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Gastroenterology-Hepatology-Nutrition
Hematology-Oncology
Immunology-Rheumatology
Infectious Diseases
Neonatology
Nephrology
Neurology
Newborn Screening
Palliative and Supportive Care
Sponsored Symposium

Keynote

Session Title	Global Pediatric Research Leadership Summit: Shaping the Future through International Research Synergy
Date & Time	October 21 (Wednesday), 09:00-10:30		Venue	ROOM 1,2,3
Chair	Han-Suk Kim (ASPR Congress 2026 President, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	Improving Newborn and Child Health through Collaborative Academic Networks: Perspectives from the European Society for Paediatric Research Willem-Pieter de Boode (ESPR President, Radboudumc Amalia Children's Hospital, The Netherlands)
	Global Synergy in Action: Pediatric Research Leadership from Community Engagement to International Collaboration Joyce Rivera Javier (SPR President-elect, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, USA)
	Shaping the Future of Pediatrics: Inspiring and Training the Next Generation of Pediatricians and Physician-Scientists Junko Takita (JPS President, Kyoto University, Japan)

Neurology

Session Title	Autism Spectrum Disorder Across Clinical Settings: From Early Detection to Family-centered Care
Date & Time	October 21 (Wednesday), 10:50-12:30		Venue	ROOM 1
Chairs	Baik-Lin Eun (Korea University College of Medicine, Korea) Sung Koo Kim (Hallym University College of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	ASD in Pediatric Clinic: From Early Detection to Diagnosis Donghwa Yang (Korea University College of Medicine, Korea)
	ASD in Pediatric Neurology Clinic: Evaluation and Management after Referral Sun Ah Choi (Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Early Detection and Family-centered Intervention of ASD Myong Sun Choe (Keio University School of Medicine (Japan); Golden Gate Regional Center (USA), Japan)

Allergy-Pulmonology

Session Title	Building an Asian Network for Early-Life Allergy Prevention
Date & Time	October 21 (Wednesday), 10:50-12:30		Venue	ROOM 2
Chairs	Agnes Sze-yin Leung (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) Sooyoung Lee (Ajou University School of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	The COCOA Cohort: Understanding Early-life Allergy Development in Korean Children Soo-Jong Hong (National Medical Center, Korea)
	Allergy Development in Early Life: Insights from Japan’s Cohort Studies Kiwako Yamamoto-Hanada (National Center for Child Health and Development, Japan)
	The A2BC Cohort as a Platform for International Collaboration in Early-life Allergy Research Elizabeth H Tham (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, National University Hospital, Singapore)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks

Sponsored Symposium

Session Title	Sanofi-Sponsored Symposium
Date & Time	October 21 (Wednesday), 10:50-11:20		Venue	ROOM 3
Chairs	Su Eun Park ( Pusan National University School of Medicine, Korea) Dae Sun Jo (Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Korea)
Speaker	Experience with Implementing a National RSV Immunization Policy and an RWE Evaluation of Its Preventive Effectiveness Juan Pablo Torres Torretti (University of Chile, Chile)

Infectious Diseases

Session Title	Hot Topics in Pediatric Respiratory Infections
Date & Time	October 21 (Wednesday), 11:20-12:30		Venue	ROOM 3
Chairs	Su Eun Park ( Pusan National University School of Medicine, Korea) Dae Sun Jo (Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Korea)
Speakers	Macrolide-Resistant Pertussis: Current Status and Challenges in East Asia Cheng-Hsun Chiu (Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan)
	*Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae* Pneumonia in Children: What Pediatricians Need to Know** Ki Wook Yun (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks

Nephrology

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	Precision Medicine on Pediatric Nephrotic Syndrome
Date & Time	October 21 (Wednesday), 10:50-12:30		Venue	ROOM 4
Chair	Hee Gyung Kang (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pediatric Nephrotic Syndrome in Korea Hyun Kyung Lee (Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Biomarker: Anti-nephrin Ab in Nephrotic Syndrome Tomoko Horinouchi (Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)
	Multi-omics Research in Nephrotic Syndrome Kyoung Hee Han (Jeju National University School of Medicine, Korea)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks

Palliative and Supportive Care

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	Caring for Children with Medical Complexity: Coordination Across Settings
Date & Time	October 21 (Wednesday), 10:50-12:30		Venue	ROOM 5
Chairs	Minsun Kim (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea) Yeo Hyang Kim (Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	Care Coordination in and Beyond the Hospital: Concepts and Challenges Hyunseung Noh (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea)
	Developing Home-based Healthcare for Children in Korea: Current Models and Future Directions Seung Yeon Kwon (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea)
	School-based Support for Children with Complex Needs: Why It Matters and What’s Next Jiweon Lee (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Caring for Children with Medical Complexity: Current Landscape and Shared Challenges Grace Ng (Star PALS, HCA Hospice, Singapore)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks

Neurology

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	Harmonizaing Genotype-phnotype Data in Genetic Epilepsy
Date & Time	October 21 (Wednesday), 16:00-17:50		Venue	ROOM 1
Chairs	Jeehun Lee (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea) Hunmin Kim (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	Phenotypic Evolution of Dravet Syndrome Across the Lifespan Ara Ko (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Bridging the Gap with Patient Networks: Lessons from the SYNGAP1 Woojoong Kim (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
	KCNQ2-related Disorders: Self-limited, DEE or in Between? Young Jun Ko (Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Epilog-integrative Genetic Epilepsy Portal Jaeso Cho (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks

Allergy-Pulmonology

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	Environmental Challenges and Pediatric Respiratory Health in Asia
Date & Time	October 21 (Wednesday), 16:00-17:50		Venue	ROOM 2
Chairs	Soo-Jong Hong (National Medical Center, Korea) Young Yoo (Korea University College of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	Long-term PM2.5 Exposure Impairs Lung Growth and Increases Airway Inflammation Through Microbiota Change in Taiwanese School Children Jiu-Yao Wang (China Medical University Children’s Hospital, Taiwan)
	Environmental Exposure and Lung Function Trajectories in Children: Clinical Evidence from Birth Cohort Studies Dong In Suh (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
	From Early Allergic Disease to Asthma: Environmental Pathways in Asian Children Agnes Sze-yin Leung (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
	Clinical Challenges and Responses to Climate-Sensitive Respiratory Events in Children Kunling Shen (Beijing Children's Hospital, China)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks

Sponsored Symposium

Session Title	Pfizer-Sponsored Symposium
Date & Time	October 21 (Wednesday), 16:00-16:30		Venue	ROOM 3
Chairs	Hajime Kamiya (Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan) Yae-Jean Kim (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea)
Speaker	Pneumococcal Vaccines: Current Status and Future Perspectives Federico Martinón-Torres (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

Infectious Diseases

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	Updates on Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in Pediatrics
Date & Time	October 21 (Wednesday), 16:30-17:50		Venue	ROOM 3
Chairs	Hajime Kamiya (Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan) Yae-Jean Kim (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	Lessons from Recent Outbreaks with a Focus on Congenital Rubella Hajime Kamiya (Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)
	Travel Vaccines and Beyond: Pre-travel Health Protection Strategies Jin Lee (The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Korea)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks

Cardiology

Session Title	From the Basic to the Advanced Issues for Kawasaki Disease
Date & Time	October 21 (Wednesday), 16:00-16:55		Venue	ROOM 4
Chairs	Jeong Jin Yu (University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea) Lucy Youngmin Eun (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	Recent Updates of Kawasaki Disease Kenji Suda (St. Mary's Hospital, Japan)
	Insights from Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis of the Lymph Node Specimen in Kawasaki Disease Jin-Hee Oh (The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Korea)
	Discussion

Cardiology

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	Innovation of Pediatric Cardiac Intervention
Date & Time	October 21 (Wednesday), 16:55-17:50		Venue	ROOM 4
Chairs	Jinyoung Song (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea) Gi Beom Kim (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	Recent Updates of Pediatric Cardiac Intervention So Ick Jang (Bucheon Sejong Hospital, Korea)
	ASD Device Closure in Real World Chang Sin Kim (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Discussion

Palliative and Supportive Care

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	Pediatric Palliative Care: Integration and Family-centered Approaches
Date & Time	October 21 (Wednesday), 16:00-17:50		Venue	ROOM 5
Chairs	Yeon Jung Lim (Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Korea) Jun Ah Lee ( National Cancer Center, Korea)
Speakers	Integrating Pediatric Palliative Care Early: When and How to Begin Yeonhee Lee (The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Korea)
	Supporting Family Caregivers in Pediatric Palliative Care: Needs, Approaches, and Challenges Jung Lee (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Decision Making and End-of-life Care in Pediatric Palliative Care: The Korean Experience Sung Han Kang (University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea)
	Decision Making and End-of-life Care in Pediatric Palliative Care: The Japanese Experience Yuko Cho (Hokkaido University Hospital, Japan)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks

Workshop

Session Type	Workshop
Session Title	Precision Stewardship: Optimizing Antimicrobial Use for our Smallest Patients
Date & Time	October 22 (Thursday), 07:30-09:00		Venue	ROOM 5
	Analyse the Impact: Evaluate the long-term clinical and biological consequences of excessive antimicrobial exposure.
	Optimise Selection: Determine the most appropriate therapeutic regimen based on pathogen susceptibility and local antibiogram data.
	Address Barriers: Formulate robust strategies to overcome the obstacles to neonatal antimicrobial stewardship.

Plenary

Session Title	Rare Disease Research in Pediatrics: Building an Asia-Pacific Network, Reaching the World
Date & Time	October 22 (Thursday), 09:00-10:30		Venue	ROOM 1,2,3
Chair	Jong Hee Chae (Seoul National University, Korea)
Speakers	Building Bridges in Pediatric Rare Diseases: Lessons from the Asia-Pacific Region Tiong Yang Tan (Melborun University, Australia)
	Gene Discovery and Clinical Translation in Pediatric Rare Diseases Toshiki Takenouchi (Okayama University, Japan)
	From UDP initiative to Regional Collaboration Ni-Chung Lee (National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan)
	Building National Rare Disease Networks Through Regional Centers Chong Kun Cheon (Pusan National University School of Medicine, Korea)

Sponsored Symposium

Session Title	AstraZeneca-Sponsored Symposium
Date & Time	October 22 (Thursday), 09:00-10:30		Venue	ROOM 5
Chairs	TBA
Speakers	Japanese HPP Guideline 2026 Update TBA
	Clinical Red Flags in Hypophosphatasia: When to Suspect HPP TBA
	Real World Case: Journey to Diagnose HPP in Korea TBA

Neurology

Session Title	Seizures at the Beginning of Life: From Bedside aEEG Monitoring to Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
Date & Time	October 22 (Thursday), 10:50-12:30		Venue	ROOM 1
Chairs	Hoon-Chul Kang (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea) Young Ok Kim (Chonnam National University Medical School, Korea)
Speakers	Seizures in the Newborn Brain: Clinical Spectrum and Etiology Bo Lyun Lee (Inje University College of Medicine, Korea)
	aEEG in Neonatal Neurology: From Detection to Prognostication Rita Yu (Ajou University School of Medicine, Korea)
	Early-Life Status Epilepticus: Clinical Approach and Treatment Strategies Lunliya Thampratankul (Mahidol University, Thailand)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks

Gastroenterology-Hepatology-Nutrition

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	Pediatric IBD Cohorts in Asia
Date & Time	October 22 (Thursday), 10:50-12:30		Venue	ROOM 2
Chairs	Jin Soo Moon (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea) Way Seah Lee (University of Malaya, Malaysia)
Speakers	Phenotypic Characteristics and Therapeutic Challenges of Pediatric Crohn’s Disease: An Insight from CARE-KIDS Registry Jung Ok Shim (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Medical Management of Pediatric IBD in Asia-Pacific: APSGHAN PIBD Working Group Way Seah Lee (University of Malaya, Malaysia)
	Optimizing the Treatment and Growth in Children with IBD: 10-Year Lessons from JPIBD-R Katsuhiro Arai (National Center for Child Health and Development, Japan)
	Long-term Outcomes of Biologic Therapy in Pediatric IBD: Lessons from Asian PIBD Registries James Guoxian Huang (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine; National University Health System, Singapore)

Special Lecture

Session Type	Special Lecture
Date & Time	October 22 (Thursday), 10:50-11:50		Venue	ROOM 3
Chair	Yun Sil Chang (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea)
Speaker	PDA Management in Extremely Preterm Infants - Lessons Learned from the BeNeDuctus Trial Willem-Pieter de Boode (ESPR President, Radboudumc Amalia Children's Hospital, The Netherlands)

Hematology-Oncology

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	Advances in Gene Therapy for Pediatric Hematologic Diseases
Date & Time	October 22 (Thursday), 10:50-12:30		Venue	ROOM 4
Chairs	Hye Lim Jung (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea) Eun Jin Choi (Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	Genome Editing: Technologies and Future Perspectives Sangsu Bae (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Gene Therapy in Hemoglobinopathy Vip Viprakasit (Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand)
	Gene Therapy in Hemophilia Jung Woo Han (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks

APSID

Session Type	APSID
Session Title	Asia Pacific Society for Immunodeficiencies (APSID) Session
Date & Time	October 22 (Thursday), 10:50-12:30		Venue	ROOM 5
Chairs	Yae-Jean Kim (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea) Hirokazu Kanegane (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)
Discussion	Introduction
Speakers	Newborn Screening in Inborn Error of Immunity Hirokazu Kanegane (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)
	Primary Atopic Disorder in Inborn Error of Immunity Narissara Suratannon (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
	Systemic Autoinflammatory Disorders in Inborn Error of Immunity Dae Chul Jeong (The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Korea)

Neurology

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	When Immunity Affects the Brain: Immune-mediated Encephalitis in Childhood
Date & Time	October 22 (Thursday), 14:00-16:00		Venue	ROOM 1
Chairs	Jieun Choi (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea) Young-Mock Lee (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	Autoantibody-mediated Encephalitis in Children Li-Wen Chen (National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Taiwan)
	MOG-associated Disease as a Distinct Pediatric Neuroimmunologic Disorder Ilhan Yoo (The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Korea)
	Postinfectious and Parainfectious Encephalitis in Children: Etiology and Prognosis from a Korean Cohort Se Hee Kim (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Seronegative and Non–autoantibody-mediated Autoimmune Encephalitis: Clinical Approach and Treatment Jiwon Lee (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks

Neonatology

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	Improving Quality and Preventing Infections in NICUs Across Asia
Date & Time	October 22 (Thursday), 14:00-16:00		Venue	ROOM 3
Chairs	Tetsuya Isayama (National Center for Child Health and Development, Japan) Ee-Kyung Kim (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	Improving the Used of Antibiotic in Neonatal Sepsis: From Local to Regional Collaboration Nina Dwi Putri (Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia)
	Optimizing Infection Control in the NICU: Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance, Epidemiology, and Immunological Strategy Kee Thai Yeo (KK Women's & Children's Hospital, Singapore)
	Data-driven Antimicrobial Stewardship for Early-onset Sepsis in Very Preterm Infants: A Multicenter Quality Improvement Approach from Japan Daisuke Kinoshita (Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Japan)
	Leveraging NICU-KONIS Data for Infection Surveillance Tae-Jung Sung (CHA University School of Medicine, Korea)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks

Hematology-Oncology

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	Cancer Immunotherapy in Pediatric Cancer
Date & Time	October 22 (Thursday), 14:00-15:40		Venue	ROOM 4
Chairs	Hoon Kook (Chonnam National University Medical School, Korea) Ho Joon Im (University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	Immunotherapy in Neuroblastoma Alice L. Yu (University of California San Diego (USA); Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Taiwan), Taiwan)
	TBA Yoshiyuki Takahashi (Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)
	CAR T-cell Therapy in Acute Leukemia Hyoung Jin Kang (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks

Newborn Screening

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	Breaking the Diagnostic Odyssey: The Strategic Role of Modern Newborn Screening
Date & Time	October 22 (Thursday), 16:00-17:50		Venue	ROOM 4
Chair	Jung Min Ko (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	Advancing LSD Management in Korea: Lessons from 2 Years of Nationwide LSD NBS and the KHL Registry Project Young Bae Sohn (Ajou University School of Medicine, Korea)
	Beating the Clock in Pompe Disease: From Lifesaving NBS-Screened IOPD Interventions to Proactive LOPD Surveillance Kimitoshi Nakamura (Kumamoto University, Japan)
	A Blueprint for Universal LSD Screening: Strategic Insights from Taiwan’s Decades of Experience with MPS and Gaucher Disease Hsiang-Yu Lin (MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taiwan)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks

Immunology-Rheumatology

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	Pediatric Rheumatology
Date & Time	October 22 (Thursday), 16:00-17:50		Venue	ROOM 5
Chairs	TBA
Speakers	How Type I Interferon Shapes IL-27–Mediated Suppression of Th17 Cells in Lupus Jong Gyun Ahn (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Clinical Guideline for Childhood-onset SLE in Japan Shuichi Ito (Yokohama City University, Japan)
	Differential Diagnosis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Young Dae Kim (Inje University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks

Sponsored Symposium

Session Title	Celltrion-Sponsored Symposium
Date & Time	October 23 (Friday), 09:00-10:30		Venue	ROOM 2
Chairs	TBA
Speaker

Gastroenterology-Hepatology-Nutrition

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	Precision Medicine in Pediatric Liver Disease
Date & Time	October 23 (Friday), 11:00-12:30		Venue	ROOM 2
Chairs	Jae Sung Ko (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea) Jian-She Wang (Children's Hospital of Fudan University, China)
Speakers	Precision Approach to Neonatal Cholestasis: Integrating Genetics into Clinical Practice Jian-She Wang (Children's Hospital of Fudan University, China)
	Precision Diagnosis of Pediatric Cholestatic Liver Disease through Machine Learning and Clinical Genomics Seak Hee Oh (University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea)
	Precision Medicine in Biliary Atresia: Cohort-based Strategies to Improve Long-term Outcomes Kazuhiko Bessho (Jikei University of Health Care Sciences, Japan)

Critical Care

Session Type	Topic Session
Session Title	Building the Future of Pediatric Critical Care: International Collaboration, Simulation, and Innovation in the PICU
Date & Time	October 23 (Friday), 11:00-12:30		Venue	ROOM 4
Chairs	Joongbum Cho (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea) Won Kyoung Jhang (University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers	The Asian PICU International Collaboration: From Clinical Networks to Multinational Research Rujipat Samransamruajkit (King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
	Development of Simulation Courses in Neo-Pediatric ECLS: Education, Standardization, and Research Opportunities Anuradha P Menon (KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore)
	Translational Wet Lab Research in Pediatric Critical Care: What Rat ECMO Models Teach Us About the PICU Hwa Jin Cho (Chonnam National University Medical School, Korea)
	Building Sustainable Pediatric Critical Care Research Programs in the PICU You Sun Kim (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
	Discussion & Closing Remarks