Minutes for the PRSCO Council Meeting
Online PRSCO Council Meeting
Date and Time: Monday, August 2, 2021, 14:00-15:30 GMTMeeting Place: Zoom
Chair: Rachel Franklina) Apologies received, roll call, and confirmation of Section representatives (Rachel)Present:
Rachel Franklin (PRSCO President, WRSA), Hidehiko Kanegae (PRSCO Vice President,JSRSAI), Eduardo Haddad (RSAI President), Andrea Caragliu (RSAI Executive Director),
Nguyen Vu Hong Thai (RMIT, Viet Nam), Pham Nguyen Anh Huy (RMIT, Viet Nam), Jorge
Serrano (AMECIDER), Devanto Pratomo (IRSA), Arief Yusuf (IRSA), Sumona Banerjee (IndianRSA), Lily Kiminami (JSRSAI), Soushi Suzuki (Incoming PRSCO Executive Secretary, JSRSAI),
Brian H.S. Kim (KRSA), Mohd Yusof Kasim (MRSA), Fabian Vilema (RECIR), Sutee
Anantsuksomsri (TH-RSAI), Nij Tontisirin (TH-RSAI), Kingsley Haynes (WRSA), Patricio
Aroca (SOCHER), Jaewon Lim (WRSA), Terry L. Clower (WRSA), Marites M. Tiongco (ThePhilippines), Kashini Gimhani (Sri Lanka), Kimlong Chheng (Cambodia), Yoshiro Higano (EditorAPJRS, JSRSAI), and Hiroyuki Shibusawa (PRSCO Executive Secretary, JSRSAI).
Apologies received:
Roberta Capello (Editor PiRS), Luis Armando Galvis (ACER), Paul Dalziel (ANZRSAI), John
Madden (ANZRSAI), Budy Resosudarmo (past RSAI President, IRSA), Dusan Paredes(SOCHER), and P. Nag (India RSAI).
b) Minutes of the PRSCO Council Meeting (Online) November 6, 2020 (Rachel) (see Annex 1)
Rachel’s motion to approve the minutes of the previous meeting held online was accepted.
c) Report on the 17th PRSCO Summer Institute in 2021 (Thai, Huy)
Thai reported that the Summer Institute is to be held online August 11-13, 2021. The local organizer
accepted 24 papers from 14 countries. The conference has three keynote sessions, 14 normalsessions, and one Ph. D. Nurturing Session.
d) Report on the 27th Pacific Conference of the RSAI in 2022 (Hidehiko) (see Annex 2)
Hidehiko reported on the Pacific Conference. It will be held either online only or both online andonsite in Kyoto, Japan. Several plans were proposed due to COVID-19. The local organizer
proposed a hybrid system using Zoom, considering the time difference of the Asia–Pacific rim.
The members of the local organizing committee and the schedule for the conference were alsoreported.
e) Report on the 18th PRSCO Summer Institute in 2023 (Marites)
Marites reported that the PRSCO Summer Institute will be held in the Philippines. A draft proposalof the meeting was reported. The details will be reported in the next council meeting.
f) Discussion on venues for the PRSCO Conference and Summer Institute in 2026–2027(Rachel)1Rachel confirmed the schedule for the conferences and institutes for 2021–2025.
2022: 27th PRSCO (JSRSAI, Kyoto, Japan)
2023: 18th Summer Institute (The Philippines)
2024: 28th PRSCO (KRSA, Daegu City, South Korea)
2025: 19th Summer Institute (Myanmar)
A venue for the 29th PRSCO was proposed by Budy. More discussion will be held at the next
council meeting in Kyoto. Sumana proposed hosting a Summer Institute in 2027, and Jaewon
proposed hosting a Pacific Conference in 2028. Kashini said that the Sri Lanka section wanted tocollaborate with the Indian-RSAI. Rachel suggested that Sumana and Jaewon get in touch withSoushi.
2026: 29th PRSCO (Australia New Zealand section, tentative)
2027: 20th Summer Institute (India RSAI, tentative)
2028: 30th PRSCO (WRSA, tentative)g) PRSCO Awards (Dusan)
Dusan could not attend the meeting. Patricio reported that the winner of the PRSCO award for Best
Paper by a Young Regional Scientist is Taejun Mo, Seoul National University. The title of the paper
is “Examination of Applicability of Climate Smart Agriculture Technology: Case ofAgrophotovoltaics”. It was approved.
h) Nomination of the PRSCO President, 2022–2023 (Rachel)
Hidehiko Kanegae was approved to be the next PRSCO president for 2022–2023.
i) Nomination of the PRSCO vice President, 2022–2023 (Rachel, Brian)In Kwon Park was approved to be the next PRSCO vice president for 2022–2023.
j) Nomination of the PRSCO representative for the RSAI council (Rachel)
Hidehiko and Brian were approved as the next PRSCO representatives for the RSAI council.
Hidehiko Kanegae (2022–2023), Brian Kim (2019–2021, 2022–2024),
Lily Kiminami (2018–2020, 2021–2023)k) Confirmation of the PRSCO Executive Secretary, 2022–2023 (Rachel)Soushi was confirmed to be the next PRSCO executive secretary.
l) Update of the PRSCO Councilors (Hiroyuki, Soushi)
Hiroyuki reported on the updated list of councilors.
m) Report on activities of the Pacific rim regional science communities
Sumana reported on the activities of RSA India during 2022–2021 (see Annex 3). Kimlong
introduced activities in Cambodia. The BRSA meeting was announced by e-mail (see Annex 4).
n) Report on activities of the RSAI (Eduardo, Andrea)
Eduardo and Andrea reported on the World Congress of the RSAI, the RSAI Council, andcollaborative activities in the Asia–Pacific rim and around the world.
2o) Editor’s report: Papers in Regional Science (Roberta)
This report was distributed by e-mail (see Annex 5).
p) Editor’s report: Regional Science Policy & Practice (Tomáz)
This report was distributed by e-mail (see Annex 6).
q) Editor’s report: Asia–Pacific Journal of Regional Science (Yoshiro)
Yoshiro made a report on APJRS’ current situation and invited PRSCO colleagues to serve as
editorial board members.
r) Any further business
The next PRSCO Council meeting will be held in Kyoto, Japan.
Minutes taken by Hiroyuki Shibusawa

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