Join us for an extraordinary 2‑day virtual symposium celebrating the remarkable evolution of interventional pulmonology. This comprehensive program honors the pioneering legacies of Prof. Shigeto Ikeda and Prof. Hans Christian Jacobaeus while exploring cutting‑edge advances from traditional bronchoscopy to robotic‑assisted procedures, and from rigid to flexirigid thoracoscopy.
Featuring world‑renowned experts from across the globe, this webinar will cover peripheral bronchoscopy techniques, navigation and robotic technologies, mediastinal staging, pleural interventions, and innovative applications for benign lung diseases. Interactive case discussions and panel debates will address the balance between technological advancement and practical clinical application.
Faculty
Pyng Lee
Singapore
Ali Musani
USA
Stefano Gasparini
Italy
Danai Khemasuwan
USA
Hind Janah
Morocco
Aleš Rozman
Slovenia
Hideo Saka
Japan
Naofumi Shinagawa
Japan
Hervé Dutau
France
Semra Bilaceroglu
Turkiye
Carla Lamb
USA
David Fielding
Australia
Noriaki Kurimoto
Japan
Najib Rahman
UK
Atul Mehta
USA
Taeko Shirakawa
Japan
Septimiu Murgu
USA
Levent Dalar
Turkey
Kaid Darwiche
Germany
Katerina Antoniou
Greece
Wilfried E. Eberhardt
Germany
Alvin Ing
Australia
Udit Chaddha
USA
Sonali Sethi
USA
Takahiro Nakajima
Japan
Thomas Gildea
USA
Marios Froudarakis
France
Thitiwat Sriprasart
Thailand
Antonio Bugalho
Portugal
Spasoje Popevic
Serbia
Deirdre Fitzgerald
Ireland
Rainbow Lau
Hong Kong
The 2-day webinar is now on Youtube. Watch it on demand!
Start Times Worldwide (Both Days)
New York
4:30 AM (EDT)
Buenos Aires
5:30 AM (ART)
Berlin・Paris・Rome
10:30 AM (CEST)
Cairo
11:30 AM (EEST)
New Delhi
2:00 PM (IST)
Jakarta
3:30 PM (WIB)
Singapore
4:30 PM (SGT)
Tokyo
5:30 PM (JST)
Scientific Program
Day 1 – Saturday, September 13, 2025
“Bronchoscopy: From Traditional to Cutting‑Edge Technologies”
8:30 AM GMT
Introduction
Total: 25 minutes
Chair: Hideo Saka (Japan)
History of Bronchoscopy from Inception to What It Is Today
Taeko Shirakawa (Japan) • 25 minutes
8:55 AM GMT
Session 1: From the Experts of Peripheral Bronchoscopy
Total: 75 minutes
Chairs: Stefano Gasparini (Italy), Tu Chih Yen (Taiwan), Naofumi Shinagawa (Japan)
Molecular Diagnostics Era of Lung Cancer: how to optimise with needle vs cryo
Thitiwat Sriprasart (Thailand) • 15 minutes
2 Cases
Case 1: Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy, need to access N1 – Wilfried E. Eberhardt (Germany)
Case 2: Patient selection and How I do EBUS‑TBC and mediastinal staging – Kaid Darwiche (Germany) • 20 minutes total
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