KSSCR 2026 Annual Meeting
2026 Annual Meeting of Korean Society for Stem Cell Research
Aug, 20-21, 2026
SWISS Grand Hotel Convention Center, Seoul, Korea
Aug, 20-21, 2026SWISS Grand Hotel Convention Center, Seoul, Korea
Program at a GlancePlace: SWISS GRAND HOTEL, Convention Center 4F
The Schedule is tentative and subject to change.
Updated on: April 17, 2026
| Time | Room A | Room B | Room C |
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| 8:30~ | Registration | ||
| 09:00-10:20 | Organoid Computing | Stem Cell in Tumor Initiation | Next-Generation Phase 0 Platforms: Converging Cell-laden 3D Bioprinting |
| Co-Chairs Woong Sun (Korea University, Korea) and Jinsoo Seo (Yonsei University, Korea) |
Co-Chairs Hee Seung Lee (Yonsei University, Korea) and Heetak Lee (IBS, Korea) |
Co-Chairs Byung-Hyun Cha (Kangwon National University, Korea) and Ji Young Mun (Korea Brain Research Institute, Korea) |
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| Speaker Raphael Gaudin (University of Montpellier, France) |
Speaker Jeong Ho Lee (KAIST, Korea) |
Speaker Seunggyu Kim (Korea University, Korea) |
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| Speaker Ikeuchi Yoshiho (The University of Tokyo, Japan) |
Speaker Maria Alcolea (Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, UK) |
Speaker Su Ryon Shin (Harvard Medical School, USA) |
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| Speaker Il-Joo Cho (Korea University, Korea) |
Speaker Jinwook Choi (GIST, Korea) |
Speaker Joeng Ju Kim (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea) |
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| Speaker Seongjun Park (Seoul National University, Korea) |
Speaker Ji-Hyun Lee (IBS, Korea) |
Speaker Sang Jin Lee (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) |
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| 10:20-10:50 | Coffee Break | ||
| 10:50-11:00 | Opening Remarks | ||
| 11:00-12:00 | Plenary Lecture I | ||
| Co-Chairs Dong-Wook Kim (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea) and YunSil Chang (Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Korea) |
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| Speaker Lorenz Studer (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA) |
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| 12:00-13:00 | Luncheon Seminar I | Luncheon Seminar II | Luncheon Seminar III |
| TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 13:00-14:20 | KSSCR Distinguished Scientists of the Year | ||
| Co-Chairs Jae Ho Kim (Pusan National University, korea), Ji Hyeon Ju (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea) |
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| Speaker Kunyoo Shin (Seoul National University, Korea) |
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| Speaker Bon-Kyoung Koo (IBS, Korea) |
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| Speaker Tae-Hyung Kim (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea) |
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| 14:20-14:40 | Coffee Break | ||
| 14:40-16:00 | AASCRM Session | Meet the Editor Session | |
| Chair Jihwan Song (CHA University, Korea) |
Chair Soah Lee (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea) |
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| Speaker Shigeto Shimmura (JSRM, Japan) |
Speaker Sheila Chari (Cell Stem Cell) |
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| Speaker Tao Cheng (CSSCR, China) |
Speaker Sara Hamiltom (Cell Reports Medicine) |
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| Speaker Jonathan Yuin-Han Loh (SCSS, Singapore) |
Speaker Rachel Glenn (Nature Communications) |
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| Speaker Anai Gonzalez-Cordero (ASSCR, Australia) |
Panel Discussion | ||
| 16:00-16:20 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:20-17:40 | hPSC Based Cell Therapy | AI-Powered Platforms for Accelerating Stem Cell Research | Mechanisms of Stem Cell Aging |
| Co-Chairs Tae Wan Kim (DGIST, Korea) and Chul-Hwan Lee (Seoul National University, Korea) |
Chair SungHoi Hong (Korea University, Korea) |
Co-Chairs Minseong Kim (Sejong University, Korea) and Jae-Hyun Yang (KAIST, Korea) |
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| Speaker Arianna Baggiolini (Institute of Oncology Research, Swiss) |
Speaker Ryuji Kato (Nagoya University, Japan) |
Speaker Dongryeol Ryu (GIST, Korea) |
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| Speaker Hun-Jun Park (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea) |
Speaker Ki-Jun Yoon (KAIST, Korea) |
Speaker Kyeezu Kim (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea) |
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| Speaker Sekyu Choi (POSTECH, Korea) |
Speaker Minee L. Choi (KAIST, Korea) |
Speaker Jengmin Kang (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea) |
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| Speaker Yongjin Yoo (Korea University, Korea) |
Speaker Jae Jin Cho (Seoul National University, Korea) |
Speaker Samuel Beck (Boston University, USA) |
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| 17:40~ | Poster Session & Networking Reception | ||
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| 09:00-10:00 | Plenary Lecture II | ||
| Co-Chairs Jung-Im Huh (ABC-Based Regenerative Bio Therapeutics, Korea), Janghwan Kim (KRIBB, Korea) |
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| Speaker Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte (Altos Labs, USA) |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 10:30-11:50 | Multi-layered Mechanisms of Tissue Regeneration in Adult Organisms | Transplantable Organoids in Regenerative Medicine | From Bench to Business *This session will be conducted in Korean. |
| Co-Chairs Hanseul Yang (KAIST, Korea) and Min Kyu Yum (KAIST, Korea) |
Co-Chairs Man Ryul Lee (Konkuk University, Korea) and Kihyun Lee (Ewha Womans University, Korea) |
Co-Chairs Sungjin Min (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea) and Hyun-Do Jung (Hanyang University, Korea) |
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| Speaker Chunyi Li (Changchun Sci-Tech University, China) |
Speaker Ryuichi Okamoto (Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan) |
Speaker Jeong Eun Park (ROKIT Healthcare, Inc., Korea) |
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| Speaker Kyungtae Lim (Korea University, Korea) |
Speaker Hana Lee (KRIBB, Korea) |
Speaker Song Lee (BioSolvics Co., Ltd., Korea) |
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| Speaker Yun Ha Hur (POSTECH, Korea) |
Speaker KyungJin Lee (ORGANOIDSCIENCES, LTD., Korea) |
Speaker Yoojun Nam (YiPSCELL Inc., Korea) |
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| Speaker TBA |
Speaker Yoonhee Jin (Yonsei University, Korea) |
Speaker Aram Chung (MxT Biotech/Korea University, Korea) |
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| Speaker Ayman AI-Hendy (University of Chicago, USA) |
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| 11:50-12:50 | Luncheon Seminar IV | Luncheon Seminar V | Luncheon Seminar VI |
| TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 12:50-14:10 | Translating Cell and Gene Therapy into Clinical Practice | Stem Cell–Based Modeling of Development and Disease | Cell Atlas & Cell Regeneration |
| Co-Chairs Junwoo Jo (Chung-Ang University Hospital, Korea) and Changmo Hwang (Asan Medical Center, Korea) |
Co-Chairs Jihoon Kim (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea) and Jinwook Choi (GIST, Korea) |
Co-Chairs Jisun Oh (K-MEDI hub, Korea) and Moo Woong Kim (KRIBB, Korea) |
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| Speaker Yoshiki Sawa (Osaka Police Hospital, Japan) |
Speaker Amanda Anderson Rolf (Karolinska Institute, Sweden) |
Speaker Youngsok Choi (Konkuk University, Korea) |
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| Speaker Dong-Hyuk Park (Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea) |
Speaker Goo Jang (Seoul National University, Korea) |
Speaker Hyung-Sik Kim (Pusan National University, Korea) |
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| Speaker Han-Sung Jung (Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Korea) |
Speaker Yun-Hee Kim (National Cancer Center, Korea) |
Speaker Tae Joo Park (UNIST, Korea) |
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| Speaker TBA |
Speaker Youngtae Jeong (DGIST, Korea) |
Speaker Jisun Oh (K-MEDI hub, Korea) |
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| 14:10-14:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 14:30-15:50 | Pluripotency, Totipotency, and Early Embryonic Development | Regulatory Science for Cell and Gene Therapy *This session will be conducted in Korean. |
Korean Fund of Regenerative Medicine *This session will be conducted in Korean. |
| Co-Chairs Kee-Pyo Kim (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea) and Sekyu Choi (POSTECH, Korea) |
Chair Young Hun Shim (MFDS, Korea) |
Co-Chairs Jee Youn Kim (KFRM, Korea) and Chang-Hwan Park (KFRM, Korea) |
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| Speaker Cantas Alev (Kyoto University, Japan) |
Speaker Naroo Kang (MFDS, Korea) |
Speaker Chang-Hwan Park (KFRM, Korea) |
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| Speaker Johnny Kim (TRON Translational Oncology Mainz, Germany) |
Speaker Jin Wook Kang (MFDS, Korea) |
Speaker Nathaniel Hwang (Seoul National University, Korea) |
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| Speaker Hyuk-Jin Cha (Seoul National University, Korea) |
Speaker Myung Soo Cho (S.BIOMEDICS Co., Ltd., Korea) |
Speaker Chris Jo (ACESOSTEM BIOSTRATEGIES Co., Ltd., Korea) |
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| Speaker Jiwon Jang (POSTECH, Korea) |
Speaker Jongman Yoo (ORGANOIDSCIENCES, LTD., Korea) |
Speaker Hyung Cheol Kim (Curocell Inc., Korea) |
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| 15:50-16:10 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:10-17:10 | Plenary Lecture III | ||
| Co-Chairs Yong-Mahn Han (KAIST, Korea) and Kee-Pyo Kim (The Catholic University of Korea, Korea) |
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| Speaker Hans Schöler (Max Planck Institute, Germany) |
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| 17:10-18:00 | CHA KY Award Lecture | ||
| Co-Chairs Kwang-Yul Cha (CHA Bio Group, Korea) and Hyuk-Jin Cha (Seoul National University, Korea) |
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| Speaker Dong-Wook Kim (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea) |
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| 18:00~ | Closing Remarks & Awards Ceremony | ||