Dear Colleagues,

As the president of the 52nd Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS) Annual Meeting to be held in April 2012, it is indeed a great honour for me to invite you to the International Program of the meeting which will be organized from 20 to 22 April at the Kobe Convention Center in Japan. The 52nd Annual Meeting of JRS is the biggest meeting for respiratory physicians in Japan.

The JRS has been holding an International Program during the JRS Annual Meeting since the 41st meeting in 2001. Below is the program of the 52nd JRS meeting for your reference.

The Meeting Committee invites you to contribute to our congress by submitting your valuable papers for the English Mini-Symposium. Further information is available on our congress web site jrs.or.jp/jrs52/en/index.html.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Kobe.

With our best regards,

Masaharu Nishimura, MD, PhD
President of the 52nd JRS (Japanese Respiratory Society) meeting
First Department of Medicine, School of Medicine Hokkaido University

The Japanese Respiratory Society
Nichinai Kaikan 7th Floor, 3-28-8 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
Tel: +81-3-5805-3560 Fax: +81-3-5805-3554
E-mail: info@jrs.or.jp

1. Keynote Lecture
   James C Hogg

   University of British Columbia
   The iCAPTURE Centre
   Canada
2. Invited Lecture
   Peter J Barnes

   Department of Airway Disease
   National Heart and Lung Institute
   Imperial College London
   U.K.
   Bruce E Johnson

   Department of Medicine
   Harvard Medical School
   Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
   USA
3. Presidential Lecture
   Masaharu Nishimura

   Division of Respiratory Medicine
   Department of Internal Medicine
   Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
   Japan
4. Symposium
5. Joint Program
6. Guideline Session
7. International Symposium
   • Mechanisms of lung injury and repair
   • New insight in smoking related interstitial lung disease
   • Clinical problems in COPD
   • Recent progress in asthma pathogenesis and treatment
   • Molecular targeted therapy in lung cancer
8. Educational Program
   • Educational Lecture
   • Case Study Meeting
9. English Mini-Symposium
10. Luncheon Seminar & Evening Symposium

Online abstract submission for the English Mini-Symposium.
Deadline: 28 October 2011

1. Presentation Style
   English Mini-Symposium (Oral Presentation)
2. Abstract text / CV / Facial portrait photo
   The title of abstract is within 20 words. The abstract should not exceed 160 words of plain text in English.
3. Password / registration number
   After submission you will obtain registration number, reference and password for updates. Please record them for further correspondence.
4. Inquiries for abstract submission
   If you have any questions or if it is not possible to submit online, please contact:

   The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Respiratory Society.
   Abstract Submission Desk.
   E-mail: 52jrs-abs@coac.co.jp
   FAX: +81-3-3815-2028