It is our great pleasure to invite you to the Airway Vista 2012 (Symposium of Airway Diseases) to be held on March 31(Sat)-April 1(Sun), 2012 at the Asan Medical Center in Seoul, Korea. The Airway Vista 2012 has been held annually since 2008 and is supported by the Asan Medical Center, National Strategic Coordinating Center for Clinical Research(NSCR), and the Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare.

This academic event is designed to offer respiratory health professionals’ new horizons in their understanding of COPD and asthma. The scientific program offers a rewarding combination of invited speakers’ lectures, workshops for nursing, nutrition, spirometry, and rehabilitation specialists, and poster presentations on numerous topics. This year the subject of one of the sessions will be the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) which will be discussed in depth, thus offering all attendees the opportunity to extend their knowledge regarding this effort.

We cordially invite you to join us for this thought-provoking event during which everyone can explore and advance their clinical and research expertise concerning the pathogenesis, evaluation, imaging, systemic aspects, exacerbation, heterogeneity, and new treatments of these ailments.

We look forward to sharing many intellectual rewards and cordial experiences with you during the Airway Vista Symposium of 2012.