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2012

Feb 13	Link to “Call for Papers” for International Symposium at the 12th Conference of Science Council of Asia (SCA) in Indonesia Link to “Registration Form” for International Symposium at the 12th Conference of Science Council of Asia (SCA) in Indonesia
Jan 23	Link to the 11th SCA Publication

2011

Dec 5	Link to the Chairperson’s Summary of the 11th Conference of Science Council of Asia (SCA) in Mongolia
Sept 12	The 12th SCA Conference is tentatively scheduled to be held between 10 and 12 July, 2012 in Bogor, Indonesia Link to the announcement for the 12th SCA Conference in Indonesia
May 12	The 11th SCA Conference will be held between 4 and 6 July, 2011 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Link to the announcement for the 11th SCA Conference in Mongolia

2010

October 29	Link to the Chairperson’s Summary of the 10th Conference of Science Council of Asia (SCA) Link to the Report on the New Framework of Science Council of Asia (SCA) (451kb)

2009

	The 10th SCA Conference will be held between 14 and 16 June, 2010 in Manila, Philippines Link to the Chairperson’s summary of the 9th Conference of the Science Council of Asia (SCA)

2008

December 16	Link to theProceedings of the 8th Conference of the Science Council of Asia (SCA) The 9th SCA Conference will be held on 17-19 June, 2009 in Singapore. Please refer to9th SCA First Announcement.
June 10	Link to the Proceedings of the 7th Conference of the Science Council of Asia (SCA)
May 27-30	The Eighth SCA Conference was convened at the Shangri-la Hotel in Qingdao, China on 27 May - 30 May, 2008. Visit the 8th SCA Conference Page for the details. the 8th SCA Conference Page for the details.
May	”Joint Statement by the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), the Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS) and the Science Council of Asia (SCA) to the G8 on the role of science, technology and innovation in promoting global development.”

2007

December 26	The Eighth SCA Conference will be held on 27-30 May, 2008 in Qingdao, China. Please refer to The Proposal for 8th SCA Conference The Management Board authorized to support The International Symposium on the Restoration Program from Giant Earthquakes and Tsunamis to be held on 22-24, January 2008 in Phuket, Thailand, Indonesia. The details of the the Conference are at: http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/sumatra/index-e.html The Management Board authorized to support The International Workshop on Seismo-Electromagnetic Phenomena: Recent Progress to be held on November 6-7, 2007 in Bundung, Indonesia. For the details of the Conference, please refer to: http://www-es.s.chiba-u.ac.jp/geoph/ulf/iwsep2007/committee.html
June 14-16	The Seventh SCA Conference was convened at the Okinawa Convention Center in Japan. Visit the 7th SCA Conference Page for the details.
May 30	Link to the 2nd Announcement of the 7th SCA Conference. Click here for the announcement.
March 20	SCA Preparatory The 7th SCA Preparatory Meeting was convened at the SCJ in TOKYO on March 20 to discuss management of the Joint Projects in the 7th SCA Conference.

2006

April 17-19	The Sixth SCA Conference was held at the Maurya Sheraton Hotel in India. Visit the 6th SCA Conference page for the details.
January 24	SCA Preparatory Meeting-January 24,2006 The 6th SCA Preparatory Meeting was held at SCJ in Tokyo on January 24 to discuss the management of the 6th and 7th SCA Conferences and to review the 5th SCA Conference among the officers of SCA, the members of Organizing Committee of the host countries, and persons who will play important roles in the next Conference. The original plan of the schedule for the conference made by host country was not finalized during the meeting.

April 17-19

The Sixth SCA Conference was held at the Maurya Sheraton Hotel in India. Visit the 6th SCA Conference page for the details.

January 24

SCA Preparatory Meeting-January 24,2006 The 6th SCA Preparatory Meeting was held at SCJ in Tokyo on January 24 to discuss the management of the 6th and 7th SCA Conferences and to review the 5th SCA Conference among the officers of SCA, the members of Organizing Committee of the host countries, and persons who will play important roles in the next Conference. The original plan of the schedule for the conference made by host country was not finalized during the meeting.

2005

November 14	Link to the of International Symposium on Proposals toward International Collaboration for Disaster Reduction website. Please see their website for the details. http://www.dprf.jp/english/sympo/2005.html http://www.dprf.jp/
Octorber 3	The Management Board decided to endorse the International Symposium on Proposals toward International Collaboration for Disaster Reduction in Tokyo to be held on December 16-17, 2005, which will be held as a part of an SCA joint project authorized in the fifth SCA Conference, Hanoi.
August 15	The first SCA Joint Project report was published: Science and Technology for Sustainability in Asia: The Agenda of the Science Council of Asia
July 1	The fax number and e-mail address of the Secretariat changed. The new fax number: 81-3-3403-1755 The new e-mail address: sca@scj.go.jp
May 11-13	The Fifth SCA Conference was held at the Hanoi Daewoo Hotel in Vietnam. Visit the 5th SCA Conference page for the details.
March 28	The host country published the Final Announcement of the 5th SCA Conference. Click here for the announcment.
February 25	The SCA Preparatory Meeting was held at the Science Council of Japan to discuss the management of the 5th and 6th SCA Conferences and to review the 4th SCA Conference among the officers of the SCA, the members of organizing committees of the host countries, and the persons who will play important roles in the Hanoi Conference. The final announcement of the Hanoi Conference will be sent to the member organizations soon.

2004

December 28	The Management Board decided to endorse the A-IMBN SCA Joint Bio Symposium in Hanoi to be held on May 11, 2005, which will be a side event of the 5th SCA Conference.
December 1	The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) set their hands to the 6th SCA Conference in Delhi in 2006. Please refer to pp. 27 and 28 of the ICSSR Newsletter for details: http://www.icssr.org/nl/April_June2004/21-30.pdf. The Newsletter has another article on the SCA: 4th Conference in Seoul at pp.29 and 30.
November 8	The Institute of Environment and Development (LESTARI) of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia organizes the International Conference on Governing for Sustainability in the Asia Pacific to be held on April 12 - 15, 2005 in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The announcement of the conference is available on the website of LESTARI at http://www.lestari.ukm.my/pdf%20file/Second-Brochure.pdf.
October 8	Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, SCA Secretary General and his team visited Vietnam and had a meeting with the 5th SCA Conference Organizing Committee on October 4, 2004. The 5th SCA Conference will be held in Hanoi on May 11-13, 2005.
August 12	We have posted the chairperson's summary of past SCA conferences. Visit each page of the conference or click below. Chairperson's summary of the 1st SCA Conference Chairperson's summary of the 2st SCA Conference Chairperson's summary of the 3rd SCA Conference Chairperson's summary of the 4th SCA Conference Asia-Pacific Perspectives:Japan+ carried the story of the 4th SCA Conference in Seoul in its August 2004 issue. Click here for the original article.
August 6	The SCA Management Board decided to endorse the International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainability 2004 - Asian Megacities and Global Sustainability. For the details of the Conference, please refer to: http://www.simul-conf.com/mega/index.html
July 6	The SCA decided to lend support to the International Year of Planet Earth. The details of the initiative are at: http://www.esfs.org/index.htm.