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Industry Partner Program

Industry Partner Program now available!

The APLAR 2026 official program is scheduled in the South Korea time zone (UTC+9). To check the program times in your location, use a time zone converter.

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Plenary / Concurrent 1 Concurrent 2 Concurrent 3 Concurrent 4
0800-1500
1500-1700
Pre-congress Industry workshop 1

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Pre-congress Industry workshop 2

Pre-congress Industry workshop 3

Pre-congress Industry workshop 4

Sponsored by AbbVie

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1700-1930
Plenary / Concurrent 1 Concurrent 2 Concurrent 3 Concurrent 4
0700-1025
1025-1125
Morning symposium 1

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Morning symposium 2

Belimumab: 15 Years of Changing the Lupus Treatment Paradigm
Morning symposium 3

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Morning symposium 4

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Sponsored by Celltrion

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Sponsored by GSK

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Sponsored by AbbVie

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Sponsored by Viatris

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1125-1250
1250-1420
Lunch symposium 1

Lunch symposium 2

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Lunch symposium 3
Sponsored by UCB

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Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim

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1420-1730
1730-1825
Evening symposium 1

Tacrolimus strategy for Autoimmune real-world in Rheumatic Disease
Evening symposium 2

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Evening symposium 3

The significance of IL-6 signal blocking in autoimmune diseases including RA
Evening symposium 4

Therapeutic targeting of IL-6 and IL-1 pathways in autoinflammatory and autoimmune rheumatic diseases
Sponsored by Astellas Pharma Korea Inc.

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Sponsored by Novartis

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Sponsored by Chugai Pharmaceutical / JW Pharmaceutical

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Sponsored by R-Pharm Group

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Plenary / Concurrent 1 Concurrent 2 Concurrent 3 Concurrent 4
0700-1025
1025-1125
Morning symposium 5

Crossroads of Inflammation: What Advances in PsA/SpA Mean for Clinical Practice
Morning symposium 6

From Inflammation to Impact: Early Treatment Strategies in Spondyloarthritis
Morning symposium 7

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Morning symposium 8

Shifting the Trajectory: Understanding the Implications of an early subcutaneous application of Methotrexate
Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson

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Sponsored by UCB

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Sponsored by AbbVie

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Sponsored by Medac

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1125-1250
1250-1420
Lunch symposium 4

From Evidence to Confidence: Real-world Clinical Experience with Biosimilars in Europe
Lunch symposium 5

Polymyalgia Rheumatica: From Diagnosis to Long-Term Disease Control – Current Recommendations and Unmet Needs
Lunch symposium 6
Sponsored by Samsung Bioepis

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Sponsored by Novartis

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1420-1730
1730-1825
Evening symposium 5

Latest Evidence on Methotrexate and JAK Inhibitors
Evening symposium 6
Evening symposium 7
Evening symposium 8
Sponsored by Eisai

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1900-Late
Concurrent 3
0700-1235
1235-1405
Lunch symposium 7
1405-1605
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