{"id":6962,"date":"2026-09-28T03:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T07:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/?p=6962"},"modified":"2026-09-28T03:19:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T07:19:05","slug":"world-traditional-medicine-forum-meets-in-amsterdam-toronto-to-host-2027-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/canada\/6962\/","title":{"rendered":"World Traditional Medicine Forum Meets in Amsterdam, Toronto to Host 2027 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AMSTERDAM \u2014<\/strong> More than 500 delegates from over 30 countries and regions gathered in Amsterdam for the 8th World Traditional Medicine Forum, where Toronto was named host of the next conference in 2027.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6963\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/54c6e15764bb9350f25738602c4b95a5.jpg-1024x569.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Professor Binjiang Wu, president of the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, delivered a keynote address on the changing landscape of Chinese medicine and acupuncture education overseas. The Sept. 19-20 conference focused on the role of traditional medicine in oncology, gynecological conditions and pain management, as well as research, clinical practice and education.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6964\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/729e5c57dbc3cc123b509b5a5066b0c9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wu was also elected vice-chair of the World Traditional Medicine Forum at its council election on Sept. 17. He concurrently serves as vice-chair of the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies and the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9257\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-28-at-02.42.04-1024x513.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The forum confirmed that its ninth edition will be held in Toronto on Sept. 18, 2027, with the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine playing a leading role in organizing the event.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in the Netherlands in 2015, the World Traditional Medicine Forum is a non-profit organization focused on international academic exchange and cooperation in traditional medicine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMSTERDAM \u2014 More than 500 delegates from over 30 countries and regions gathered in Amsterdam for the 8th World Traditional Medicine Forum, where Toronto was named host of the next conference in 2027. Professor Binjiang Wu, president of the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, delivered a keynote address on the changing landscape of Chinese medicine and acupuncture education overseas. The Sept. 19-20 conference focused on the role of traditional medicine in oncology, gynecological conditions and pain management, as well as research, clinical practice and education. Wu was also elected vice-chair of the World Traditional Medicine Forum at its council [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6966,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6962\/revisions\/6966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamedia.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}