Komei Ito
Aichi Children’s Health and Medical Center
Congress President,
The 61st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology
The 61st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology will be held from Saturday, November 2 to Sunday, November 3, 2024. The Meeting will take place at the Nagoya Convention Hall, an extremely convenient location that directly connects to Sasashima-raibu Station, and is situated just two minutes away from Nagoya Station on the Aonami Line.
The theme of this Meeting will be “Science Based Allergology.”
Allergic diseases are directly linked to external factors, such as one’s living environment, diet, clothing, and shelter. Likewise, the measures used to address allergic diseases are not limited to hospital treatments, but bear a direct relationship to our lifestyles and broader society. When adopting a narrow view of medical science, which primarily deals with factors “inside the body,” it can be seen as a somewhat unique disease. As such, science as it is envisioned here is not necessarily limited to a strict concept of medical science, but rather stretches more broadly to encompass fields such as agricultural science, food chemistry, nutrition science, environmental studies, education, and the humanities. We are striving to make this Meeting one of new discoveries, one that looks at allergic diseases from slightly outside the box, rather than reducing everything to narrowly-defined clinical evidence which is specifically aimed at selecting better treatment options.
Meanwhile, in an effort to offer something for both medical staff of various disciplines and doctors, we are planning to hold a hands-on seminar in collaboration with the Japanese Society of Pediatric Clinical Allergy, as well as lectures open to the public joined by special guest lecturers.
The Meeting will primarily be held in person. We, however, plan to stream a part of the program online while making these livestreams available on demand. We also plan to incorporate a digital poster system for doctors in remote areas, or who are otherwise unable to attend, to give a poster presentation.
While traditional Nagoya Meshi dishes such as miso-katsu (cutlet), miso-nikomi (stewed) udon noodles, kishimen (flat strip noodles), and hitsumabushi (eel fillets on rice) need no introduction, I hope you all also get to enjoy a new, refined side of Nagoya.
