The Korean-Japanese Combined Orthopedic Symposium was established in 1990 by Prof. Duk Yong Lee of Seoul National University and Dr. Ikuo Nagaya of Nagoya to promote goodwill and academic exchanges between Korean and Japan.

Prof. Lee and Dr. Ikuo aimed to establish a steppingstone to help young professionals to expand globally by actively encouraging academic presentations and discussions between the two countries. Through these exchanges of the discipline in English, they sincerely hoped to encourage robust exchanges with other professionals around the world, and create an academic society that could enhance the cultural understanding and continuous friendship between Korea and Japan. So far, a total of 8 experts in Korea, including Prof. Lee, and nine experts in Japan, including Dr. Ikuo, have actively run and participated in the symposium each year with Korea and Japan taking turns to host the event annually.

The Korean-Japanese Combined Orthopedic Symposium has now reached its 32^nd year since it was established in 1990 led by Dr. Ikuo and followed by a Symposium in Korea led by Prof. Sung-Man Rowe of Chonnam National University in 1991.

We truly believe that the continuous success of the Symposium is largely due to the support and enthusiasm of the Symposium members in both countries. The 32^nd Korean-Japanese Combined Orthopedic Symposium will be hosted by Seoul National University at Swiss Grand Hotel in Seoul, Korea, from June 21st to 22nd, 2024.

Eight current Korean advisory members are Jae Yoon Chung, Joo Chul Ihn, Duk Yong Lee, Seok Hyun Lee, Kwang Jin Rhee, Sang Cheol Seong, Chong II Yoo, and Myung Chul Yoo, and eight current Japanese advisory members are Hajime Inoue, Shoichi Kokubun, Nobuo Matsui, Ikuo Nagaya, Katsuji Shimizu, Hiroyuki Shindo, Tetsuya Tamaki, Tetsuya Tamaki, and Katsuro Tomita. The Korean coordinators are Sung Taek Jung, Eung Shick Kang, June Kyu Lee, Myung Chul Lee, Byung Chul Park, Yong Girl Rhee, Hae Ryong Song, and Jeung Tak Suh, and the Japanese coordinators are Haruhiko Akiyama, Setsuro Komiya, Takeo Matsuno, Hideki Murakami, Yutaka Nohara, Takanobu Otsuka, Makoto Osaki, Toshifumi Ozaki, Tomoyuki Saito, Noboru Taniguchi, and Munehito Yoshida.

Korean-Japanese/Japanese-Korean Combined Orthopedic Symposium <KJCOS/JKCOS >

1st	1990	Nagoya	Ikuo NAGAYA	2nd	1991	Gwangju	Sung Man ROWE
3rd	1992	Sendai	Minoru SAKURAI	4th	1993	Nagasaki	Katsuro IWASAKI
5th	1994	Gyeongju	Joo Chul Ihn	6th	1995	Kanazawa	Katsuro TOMITA
7th	1996	Busan	Chong-Il YOO	8th	1997	Okayama	Hajime INOUE
9th	1998	Daejeon	Kwang-Jin RHEE	10th	1999	Wakayama	Tetsuya TAMAKI
11th	2000	Chuncheon	Seok-Hyun LEE	12th	2001	Nagoya	Nobuo MATSUI
13th	2002	Pyeongchang	Myung-Chul YOO	14th	2003	Asahikawa	Takeo MATSUNO
15th	2004	Jeju	Kwon-Ik HA	16th	2005	Gifu	Katsuji SHIMIZU
17th	2007	Seoul	Sang-Cheol SEONG	18th	2008	Nagasaki	Hiroyuki SHINDO
19th	2009	Jeju	Jae-Yoon CHUNG	20th	2010	Kagoshima	Setsuro KOMIYA
21st	2011	Daegu	Byung-Chul PARK	22nd	2012	Nikko	Yutaka NOHARA
23nd	2013	Buyeo	Joon-Kyu LEE	24th	2014	Hakone	Tomoyuki SAITO
25th	2015	Busan	Jeung-Tak SUH	26th	2016	Okayama	Toshifumi OZAKI
27th	2017	Incheon	Hae-Ryong SONG	28th	2018	Gifu	Haruhiko AKIYAMA
29th	2019	Pyeongchang	Yong-Girl RHEE	30th	2020	Nagasaki	Makoto OSAKI
31st	2022	Nagasaki (WEB)	Makoto OSAKI	32nd	2024	Seoul	Myung Chul LEE

The above is the list of committee members acting as presidents from the 1^st to the 32^nd Symposium.

The 32^nd Korean-Japanese Combined Orthopedic Symposium will be hosted by Seoul National University. As mentioned above, the 32^nd Symposium will take place at Swiss Grand Hotel in Seoul, Korea, from June 21^st to 22^nd, 2024.

While there are multiple Korean and Japanese orthopedic symposiums led by various governing bodies and organizations, it appears the conferences are not as vitalized as expected. In addition, Korean-Japanese Combined Orthopedic Symposiums run mainly within the bounds of the Symposium rather than being open and promoted to all members of the Korean Orthopedic Association or Japanese Orthopedic Association. We think it was the will of the pioneers to create a practical combined Korean-Japanese orthopedic symposium with a wider participation. Hence, next year, we plan to strengthen our efforts to promote the Symposium to more members of the orthopedic associations in our respective countries and we look forward to higher interest and participation at the Symposium next year.