KATRD International Conference 2026

Program in Detail


Plenary Session 2		Friday, October 30, 08:30 - 10:00 CRYSTAL 2 (3F) \| Room 1,2,3
Chairs	KwangHa Yoo (Konkuk University, Korea) Seung Hun Jang (Hallym University, Korea)
08:30-09:00	GOLD: Evolution and Annual Updates—Implementation and the Road Ahead Claus F. Vogelmeier (Philipps-University Marburg, Germany)
09:00-09:30	The Modern Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions - European Perspectives Rahul Bhatnagar (University of Bristol, UK)
09:30-10:00	Deciphering the Development and Metastatic Progression of EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer Jae Cheol Lee (University of Ulsan, Korea)

Symposium 11 (NTM) Managing NTM-PD: What Should We Focus on?		Friday, October 30, 10:20 - 11:50 CRYSTAL 1 (3F) \| Room 1
Chair	Yong-Soo Kwon (Chonnam National University, Korea)
10:20-10:45	Sputum Culture Conversion in NTM Pulmonary Disease: Still the Most Important Goal Kyung-Wook Jo (University of Ulsan, Korea)
10:45-11:10	What Patients Actually Experience: PROs, Quality of Life, and Nutritional Status in NTM-PD Youngmok Park (Yonsei University, Korea)
11:10-11:35	The Economic Burden of NTM-PD: Implications for Clinical Decision-Making Hyeontaek Hwang (Seoul National University, Korea)
11:35-11:50	Q&A, Discussion

Symposium 12 (Critical Care Medicine 2) Future Directions of Critical Care in Asia Pacific		Friday, October 30, 10:20 - 11:50 CRYSTAL 2 (3F) \| Room 2
Chairs	Sang-Min Lee (Seoul National University, Korea) Chen-Yu Wang (Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan)
10:20-10:45	AI and Digital Transformation in the ICU: Korean Experience Taehoon Ko (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea)
10:45-11:10	New SSC Guidelines: Asian Perspective (or Focused on Pulmonary Sepsis) Ryoung-Eun Ko (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
11:10-11:35	Regional Collaboration for Critical Care Medicine in the Asia-Pacific Region, Challenges and Opportunities Ming-Cheng Chan (Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan)
11:35-11:50	Q&A, Discussion

Symposium 13 (Lung Cancer 2) Recent Advances in Early Detection of Lung Cancer: Redefining Lung Cancer Screening		Friday, October 30, 10:20 - 11:50 CRYSTAL 3 (3F) \| Room 3
Chair	Sang-Won Um (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
10:20-10:45	Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening for Never-Smokers Pan-Chyr Yang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
10:45-11:10	Risk Prediction Models for Personalized Lung Cancer Screening Yeon Wook Kim (Seoul National University, Korea)
11:10-11:35	Emerging Biomarkers for Early Detection of Lung Cancer: What Could Replace Current Standard? Chaeuk Chung (Chungnam National University, Korea)
11:35-11:50	Q&A, Discussion

Report of KATRD Research Grant [KOR]		Friday, October 30, 10:20-11:20 EMERALD (3F) \| Room 4
Chair	Ji-Yong Moon (Konkuk University, Korea)
10:20-10:30	과민성 폐렴 코호트 구축을 통한 노출항원조사 및 예측모형개발 Jin Woo Song (University of Ulsan, Korea)
10:30-10:40	중증 천식의 급성 악화 유발 호흡기 바이러스 규명과 국가 표본감시 자료와의 시계열 비교 분석: 다기관 레지스트리 연구 Tai Joon An (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea)
10:40-10:50	흡인성 폐렴으로 인한 급성호흡곤란증후군 환자에서 복와위 조직 적용이 임상적 예후에 미치는 영향: 다기관 후향적 연구 Young-Jae Cho (Seoul National University, Korea)
10:50-11:00	Post-TB lung disease registry 를 위한 프로토콜 개발 및 다기관 연구 체계 구축 Young Ae Kang (Yonsei University, Korea)
11:00-11:10	단일세포분석을 통한 결핵성 기관지확장증 발생 관련 인자 규명 연구 Hyun Lee (Hanyang University, Korea)
11:10-11:20	인공지능 기반 흉부 X선 분석을 통한 기관지 확장증 중증도 및 NTM 동반의 임상적 유용성 평가 Eun Hye Lee (Yonsei University, Korea)

Luncheon Symposium 5 (Handok) COPD		Friday, October 30, 11:50 - 12:20 CRYSTAL 1 (3F) \| Room 1
Chair	Won-Yeon Lee (Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Korea)
11:50-12:20	New Paradigm of Exacerbation-Risk Assessment Claus F. Vogelmeier (Philipps-University Marburg, Germany)

Luncheon Symposium 6 (GSK) COPD		Friday, October 30, 11:50 - 12:20 CRYSTAL 2 (3F) \| Room 2
Chair	Woo Jin Kim (Kangwon National University, Korea)
11:50-12:20	TBD Mona Bafadhel (King's College London, UK)

Luncheon Symposium 7 (YUHAN. Co.) Lung Cancer		Friday, October 30, 11:50 - 12:20 CRYSTAL 3 (3F) \| Room 3
Chair	Tae-Won Jang (Kosin University, Korea)
11:50-12:20	TBD Jeong Uk Lim (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea)

Luncheon Symposium 8 (Daewon Phamaceutical) Cough		Friday, October 30, 11:50 - 12:20 EMERALD (3F) \| Room 4
Chair	Yong Bum Park (Hallym University, Korea)
11:50-12:20	Clinical Proof of Better Cough Outcomes in Acute Bronchitis Joon Young Choi (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea)

Symposium 14 (Airway 4 (COPD) APSR-KATRD Joint Symposium) Beyond Pharmacologic Therapy in COPD: Multimodal Assessment and Digital Integration		Friday, October 30, 14:40 - 16:10 CRYSTAL 1 (3F) \| Room 1
Chair	Seong Yong Lim (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
14:40-15:05	Fraily, Performance, and Prognosis in COPD Tai Joon An (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea)
15:05-15:30	Imaging and Functional Links in COPD: Muscle, Exercise, and Hyperinflation Yasutaka Nakano (Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan)
15:30-15:55	From Monitoring to Intervention: Digital Biomarkers in the Understanding, Detection, and Early Management of Exacerbations of COPD Bryan Ross (McGill University, Canada)
15:55-16:10	Q&A, Discussion

Symposium 15 (ILD 2) Beyond the Common: Rare Interstitial Lung Diseases		Friday, October 30, 14:40 - 16:10 CRYSTAL 2 (3F) \| Room 2
Chair	Yangjin Jegal (University of Ulsan, Korea)
14:40-15:05	Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis: Old Disease, New Insights Toru Arai (National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Japan)
15:05-15:30	Advances in LAM Management: Evidence from Recent Research Ian Glaspole (The Alfred Hospital, Australia)
15:30-15:55	PPFE: Clinical Insights and Emerging Concepts Hye Sook Choi (Kyung Hee University, Korea)
15:55-16:10	Q&A, Discussion

Symposium 16 (Pulmonary Vascular Disease) Navigating the Gray Areas in Pulmonary Vascular Disease		Friday, October 30, 14:40 - 16:10 CRYSTAL 3 (3F) \| Room 3
Chair	Hun-Gyu Hwang (Soonchunhyang University, Korea)
14:40-15:05	Optimizing Anticoagulation in Cancer-Associated VTE: Balancing Recurrence and Bleeding Lai Heng Lee (Singapore General Hospital, Singapore)
15:05-15:30	Navigating Periprocedural DOAC Management: From Evidence to Practice Jin-Young Huh (Chung-Ang University, korea)
15:30-15:55	Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pulmonary Hypertension: An Overlooked Contributor Jieun Kang (Seoul National University, Korea)
15:55-16:10	Q&A, Discussion

Symposium 17 [KOR] Tuberculosis in Korea: Current Status and Future Directions		Friday, October 30, 14:40 - 16:10 EMERALD (3F) \| Room 4
Chair	Jae Seuk Park (Dankook University, Korea)
14:40-15:10	Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in Korea and Future Directions for Drug Susceptibility Testing Gyeong In Lee (The Korean Institute of Tuberculosis, Korea)
15:10-15:40	Current Status of Tuberculosis in Korea: Insights from PPM-Based Big Data Analysis Jee Youn Oh (Korea University, Korea)
15:40-16:10	국가 결핵관리사업의 성과와 향후 계획 Ji Young Kim (Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Korea)

Symposium 18 (Sleep) Moving Toward Precision Medicine in OSA		Friday, October 30, 16:20 - 17:50 CRYSTAL 1 (3F) \| Room 1
Chair	Sang-Ha Kim (Yonsei University, Korea)
16:20-16:45	Endophenotyping of OSA: Linking Mechanisms to Targeted Therapies Ali Azarbarzin (Harvard Medical School, USA)
16:45-17:10	Phenotyping, Predicting and Personalizing: The Future of Oral Appliance Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Andrew Chan (The University of Sydney, Australia)
17:10-17:35	Pharmacologic Therapies for OSA: Lessons from Landmark RCTs and How to Apply to Phenotyping Young-Jae Cho (Seoul National University, Korea)
17:35-17:50	Q&A, Discussion

Symposium 19 (Infection) Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia 2026: Multicenter Real-World Evidence and Management Strategies for MDR-GNB		Friday, October 30, 16:20 - 17:50 CRYSTAL 2 (3F) \| Room 2
Chair	Woo Hyun Cho (Pusan National University, Korea)
16:20-16:45	Multicenter Real-World Experience of Managing MDR-GNB in East Asia: The Taiwan Experience Chung-Kan Peng (Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan)
16:45-17:10	Multicenter Real-World Experience of Managing MDR-GNB in East Asia: The Korean Experience Youjin Chang (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea)
17:10-17:35	Precision Antibiotic Stewardship: Selecting the Right Agent for MDR-GNB in the Era of New Drugs Kyungmin Huh (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
17:35-17:50	Q&A, Discussion

Symposium 20 (MTS-KATRD Joint Symposium) Tuberculosis in Malaysia and Korea: Current Burden, Treatment Challenges, and the Road to Elimination		Friday, October 30, 16:20 - 17:50 CRYSTAL 3 (3F) \| Room 3
Chair	Jae-Joon Yim (Seoul National University, Korea)
16:20-16:45	Tuberculosis in Malaysia: Epidemiology, Drug Resistance, and the Unmet Need for Scalable Screening Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail (Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia)
16:45-17:10	Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Malaysia: Diagnosis, Treatment, and the Gap Between Guidelines and Reality Arvindran Alaga (Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Setar, Malaysia)
17:10-17:35	Korea’s Journey in Tuberculosis Control: From High-Burden Nation to Elimination Policy and Remaining Challenge Taehwa Kim (Kosin University, Korea)
17:35-17:50	Q&A, Discussion

Symposium 21 [KOR] Recent Advances in Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment		Friday, October 30, 16:20 - 17:50 EMERALD (3F) \| Room 4
Chair	Doosoo Jeon (Pusan National University, Korea)
16:20-16:50	TB vs. NTM: Look-Alikes, but Not the Same Byung Woo Jhun (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
16:50-17:20	Latest Updates in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Heemoon Park (Seoul National University, Korea)
17:20-17:50	MDR/RR-TB의 진단, 치료 최신 지견 Hyung Woo Kim (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea)