Eubios Ethics Institute

ABA membership for 2012 is due, please use the renewal form.

The 13th Asian Bioethics Conference Bioethics and Life: Security, Science and Society, will be held 27-30 August 2012 in the vicinity of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The submission form for abstracts and proposals is here.

More information on ABA here.

The Constitution of ABA reads:

Article 2 (Definitions)
In interpreting this Constitution the following definitions shall be used: Bioethics is the interdisciplinary study of philosophical, ethical, social, legal, economic, medical, therapeutic, ethnological, religious, environmental, and other related issues arising from biological sciences and technologies, and their applications in human society and the biosphere. Asia is the regions, peoples, and cultures which constitute the geographically largest continent of the world.

Article 3 (Objectives)
The basic objective of the Association is to promote scientific research in bioethics in Asia through open and international exchanges of ideas among those working in bioethics in various fields of study and different regions of the world. In order to achieve this end the Association will encourage the following work and projects: (1) to organize and support international conferences in bioethics in Asia; (2) to assist the development and linkage of regional organizations for bioethics; (3) to encourage other academic and educational work or projects to accomplish their goals consistent with the objectives of the Association.

Board Members and News

Asian Bioethics Conferences

Proceedings and Abstracts

ABC1 (Beijing 1995),

ABC2 (Kobe 1997),

ABC3 (Tokyo, 1998),

ABC4 (Seoul, 2003),

ABC5 (Tsukuba, 2004),

ABC6 (Sanliurfa, 2005),

ABC7 (Beijing, 2006),

ABC8 (Bangkok, 2007),

ABC9 (Jogyakarta, 2008),

ABC10 (Tehran, 2009),

ABC11 (Singapore, 2010).

ABC12 (Taipei, 2011).

ABA elections were held in November 2010.

Please email your ABA membership renewal form to office@eubios.info

Asian Bioethics Association - Become a Member Today (Annual Renewal)

ABA Membership is open to all who share the goals of developing cross-cultural and international bioethics in their region of the world. Persons who want to confirm their membership of the ABA must send their completed membership form (pdf version can be downloaded) to the secretariat  (by Email, fax or airmail). The current membership list is here.

Membership fees are payable at any time in the year, including at the time of renewal to EJAIB, the official journal of ABA. A three tier system exists for annual fees:
a) Regular price (If by check: US$70   Euro 50   NZ$80   ¥4000   (or discount by Credit card price NZ$80) ). This includes the EJAIB journal subscription and free associate membership of Eubios Ethics Institute.

b) Reduced contribution (the amount is up to the member, and is also suggested for students). This may be negotiated to include the EJAIB journal subscription.

c) No fee, because the person is not in a position to pay the fee. This does not include a hard copy of the EJAIB journal, but anyone can apply to Eubios Ethics Institute separately for a hard copy of the Journal, to be considered case by case.

Donations to the Eubios Fund to support young scholars for Asian bioethics activities are also welcomed.