1. Title: Medical Teleconference between Thailand and Japan

2. Organizing Chairs:
Syuji Shimizu (Kyushu University Hospital)
Naoki Nakashima  (Kyushu University Hospital)

3. Objectives
We have established a medical network in Asia-Pacific area with high-quality
moving image on a super broad-banded internet line since February 2003.
Broadcasting real-time surgery and teleconference with medical-quality videos 
with Digital Video Transport System (DVTS) were so useful to learn surgical 
techniques and other medical procedures beyond borders. We have conducted 22
 events in categories of teleconference (8 times), live transmission of medical
 procedure (7 times), and remote attendance to scientific medical meetings (7 times) 
until October 2004. We had teleconferences among 3 countries in APAN-Hawaii in January 2004 
(Japan, Korea and USA), and in APAN-Cairns in July 2004 (Japan, Korea and Australia). 
There have been no serious transmission/ ethical problems so far. We always have, at least, 
one trial as of network technique and content in every event. With these experiences and 
current achievements, we hope to extend this advanced network system to whole Asia-Pacific 
countries to share medical skills and knowledge.

4. Target Audience:
Researcher/Engineers/Medical Staffs

5. Expected Number of Participants:
30 participants

6.Preferred Time (e.g. 1.25 tue morning):
1.26 wed morning

7.Number of Sessions (one session is 90 minutes)
1 slot (11:00-12:30)

8.Candidate Session Chairs and Speakers with Topics:
Chairs: Koichiro Muta (Kyushu University Hospital)
	
		Speakers:
We will invite the speakers from Thailand and Japan those are specialists for endoscopic surgery 
and for inherit homological disease.

9.	Remarks (including special arrangement if any):

Demonstration of international medical teleconference with high quality moving image