Report of 6th Great Wall Translational Andrology and Urology Forum & 7th Asian-Pacific Society of Men’s Health and Anti-aging Meeting (GTAUF2014 & APSMHA2014)

severed as the co-presidents of the meeting, while Prof. Liqun Zhou (Figure 5) from the Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital severed as local organizing chairman. More information could be viewed at the meeting website of www.GTAUF2014.com. With the theme of " A Dream of Genitourinary Health and Healthy Longevity " , this forum provided healthcare providers and researchers a detailed overview on the progress and advancement in andrology and urology, and an opportunity to catch the modern concepts of translational medicine, to develop and expand basic and clinical research ideas, to optimize the experimental design for promoting basic research, and to ultimately improve the diagnosis and treatment of genitourinary diseases. It also served as a bridge for faculty members and attendees in exchanging scientific ideas, establishing friendship, building up collaborations in research and patient care. This meeting brought together more than 800 domestic and international experts to discuss the latest discoveries and advances in both urology and andrology and translate these findings into clinical practice. More than 100 presentations over 3 days from urologists, andrologists and researchers were always going to have something for everyone. The meeting content comprised of 22 plenary sessions, 96 podium lectures, and 23 presentations from young scientists (Figure 6). Another highlight of the meeting is firstly adding the sessions for the female reproductive medicine and nursing communication on urology. The proceedings for the meeting totally collected 118 lectures from invited experts who are focusing on urology, reproduction, basic research and other fields, while 228 abstracts in English and 389 abstracts in Chinese, and all of them were published in the journal of Translational Andrology and Urology (TAU). The principal invited lectures at the meeting are introduced as followed: Plenary session Many aspects of urology and andrology were discussed on the first day of the meeting, ranging from urinary calculi and renal trauma to prostate cancer. Prof. Marshall Stoller from USA shared with us his experiences in percutaneous nephrolithotomy, which has revolutionized the ability of the urologist to remove large burdens of renal stones over the last 15 years. Also speaking at the meeting was Prof. Tom Chi from USA, who gave a speech about the epidemiology, management and the American Urological Association (AUA) Guidelines of renal traumas.