P r o g r a m
program at a glance
08:30-08:40
Registration
08:40-09:00
Opening Remark
Young Hoon Kim (Chair of APITA 2026)
Duck Jong Han (Founding Chair of APITA)
09:00-10:20
Session I-A. Islet & Translational Biology
| Chair | TBD |
| Islet/Beta Cell Research | Dong Hyun Lim (Hanyang University, Korea) |
| Stem Cell/iPSC/Islet Biology | Hao Yin (Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, China) |
| (TBD) | |
| Discussion |
Session I-B. Update in Medical Management of Type 1 Diabetes
| Chair | TBD |
| Artificial Pancreas | Sung Min Park (POSTECH, Korea) |
| Continuous Glucose Monitoring | Jun Yeop Lee (The Catholic University of Korea) |
| Adjunctive Therapy in Type 1 Diabetes | Se Hee Min |
| Discussion |
10:20-10:40
Coffee Break
10:40-12:40
Session II-A. Solid Organ Transplantation & Latest Updates
| Chair | TBD |
| Worldwide Activity in Pancreas Transplantation | Raja Kandaswamy |
| History and Current Status of Organ Transplantation in Japan | Takashi Kenmochi (Fujita Health University, Japan) |
| Pancreas Transplantation in Korea | Byeong Hyeon Choi (Pusan National University, Korea) |
| Pancreas Transplantation in Taiwan | Yi Ming Shyr (Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan) |
| Outcome of Pancreas Transplantation in Japan -Regitry Report- | Yoshito Tomimaru (Osaka University, Japan) |
| Attempts to Expand the Indication Criteria for Pancreas Transplantation in Japan | Taihei Ito (Fujita Health University, Japan) |
12:40-13:50
Lunch
13:50-15:30
Session III. Advanced Techniques in Islet Transplantation (iPS + Xeno)
| Chair | Beom Seok Kim (Yonsei University, Korea) |
| iPS Islet Transplantation | Hao Yin (Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, China) |
| Xeno-Islet Transplantation | Chung Gyu Park (Seoul National University, Korea) |
| Clinical Translation of Islet Xenotransplantation: Overcoming Immunologic Barriers | Jong Cheol Jeong (Seoul National University, Korea) |
| Future of Islet Transplantation | Takayuki Anazawa (Sapporo Medical University, Japan) |
| Discussion |
15:30-15:50
Coffee Break
15:50-17:20
Session IV. Clinical Islet Transplantation
| Chair | TBD |
| Clinical Islet Transplantation | TBD |
| Islet Isolation and Clinical Practice | Tatsuya Kin (University of Alberta, Canada) |
| Islet Autotransplantation | Masayuki Shimoda (National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan) |
| Islet Registry Outcome in Japan | Yuumi Akashi (Fujita Health University, Japan) |
| Discussion |
17:20-17:30