The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Hematology (JSH) will be held from September 24 to 26, 2010 in Yokohama. It is my great pleasure, as Congress President, to invite you to the annual meeting. I think the most important present issues for JSH are to progress steadily as an integrated new society and to step surely toward globalization.
The missions of the annual meeting are to facilitate the exchange of scientific information and to further the understanding and knowledge of hematology for all the members. To execute these missions, we created many programs and new trials.
There will be 12 symposia on important themes, two of which are joint symposia with American Society of Hematology (ASH) and European Hematology Association (EHA). Special lectures by the presidents of ASH and EHA will be offered.
This year’s education sessions, which are very valuable and important for all the members, will be programmed as an integrated structure of three speakers on each of important hematological diseases. The education sessions will be opened at 8:30 in the morning.
To promote globalization, the Travel Award for the young researchers from Asia will be offered and the abstract submission in English will also be encouraged to JSH members.
Other new ideas considering the activities of members will be abolition of the restriction on the number of abstract submission and opening the poster sessions only on the 1st and 2nd days.
I hope you will join us in the historical and beautiful city of Yokohama!
Kazuo Dan, MD
President
The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Hematology