| 08:40-09:10 | Welcome and opening remarks | Room Suehiro |
| Chairperson: | Youichi Kobayashi, Showa University, Tokyo Japan Shin Inoue, Showa University, Tokyo Japan |
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| Speaker 1: | Opening Address from Chairman of the Organizing Committee Youichi Kobayashi, Tokyo, Japan (5 min) |
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| Speaker 2: | Greeting Address from the German Embassy Ms Monika M. Sommer, Counselor of the Labour Health and Social Affairs (5 min) |
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| Speaker 3: | Opening remarks from the German Faculty Berndt Lüderitz, University of Bonn, Germany (5 min) |
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| Speaker 4: | Opening remarks from the past chairman of the 7th Tawara-Aschoff Symposium Kan Takayanagi, Saitama Japan (5 min) |
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| Speaker 5: | Welcome Address from Emeritous President of the Showa University Takashi Katagiri, President of Japan Heart Club, Tokyo, Japan (5 min) |
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| Speaker 6: | Opening remarks from the president of the Japanese Heart Rhythm Society Ken Okumura, Aomori, Japan (5 min) |
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| 09:10-10:10 | Tribute to Tawara and Aschoff | Room Suehiro |
| Chairperson: | Munehiro Shimada, the Salvation Army Kiyose Hospital, Tokyo, Japan Masakazu Tsuzuki, International Medical Society of Japan |
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| Speaker 1: | Kozo Suma, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan (15 min) | |
| Speaker 2: | Berndt Lüderitz, University of Bonn, Germany (30 min) | |
| Speaker 3: | Toshio Mitsui, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (15 min) | |
| 10:10-10:25 | Short Lecture 1, Visiting Poster and Coffee Break | Room Takasago |
| Chairperson: | Taku Asano, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Speaker: | Seiji Fukamizu, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 10:25-11:45 | Arrythmogenicity of His-Purkinje System and Catheter Ablation Strategy | Room Suehiro |
| Chairperson: | Shin-ichiro Ohkawa, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan Ken Okumura, Hirosaki University, Aomori, Japan |
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| Speaker 1: | Tatsuo Shimada, Oita University, Oita, Japan (18 min) | |
| Speaker 2: | Noboru Machida, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan (18 min) | |
| Speaker 3: | Akihiko Nogami, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (18 min) | |
| Speaker 4: | Yoshinori Kobayashi, Tokai University Hachioji Hospital, Tokyo, Japan (18 min) |
| 12:00-13:00 | Luncheon Seminar: Direct Oral Anti-coagulants | Room Suehiro |
| Chairperson: | Hiroshi Inoue, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan Kaoru Sugi, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan(25 min) |
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| Speaker 1: | John Camm, Clinical cardiology, St George’s Healthcare Trust, London, UK (40 min) | |
| Speaker 2: | Hirotsugu Atarashi, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan (20 min) | |
| 13:10-14:40 | Autonomic Tone and Syncope | Room Suehiro |
| Chairperson: | Youichi Kobayashi, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan Haruhiko Abe, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan |
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| Keynote Lecture: | David Benditt, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minnesota, USA (40 min) | |
| Speaker 1: | Bonpei Takase, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan (12 min) | |
| Speaker 2: | Koichi Mizumaki, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan (12 min) | |
| Speaker 3: | Mitsuhiro Nishizaki, Yokohama Minami Kyousai Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan (12 min) | |
| 14:40-14:55 | Short Lecture 2, Visiting Poster and Coffee Break | Room Takasago |
| Chairperson: | Norikazu Watanabe, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Speaker: | Makoto Suzuki, Kameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan | |
| 14:55-16:25 | Mechanism of Sudden Cardiac Death | Room Suehiro |
| Chairperson: | Naohiko Takahashi, Oita University, Oita, Japan Fumio Suzuki, Fukujuji Hospital, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Keynote Lecture: | Charles Antzelevitch, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica, USA (40 min) | |
| Speaker 1: | Wataru Shimizu, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan (12 min) | |
| Speaker 2: | Kazutaka Aonuma, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (12 min) | |
| Speaker 3: | Kenzo Hirao, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan (12 min) | |
| 16:25-17:55 | Physiological pacing and Monitoring Update | Room Suehiro |
| Chairperson: | Hideo Mitamura, Tachikawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan Kazuo Matsumoto, Higashimatsuyama Medical Association Hospital, Saitama, Japan |
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| Keynote Lecture: | Ernst Vester, Evangelischen Krankenhaus Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (40 min) | |
| Speaker 1: | Toshiyuki Ishikawa, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan (20 min) | |
| Speaker 2: | Kaoru Tanno, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (20 min) | |
| 18:00-20:00 | Welcome Banquet | Room Takasago |
| Chairperson: | Norikazu Watanabe, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan |
| 08:00-08:40 | Morning Seminar: β Adrenergic Antagonist with Breakfast | Room Suehiro |
| Chairperson: | Youichi Kobayashi, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Speaker: | Takeshi Yamashita, the Cardiovascular Institute, Tokyo, Japan (40min) | |
| 08:50-10:10 | Anatomy and Pathology Relevant to AF Ablation | Room Suehiro |
| Chairperson: | Harumizu Sakurada, Ohkubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan Shin Inoue, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Speaker 1: | Kaoru Okishige, Yokohama City Minato Red Cross Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan (15 min) | |
| Speaker 2: | Taka-Aki Matsuyama, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan (15 min) | |
| Speaker 3: | Yasuo Okumura, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan (15 min) | |
| Speaker 4: | Hiroshi Nakagawa, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, USA (25 min) | |
| 10:10-11:10 | Surgical Treatment on Cardiac Arrhythmia | Room Suehiro |
| Chairperson: | Masayoshi Okada, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan Atsushi Aoki, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Keynote Lecture: | Brigitte Osswald, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany (20 min) | |
| Speaker 1: | U. Schulz, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW; Ruhr-University of Bochum Dpt., Germany (12min) | |
| Speaker 2: | Tadashi Omoto, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (12 min) | |
| 11:10-11:25 | Short Lecture 3, Visiting Poster and Coffee Break | Room Takasago |
| Chairperson: | Yoshino Minoura, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Speaker: | Mahito Noro, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 11:25-12:25 | A Social Gathering of the Members of the Japan Association of Cardiac Pacemaker Friends and Dr. Osswald Invited as a Special Guest | Room Takasago |
| 11:25-12:55 | Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Autonomic Tone | Room Suehiro |
| Chairperson: | Akira Yamashina, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan Yuji Murakawa, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Keynote Lecture: | Virend K. Somers，Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Minnesota, USA (40 min) | |
| Speaker 1: | Eiichi Watanabe, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan (20 min) | |
| Speaker 2: | Taro Adachi, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan (20 min) |