ACOS 2012, Seoul

1.Overview

10th International Conference of the Asian Clinical Oncology Society
- Work Together to Make a Difference for Cancer Therapy in Asia

Conference President Kyung Sam Cho Vice President Jung Shin Lee, Sung Hoon Noh Chairman Yeul Hong Kim Secretary-General Tae Won Kim Period June 13 (Wed) ~ 15 (Fri), 2012 Venue COEX Convention and Exhibition Center, Seoul, Korea Participant About 1,500 Host Korean Cancer Association Web-site www.acos2012.org

2. Venue: COEX Convention and Exhibition Center

3. Registration

	Pre-registration	On-site
	Until May 15, 2012	After May 15, 2012
Doctor	US $400	US $450
Trainee	US $200	US $300
Nurse	US $200	US $300
Fellow	US $200	US $300
Student	US $200	US $300
Company	US $500	US $600
Accompanying Person(s)	US $150

▶ Total 1,451 participants from 30 countries !

No.	Country	People	No.	Country	People
1	Korea	880	16	Bangladesh	3
2	Japan	162	17	Uganda	3
3	China	97	18	United Kingdom	3
4	Taiwan	74	19	Canada	2
5	Singapore	42	20	France	2
6	Thailand	28	21	Pakistan	2
7	Indonesia	27	22	Switzerland	2
8	Vietnam	24	23	Iran	2
9	Philippines	21	24	Austria	1
10	USA	15	25	Germany	1
11	India	13	26	Israel	1
12	Malaysia	13	27	Kazakhstan	1
13	Hong Kong	11	28	New Zealand	1
14	Nepal	11	29	Spain	1
15	Mongolia	7	30	Ukraine	1

▶ Country

4.Scientific Program

Introduction of ACOS2012 Plenary Lecturer-1

Waun Ki HONG, M.D., Prof.
Division of Cancer Medicine
MD. Anderson Cancer Center
Topic: Personalized Cancer Therapy in 2012: Opportunities and Challenges

Introduction of ACOS2012 Plenary Lecturer-2

Masaki KITAJIMA, M.D., Prof.
Department of Surgery
International University of Health and Welfare
Topic: Advanced Minimally Invasive and Individualized Treatment for Cancer with GI Tract

Introduction of ACOS2012 Plenary Lecturer-3

Raju KUCHERLAPATI, M.D., Prof.
Department of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Topic: Genetics and Genomics of Cancer

▶ Meet the Professor

Number of Session	12
Number of Registrations	65

Session Type	Number of Session	Number of Presentations
1. Plenary Lectures	3	3
2. Award Lecture	2	1
3. Memorial Lecture	1	1
4. Special Lecture	9	9
5. Symposia	15	55
6.Debate&SummarySession	1	6
7. Case Conference	1	3
8. Educational Lecture	19	68
9. R & D Session	1	4
10. Satellite Symposium	18	27
11. Oral Presentation	14	110
Total	84	287

Oral Presentation

No.	Session Title	Presentation
1	Breast Cancer: Clinical	9
2	Breast Cancer: Translational	6
3	Colorectal Cancer: Clinical	6
4	Colorectal Cancer: Translational	6
5	Esophageal Cancer	8
6	Gastric Cancer: Loco regional	9
7	Gastric Cancer: Metastatic	9
8	Gastric Cancer: Surgery	9
9	Gastric Cancer: Translational	8
10	Gynecologic & Urological Cancer	9
11	Head and Neck Cancer, Central Nervous System Tumors	9
12	Lung Cancer	9
13	Patient Care	7
14	Sarcoma, Pancreatic biliary & Liver Cancer	7
	Total	110

▶ Pre & Post Conference Training Program : 9 participants

The ACOS 2012 Scientific Committee has provided a Pre and Post Conference Training Program to ACOS2012 participants. These well-organized training programs have been organized to learn about standard practices, new technologies and first-hand experience with cancer treatment at major hospitals in Korea.

No.	Name	Specialty	Country	Training Period	Assigned Institution
1	Herdee Gloriane Luna	Medical Oncology	Philippines	June 17th ~22nd	National Cancer Center
2	Roshan Mishra	Surgical Oncology	Nepal	June 17th ~22nd
3	Siew Kuan LIM	General Surgery / Breast	Singapore	June 17th ~22nd
4	Keisuke Koeda	Gastric Surgery, Endoscopi Surgery	Japan	June 4th ~June 12th	Seoul National University Hospital
5	Prakash Neupane	Surgical Oncology-GI, Hepatobiliary and Breast	Nepal	June 16th ~22nd
6	Takuya Hamakawa		Japan	June 4th ~June 12th
7	Sameer Gupta	Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Surgery	India	June 16th ~June 22nd	Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
8	Prasan KANSAKAR	Gastrointestinal Surgery	Nepal	June 16th ~June 22nd
9	Jaipalreddy POGAL	Surgical Oncology	India	June 16th ~June 22nd

5. Award

▶ Kobayashi Foundation Award Lecture

1. Prof. Yung-Jue Bang (Korea)
Development of new therapeutics for gastric cancer
2. Prof. Chih-Hsin Yang (China)
A translational research of reversing acquired EGFR-TKI resistance in nonsmall cell lung cancer patients

▶ Awards

Category		Awardees	Prize
Merit Award	National	15	KRW 500,000
	International	25	USD 500
Travel Award	National	8	KRW 1,00,0000
	International	10	USD 1,000
GSK Award	National	6	KRW 1,00,0000

6. Memorial Lecture

▶ J-P Memorial Lecture

Masahiko NISHIYAMA (Saitama Medical University, Japan)
"Future Direction (or Perspective) of Clinical Oncology in Asia"

7. Major Sponsors

8. Exhibition

Companies 35 Booths 76 Booth space 884m2 Exhibitions 223

9. Poster

10. Social Program

▶ Opening Ceremony (June 13, 18:00)

・"Dae Book" Performance using big drums ・Opening Address - Dr. Kyung Sam Cho (Conference President) ・Welcome Message - Dr. Shigetoyo Saji (President of ACOS) ・Congratulation Remarks : In sook Park (Member of National Assembly) ・Band Performance "Hippopience"

▶ Welcome Reception (June 13, 19:00)

▶ President dinner (June 13, 20:00)

▶ Banquet (June 14, 19:00)

・Cocktail Reception ・Laser Show ・Opening Address : Dr. Yeul Hong Kim (Chairman of ACOS2012) ・Korean Traditional Dance

▶ Closing Ceremony (June 15, 17:00)

・Award Ceremony ・Flag moved from Korea to Taiwan ・Closing Remarks : Dr. Kyung Sam Cho (Conference President)