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Asian Bioethics Association (ABA)



The 23rd Asian Bioethics Conference: Social, Legal and Ethical Issues of Artificial Intelligence, will be held at Pathumwan Princess Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, 25-29 March 2025




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23rd Asian Bioethics Conference: Social, Legal and Ethical Issues of Artificial Intelligence, to held at Pathumwan Princess Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, 25-29 March 2025.



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Current Board Members (May 2023-May 2025)



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

Immediate Past President: Prof. Ravichandran Moorthy, Malaysia

Vice President for Bangladesh: Dr. Saiful Islam 

Vice President for China: Prof. (Ms.) Cong Yali

Vice President for India: Prof. Mariodoss Selvanayagam

Vice President for Indonesia: vacant

Vice President for Japan: Prof. Nader Ghotbi

Vice President for Korea: Prof. Nam Myeong Jin

Vice-President for the Pacific: vacant

Vice-President for the Philippines: Prof. Marlon Lofredo

Vice-President for South-East Asia: Soraj Hongladarom (Thailand)

Vice-President for Malaysia: Prof. (Ms.) SUma Parahakara

Vice President for South Asia: Prof. Arif Hossain (Bangladesh)

Vice President for Pakistan: Dr. (Ms.) Sumaira Khowaja-Punjwani

Vice President for Taiwan: Prof. Duujian Tsai

Vice President for West Asia: Prof. (Ms.) Firuza Nasyrova (Tajikstan)

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.

The fees from those who pay are used to help offset the postal costs of EJAIB, and are collected by Eubios Ethics Institute acting as a secretariat for ABA. 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 in cash: US$100 Euro 900 ¥11,000 (or Credit card price NZ$150)). 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, nor does it include voting rights, or reducations 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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