IAHR-APD Annual Report 2023
The Division's report to the IAHR Council for 2023.
Asia and Pacific Division
Regional Division
Asia and Pacific Division
Webpage
https://www.iahr.org/index/committe/83
Founding year
Chair
Norio Tanaka, Saitama University, Japan
Past Chair
Gregory De Costa, Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, Sri Lanka
Vice-Chair
Sannasi Annamalaisamy Sannasiraj, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Previous regional congress
23rd IAHR Asia and Pacific Division Congress, 14-17 December 2022, Chennai, India
Next regional congress
24th IAHR Asia and Pacific Division Congress, 2024, Wuhan, China
25th IAHR Asia and Pacific Division Congress, 2026, Incheon, Korea
I. Activities of the year 2023
Please specify what activities have been organized by your RD/TC/WG during the past year, including specialty conferences, activities related to world and regional congresses, educational activities, publications, contacts with other organizations, etc.
Tables below can be copied and added for more activities. The first one (Activity 1) is an example for your reference.
Activity 1
2023 1st IAHR-APD EC Gathering
Dates and Venue
March 31, 2023, 12:30-13:30 PM (Asia/Seoul) (GMT +9)
Zoom Meeting
Description
The IAHR-APD EC members and presidency were newly formed in 2023, and all confirmed members held the first EC meeting on Mar. 31, 2023 via Zoom meeting. Starting with Norio Tanaka, all members briefly had time to say hello to each other and then discussed the next APD Congress decision and cooperation plans. We decided to gather again at the 40th IAHR and continue meaningful discussions for the development of APD.
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Activity 2
25th 2026 IAHR-APD Venue Vote
Dates and Venue
March 31, 2023
Online
Description
The 23rd IAHR-APD was successfully held in Chennai, India, and the 24th conference is scheduled to be held in Wuhan, China, in 2024. The time has come to select the venue for the 25th APD congress in 2026. All EC members who had the right to vote voted online after listening to speeches from Thailand and Korea, the candidates for the venue selection. As a result, Incheon, Korea, was selected as the venue for the 25th IAHR-APD. All APD members, including the IAHR-APD Secretariat and EC members, look forward to the successful hosting of the conference in Korea.
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II. Activities of future years
Activity 1
2023 2nd IAHR-APD EC Gathering
Dates and Venue
August 22, 2023, TBD
Description
Expect us to have our first face-to-face meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic. The EC members of the IAHR-APD were formed with new members with a new presidency. APD members, including Chairman Norio Tanaka, will gather at the 40th IAHR congress to discuss preparations for the APD congress, the current status of JHER papers, and free discussion.
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