Committees

	・	President Kenji Sunagawa, M.D. (Kyushu University)
	・	Honorary President Masatsugu Hori, M.D. (Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases) Fumihiko Kajiya, M.D. (Kawasaki Medical School) Yukio Maruyama, M.D. (Hoshi General Hospital)
	・	Organizing Committee Toshiro Fujita, M.D. (Tokyo University) David Kass, M.D. (Johns Hopkins University) Yoshihisa Kurachi, M.D. (Osaka University) William Little, M.D. (Wake Forest University) Masunori Matsuzaki, M.D. (Yamaguchi University)
	・	Program Committee Joe Alexander Jr., M.D. (Pfizer, Inc. ) Felix Blyakhman, Ph.D. (Ural State Medical Academy) Dirk J. Duncker, M.D. (Erasmus MC) Toshiro Fujita, M.D. (Tokyo University) Masami Goto, M.D. (Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare) Yoichi Goto, M.D. (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center) Yoshitaka Hirooka, M.D. (Kyushu University) Tomomi Ide, M.D. (Kyushu University)　 Hiroshi Ito, M.D. (Okayama University) Paul M.L. Janssen, Ph.D. (The Ohio State University) Kazuomi Kario, M.D. (Jichi Medical University) David Kass, M.D. (Johns Hopkins University) Genjiro Kimura, M.D. (Nagoya City University) Masafumi Kitakaze, M.D. (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center) Issei Komuro, M.D. (Osaka University) Hiroo Kumagai, M.D. (National Defence Medical College) Yoshihisa Kurachi, M.D. (Osaka University) William Little, M.D. (Wake Forest University) Masunori Matsuzaki, M.D. (Yamaguchi University) Shinichi Momomura, M.D. (Jichi Medical University) Satoshi Nakatani, M.D. (Osaka University) Yutaka Otsuji, M.D. (University of Occupational and Environmental Health) Takayuki Sato, M.D. (Kochi University) Toshiaki Shishido, M.D. (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center) Nikos Stergiopulos, Ph.D. (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) Masaru Sugimachi, M.D. (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center) Seiryo Sugiura, M.D. (Tokyo University) Hiroyuki Tsutsui, M.D. (Hokkaido University) Yoshio Yasumura, M.D. (Osaka National Hospital)