PROF. HK NG
Invited Lectures at International and National Conferences in recent years :
(**Keynote lecturer of the conference)
1. ¡§Methylation profiling : hype or progress¡¨ European Congress of Medical Oncology (EMSO) , Madrid, October 2023
2. ¡§Methylation profiling for brain tumors, pros and cons¡¨ International Conference on pediatric brain tumors, Taipei, December 2023
3. ¡§Can one do WHO 2021 by IHC ? The answer is yes and no¡¨ ¡V Asia Pacific IAP 13th Conference, online hosted in Kuala Lumpur, June 2023
4. ¡§IDH mutant gliomas, the unresolved pathology issues¡¨, International Brain Tumor Conference hosted by SingHealth and National University of Singapore, hybrid, October 2023
5. ¡§IDH mutant gliomas¡¨ (online) World Federation of Neuro-oncology, hosted in Seoul, March 2022
6. ***¡§Medulloblastoma, an update¡¨ Surgical Pathology Conference (online) hosted at Abu Dhabi Medical Centre, May 2022
7. **¡§Building bioethics education in Asia Pacific ¡V why we need to work together¡¨ ¡V Third Asia Pacific Bioethics Education Network Conference, online, hosted in Melbourne, May 2021
8. **¡§WHO 2021 Classification of CNS tumors¡¨, Joint conference of Society of Neuro-oncology (USA)-Chinese SNO, online, April, 2021
9. **¡§WHO 2021 classification of CNS tumors¡¨, Conference of the Asia Pacific Assembly of Pathology, online hosted in Singapore, due to Covid19, May 2021
10. ¡§Molecular tools and methods in brain tumor diagnosis¡¨ European Congress of Pathology, December 2020, online hosted in Glasgow, due to Covid
11. ¡§WHO 2021 classification of pediatric gliomas¡¨, Hospital Authority Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Group, Hong Kong, November 2020
12. **¡§How do you do molecular brain pathology in a restricted resource laboratory?¡¨ Annual Conference of the Hong Kong Division of the International Academy of Pathology, October, 2020, Hong Kong
13. **¡§How WHO will likely classify pediatric low grade gliomas¡¨ Joint meeting of Society of Neuro-oncology (USA) and Chinese Society of Neuro-oncology, online, March 2020
14. Workshop (together with Shekhar Kumta, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, CUHK and Dominique Martin, Deakin University) ¡V Bioethics Education in Asia Pacific : Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference, Singapore
15. How molecular pathology changed the practice of brain tumour diagnosis in Annual Conference of China Cancer Society, Guangzhou, November, 2019
16. **¡§The times they are a-changin. How molecular pathology changed practice of brain tumor diagnosis¡¨. Asian Society of Neuro-oncology, Taipei, September 2019
17. ***¡§The times they are a-changin. How molecular pathology changed practice of brain tumor diagnosis¡¨. Annual meeting of Hong Kong Division of the International Academy of Pathology, April 2019, Hong Kong
18. ¡§The times they are a-changin. How molecular pathology changed practice of brain tumor diagnosis¡¨. Annual Meeting of Chinese Society of Neuropathology, March 2019, Shenzhen
19. ¡§Workshop on professionalism in medical education¡¨ Asian Pacific Medical Education Conference, Singapore, Jan 2019
20. ¡§Algorithm of brain tumor molecular diagnostics¡¨. Third Molecular Pathology Course, Griffith University Goldcoast, May 2019
21. ¡§Gliomas, the good, the bad and the ugly¡¨ International Congress of Neurosurgeons, Hua Shan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, Decebmer 2018
22. ¡§Are all IDH wt lower grade gliomas glioblastomas in disguise?¡¨ Annual Meeting of Guangdong Society of Oncology, Guangzhou, December 2018
23. ***¡§Smear diagnosis in brain tumors?¡¨ and ¡§What WHO2016 can do more for adult gliomas?¡¨ 14th Meeting of the Philippine Society of Pathology, Clark, November, 2018
24. **¡¨Surgical Neuropathology¡¨ Hong Kong Division of International Academy of Pathology, Hong Kong, November 2018
25. ¡§Can pediatric low grade gliomas by diagnosed by histology alone ?¡¨ Asian Congress of Neuro-oncology, Beijing, October 2018
26. ¡§Can pediatric low grade gliomas by diagnosed by histology alone ?¡¨ Chinese Congress of Pediatric Neuro-oncology, Haikou, June 2018
27. ¡§Are IDH wt lower grade gliomas glioblastomas in disguise ?¡¨ International Congress of Neuropathology, Tokyo, October, 2018
28. Short course. ¡§Diagnosis and molecular pathology of pediatric gliomas¡¨. European Congress of Pathology, Bilbao, Spain, September 2018
29. **¡§Can Pediatric gliomas by adequately diagnosed by histology ?¡¨ Annual Meeting of Chinese Society of Neuropathology, Fuzhou, May, 2018
30. **¡§Can pediatric low-grade gliomas really be diagnosed by histology ?¡¨ Joint Meeting of Society of Neuro-oncology (USA) and Chinese Society of Neuro-oncology, Guangzhou, March 2018
31. **Brain tumor course. Annual Meeting of Pakistan Division of the International Academy of Pathology, Lahore, April, 2018
32. Title to be determined. 10th Annual Meeting of Indian Society of Neuro-oncology, April 5-8, 2018. Dehli
33. ¡§Molecular pathology of brain tumors¡¨, Molecular Pathology Course, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia, February, 2018
34. Workshop ¡§Professionalism in Practice¡¨ (jointly with Shekhar Kumta). 15th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference, Singapore, January, 2018
35. ¡§Can pediatric low grade gliomas be diagnosed by histology¡¨ International Brain Tumor Symposium, November 2017, Taipei
36. ¡§Trainee course on brain tumors. Hong Kong Division of International Academy of Pathology, November, Hong Kong, November 2017
37. Quality Assurance of Internship Training in Hong Kong¡¨ ¡V 16th Conference of the Medical Education Association of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, October 2017, Taipei
38. **¡§Can molecular pathology supersede histology in diagnosing brain tumors ?¡¨, as First Keynote Speaker, 10th Asia Pacific International Academy of Pathology Conference, April 2017, Bali
39. ¡§Can molecular pathology supersede histology in diagnosing brain tumors ?¡¨ Chinese Pathologist Association Annual Meeting, March 2017, Beijing
40. ¡§Basic principles of brain tumor diagnosis¡¨. International Academy of Pathology (IAP) Workshop, January 2017, Phnom Penh
41. ¡§Young adult glioblastoma¡¨ International Brain Tumor Symposium, Taipei Medical University, December 2016, Taipei
42. ¡§WHO Classification 2016¡¨ Asia Pacific Society of Neuro-immunohistochemistry, December 2016, Taipei
43. ¡§Challenges of neuro-oncology in adolescents/young adults¡¨ ¡V 12th European Association of Neuro-oncology. October 2016, Heidelberg/Mannheim
44. ¡§Practical molecular diagnosis of brain tumors¡¨ ¡V National Neuropathology Course, Fudan University, August 2016, Shanghai
45. ¡§Protocols of pediatric brain tumor diagnosis¡¨ Pediatric Oncology Symposium, Hong Kong University, Binhai Hospital, June 2016, Shenzhen
46. ¡§WHO Classification 2016¡¨ ¡V National meeting of Neuropathology of Chinese Society of Pathology, April 2016, Xiamen
47. ¡§WHO Classification 2016¡¨ ¡V International Glioma Conference, Fudan University, May 2016, Shanghai
48. ¡§WHO classification 2016¡¨ ¡V International Pediatric-Neuro-oncology Conference, Taipei Medical University, April 2016, Taipei
49. ¡§WHO Classification 2016¡¨ Joint Meeting of Society of Neuro-oncology (SNO)(USA) and Chinese Society of Neuro-oncology, March 2016, Guangzhou
50. ¡§To go or not to go ? Is this a question any more ?¡¨ Annual Meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology , March 2016, Seattle
51. **¡§What everyone needs to know for molecular pathology of brain tumors¡¨ Hospital Authority Commissioned Training for Neuro-oncology, January 2016, Hong Kong
52. ¡§WHO 2016 classification of brain tumors¡¨ Pathology Workshop organized by International Academy of Pathology, January 2016, Yangon
53. ¡§WHO 2016 classification of brain tumor¡¨ Annual Meeting of the Guangdong Neuro-Oncology Society, November 2015, Dongguan
54. ¡§Mistakes in Surgical Neuropathology¡¨, European Congress of Neuropathology, September 2015, Belgrade
55. ¡§WHO needs neuropathologists¡¨ and ¡§Molecular pathology of brain tumours¡¨. Ninth Asia Pacific Congress of the International Academy of Pathology, June 2015, Brisbane
56. ¡§Pathologie sans frontieres¡¨ United States and Canadian Academy Annual Meeting, March 2015, Boston
57. ¡§Molecular Brain Tumor diagnosis¡¨ National Neuro-oncology course, Hua Shan Hospital, Fudan University, April 2015, Shanghai
58. **¡§Pediatric Brain Tumors¡¨ Neuropathology Workshop, Chinese Division of International Academy of Pathology, April 2015, Beijing
59. ¡§WHO needs neuropathologists ?¡¨ Combined meeting of Society of Neuro-oncology (SNO) (USA) and Chinese Society of Neuro-ocnology (CSNO) , March 13-15, 2015, Guangzhou
60. ¡§Molecular Pathology of Lower Grade Gliomas¡¨, National Neuro-oncology Course, Chinese Society of Neuro-oncology, November 2014, Guangzhou
61. ¡§Molecular pathology of lower grade gliomas¡¨ ¡V Third Congress of the Asian Society of Neuropathology, November 2014, Seoul
62. ¡§Molecular typing of paediatric brain tumors in routine histology laboratories ¡V a project supported by Children Cancer Foundation¡¨ Annual Scientific Meeting of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Group, Hospital Authority, September 2014, Hong Kong
63. ¡§Reporting molecular findings in routine practice, with reference for the 2016 WHO classification update¡¨ European Congress of Pathology, September 2014, London
64. ¡§¡§What paediatric oncologists need to know from the pathology reports of brain tumors?¡¨ 45th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), September 2013, Hong Kong
65. WHO 2016 ¡V oligodendroglial tumors and mixed gliomas¡¨ and ¡§Slide seminar in neuropathology ?¡¨ 30th International Congress of the International Academy of Pathology, October 2014, Bangkok
66. ¡§The next WHO classification¡¨ National Neuro-oncology Workshop, April 2014, Shanghai
67. ¡§Back to the future. The next WHO¡¨. 18th Convention of the Academia Eurasiana Neurochirugica (AEN), March 2014, Hong Kong
68. **Course director & speaker, Neuropathology II, International Academy of Pathology and Association of Directors of Pathology of China, September 2013, Hong Kong
69. **Conference chair. Joint Conference of the Journal of Pathology and Histopathology and Association of Directors of Pathology of China, October 2013, Shenzhen,
70. ¡§Does pathology suffer in an integrated medical curriculum ¡V views from the Far East ?¡¨ European Congress of Pathology, September 2013, Lisbon
71. ¡§The molecular classification of medulloblastoma¡¨, Eighth Congress of the Asia Pacific International Academy of Pathology (APIAP), Busan, September 2013
72. ¡§Biomarkers for oligodendrogliomas. 1p19q and beyond¡¨ Annual Meeting of the Chinese society of Neuro-oncology, August 2013, Kunming
73. ¡§Brainstem glioma¡¨ ¡V Commissioned training lecture for Neurosurgery, Hospital Authority of Hong Kong. January 2014, Hong Kong
74. ¡§Surgical neuropathology¡¨, First Pacific Pathology Symposium, organized by the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and the Australian Division of the International Academy of Pathology, Suva, April, 2013
75. ¡§What neurosurgeons and neuro-oncologists need to know for the IHC of pathology reports¡¨. International Symposium of Paediatric Neuro-oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, March, 2013
76. ¡§microRNA and the pathogenesis of medulloblastoma¡¨ ¡V Joint conference of Association of Neuro-oncology (SNO)(USA) and Chinese Association of Neuro-oncology, Shenzhen, March 16, 2013
77. ¡§Immunohistochemistry in in surgical neuropathology¡¨ ¡V Pathology Course organized by the International Academy of Pathology, Manila, December 2012
78. ¡§An update of medulloblastoma¡¨ ¡V Pathology Workshop by Cleveland Clinic. December 2012, Guangzhou
79. ¡§Immunohistochemistry in surgical neuropathology¡¨ Pathology course organized by the International Academy of Pathology. Phnom Penh, November, 2012
80. ¡§Slide seminar in surgical neuropathology¡¨ ¡V Pathology Course organized by International Academy of Pathology, August, 2012, Urumuqi
81. Workshop on ¡§Non-histopathological diagnosis of brain tumours¡¨ (co-speaker), Tenth European Congress of Neuropathology, Edinburgh, June 2012
82. Workshop on ¡§Molecular Pathology of Brain Tumours¡¨ (Central ¡§Commissioned¡¨ Training) by the Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, together with Dr Stephen Yip, Vancouver, Hong Kong, May 25-26, 2012
83. ¡§An update of medulloblastoma¡¨ ¡V Inauguration ceremony of State Key Clinical Centre of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, January 2012
84. ¡§Neuro-muscular pathology¡¨ ¡V Annual Meeting of Shenzhen Society of Pathology, Shenzhen, December 23, 2011
85. ¡§Molecular Pathology of Medulloblastoma¡¨, Fourth Annual Meeting of Neuro-oncology of Veterans Hospital, Taipei, November 30-Dec 1, 2011
86. **¡§Molecular Pathogenesis of Medulloblastoma¡¨, Second Congress of Asian Society of Neuropathology, Beijing, November 5-6, 2011
87. ¡§Molecular Pathogenesis of Medulloblastoma¡¨, Annual Meeting of Guangdong Society of Neuro-oncology, Huizhou November 29, 2011
88. ¡§Miss and near-miss in surgical neuropathology¡¨ ¡V European Congress of Pathology, Helsinki, August 29, 2011
89. ¡§Advances in Molecular diagnostics in neuro-oncology¡¨, Eighth Congress of the Asian Society of Neuro-Oncology, May, 2011, Suzhou
90. ¡§How should a national pathology service make use of advances in molecular neuropathology ?¡¨ and ¡§Pathology Education without national boundaries¡¨ - Seventh Congress of Asia Pacific International Academy of Pathology, May 21-24, 2011, Taipei
91. **¡§Molecular pathogenesis of medulloblastoma¡¨ and ¡§Pathology of non-criminial Head Injury¡¨ ¡V National Neuropathology Meeting, April 2011, Chongqing
92. ¡§Recent advances in medulloblastoma¡¨ ¡V International Paediatric Tumour Conference, December 18, 2010, Taipei
93. **Course director and speaker, Neuropathology I, organized by the International Academy of Pathology, January 2011, Hong Kong
94. **¡§How pathologists need to do respond to the impact of molecular diagnostics ? Lessons from neuron-oncology¡¨ and Slide Seminar lectures, Annual Meeting of the Indian Division of International Academy of Pathology, Hyderabad, December 9-10, 2010
95. ¡§WHO classification with relevance to Paediatric Tumours¡¨ ¡V Asian Australian Advanced Course on Paediatirc Neurosurgery (Sponsored by European Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery and World Federation of Neurosurgery), September 22-24, 2010, Hong Kong
96. **¡§Quality Assurance of Interns¡¨ ¡V Twelfth meeting of the Medical Education Association of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. November 18-22, 2009, Naning
97. ¡§Are there better ways to make use of molecular pathology of brain tumours ?¡¨ International Symposium of Pediatric Neuro-oncology, Taipei, October 31-Nov1, 2009
98. ¡§Controversies in molecular testing for brain tumours¡¨ ¡V Third Conjoint Meeting of Shanghai Cancer Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Hospital, Shanghai, June 5-6, 2009
99. ¡§2007 WHO Classification of CNS tumours ¡V views from one participant¡¨ ¡V The Sixth Asia Pacific International Academy of Pathology Meeting, August 20-23, 2009, Kochi
100. ¡§An update on molecular diagnostics of brain tumours¡¨ ¡V First Congress of Asian Society of Neuropathology, Tokyo, May 20-22, 2008
101. ¡§The 2007 WHO classification of CNS tumours¡¨ and ¡§Molecular Diagnosis of brain tumours¡¨ ¡V The Fifth Asia Pacific Meeting of the International Academy of Pathology, May 27-29, 2007, Singapore
102. **¡§The 2007 WHO classification of CNS tumours ¡V some preliminary views¡¨. The T.B. Teoh Lecture of the Annual Meeting of the Hong Kong College of Pathologists, Hong Kong, November 25, 2006
103. ¡§Ependymomas. The 2007 WHO classification¡¨ ¡V 2006 Conference of Asia Academic Neurosurgeons, Shanghai, November 10-11, 2006
104. ¡§Surgical Pathology of Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System¡¨ and ¡§Neuropathology Slide Seminar¡¨ ¡V Centennial Congress of the International Academy of Pathology, September 16-21, 2006, Montreal
105. ¡§Molecular genetics of oligodendrogliomas¡¨ ¡V Fourth Meeting of the Asian Society of Neuro-oncology, October 2005, Taipei
106. ¡§Practical classification and grading of meningiomas¡¨ ¡V European Congress of Pathology, Paris, September 1-3, 2005
107. ¡§Molecular pathology of brain tumors¡¨ ¡V Fourth Asia Pacific International Academy of Pathology Meeting, August 22-26, Beijing
108. ¡§Meningiomas, types, grading genetics and differential diagnosis¡¨ ¡V XXV International Congress of the International Academy of Pathology, October 10-15, 2004, Brisbane
109. ¡§Neuropathology Slide Seminar¡¨ ¡V XXV International Congress of the International Academy of Pathology, October 10-15, 2004, Brisbane
110. ¡§What Neurosurgeons Need to know about molecular genetics of brain tumours¡¨ ¡V Third Meeting of the Asian Society of Neuro-oncology, Shanghai, November 18-21, 2004