◆ 会议时间：2024年11月1-4日
◆ 会议地点：日本 金泽市

◆ 会议简介：

2024年第77届日本胸外科学会(JATS)年会将于2024年11月1-4日在日本金泽市举行。
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第77回日本胸部外科学会定期学術集会
The 77th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery

Date/会期：
2024年11月1日（金）～11月4日（月／祝）

Venue/会場:
ISHIKAWA ONGAKUDO
Crowne Plaza - ANA Kanazawa
Hotel Nikko Kanazawa
金泽市(Kanazawa), 日本

Congress Theme/テーマ:
Singularity -Escape from Inertia-

摘要征文投稿：

演題募集期間 2024年2月15日（木）正午 ～ 4月26日（金）正午

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Application Period： From noon, Thursday, February 15 to noon, Friday, April 26 (JST/GMT9)

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Hirofumi Takemura, M.D., Ph.D.
Congress President, the 77th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kanazawa University

I am greatly honored to have been appointed as the Congress President of the 77th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery (JATS). The meeting will be held at the Ishikawa Ongakudo, the Hotel Nikko Kanazawa, and the Crowne Plaza – ANA Kanazawa over the three days from Saturday, November 2 to Monday, November 4, 2023.

As the theme of this Annual Scientific Meeting, I have chosen “Singularity – Escape from Inertia.” In astronomy, a “gravitational singularity” is a point at which gravity becomes infinite, and if this exceeds the radius of an astronomical body then the intense gravitational force would compress its material into an infinitely small point, forming a black hole. Recently, however, the term has been more commonly used in the context of the “technological singularity,” referring to the point at which artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence. “Inertia” can have both positive and negative connotations: in the business world, for example, a long-established company may have been able to continue trading for centuries because it possesses inertia in the good sense, whereas the inertia of a poor corporate culture can be almost impossible to escape. The JATS is a longstanding academic society that was established in 1948 and has the unique feature of covering multiple fields across the three key areas of cardiovascualar surgery, thoracic surgery, and esophageal surgery. However, the particular developments of each of these individual fields mean that a reconsideration of the significance of the existence of the JATS is now a pressing necessity. I thus chose “Singularity” as the theme in the hope that this Annual Scientific Meeting will mark a new development for the three sections of the JATS, and that it will prove to be a “singularity” in the process of moving toward completely independent chairs for the three sections in 2026.

The Thoracic Section will be chaired by Professor Yukitoshi Satoh of the Department of Thoracic Surgery of Kitasato University, and the Esophageal Section by Professor Takashi Kamei of the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery of Tohoku University, and the three of us are working as a tight-knit team to prepare the Annual Scientific Meeting to the best of our abilities.

At the singularity, what will change? This Annual Scientific Meeting has three features. The first is that the numbers of the advanced sessions will be more equally divided between the three fields. This is because we have taken on board the comment that there have usually been more sessions in particular fields or those favored by the Congress President, so that members working in other fields have had less reason to attend. The ratio of advanced sessions will be 26:21:11, with less of a bias compared with the previous ratio of 3:2:1. We are striving to make meeting partication more attractive to JATS members from all three fields. The second feature is that general presentations will not be held at the same time as advanced sessions. This resolves the dilemma previously faced by the chairs and presenters of general presentations, who may have been unable to attend a symposium, panel discussion, or workshop that would have been of value to them. We hope that this will enable more participants to attend the advanced sessions and gain a large amount from them. The third is that we do not want the general presentations to be under-valued. For young JATS members, presenting at such a well-established conference provides valuable experience. We have therefore decided that all general preentations will be oral presentations. This means that presenters must prepare carefully and give their presentations in compact form, giving them an important lesson in summarizing their key points efficiently. I hope to receive an increased number of submissions.

With respect to inertia, the JATS has made great strides in increasing its membership, improving its Annual Scientific Meeting, and pressing ahead with internationalization. As a record of this development, we have published a volume commemorating the 70th anniversary of the JATS. I think that this constitutes inertia in the best sense. However, although the JATS is a long-standing and well-established association, there are some things that we want to change, and some changes that must be made, and it is for this reason that I have chosen the subtitle “Escape from Inertia.” Just how the above three features will provide an escape remains to be seen, but I intend to put together many different creative solutions in the year that remains before the Annual Scientific Meeting in the effort to make this a fruitful conference.

With a view to the internationalization that is one of the missions of thoracic surgery, it has been decided to hold the Mitral Conclave and Thoracic Surgery Symposium of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) concurrently in Kanazawa. The fact that many renowned surgeons from other countries will gather and debate here in Kanazawa is the fulfillment of a dream and a great joy. I hope that many JATS member will also take part in the joint sessions with the AATS.

Kanazawa in the first days of November is fanned by a deliciously refreshing breeze. Although the city is said to have the highest number of rainy (or snowy) days in Japan, early November is the height of the fall foliage season in all its vibrant colors. It could give me no greater happiness for as many of you as possible to enjoy the lively discussions at the Annual Scientific Meeting as well as everything Kanazawa has to offer, including the fall foliage and yukitsuri (rope installations to protect trees from heavy snow) of Kenroku-en, Kanazawa Castle Park, and Gyokusen’inmaru Garden, fresh seafood from the Sea of Japan, and the city’s traditional culture. I am looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible in Kanazawa.

◆ 参会对象：医生、医院科室主任/副主任、住院医师、医院管理者、医护人员以及从事该领域研究的科学家、研究人员、医药企业代表等等。