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November 6(Fri), 2026
Vista Hall, Grand Walkerhill Seoul, Korea
KJT Program
Time Session / Presentation Name Position and Affiliation Country
08:30 - 09:00 Welcome Speech Yun Sil Chang President, Korean Society of Neonatology Korea
Naoto Takahashi President, Japan Society for Neonatal Health and Development Japan
San-Nan Yang President, Taiwan Soceity of Neonatology Taiwan
09:00 - 09:50 Keynote Speech I
09:00 - 09:40 Accelerating Rare Disease Diagnosis: From Rapid Genomics in the NICU to Genomic Newborn Screening Zornitza Stark Clinical and Research Lead for Diagnostic Genomics, VCGS
Co-Lead, Translational Genomics Research Group, MCRI
Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne
Australia
09:40 - 09:50 Discussion
09:50 - 10:10 Coffee Break
10:10 - 11:20 Scientific Session
11:20 - 12:10 Keynote Speech II
11:20 - 12:00 Rapid Whole-Genome Sequencing for Critically Ill Neonates: Insights from a Nationwide Korean Collaborative Network Misun Yang Department of Pediatrics, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center Korea
12:00 - 12:10 Discussion
12:10 - 13:20 Luncheon Symposium
13:20 - 14:10 Keynote Speech III
13:20 - 14:00 Beyond Diagnosis: Developing Genome-Editing Therapy for Neurodevelopment in Down Syndrome Yasuji Kitabatake Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka Japan
14:00 - 14:10 Discussion
14:10 - 15:00 Keynote Speech IV
14:10 - 14:50 Neonatal Epigenetic Fate: Reprogramming of the BDNF Promoter as a Precision Biomarker Bridging Hypoxic Insult and Neurodevelopmental Risk Pei-Ling Wu Department of Pediatrics, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University School of Medicine Taiwan
14:50 - 15:00 Discussion
15:00 - 15:30 Poster Presentation & Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:20 Scientific Session
16:20 - 17:10 Keynote Speech V
16:20 - 17:00 Beyond Diagnosis: Translating Neonatal Genomics into Precision Care Duangrurdee Wattanasirichaigoon Department of Pediatrics,(Ramathibodi), Mahidol University Thailand
17:00 - 17:10 Discussion
17:10 - 17:15 Closing Remarks Yun Sil Chang President, Korean Society of Neonatology Korea
17:15 - 17:20 Group Photo
17:40 – Gala Dinner & Awards (Grand Hall, B1F)

Hosted by
The Korean Society of Neonatology
Congress President : Yun Sil Chang

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