years old and I explained the role and mechanism of hormones in his "Hormone Training" which I had analyzed. The Japanese leading endocrinologists gave the participants scientific and practical lectures in layman's terms. The program also included a number of Luncheon and Evening Seminars, Oral Hot Topics, Oral Sessions and Poster Sessions. In the Poster Sessions with chairpersons, heated discussions were held among participants from different countries or different scientific backgrounds.

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... e and after ICE 2010, 13 Official Satellite Symposia were held throughout Japan, from Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Nara to Kyoto. ICE 2010 was the first new style ICE under the new statutes of the International Society of Endocrinology (ISE). As the first host society, we, the Japan Endocrine Society, made our utmost efforts to organize one of the most attractive congresses of endocrinology and metabolism ever in the spirit of both science and international exchange. During the above-described lectures, symposia and seminars, the best and the brightest in the field of endocrinology and metabolism from all over the world held heated debates and searched for the direction, future and mission of Endocrinology and Metabolism in this century. Kyoto is the birthplace of the Japan Endocrine Society, which was founded by Dr. Kanji Tsuji, Professor of Medicine, Kyoto University in 1925. We are glad that we were able to make ICE 2010 a good opportunity for all the participants to experience academic learning and scientific inquiry and discussion at the highest level in the field of endocrinology and metabolism in the cradle of the Japan Endocrine Society. We hope that all the participants will make their experience in ICE 2010 meaningful in future diagnosis and treatment of endocrine and metabolic disorders, and future research