Program Information

Live Discussion Timetable

Speaker presentations are pre-recorded to video for watching on the ISCD website and available throughout the on-demand period (August 13 to October 31, 2021).

Some sessions (indicated below as “Live Discussion & On-Demand”) also include a live on-line meeting between the featured international speakers on either Sept. 16 or 17, 2021. Click on the ‘Live Discussion Time Table’ button above to see the detailed timetable.

The time of day of these live discussions will depend on your time zone. All times shown on the timetable are “JST” (Japan Standard Time). Note that JST is 9 hours ahead of UTC (GMT).

(Program subject to change).

Special lecture（On-Demand）

Discovery of IL-6 and Anti-IL6R therapy of Castleman Disease and Cytokine release syndrome (CRS)

Chairperson: Kazuyuki Yoshizaki (Japan)
Speaker: Tadamitsu Kishimoto (Japan)

Plenary lecture（On-Demand）

Chairperson: Kazuyuki Yoshizaki (Japan)
Speaker: David Fajgenbaum (USA)

Symposium 1（Live Discussion & On-Demand）

Pathology of Castleman disease　

Chairperson: Naoya Nakamura (Japan)
Amy Chadburn (USA)
Speaker: Ahmet Dogan (USA)
Amy Chadburn (USA)
Megan S. Lim (USA)
Yasuharu Sato (Japan) / Yoshito Nishimura (USA/Japan)

Symposium 2（Live Discussion & On-Demand）

Related diseases on Castleman disease

Chairperson: Kazuichi Okazaki (Japan)
Pier Luigi Zinzani (Italy)
Speaker: Eric Oksenhendler (France)
Jean François Rossi (France)
Thomas Uldrick (USA)
Hiroshi Kawabata (Japan)
Yasufumi Masaki (Japan)
Mitsuhiro Kawano (Japan)
Chiaki Nakaseko (Japan)

Symposium 3（Live Discussion & On-Demand）

Management of Castleman disease

Chairperson: Hiroshi Kawabata (Japan)
Eric Oksenhendler (France)
Speaker: Jean François Rossi (France)
Thomas Uldrick (USA)
Kazuyuki Yoshizaki (Japan)
Frits Van Rhee (USA)
David Fajgenbaum (USA)
Atsushi Kawakami (Japan)
Kazue Takai (Japan) / Hiroshi Kawabata (Japan)
Hisanori Umehara (Japan)
Tomoki Suichi (Japan)

Symposium 4（Live Discussion & On-Demand）

Basic, clinical, epidemiological research

Chairperson: David Fajgenbaum (USA)
Thomas Uldrick (USA)
Speaker: David Boutboul (France)
Taku Kambayashi (USA)
Kazuko Uno (Japan)
Tomohiro Koga (Japan)
PJ Utz (USA)
Patricia Y. Tsao (USA)
Yoshikane Kikushige (Japan)
Sheila Pierson (USA)

Symposium 5（Live Discussion & On-Demand）

Epidemiology in the world and in every country

Chairperson: Mary Jo Lechowicz (USA)
Speaker: Mary Jo Lechowicz (USA)
Steve Schey (UK)
Eric Oksenhendler (France)
Pier Luigi Zinzani (Italy)
Simone Ferrero (Italy)
Yeow Tee Goh (Singapore)
David Simpson (New Zealand)
Simon Harrison (Australia)
Seok-Goo Cho (Korea)
Shingo Yano (Japan)

Case discussion（Live Discussion & On-Demand）

Presenter: Naoya Nakamura (Japan)
Discusser: Megan S. Lim (USA)
Simone Ferrero (Italy)

Patient Organization of Castleman Disease (On-Demand)

Speaker: Shunsuke Izuta (Japan)
Mary Zuccato (USA)
Sachiko SUEMATSU (Japan)

Informational video about Castleman disease and the CDCN (On-Demand)

Commentator: David Fajgenbaum (USA)

Precious Seminar (On-Demand)

Chairperson: Sunita D. Nasta (USA)
Speaker: Frits Van Rhee (USA)

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