Program

※As of May13, 2026

Special Lecture

A new disease paradigm for age-related cardiovascular inflammation

Saturday, July 4　8:20～9:20

Chair：

Kayoko Sato（Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Nutrition,Faculty of Nutrition, Tokyo Kasei University）

Speaker：

Cornelia M. Weyand（Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Stanford University School of Medicine）

Plenary Lecture

Plenary Lecture 1
The past, present, and future of lipoprotein（a）：will we face exciting times?

Saturday, July 4　11:40～12:10

Chair：

Hiroshi Yoshida（The Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital）

Speaker：

Florian Kronenberg（Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA）

Plenary Lecture 2
Familial Hypercholesterolemia：Redefining the Boundaries of Healthy Longevity

Saturday, July 4　17:20～17:50

Chair：

Tetsuo Minamino（Department of Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa University）

Speaker：

Antonio Gallo（Department of Nutrition, Lipidology and Cardiovascular Prevention Unit, Sorbonne University, Assistance Publique‒Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris）

Plenary Lecture 3
APO-CALYPSE NOW? Apolipoprotein panel Improves Cardiovascular Event Prediction and Cardiovascular Outcome by Identifying Patients Who Benefit From Targeted PCSK9 Inhibitor Therapy

Saturday, July 4　18:00～18:30

Chair：

Katsunori Ikewaki（Center for Preventive Medicine, Jikei University Hospital）

Speaker：

Christa M. Cobbaert（Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands）

Plenary Lecture 4（Video lecture）
Testing the Lp（a） Hypothesis: From HORIZON to the Next Generation of Outcomes Trials

Sunday, July 5　18:00～18:30

Chair：

Hiroshi Yoshida（The Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital）

Speaker：

Sotirios Tsimikas（University of California San Diego, USA）

The 11th Shimamoto Takio Memorial Lecture

The 11th Shimamoto Takio Memorial Lecture 1
Decoding TREM2-dependent macrophage phenotypes in metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases

Saturday, July 4　10:40～11:40

Chair：

Hiroshi Yoshida（The Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital）

Speaker：

Christopher K. Glass（Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine: Department of Medicine/Department of Neuroscience, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.）

The 11th Shimamoto Takio Memorial Lecture2
Vascular Aging: The Role of Epigenetic Clocks in Atherosclerosis and Heart Health

Sunday, July 5　8:30～9:30

Chair：

Kayoko Sato（Clinical Pathology Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition, Tokyo Kasei University）

Speaker：

Steve Horvath（University of California, Los Angeles, USA）

JAS–KSoLA–TSLA Joint Symposium

Saturday, July 4　14:30～16:00

Chair：

Manabu Minami（Department of Data ScienceNation al Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center）
Ping-Yen Liu（Division of Cardiology, Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Taiwan , Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan）

Speaker：

AI in Atherosclerosis：Translating Innovation Through Clinical Practice and Regulation
Manabu Minami（Department of Data ScienceNation al Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center）
Personalized Medicine and the Use of AI in Atherosclerosis for Extending Healthy Life　Expectancy
Kunihiro Nishimura（Department of Preventive Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center）
Cardiovascular Risk Stratification using AI and Large Language Models：Toward Individualized Care
SungA Bae（Division of Cardiology, Yongin Severance Hospital Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yongin, Korea）
Personalized Medicine for Interventional Medicine：Analysis of genetic risk scores for coronary in-stent restenosis among Taiwanese population.
Ping-Yen Liu（Division of Cardiology, Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Taiwan , Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan）

APSAVD-IAS-JAS Joint Symposium

Challenges in Contemporary Lipid Management

Sunday, July 5　9:40～11:10

Chairs：

Lourdes Ella Santos（Cardinal Santos Medical Center, Philippines）
Shizuya Yamashita（Rinku General Medical Center, Japan）

Speaker：

Residual triglyceride risk：Implications for ASCVD and pancreatitis
Weerapan Khovidhunkit（Chulalongkorn University, Thailand）
Statin-Associated Side Effects and the Therapeutic Shift Toward Ezetimibe Combination Therapy
Soon Jun Hong（Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea）
Emerging Treatments for Persistent Challenges in Lipid Management
Shizuya Yamashita（Rinku General Medical Center, Japan）

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CAS-JAS Joint Symposium

New Therapeutic Strategies Against Atherosclerosis

Sunday, July 5　15:10～16:40

Chair：

Xian Wu Cheng（The Department of Cardiology and Hypertension, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji , Cjina）
Yuxin Li（Division of Cell Regeneration and Transplantation, Nihon University School of Medicine）

Speaker：

Elucidation of tripeptide DT-109’s anti-atherogenic effects in cynomolgus monkeys
Jianglin Fan（Guangdong Province Key Laboratory, Southern China Institute ofLarge Animal Models for Biomedicine, School of Pharmacy and Food Engineering,Wuyi University, Jiangmen, China）
PAI-1 Acts as A Good Guy or Bad guy in Cardiovascular Disease Progression?
Xian Wu Cheng（Department of Cardiology and Hypertension, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Stress and Cardiovascular Disease, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji, China）
The Potential of Anti-Inflammatory Therapy for Suppressing Cardiovascular Events―From Bench to Bedside―
Kikuo Isoda（Department of Cardiology, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital , Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine）
Reproduction of Human-Like Coronary Atherosclerosis Using LDL Receptor Knockout Pigs and Emerging Therapeutic Interventions
Daisuke Kitano（Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medcicine）