The 83rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society will be held from Friday, March 29 to Sunday, March 31, 2019 at PACIFICO Yokohama in Yokohama City, Japan.

Dr. Kohei Miyazono, who identified TGF-β receptors and elucidated the mechanism of intracellular signaling, from the University of Tokyo will deliver the Mashimo Memorial Lecture, and Prof. Napoleone Ferrara, who discovered VEGF and clarified the mechanism of vascularization, from UC San Diego, will give the Mikamo Lecture. The special lecture, plenary sessions, symposium, and other programs will be attended by more than 100 distinguished scientists from Japan and abroad.