Organized by:

Hongwei Ouyang, Zhejiang University, China

Thomas Pap, University Münster, Germany

Sakae Tanaka, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Yingzi Yang, Harvard University, USA

Major Topics:

1. New Horizon of Bone Cell Biology

2. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Biology

3. Chondrocyte Homoestasis in Health, Disease and Regeneration

4. Bone Biology and Diseases

5. Signaling Mechanisms in Cartilage

6. Skeletal Development

7. Craniofacial Bone Development

8. Skeletal Stem Cells

Keynote Speakers:

Yan Jin, Fourth Military Medical University, CHINA

Bjorn Olsen, Harvard Medical School, USA 

Invited Speakers:

Nunzio Bottini, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, USA

Xu Cao, Johns Hopkins Univeristy, School of Medicine, USA

Yang Chai, Ostrow School of Dentistry of University of Southern California, USA

Danny Chan, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Kathryn Cheah, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Di Chen, Rush University, USA

Francesco Dell'Accio, William Harvey Research Institute, UNITED KINGDOM

Wei Hsu, University of Rochester, USA

Mohit Kapoor, University Health Network, CANADA

Dae-Won Kim, Yonsei University, SOUTH KOREA

Ophir Klein, University of California, San Francisico, USA

Kingston King-lun Mak, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG

Hongwei Ouyang, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, CHINA

Thomas Pap, University Münster, GERMANY

Taku Saito, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN

Natalie Sims, ST Vincent's Institute/ The University of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

Sakae Tanaka, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN

Cun-Yu Wang, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

James Whiteford, Barts and the London , UNITED KINGDOM

Yingzi Yang, Harvard University, USA

Weiguo Zou, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS, CHINA