|
|
 |
Home > Congress > KOA
Annual fall Congress > Greeting |
|
 |
 |
|
| |
Myung
Chul, Yoo
President |
|
Dear
Fellow Members of Korean Orthopaedic
Association
This year marks the 50th anniversary
of Korean Orthopaedic Association
(KOA).
Since its foundation in 1956,
the Association has grown into
one of Korea's flagship scholarly
associations over the last five
decades thanks to members' dedication.
Currently, we has more than 5,200
members and 17 branch associations
across the nation. Along with
the growing membership base, we
also strives to promote and support
members' research activities by
publishing its journal every other
month. We have increased publishing
frequency since we started publishing
The Journal of Korean Orthopaedic
Association in 1966 on the occasion
of the 10th anniversary. We also
launched an English-language journal
and seek the listing in SCI. The
English journal was titled "Journal
of Musculoskeletal Surgery"
in 2006 and earns recognition
in the international medical community.
It is obvious that members' dedication
and collaboration has been a driving
force for achieving such development
of the Association. Apart from
growth of the Association, many
members have strengthened their
scholarly achievement by publishing
their research findings in the
world's promising academic journals
and increasing international exchanges.
The forthcoming Korean Orthopaedic
Association Autumn Conference
is specially designed to celebrate
its 50th anniversary under the
slogan of "Beyond the 50
years" and at the same time
serve as a starting point for
preparing for another leap forward.
We will have an opportunity to
look back a half-century history
of the Association and acknowledge
members' remarkable dedication
to it. Given the significance
of the meeting, we will stretch
the meeting to four days this
year from October 18 to October
22 and have already invited about
50 orthopedists and medical professionals
from around the world. Thus the
coming meeting is intended to
promote understanding and recognition
of brisk activities of the Association
and further exchange among medical
professionals in the world.
Briefly, the conference includes
congratulatory speeches, including
video messages from highprofile
scholars and an exhibition of
members' accomplishments made
during the last 50 years, including
new technologies, designs, instruments
and equipment, and profiles of
previous chairs
and current chair of the Association.
A separate exhibition will be
held to show books and periodicals
published by the Association and
its members along with the book
"The 50-year history of the
Korean Orthopaedic Association",
published in conjunction with
this conference. There will be
a ceremony celebrating the 6th
edition of the Orthopaedic Textbook
and a time capsule dedication
to the next 100 years. On the
last day of the meeting, lectures
will be provided for members running
their own practices.
I hope we are all together again
in the forthcoming meeting to
celebrate our 50th anniversary,
commit ourselves to the further
development of the Association
and share friendship with our
peers from other countries. Your
presence will ensure a successful
and stimulating academic forum.
Look forwarding to seeing you
all soon.
September , 2006 |
|
|
|
|
| Dear
Fellow Members of Korean Orthopaedic
Association,
This is the time of harvest
and maturity. Facing this
fruitful season, we can make
ourselves ready for a remarkable
occasion to gather together
and share our interests. I
am greatly pleased to invite
you all to the 50th Korean
Orthopaedic Association Autumn
Conference.
The Korean Orthopaedic Association
(KOA) has grown into one of
the leading scholarly associations
over the last five decades
while all of the members dedicated
their time and effort to fulfilling
their roles. Now there are
more than 5,200 members and
17 branch associations across
the nation. The forthcoming
conference will mark KOA's
50th anniversary and at the
same time serve as a starting
point for preparing for the
development of the association
for the next half century.
A variety of programs and
events are scheduled in the
meeting to promote the scholarly
exchange and friendship among
members.
This conference will be the
largest gathering in the history
of KOA as it takes place for
4 days, and 49 expatriate
scholars are invited for lectures
and speeches for this meeting.
A total of 366 research findings
will be presented throughout
this meeting. In addition,
the book "The 50-year
history of the Korean Orthpaedic
Association" will be
published in conjunction with
the autumn conference. A time
capsule dedication ceremony
and a photo exhibition will
be also held on the sideline
of the meeting.
I hope we all gather together
and take part in the academic
forum that is especially designed
to commit ourselves to the
further development of the
association in coming years.
Your presence will ensure
a successful and stimulating
conference.
Look forwarding to seeing you
all soon.
|
|
|
|
|
|
