Symposium 5 is a symposium jointly prepared by the Korean Society for Bone and Mineral Research and the Korean College of Rheumatology, and consists of the latest research results on osteoarthritis treatment. Professor Seungwoo Han from the Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University, will introduce the role of oxidative stress and metabolic disturbances on the development of osteoarthritis. Professor Ji Hyeon Ju from the Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, will introduce the latest trends in cartilage regeneration using stem cell therapeutics for osteoarthritis. Lastly, Professor Martin Englund of Lund University in Sweden will share the latest research findings on subchondral bone remodeling, which plays an important role in the development of osteoarthritis, and osteoarthritis treatments targeting it.
We hope that this session will provide an opportunity to deeply understand the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis and learn about osteoarthritis treatment strategies that will be applied clinically in the future.

Symposium 6 invited 3 speakers from home and abroad who are about to publish their recent excellent research works in the bone cell biology. First speaker is Dr. Sung-Jin Kim, CEO of MedPacto and director of the Gillo Foundation Research Institute, who had been studying TGF-beta signaling for a long time as a Senior Investigator at the NIH National Cancer Institute in the US. After returning to Korea, he successfully founded MedPacto company and is currently the head of the GILO Foundation Research Institute. Recently, he has been actively working on the bone metabolism, and he will introduce a therapeutic targeting the novel gene involved in osteoclast fusion he has discovered. The second speaker is Professor Masayuki Tsukasaki from Tokyo Medical University, Japan. He is currently working on various projects in the laboratory of Professor Hiroshi Takayanagi, who opened the field of osteoimmunology. Based on recent data from Professor Hiroshi Takayanagi's laboratory, he will tell us new Insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying bone remodeling. Last speaker is Dr. Dongwook Yang, who graduated from the College of Dentistry at Chonnam National University and is currently a post doc in the laboratory of Professor Dongsu Park at Baylor Medical University, USA. He will talk about the recent discovery of a new stem cell involved in tendon regeneration, which is about to be published. We expect that this session will serve as an opportunity to meet the latest research works of high-level domestic and foreign researchers in advance.

We organized a session with three Korean experts to learn the latest knowledge on the epidemiology and treatment of bone and mineral diseases. Professor Namki Hong from the Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University, will talk about the latest research results on the various uses and effects of bisphosphonates in the clinical practice. Professor Yun Kyung Jeon from the Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University, will introduce an understanding of the relationship between iron metabolism and bone health, especially the effects of iron overload on bones. Lastly, Professor Myung-Jun Shin from the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Pusan National University, will talk about the world guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults announced in 2022 and the current situation in Korea.
We hope that this session will be an opportunity to comprehensively cultivate knowledge about important factors in maintaining bone health, from osteoporosis to falls and nutrition.

The Symposium 8 was organized to introduce recent interesting results on tendon and cartilage with three leading researchers. Professor Jin-Hong Kim from Department of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University will present a novel strategy of Disease Modifying Therapy (DMT) for tendinopathy. Professor Siyoung Yang from department of Biological Science, Sungkyunkwan University will share the recent findings on the therapeutic mechanism of arthritis. Lastly, professor Yoosik Kim form Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) will introduce mitochondrial RNAs as an emerging developmental factor of osteoarthritis. We hope the audiences will enjoy the high-quality research on tendon and cartilage.