International Association for Dental Research
Asia Pacific Region
Board Meeting
March 11, 2015, 10:00 am - 11:00 pm
Hynes Convention Center (room 101), BostonMinutes
1. AttendanceAustralian/New Zealand Division
Dr. Camile S. Farah
Dr. Linda Marie Slack-Smith
Chinese Division
Dr. Bian Zhuan (Executive Director, New IADR-APR Board)
Dr. Cui Huang (Secretary)
Indian Division
Dr. S. M. Balaji (Secretary General)
Japanese Division
Dr. Takashi Takata (President)
Dr. Nobuhiro Takahashi (Immediate-Past President)
Korean Division
Dr. Young Ku (President)
Dr. Ho-Hyun Son (President-elect)
Dr. Seogbae Oh (Secretary)
Dr. Byung-Moo (IADR-APR Board)
Mongolian Section
Pakistan Section
Dr. Abdul Samad Khan (General Secretary)
Southeast Asian Division
Dr. May Wong (Honorary Secretary)(IADR Board of Directors)
Dr. Yoshimitsu Abiko (President of IADR)
Dr. Edward Lo (Treasure of IADR)
Dr. Byung-Moo Min (Regional Board Member of APR)
Apologies
Dr. Naseem Shah (President, Indian Division), Dr. Kazuhisa Yamazaki (VicePresident, JADR), Dr. Satoshi Imazato (Treasure, JADR), Dr. Frank Yu (Treasure,KADR), Dr. Muhammad Imran Rahbar (President, Pakistan Section), LJ Jin(President, Southeast Asian Division), Dr. Christopher H. Fox (IADR, ExecutiveDirector)

12. Approval of minutes from APR board meeting in Cape Town, SA – June 25, 2014
After each APR board member has introduced himself or herself, the board has been approved
the minute APR board meeting in Cape Town, SA.
3. Retiring and Inaugural address of IADR-APR Board
Dr. Byung-Moo Min made retiring address and all attendee thanked Dr. Min for his
extraordinary service as the board member of IADR from APR. Dr. Bian Zhuan gave an
inaugural address as the new IADR-APR board member.
4. IADR/APR RBM Report (The candidate of Vice President of IADR from Asia-PacificRegion)
Dr. Byung-Moo Min, IADR-APR board member reported that Dr. Edward Lo, who wasrecommended as a candidate of the IADR-Vice President last December, was formally approved
as a candidate of it at IADR council meeting. Dr. Min announced that the election would begiven in the early August 2015. He asked all divisions and sections of APR to support Dr. Lo
and all the attendee of the meeting agreed to support Dr. Lo.
5. Reports from Divisions and Sections
Each division a d section made introduction of board members and reported the present situationof division or section.
6. The progress of 94th General Session, and 3rd APR meeting at Seoul 2016
Dr. Byung-Moo Min as the chairman, LOC-94th General Session, and 3rd APR meeting in Seoul
2016 informed about the meeting held in Seoul on June 22-25, 2016. He said that the preparation
for the meetings are well proceeding as scheduled and expected. He put great emphasis on theattendance from APR members that will determine the success of the meeting.
7. The progress of 4th APR meeting at Brisbane, Australia 2019
Prof. Camile S. Farah reported the progress of the meeting. The date of the meeting wasdiscussed and agreed to leave it on ANZ Division.
8. Election of the next president of IADR-APR
Prof. Young Ku (President of KADR) was elected as the next IADR-APR President
unanimously. Prof. Young Ku accepted the appointment and expressed his wishes.
9. The next WCPD meeting in Delhi in 2017 in partnership with WHO and the Indian
Division
Dr. S. M. Balaji (Secretary General of Indian Division) explained the outline of the meeting.
10. Activation of Dental Research in APR
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Dr. May Wong (Honorary Secretary, Southeast Asian Division) announced the coming 2015
IADR SEA meeting in Bali.
Region Developing Program (RDP) for Mongolian Section was discussed and application to theProgram was processed under the guidance of the new APR President Prof. Ku.
11. Any other business
All the attendees of the meeting parted in the hope of meeting again at IADR meeting in Seoul 2016.
12. Group picture of the board members3