HICARE Symposium in the commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing

HICARE recently held the above lecture as one of the activities to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing with the following aims:
To have citizens understand HICARE's international medical supports for the health care of the radiation-exposed in the world
To consider the way and the future direction to utilize the medical and other relevant expertise and information accumulated in Hiroshima

Date:
September 15, 2005 (Thu.) 18:00-20:00

Place:
RIHGA ROYAL HOTEL HIROSHIMA

Organizer:
HICARE

Number of Attendees:
About 300 people

Lecture Hall full of attendees

Program:
Keynote Speech
chaired by
Dr. Itsuzo Shigematsu, HICARE first President, Honorary Advisor of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF)

Theme: Role of Hiroshima to make use of medical expertise for the health care for the radiation-exposed patients - A message on the occassion of the 60th anniversary of atomic bombing -
lectured by
Dr. Kazunori Kodama, Chief Scientist, Chief of Department of Epidemiology, RERF

Symposium
chaired by
Dr. Chikako Ito, Honorary Advisor, the Health Management and Promotion Center, Hiroshima A-bomb Casualty Council,
Dr. Hiroo Dohy, HICARE President, Director, the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital

Theme: Consider new development of the medical expertise for the health care for the radiation-exposed on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing

Panel members:
"Radiation Emergency Medicine Network and role of Hiroshima as a hub in Western Japan"
spoken by
Dr. Kenji Kamiya, Professor of the Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Director of the Radiation Emergency Medicine Promotion Center, Hiroshima University

"Activities to support overseas radiation-exposed patients by Nagasaki"
spoken by
Dr. Masao Tomonaga, Professor of the Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Director of Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University

"Future dream concerning heavy particle radiotherapy and peaceful uses of atomic energy"
Dr. Hirohiko Tsujii, Director, Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiological Sciences

Panel Exhibition
There exhibited the following panels at the entrance of the convention hall:
1) Panels to introduce HICARE's activities
2) Panels to introduce the HICARE concerned organizations

Exhibition Scene

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