Congress President

The 94th Annual Meeting Japanese Orthopaedic Association Hiroyuki Tsuchiya M.D., Ph.D.

(Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Japan) 

I am very pleased to invite all of you to our 94th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA), which will be held at Tokyo International Forum and JP Tower in Tokyo from May 20th (Thursday) to 23rd (Sunday), 2021.

More than 10,000 participants from all over the world will join in this JOA congress.

The main theme of the meeting is “Heritage and Invention - Dream, Dare and Do.”

We are now preparing for the congress which will include scientific programming, a gala party, exciting events and so on.

The scientific program will have plenary lectures, symposia, instructional lectures and oral/poster presentations.

Our highlighted symposium, Heritage and Invention Symposium, will review and discuss the progress of several topics. 

The city of Tokyo is located in the center of Japan andis easily accessible to enjoy the many sights and the famous Japanese food.