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Program

November 23(Mon.) – 24(Tue.), 2026

DAY 1 Day 1 November 23 (Mon.), 2026 DAY 2 Day 2 November 24 (Tue.), 2026

DAY 1 Day 1 November 23 (Mon.), 2026

09:00-09:40 40min Registration
  • 09:40-09:50 10min

    Opening Remarks

    Gil-Joon Suh National Medical Center President&CEO
  • 09:50-10:00 10min

    Congratulatory Remarks

  • Congratulatory Remarks

    Seung-Kwan Im Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency Commissioner
  • 10:00-10:10 10min

    Group Photo

    Presenter, Moderator and Speaker

Keynote Lecture

Lee Kun-Hee Memorial Lecture

Session Details
Moderator Young-Mee Jee Seoul National University College of Medicine Professor
  • 10:10-10:50 40min
    Presentation

    The Current Landscape of Emerging Viruses : WHO’s Perspective

    Maria D. Van Kerkhove World Health Organization (WHO) Director
Plenary Session 1

National Strategies for Emerging Infectious Diseases Preparedness

Session Details
Moderator Jun-Yong Choi National Medical Center Director
  • 10:50-11:30 40min
    Presentation

    Strengthening Korea’s Medical Response to Emerging Infectious Diseases: Advancing the Infectious Disease Crisis Management System

    Gyeong-Won Hwang Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency Director
  • 11:30-12:10 40min
    Presentation

    Preparing for Disease X: Diagnosis, Research, Case Management, and Infection Prevention and Control

    Norio Ohmagari Japan Institute for Health Security Director
12:10-13:00 50min Luncheon
Plenary Session 1

National Strategies for Emerging Infectious Diseases Preparedness

Session Details
Moderator Jun-Yong Choi National Medical Center Director
  • 13:00-13:40 40min
    Presentation

    From Unknown Pneumonia to Pathogen Identification: Lessons from Emerging Viral Threats

    Leo Poon The University of Hong Kong Professor
Session 1

Artificial Intelligence for Infectious Diseases Surveillance and Infection Prevention

Session Details
Moderator Ki-Tae Kwon Kyungpook National University School of Medicine Professor
  • 13:40-14:20 40min
    Presentation

    Automated Electronic Surveillance for Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention and Control

    Michael Klompas Harvard Medical School Professor
  • 14:20-15:00 40min
    Presentation

    Development of a Convergence-Based Intelligent Agent for Predicting and Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections

    Jae-Hyun Park Sungkyunkwan University Professor
15:00-15:20 20min Coffee Break
Session 2

Research Strategies During Pandemics

Session Details
Moderator Keun-Hwa Lee Hanyang University College of Medicine Professor
  • 15:20-16:00 40min
    Presentation

    Research Strategies During Pandemics: Experience from the Special Pathogens Research Network(SPRN)

    Jocelyn Herstein University of Nebraska Medical Center Associate Professor
  • 16:00-16:40 40min
    Presentation

    Development of Living Clinical Guidelines During Pandemics

    Yeon-Jae Kim National Medical Center Infectious Disease Physician
  • 16:40-17:20 40min
    Presentation

    Human Challenge Trials for Accelerating Vaccine Development

    Barnaby Young National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore Senior Consultant
  • 17:20-17:30 10min

    Closing Remarks

※ The program is subject to change.

Speakers