Based on the achievements of the past 40 years, the Korean Society of Spine Surgery is focusing on four core strategies to continue the development of the society: Consolidation, Teaching, Longevity, and Standardization. To achieve this, the following detailed priority tasks are set.

• 1. The internalization of the international community
• 2. Achieving SCIE Registration Challenges for Asian Spine Journal
• 3. Strengthening public relations activities
• 4. Establish reasonable standards for assessment and evaluation committees
• 5. Create standardized spine care guidelines
• 6. the introduction of an organization that reflects the substantive opinions of its members
• 7. Formation of a Sustainable Future Development Committee
• 8. Development of a plan to promote participation in the opening of a hospital
• 9. Strengthening full-time education
• 10. Expansion of the Lifelong Education System

Logo of KSSS was newly revised celebrating 30th anniversary of the foundation. Meanings of the figures in the logo are as follows.

In the left figure, Rod of Asclepius sprouts from a vertebra and a snake symbolizing medicine surrounds the Rod. It means that
proper medicine sets up spinal surgery straight.

In the right figure, the bent tree post in the symbol of orthopaedic surgery was replaced with vertebral column. It means that
deformed spine is connected to the straight post and corrected.