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This “Fringe Luncheon” session is a new initiative at this year’s conference. The Fringe format has become an increasingly popular feature at medical education conferences such as the International Association for Health Professions Education (AMEE) and, more recently, the Japan Society for Medical Education (JSME).
The idea behind Fringe is simple. It creates a space within the conference program for conversations, demonstrations, reflections, and experiments that may not fit easily into the traditional oral presentation format. Fringe sessions tend to be more interactive, flexible, and exploratory in nature, focusing less on polished results and more on the sharing of ideas, educational practices, personal experiences, and emerging approaches.
At AMEE, Fringe has developed into an established session format featuring mini-workshops, demonstrations, storytelling, debates, audience participation, and other forms of educational exchange that move beyond conventional slide-based presentations. A similar initiative was introduced at the 2025 JSME meeting, and the positive response encouraged us to explore whether the concept might also be valuable within JASMEE.
This year’s session should therefore be viewed as an introduction to Fringe rather than a fully developed Fringe program. Instead of a public call for proposals, the organizing team will present two short “demo” Fringe talks intended to give participants a sense of the atmosphere and possibilities of the format. This introductory session will take the form of a luncheon session.
The session will begin with a brief introduction to the background and philosophy of Fringe sessions at conferences such as AMEE and JSME, followed by two short presentations by members of the organizing team. Rather than formal research presentations, these talks will emphasize discussion, experimentation, and audience interaction.
We hope this session will encourage discussion about alternative ways of sharing ideas and interacting at JASMEE conferences.