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Asian Bioethics Association (ABA)



The dates and venue for the 25th Asian Bioethics Conference are yet to be announced
Selected video lectures from ABC23 (Bangkok) anD ABC24 (DHAKA), and some previous ABC are available




abc lectures videos

Current Board Members (February 2026-February 2028)



President: Prof. Duujian Tsai (Taiwan)

Immediate Past President: Prof. (Ms.) Shamima Lasker, Bangladesh

Vice President for Bangladesh: Prof. (Ms.) Shahanaz Chowdhury 

Vice President for China: Prof. Xin Zhang

Vice President for India: Prof. Michael Jothi Dajan

Vice President for Japan: Prof. Yuji Kajikawa

Vice President for Korea: Prof. Nam Myeong Jin

Vice-President for the Philippines: Prof. (Ms.) Angelica Baylon

Vice-President for South-East Asia: Soraj Hongladarom, Thailand

Vice-President for Malaysia: Prof. (Ms.) Suma Parahakaran

Vice President for South Asia: Prof (Ms.) Taslima Monsour, Bangladesh

Vice President for Pakistan: Dr. (Ms.) Sarosh Saleem

Vice President for Taiwan: Dr. (Ms.) Yuuchia Chen

Vice President for West Asia: Prof. (Ms.) Tamara Kudaibergenova, Kyrgyzstan

Vice President for Indonesia: vacant

Vice-President for the Pacific: vacant

Secretary: Prof. Darryl Macer, New Zealand



constitution



The Constitution of ABA starts:
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. 

Institutional Members include:
Eubios Ethics Institute
Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific, Bataan, the Philippines.

The latest individual available membership list is here.



Membership



ABA Membership is open to all who share the goals of developing cross-cultural and international bioethics in their region of the world.

ABA membership is through application on the renewal form.

Membership fees are payable at any time in the year. A three tier system exists for annual fees: a) Regular price (If in cash: US$100 Euro 900 ¥11,000 (or Credit card price NZ$150)). b) Reduced contribution (the amount is up to the member, and is also suggested for students). c) No fee, because the person is not in a position to pay the fee. This does it include voting rights, or reductions in conference registration fee. Please email your ABA membership renewal form to asianbioethics@yahoo.co.nz Donations to the Eubios Fund to support young scholars for Asian bioethics activities are also welcomed.

More information on the ABA is available on https://eubios.info/ABA.htm

ABA Membership Renewals (MS Word form).

Please email the completed form to: asianbioethics@yahoo.co.nz



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