The Global Center for Biomedical Science and Engineering(GCB) organized the 10th annual GCB Biomedical Science and Engineering Symposium jointly with the Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine on Sunday, August 20th this year. The event was held in a hybrid format at the Hokkaido University School of Medicine Clinical Auditorium with live streaming offered via Zoom.

Professor Shigetsugu Hatakeyama, Dean of the Hokkaido University School of Medicine gave the opening address. The schedule consisted of four sections: radiobiology, medical physics, radiation therapy, and diagnostic imaging. Ten specialists from Japanese and international universities and institutes delivered lectures in their fields.

In the first session, chaired by Associate Professor Yasuhito Onodera, lectures were given online by Associate Professor Anusha Kalbasi and on-site by Assistant Professor Rodney Chen-En Hsieh from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan. Later, Dr. Ping-Hsiu Wu from Taipei Medical University joined the discussion online.

In the second session, Advancements in Radiotherapy: Treatment Planning and Delivery, Associate Professor Seishin Takao introduced Associate Professor Michael Gensheimer from Stanford University and Researcher Koki Kasamatsu from National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology who both gave their lectures online. Assistant Professor Takaaki Yoshimura from Hokkaido University Faculty of Health Sciences gave his lecture on-site.

In the afternoon, Professor Hidefumi Aoyama chaired the third session. Assistant Professor Yusuke Uchinami of Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine and Professor Yong Chan Ahn of Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, spoke on the theme of “Radiotherapy Strategies for Oligometastasis.”

Professor Kohsuke Kudo lead the last session. Assistant Professor Hiroyuki Kameda and Associate Professor Kenji Hirata both of Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine and Associate Professor Haris Sair of Johns Hopkins University gave their lectures on the theme of “Advanced Neuroimaging.”

Finally, Professor Yuji Kuge, Deputy Director of The Global Center for Biomedical Science and Engineering, gave the closing address and thanked the speakers and participants for a successful and enlightening symposium.

The Global Center for Biomedical Science and Engineering will continue to strengthen its collaboration with world-class research groups into the future to promote the continuance of research excellence and the development of international standards.