Failure Differently in Immunocompromised Patients?

Symposium 12
Lung Cancer 2 - Lung Cancer Screening and Diagnosis

• Yeon Wook Kim Seoul National University
  Korea Lung Cancer Screening
• In Ae Kim Konkuk University
  Korea Liquid Biopsy
• Tae Jung Kim The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea Tissue-Based Molecular Workup

Symposium 17
Pulmonary Rehabilitation - Linking Physiology and Practice in Pulmonary Rehabilitation

• Jong Geol Jang Yeungnam University
  Korea Pulmonary Rehabilitation during Acute Exacerbation
• Hyun Woo Lee Seoul National University
  Korea Changes in Respiratory Physiology in Various Diseases - from the Perspective of Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Chin Kook Rhee The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea Current Status of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in the World

Symposium 18
Infection - Pneumonia Uncovered: From Treatments to Long-Term Impacts

• Ae-Rin Baek Soonchunhyang University
  Korea Corticosteroids in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Trials and Guidelines
• Youjin Chang Inje University
  Korea What is Host-Directed Therapy in Pneumonia?
• Moon Seong Baek Chung-Ang University
  Korea Postinfectious Pulmonary Complications: What Pneumonia Leaves

Symposium 16
Course for Frontline Clinicians 1 | 일선진료의를 위한 결핵강좌 1 - 국가 결핵 정책과 새로운
결핵 패러다임

• Seung-Eun Lee Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA)
  Korea 국가 결핵 관리 정책, 현재와 미래
• Hyung Woo Kim The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea 무증상 결핵 : 개념 및 임상 진료/보건 정책에 대한 영향
• Hyung-Jun Kim Seoul National University
  Korea AI 기반의 결핵 환자 진단, 치료 및 관리

Symposium 20
Course for Frontline Clinicians 2 | 일선진료의를 위한 결핵강좌 2 - 결핵 환자 치료와 관리

• Young Ae Kang Yonsei University
  Korea 고령자 및 당뇨 환자에서 결핵
  치료와 관리의 과제
• Yong-Soo Kwon Chonnam National University
  Korea MDR/RR-TB 단기요법, 1년간의
  성과와 과제
• Yeonseok Choi Kyung Hee University
  Korea 결핵 치료 중 발생하는 부작용 :
  증례로 풀어보는 진단, 대처법

Editor's Desk
Inside Scientific Journals: How They Operate and Shape Research

• James D. Chalmers University of Dundee
  UK How to Write and Publish Excellent Papers: The Editors' Perspective
• Craig Hersh Harvard Medical School
  USA Peer Review 101: Top Tips for Early Career Researchers
• Chin Kook Rhee The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea Writing High-Impact Review Articles

Hands-on 1-1
Thoracic Ultrasound

• Sung Yoon Lim Seoul National University
  Korea Pathologic Signs: Pneumothorax, Pleural Effusion, Intervention
• Ji-Eun Park Ajou University
  Korea Pathologic Signs: Pneumonia, Interstitial Signs (ILD, Pulmonary Edema)
• Tai Joon An The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea Pathologic Signs: Diaphragm Dysfunction
• Christian B. Laursen University of Southern Denmark
  Denmark Advanced Application of Thoracic Ultrasound

Hands-on 1-2
Thoracic Ultrasound

• Young-Jae Cho Seoul National University
  Korea Pathologic Signs of Thoracic Ultrasound
• Seo Hee Yang Veterans Health Service Medical Center
  Korea Pathologic Signs of Thoracic Ultrasound
• Tai Joon An The Catholic University of Korea
  Korea Diaphragm Evaluation
• Ji-Eun Park Ajou University
  Korea Diaphragm Evaluation
• Sung Yoon Lim Seoul National University
  Korea Pleural Effusion and Intervention
• Min Seok Chang Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine
  Korea Pleural Effusion and Intervention

Hands-on 2
Bronchoscopy

• Dongil Park Chungnam National University
  Korea Bronchial Branch Tracing without Navigation Systems
• Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy Mayo Clinic
  USA Robotic Bronchoscopy
• Kyung Soo Hong Yeungnam University
  Korea EBUS-GS
• Hyun Sung Chung National Cancer Center
  Korea EBUS-GS
• Hayoung Seong Pusan National University
  Korea Transbronchial Cryobiopsy
• Seung Hyun Yong Yonsei University
  Korea Transbronchial Cryobiopsy

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