PSC 2016 - 23rd Pacific Science Congress (PSC-23)

PSA is pleased to announce that the 23rd Pacific Science Congress (PSC-23) will be held at the campus of Academia Sinica in Taiwan from 13 - 17 June 2016. Academia Sinica, the preeminent academic institution in Taiwan, whose mission is to promote and undertake scholarly research in sciences and the humanities, is the official conference host. The Congress will take place on the Academia Sinica campus. Academia Sinica is composed of twenty-four research institutes and seven research centers, and has been a member of PSA since their founding in 1928.
Planning for PSC-23 has begun and is proceeding smoothly. The official Congress website will be developed in early 2015; sub-themes and critical dates will be announced as they are established.
The proposed theme of the Congress is “Science Towards Sustainability,” and the sub-themes are currently under discussion. The Local Organizing Committee in Taiwan, the PSA Executive Board, PSA Secretariat, and PSA Committee on Scientific Activities will work together to formulate the Congress themes, agenda, and keynote speakers.
As always, PSA is strongly committed to ensuring that the Congress will be focused on core and emerging scientific topics, as well as being maximally inclusive?both in terms of the participation of all nations in the Asia-Pacific region, and for the full national and generational range of participating scientists.
The 2016 date for PSC-23 marks a new chronology for PSA Congress and Inter-Congresses. Previously, these events took place in odd-numbered years, but the PSA Council decided at its most recent meeting (Fiji, 2013) to shift to even-numbered years to allow the 24th Pacific Science Congress to be held in 2020, which will mark the 100th anniversary of the Pacific Science Association.
Local Organizing Committee:
Chairman
Dr. Chi-Huey Wong, President of Academia Sinica
Vice-Chairman
Dr. Andrew H.-J. Wang, Academician of Academia Sinica
Dr. Fan-Sen Wang, VP of Academia Sinica
Dr. Yu Wang, VP of VP of Academia Sinica
Dr. Chien-Jen Chen, VP of Academia Sinica / Chair of PSA ROC Committee
Dr. Pan-Chyr Yang, Chancellor of National Taiwan University
Secretary-General
Dr. Jen-Leih Wu, Secretary-General of Administration Building, Academia Sinica
Deputy Secretary General
Dr. Te-Chang Lee, Executive Secretary of Central Academic Advisory Committee / Director, Academic Affairs Office, Academia Sinica
Dr. Sue Lin-Chao, Director, International Affairs Office, Academia Sinica
Vice-President of Pacific Science Association
Dr. Chang-Hung Chou, Academician of Academia Sinica
Executive Secretary of the Taiwan Committee for the Pacific Science Association
Dr. Shih-Chun (Candice) Lung, Research Fellow, Academia Sinica