General Assembly
IPA24GA002EN
6 May 2024

Agenda 1: Activity Report 2023
Fiscal Year 2023 (1 April 2023 - 31 March 2024)
Introduction Remarks
Fiscal Year 2023 was a year in which the IPA strengthened its activity base for international
network and membership expansion, based on more practical and physical activities suchas the Press-in Engineering Seminar in Taiwan, the Board Meeting at RED HILL 1967 TM in
Kochi, Japan, a center for the dissemination of press-in superiority, and the Press-in
Engineering Seminar in Thailand, the first initiative to promote the expansion of press-inengineering led by the IPA Regional Office.
This report is prepared in the same format as the Activity Plan 2023, based on the fiveStanding Committee activities. We hope that this format will make it easier for IPA members
to compare and understand the report and the plan.

1. Research Committee
The Research Committee focused on three activities: expansion of research activities,
collection of case studies and data, and dissemination of press-in technology. Regarding
the expansion of research activities, both the Research Committee and the Steering
Committee discussed research topics that would lead to the creation of social value, witha view to establishing a new Technical Committee.
A) Technical Committees
TC4, TC5, and TC6 are underway, and there are some delays in their activities.
a. Technical Committee 4 (TC4)
Research Subject: Vertical performance and construction management of sheet
piles installed by the Press-in Method and tubular piles installed by Rotary Cutting
Press-in Method
Activities: The scheme needs to be rescheduled due to a delay. Its final report will
be submitted to the Research Committee within fiscal year 2024.
b. Technical Committee 5 (TC5)
Research Subject: Influence of operator skill and experience on field performanceof Press-in Piling
Activities: There are delays in the collection of press-in monitoring results and theplan needs to be extended at least 1 year. The Committee has obtained
approximately 200 press-in monitoring data to evaluate.
The Committee is currently scheduling a meeting with GIKEN scientific division tosee how to link the press-in monitoring data to the press-in parameters.
c. Technical Committee 6 (TC6) - *China
Research Subject: Investigation and analysis of the development status of Press-in
technology in China
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Activities: The collection of construction cases and surveillance responses has been
completed, and the questionnaire survey for the revision of the Press-in Handbook
in Chinese has been conducted.
The Chinese version will be revised with the following schedule.
－ May 2024
June 2024 – Dec. 2024
Jan. 2025 – Apr. 2025
May 2025 – Sep. 2025
By end of 2025

Establishing the overview of the update
Writing and translating
Editing
Final reviewing
PublishingIn addition to the above TC activities, the Research Committee has been seeking
new research themes this fiscal year. If the new research is assessed to beembodied, the new TC will be established to proceed next fiscal year. The following
topics have been discussed so far, including at the committee meeting on 3rd July
2023.
Possible Themes:
1) Measuring and evaluating underwater noise and vibration produced by thepress-in piling when installing piles in or into water.
2) Possibilities of omitting bubble curtains for noise and vibration reduction, by
utilizing the press-in piling method.
3) Advantages of omitting bubble curtains in terms of cost and construction time.
4) Possibilities of lifting construction time restriction for wildlife e.g. fish migration
etc., by utilizing the press-in piling method.
5) Development of underwater press-in piling machine or attachment to install piles
in water.
6) Post applied underwater corrosion protection to steel sheet piles or steel tubularpile.
7) Design and construction guideline for tubular pile cofferdam foundation by
utilizing the press-in piling method for bridge foundations.
8) Design and construction guideline for quay wall by utilizing the press-in piling
method.
9) Performance of steel sheet pile profiles depending on interlock location.
10) Possibilities of regulation of steel tubular pile bearing capacity by internal
diaphragm.
B) Case history
a. Case history volume -2
The Research Committee published it in November 2023.
See the publication announcement on the IPA website

b. Collecting the case histories of the press-in piling method
There have been 2 case histories submitted to the IPA. These case histories will be
evaluated in early fiscal year 2024 for the award.
Refer to the Case Histories of the Year Awards Program

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C) IPA Library (collection of books)
Books in a variety of fields are being collected. See the Library web page
71 books (English books 27, Japanese books 44 are included) were furnished andthe total number of books is 1,024 at the end of the fiscal year 2023.

2. Development Committee
The Development Committee continued to conduct various activities, including
publications, seminars, and conferences, to promote the press-in technology.
A) Multilingualization of the Press-in Handbook
The Development Committee published the Press-in Handbook in Korean in
September 2023. Up until now, there are 11 versions published as follows.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)

Japanese:
English:*Chinese:
Russian:
Thai:
Portuguese:

Dec. 2021
Jun. 2021
Oct. 2019
Oct. 2021
Nov. 2021
Dec. 2021

7) Spanish:8) French:
9) Vietnamese:10) German:11) Korean:Mar. 2022
Mar. 2022
May. 2022
Aug. 2022
Sep. 2023

The Arabic version will be published in fiscal year 2024.
The Chinese version will be revised with the following schedule.
－ May 2024
June 2024 – Dec. 2024
Jan. 2025 – Apr. 2025
May 2025 – Sep. 2025
By end of 2025

Establishing the overview of the update
Writing and translating
Editing
Final reviewing
PublishingB) Seminars on Press-in Technology
The Committee organized two seminars to disseminate the Press-in Handbook.
a. Taiwan
The IPA Seminar on Press-in Technology in Taiwan was held on 14th June 2023
cosponsored by Taiwan Geotechnical Society, Taiwan Foundation Engineering
Institute and Taipei Foundation Engineering Institute, and Sino-Geotechnics
Research and Development Foundation. The total participants were 94 from Taiwan,
Japan and Singapore (including 36 students). The Taiwan co-organizers expect
further collaboration with the IPA to localize the press-in piling technologies in
Taiwan. (Reported in IPA Newsletter 2023, issue 3)
b. Thailand
The Press-in Piling Seminar in Bangkok, with titled “EIT Tea Talk Seminar on Pressin Method in Thailand” was planned and held on 20th December 2023 under the
initiative of IPA Southeast Asia Regional Office and IPA Director Dr. Kitiyodom. IPA
supported the local organizer Thailand Underground and Tunnelling Group (TUTG),
Thai Geotechnical Society (TGS), The Engineering Institute of Thailand Under H.M.
The king’s Patronage as co-organizer. The total participants were 83 from Thailand,
including contractor, consultant, independent engineer, special contractor,
government authority, university, developer and trading Company.
(Reported in IPA Newsletter 2024, issue 1)

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C) Specifications of the Press-in Piling Method
The specification has been completed by approx. 75% (150 pages out of 200 pages).
When it is completed by around 80%, it will be circulated among the editorial
members (Dr. Kusakabe, Dr. Takemura, Dr. Terashi, Dr. McNamara, Dr. Goh, Dr.
Ishihara and Mr. Nozaki). It is currently expected to be around May or June 2024.
D) Terminology on Press-in Technology
The Committee of Terminology on Press-in Piling, established under the IPA
Development Committee in July 2022, has been working on the compilation of theterminology database under the chairmanship of Prof. Leung and the cochairmanship of Dr. Takemura. The basic draft of the Japanese-English bilingual
database has been compiled with the confirmation of the Japanese reviewer, andthe English part is under review. The database will be released it to the IPA members
before the official publication in July.
WG

Task

FY2022Making a policy
Preparing a corresponding table
Translating English into Japanese if necessary, and vice versa
Checking consistency of meaning between Japanese and English definitions
JG Reviewing and modifying
Opinition gathering to the opened terminology, modification of platform,and data addition and correction
Meeting
Publish ★, update ☆
Selecting key words* and checking a priority
G1 Giving a definition if necessary, and translating Japanese into English
Reviewing and modifying, addition by requests
Selecting key words and checking a priority
Considering alternatives/Renaming to some words if necessary
G2 Giving a definition, if necessary
Preparing figures for definition
Reviewing and modifying, addition by requests
G3 Preparing a corresponding table b/w English and other languages
Maintenance and updating by Development Committee★1: provisional WEB opeing of English and Japanese terrminology DB★2: provisional WEB openig of other languages teminology DB★：official opening of WEB opening of terrminology DB

x

FY2023x

FY2024*3rd ICPE

★1

★

★2

E) ICPE2024
The ICPE2024 is to be held in Singapore during the period of 3rd to 5th July 2024.
The theme of the conference is “Superiority of Press-in Piling towards Sustainable
Construction in Tackling Climate Change for Infrastructure Development”. The
second bulletin has been circulated and final preparations are underway, led by the
ICPE2024 Organizing Committee. See the ICPE2024 offical website

3. Publicity Committee
The two meetings of the Publicity Committee were held to discuss the following issues.
A) IPA Newsletters
The quarterly publication of the IPA Newsletter continued in the fiscal year 2023 asfollows.
-

Volume 8, Issue 2 June 2023
Volume 8, Issue 3 September 2023
Volume 8, Issue 4 December 2023
Volume.9, Issue 1 March 2024

35 pages
32 pages
25 pages
24 pages

The Editorial Board Committee meetings were held four times this fiscal year.
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B) Booklet-3: Disaster Countermeasures
The special contributions related to disaster prevention and mitigation that appeared
as follows in the previous Newsletters were re-edited and published in March 2024.
Title
2011 Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami and Future
Tsunami Disaster Mitigation
Measures for Earthquake ₋ and Tsunami ₋ Resilience
Enhancement of Industrial Parks in Bay Areas
Detection and Geotechnical Characterization of Sinkhole:
Central Florida Case Study
Gross National Safety Index for Natural Disasters (GNS)
Contributions of geotechnical engineering towards recovery
from damage caused by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake –Summary of the 2019 Ishihara Lecture in RomeDisaster Countermeasures and Recovery Technology for
Existing Railway Structures

Authors
Prof. Masahiko Isobe
Prof. Masanori HamadaProf. Boo Hyun Nam
Assistant Prof. Yong Je Kim
Prof. Kazuya ItohProf. Mamoru KikumotoProf. Tomofumi Koyama
Prof. Ikuo Towhata
Dr. Masayuki Koda

Subsurface cavities and road cave-ins

Prof. Reiko Kuwano

Steel Pipe Piles, Tubular Sheet Piles, Steel Sheet Piles
Confronting Natural Disasters

Dr. Toshiharu Hirose

4. Awards Committee
The Awards Committee proceeded with the establishment of the new award program
and the solicitation and selection of winners, including existing awards, for the
implementation of the award at ICPE2024.
A) Establishment of the "Early Career Engineer Award" Program.
The Awards Committee finalized the details of the Early Career Engineer Award as
a new award program for young engineers, which had been planned in the previous
fiscal year, and formally established it as an IPA award program following a
resolution of the Board of Directors.
B) Preliminary collection of potential candidates for each award.
In September 2023, the Committee began to call for applications for the following
five awards to be presented at ICPE2024. The number of applications for each award
is as follows
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

Outstanding Project Award
Innovative Technology Award
Distinguished Research Award
Life-long Contribution Award
Early Career Engineer Award

:1
:0
:5
:2
:2

Based on the nominations above, the Committee has finalized the candidates for theawardees and is preparing to present the awards in July.
C) Selection of the ICPE Best Paper Award at ICPE2024.
The ICPE2024 Organizing Committee conducted a preliminary evaluation during thereview of submitted papers in preparation for nominating candidates for the Award.
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5. Administration Committee
The Administration Committee handled the day-to-day operations and coordinated withother Standing Committees to ensure the smooth running of IPA activities.
A) Forming and developing the international network
Assisted the Nomination Committee in preparing a short list of candidates for the
new Board members for the term 2024-2025, taking into account geographicaldistribution, area of expertise and a wide spectrum of age to diversify IPA’s activities,
and nominated new IPA Director candidates from Taiwan, Brazil, and Egypt.
The Committee also secured a budget for activities in fiscal year 2023 to promotepress-in engineering by each regional office and to expand and strengthen the IPA
network, and supported the implementation of the Press-in Engineering Seminar in
Thailand conducted by the Southeast Asia Regional Office.
(Reported in IPA Newsletter 2024, issue 1)

In addition, the Secretary General has planned to visit each regional office tostrengthen the functions of the regional office to be the center for dissemination of
information and exchange of technology related to press-in engineering in the region.
B) Expansion of IPA MembershipAs one of the specific efforts to increase the awareness of the IPA and expand its
membership, a public seminar and some lectures for students from academic
institutes by IPA Directors were planned and conducted on the occasion of the July
Board Meeting in Kochi. (Reported in IPA Newsletter 2023, issue 3)
In particular, several measures were taken to expand student membership as animportant issue to increase the number of young members who will be responsible
for the future of IPA activities, including inviting many students to the seminar in
Taiwan and promoting recruitment through the network of Board members.

6. OthersA) General Assembly
The General Assembly was held during the period of 15th to 26th May 2023 (twelvedays), approving the new Board Members together with the Activity Report andIncome and Expenditure Statement for the fiscal year 2022, the Activity Plan andBudget for the fiscal year 2023. (Reported in IPA Newsletter Vol. 8, issue 2)B) Board of Directors meeting
A hybrid on-site and online meeting was held on 3rd July 2023, with 22 Directors
and 2 Auditors in attendance. The Directors unanimously approved a proposal for
personnel matters relating to the appointment of the President, Vice President,
Executive Director, Chairs and Co-Chairs and members of the five Standing
Committees, and the Secretary General, as well as the establishment of a
Nomination Committee to nominate the incoming President, and to submit to thenext General Assembly a proposal to amend the Constitution to make English theofficial language of the Constitution, By-laws, and Regulations. (Reported in IPA-

Newsletter Vol. 8, issue 3)- An email Board meeting was held from 18th to 22nd September 2023 to seek aresolution on the revisions to the By-laws and Regulations required to add a new'Early Career Engineer Award' to the IPA Awards. 25 Directors and 2 Auditors
attended the meeting and the proposed revisions were unanimously approved.
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- An email Board meeting was held from 25th to 29th March 2024, with theparticipation of 23 Directors and 2 Auditors. The Directors unanimously approved
the proposals, including the draft Activity Plan and the Budget for the next fiscal year,
the draft amendments to the Constitution, By-laws, and Regulations, and the draft
short list of Directors and Auditors for the next term from 2024 to 2025, which will beon the agenda of the General Assembly in May.
C) Steering Committee
The Steering Committee consists of the President, President-elect, Executive
Director, representatives of the Standing Committees, and Secretary General.
- An online meeting was held on 27th November 2023, to review the status of eachStanding Committee’s activities and to discuss about their issues and further actionplans, including the confirmation of the interim financial report.
- An online meeting was held on 20th February 2024. The main item on theagenda was the confirmation of the materials for the next Board of Directors meeting
and General Assembly, including the Activity Report and Income and Expenditure
Forecast for the fiscal year 2023 and the Activity Plan and the Budget for the fiscal
year 2024.
D) Nomination Committee
Normally, the Nomination Committee is established to prepare and submit to theAnnual General Assembly a short list of possible candidates of incoming IPA
Directors and Auditors for the new term.
This year, in addition to the above, the Committee was established for the purposeof nominating the candidate for incoming President eight months prior to the General
Assembly in accordance with the By-laws, as President Prof. Leung was entering
the final year of his second term and had indicated his intention not to continue inthe position of President beyond the next term.
The Committee solicited nominations from the Board of Directors and, after soliciting
input from all Board members, decided to nominate Prof. Kenneth Gavin as thecandidate for the incoming President in October 2023. The Committee also held
several online meetings to prepare a draft short list of nominees for the incoming
2024-2025 term of IPA Directors and Auditors, which was finalized as an agenda
item for the General Assembly by soliciting input from Board members through the
March 2024 email Board meeting.
E) Memberships
Numbers of IPA members as of 31st March 2024
Individual Members
Student Members
Corporate Members

699
66
49

［ Last year 713［ Last year 54［ Last year 52

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General Assembly
IPA24GA003EN
6 May 2024

Agenda 2: Income and Expenditure Statement for 2023
Income & Expenditure Statement for the Fiscal Year 2023
Period : 1st Apr. 2023 - 31st Mar. 2024

(Unit: JPY)

Items

2023 Budget

2023 Actual

Note

Operating Activities
1 Operating Income① Membership Fee
Individual Member's Annual Fee
Corporate Member's Annual Fee② Contribution
Contribution③ Miscellaneous Income

7,160,000
6,900,000

6,910,000
6,700,000

16,000,000

16,000,000

Research Commission
Sales of Books
Seminars (Japan)
Seminars (overseas)
Reimbursement
Other Income
Total Operating Income
2 Operating Expenditure① Expenditure for Conference and Seminar
3rd International Conference on Press-in Engineering (ICPE2024)
Seminars (Japan)
Seminars (overseas)② Expenditure for Publication
Press-in Handbook
Case History Volume 2
IPA Newsletter
Booklet 2: Pile Foundation
Booklet 3: Disaster Countermeasures
Miscellaneous Expense③ Expenditure for Research and Committee Activity

02,000,000
100,000
800,000
191,940
500
33,152,440

0659,180 Design and Construction Guideline for Press-in Piling 2020 (Japanese)
0933,764 Registration Fee, Sponsor fees of Taiwan Seminar
191,940 Replacement cost of airfare for Taiwan seminar, etc.
152 Bank interest
31,395,036

1,800,000
1,000,000
220,0000
260,0000

1,455,143 Editing and printing cost, etc.
902,220 Editing and printing cost, etc.
218,745 Editing and writing payment, etc.
0540,100 printing cost, etc.
47,712 Meeting expenses, etc.

Board of Directors' Meeting / Steering Committee Expenses
President / Secretary / Regional Office Activities
President Activities
Secretariats' Activities
Regional Office Activities
Research Committee / Technical Committee Expenses
Specifications of the Press-in MethodAwarding Expenditures
IPA Library
Other Activities (e. g. Participations to other conferences)④ Administrative Expenditure
System MaintenanceMembership Cards and Certificates
Printing Expenditures
Postage Cost for Internal / Domestic
Communication Expenses
Director's Remuneration
Lease Expenses
Outsourcing Expense
Commission Expense
Office Supplies Expense
Miscellaneous Expense
Advances paid

5,600,000

4,153,552

Total Expenditure
Surplus / (Deficit) of Income over Expenditure
Balance brought from the Previous Year
Surplus / (Deficit) of the Current Year
Balance carried forward to the Next Year

100,000
400,000
500,000

1,000,000
600,000
800,000
200,000
100,0000
600,000
200,000

00323,377 Preparation cost (Taiwan Seminar)

994,358
0
201,960 Support for Thai seminar led by the regional office, etc.
041,3600595,767 Book purchases, library system maintenance, etc.
02,300,000
20,00048,000180,000
96,00010,998,810
3,360,000
1,633,812
300,000
255,000
360,000

2,219,400 Website, mail server and paper system maintenance09,150 Guidance of IPA, etc.
160,235
96,646 Telephone charge
11,042,611
3,283,535 Office rent, Copy machine, etc.
1,641,204 Certified accountant fee, etc.
167,974 Bank charges
164,179
535,721
1,135,655 Replacement cost for ICPE2024

32,931,622
220,818
13,266,837
220,818
13,487,655

29,930,604
1,464,432
13,266,837
1,464,432
14,731,269

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In our opinion, the above statement of accounts is presented fairly in all material respects.
監査の結果、重要な点において適正に表示しているものと認める。

Date:

29 April, 2024,

Auditor __________________________________
Dr. Goh Teik Lim

Auditor __________________________________
Mr. Tsuyoshi Tanouchi

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General Assembly
IPA24GA004EN
6 May 2024

Agenda 3: Activity Plan 2024
Fiscal Year 2024 (1 April 2024 - 31 March 2025)
Introduction Remarks
The IPA has entered its 18th fiscal year since its establishment in February 2007. This year,
the IPA plans to promote the global expansion of press-in engineering, including holding theThird International Conference on Press-in Engineering ICPE2024 in Singapore on 3-5 July,
the first case to be held outside Japan, and planning to hold a press-in engineering seminarin Africa in 2025 as an expansion of activities to new regions.
Regarding the administrative structure of IPA, the Nomination Committee has nominatedProf. Gavin, IPA Vice President, as a candidate for the fourth IPA President to succeed
President Prof. Leung, and plans to invite three new candidates for the IPA Board of
Directors, including a candidate from a new region.
Under Prof. Gavin's leadership, IPA will continue to revitalize its research activities as an
academic organization and, based on these activities, implement measures to expand IPA's
network and membership to further promote press-in engineering worldwide. Specificactivity plans for the five Standing Committees are described below.

1. Research Committee
The Research Committee will focus on the following three activities; expansion ofresearch activities, collection of case history and documents and dissemination of thepress-in technology. The Research Committee will hold regular meetings between thechair of the Research Committee and the chair of each Technical Committee to proceedwith the activities as planned.
A) Technical Committees
The technical Committees, TC4, TC5 and TC6, are to be underway in this fiscal year.
a. Technical Committee 4 (TC4)
Research Subject: Vertical performance and construction management of sheet
piles installed by the Press-in Method and tubular piles installed by Rotary Cutting
Press-in Method
Activities: The scheme needs to be rescheduled due to a delay. Its final report will
be submitted to the Research Committee within fiscal year 2024.
b. Technical Committee 5 (TC5)
Research Subject: Influence of operator skill and experience on field performanceof Press-in Piling
Activities: There are delays in collecting press-in monitoring results and the planneeds to be extended at least 1 year. The Committee has obtained approximately
200 press-in monitoring data to evaluate.

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c. Technical Committee 6 (TC6) - China
Research Subject: Investigation and analysis of the development status of Press-in
technology in China
Activities: The Chinese version of the Press-in Handbook will be revised with thefollowing schedule.
June – December 2024
January – April 2025
May – September 2025
By end of 2025

Writing and translating
Editing
Final reviewing
Publishing

The Research Committee will seek new research themes this fiscal year. If the newresearch is assessed to be embodied, the new TC will be established to proceed.
The following topics were discussed at the committee meeting on 3rd July 2023.
The new research themes may be chosen from the following possible themes. The
decision schedule will be determined in due course.
Possible Themes:
In order to move things forward, a principal investigator (PI) on each research theme
should be appointed. Then, adoption or rejection should be decided.
1) Underwater noise and vibration produced by the press-in piling when installing
piles in or into water.
PI: TBC (Endorsement or self-nomination from IPA directors)
2) Development of underwater press-in piling machine or attachment to install piles
in water.
PI: Prof. Kenneth Gavin
3) Design and construction guideline for tubular pile cofferdam foundation by
utilizing the press-in piling method for bridge foundations.
PI: TBC
4) Design and construction guideline for quay wall by utilizing the press-in piling
method.
PI: TBC
5) Performance of steel sheet pile profiles depending on interlock location
PI: Prof. Michael Doubrovsky
6) Possibilities of regulation of steel tubular pile bearing capacity by internal
diaphragm
PI: Prof. Michael DoubrovskyB) Case history
a. Case history volume-3
The Research Committee will start preparations to publish Press-in Piling Case
History Volume 3, a compilation of various applications of Press-in technology, in thenext fiscal year and beyond.
a. Collecting the case histories of the press-in piling method
Up until now, there have been 2 case histories submitted to the IPA. These casehistories will be evaluated in early 2024 for the award.
Refer to the Case Histories of the Year Awards Program
IPA24GA004EN 2 / 6C) IPA Library (collection of books)
Books in a variety of fields are being collected.

See the Library web pageD) The Press-in Engineering Seminar
The Research Committee will hold the Press-in Engineering Seminar in Ishikawa,Japan in the second half period of the fiscal year 2024. The theme of the seminar
will be "Disaster Prevention and Mitigation," and it is planned to analyze the factorsof various disasters from the earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula on New
Year's Day, and to present proposals for recovery and countermeasures. The aim is
not only to contribute to the early recovery and reconstruction of the affected areas,
but also to disseminate useful technical information on disaster prevention andmitigation as an association.

2. Development Committee
The Development Committee will continue various activities, such as publications andseminars and conferences for the promotion of press-in technology.
A) Multilingualization of the Press-in Handbook
The Development Committee will publish the Press-in Handbook in Arabic withinfiscal year 2024. Up until now, there are 11 versions have been published as follows.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)

Japanese:
English:Chinese:Russian:
Thai:
Portuguese:

Dec. 2021
Jun. 2021
Oct. 2019
Oct. 2021
Nov. 2021
Dec. 2021

7) Spanish:8) French:
9) Vietnamese:10) German:11) Korean:Mar. 2022
Mar. 2022
May 2022
Aug. 2022
Sep. 2023

The Chinese version will be revised with the following schedule.
June – December 2024
Writing and translating
January – April 2025
Editing
May – September 2025
Final reviewing
By end of 2025
PublishingB) Seminars on Press-in Technology
The Development Committee considers holding seminars aiming at the disseminationof the Press-in Handbook. Currently, following two seminars are under consideration.
a. Indonesia
It was postponed in a last minute in 2019 due to the Covid 19 Pandemic. The IPA isin the process of preparing a restarting plan with the Indonesian Task Force.
b. Africa
Prof. Bouassida, IPA Director, is leading the plan. If the plan is approved, one day
seminar will be held around March 2025. The IPA envisage a budget of
approximately USD10,000 for the seminar.
C) Specifications of the Press-in Piling Method
The specification has been completed by approx. 75% (150 of 200 pages). When it
is completed by around 80%, it will be circulated among the editorial members (Dr.
Kusakabe, Dr. Takemura, Dr. Terashi, Dr. Andrew McNamara, Dr. Goh Teik Lim, Dr.
Ishihara and Mr. Nozaki). It is currently expected to be around May or June 2024.
IPA24GA004EN 3 / 6D) Terminology on Press-in Technology
The work will continue through the fiscal year of 2024, according to the timetableshown below, targeting the publication prior to the ICPE2024.
WG

Task

FY2022Making a policy
Preparing a corresponding table
Translating English into Japanese if necessary, and vice versa
Checking consistency of meaning between Japanese and English definitions
JG Reviewing and modifying
Opinition gathering to the opened terminology, modification of platform,and data addition and correction
Meeting
Publish ★, update ☆
Selecting key words* and checking a priority
G1 Giving a definition if necessary, and translating Japanese into English
Reviewing and modifying, addition by requests
Selecting key words and checking a priority
Considering alternatives/Renaming to some words if necessary
G2 Giving a definition, if necessary
Preparing figures for definition
Reviewing and modifying, addition by requests
G3 Preparing a corresponding table b/w English and other languages
Maintenance and updating by Development Committee★1: provisional WEB opeing of English and Japanese terrminology DB★2: provisional WEB openig of other languages teminology DB★：official opening of WEB opening of terrminology DB

x

FY2023x

FY2024*3rd ICPE

★1

★

★2

E) Third International Conference on Press-in Engineering (ICPE2024)
The ICPE2024 is to be held in Singapore from 3rd to 5th July 2024. The theme of
the conference is “Superiority of Press-in Piling towards Sustainable Construction in
Tackling Climate Change for Infrastructure Development”.
See the ICPE2024 official website

F) Press-in Piling Technology: A Technical Book (In Japanese)
The publication of the technical book will be included in the Development
Committee’s activity plan. The Editorial Committee comprises 8 committee members
led by Dr. Kusakabe. The publication is planned to cover the basics of the press-in
piling method, practical technologies and application to typical infrastructures, andexpected to be published by the end of 2024.

3. Publicity Committee
The Publicity Committee will continue to publish IPA Newsletter and Booklet series andimprove digital contents available for IPA members.
A) IPA Newsletters
The IPA Newsletters Editorial Committee will continue to publish Newsletter on aquarterly basis. The Editorial Committee considers that the authors of special
contributions (non-members only) may receive a reward of some amount to attract
more writers when requires.
B) Booklet-4: Cutting-Edge Technology
The special contributions related to advanced technology that appeared in theprevious Newsletters will be re-edited and will be published as a booklet in the fiscal
year 2024.

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4. Awards Committee
The Awards Committee will select the winners of the following five award programs.
These awards will be presented at the time of ICPE2024 held in Singapore in July.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

Outstanding Project Award
Innovative Technology Award
Distinguished Research Award
Life-Long Contribution Award
Early Career Engineer Award

The Awards Committee will also prepare the presentation of the ICPE Best Paper Awardin cooperation with the Organizing Committee of ICPE2024.
In addition to the above, the Awards Committee will consider measures to increase therecognition of the IPA Awards Program, including promotion of the awardees of eachAward Program, the awarded projects and papers at ICPE2024, and take measures
towards ICPE2027.

5. Administration Committee
The Administration Committee will deal with the day-to-day operations and coordinate
with other Standing Committees to ensure the smooth running of IPA activities. The
Committee will also promote further international networking and strengthen the IPA
membership, both individual and corporate members, taking advantage of theopportunity of the Third International Conference on Press-in Engineering ICPE2024
and the planned Press-in Engineering Seminar in the Africa and other region.
A) Forming and developing the international network
a. To assist the Vice Presidents and corresponding staff of each IPA Regional
Office in promoting activities to expand the IPA network.
b. Continuously invite young researchers and engineers to IPA activities, including
conference, seminar and research, in order to expand the international networkand cultivate young researchers and engineers around the world.
c. To consider providing IPA members with the opportunity to communicate witheach other conveniently to develop interaction among IPA members, startingwith considering some programs related to association activities for student
members and younger members.
d. Continue to consider the possibility of establishing an industry organization suchas the Japan Press-in Association outside Japan together with the regional
offices.
B) Expanding IPA Membershipa. Expand membership through ICPE2024 by supporting to increase theregistration of ICPE2024 participants, ensure the success of the conference andpromote it before and after the conference. In particular, to expand student
membership, plan to invite a group of university and polytechnic students to theplenary sessions of ICPE2024.
b. Expand corporate, individual, and student membership by supporting the
expansion and revitalization of research activities and strengthening the industryacademia-government network.

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6. Others
The first meeting of the Board of Directors for fiscal year 2024 is scheduled for 2nd July
2024, in Singapore, in conjunction with the ICPE2024. At the Board meeting, theincoming President and the Vice Presidents for the term 2024-2025 will be elected fromamong the Directors, and the Executive Director for the term 2024-2025 and the Chairsof the Standing Committee for the term 2024 will be appointed by the President fromamong the Directors and approved by the Board of Directors.

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General Assembly
IPA24GA005EN
6 May 2024

Agenda 4: Budget for Fiscal Year 2024
Budget for the Fiscal Year 2024

Period : 1st Apr. 2024 - 31st Mar. 2025

(Unit: JPY)

Items

2023 Actual2024 Budget

Note

Operating Activities
1 Operating Income① Membership Fee
Individual Member's Annual Fee
Corporate Member's Annual Fee② Contribution
Contribution③ Miscellaneous Income
Research Commission
Sales of Books
Seminars (Japan)
Seminars (overseas)
Reimbursement
Other Income
Total Operating Income

2 Operating Expenditure① Expenditure for Conference and Seminar
Seminars (Japan)
Seminars (overseas)② Expenditure for Publication
Press-in Handbook
Case History
IPA Newsletter
Booklet 3: Disaster Countermeasures
Press-in Piling Technology: A Technical Book (Japanese)
Miscellaneous Expense③ Expenditure for Research and Committee Activities
Board of Directors' Meeting / Steering Committee Expenses
President / Secretary / Regional Office Activities
President Activities
Secretariats' Activities
Regional Office Activities
Research Committee / Technical Committee Expenses
Specifications of the Press-in MethodAwarding Expenditures
IPA Library
Other Activities (e.g., Participations to other conferences)④ Administrative Expenditure
System Maintenance
Printing Expenditures
Postage Cost for Internal / Domestic
Communication Expenses
Director's Remuneration
Lease Expenses
Outsourcing Expense
Commission Expense
Office Supplies Expense
Miscellaneous Expense
Advances Paid
Total Expenditure
Surplus / (Deficit) of Income over Expenditure
Balance brought from the Previous Year
Surplus / (Deficit) of the Current Year
Balance carried forward to the Next Year6,910,000
6,700,000

7,000,000
6,600,000

16,000,000

16,000,000

0659,180
0933,764
191,940
152
31,395,036

01,000,000 Press-in Retaining Structures: A Handbook, etc.
200,000 Registration fee for Press-in Seminar
1,900,000 Registration fee, Sponsorship for Africa and Indonesia Seminar
1,135,655 Replacement costs for ICPE2024, etc.
500 Bank interest
33,836,155

0323,377

600,000 Preparation costs for Press-in Seminar
3,200,000 Preparation costs for Africa and Indonesia Seminar

1,455,143
902,220
218,745
540,100
047,712600,000 Editing and writing payment of Arabic version
0 Editing and printing costs, etc.
240,000 Editing and writing payment, etc.
300,000 Editing and printing costs, etc.
3,000,000 Editing and printing costs, etc.
04,153,552

6,400,000

994,358
0
201,960
041,3600595,76702,219,400
9,150
160,235
96,646
11,042,611
3,283,535
1,641,204
167,974
164,179
535,721
1,135,655
29,930,604
1,464,432
13,266,837
1,464,432
14,731,269

1,000,000
600,000
800,000
2,000,000
200,000 Editing and translation costs
250,000
600,00002,230,000
48,000 IPA brochure, etc.
180,000
96,000 Telephone charges
10,844,130
3,360,000 Office rent, multifunction printer, etc.
1,675,000 Certified accountant fees, etc.
300,000 Bank charges
260,000
360,000
0
39,143,130-5,306,975
14,731,269-5,306,975
9,424,294

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General Assembly
IPA24GA006EN
6 May 2024

Agenda 5: Election of Directors and Auditors
The Nomination Committee(*1) hereby proposes the following seventeen (17) candidates
as the Directors and Auditor for the two fiscal years 2024 and 2025 in accordance with
Chapter IV, Article 12 of the IPA Constitution.

Directors for the term of 2024-2025:
Name

Affiliation(Honorifics omitted/unordered)

Country
RegionChun Fai Leung

Emeritus Professor
National University of Singapore

Tatsunori Matsumoto

Emeritus Professor
Kanazawa University

Japan

Osamu Kusakabe

Professor Emeritus
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan

Majid Ghayoomi

Associate Professor
University of New Hampshire

United States

Yoshiaki Kikuchi

Advisor
General incorporated foundation Coastal
Development Institute of Technology

Japan

Pastsakorn Kitiyodom

Managing Director
ATT Consultants Company Limited
Chief Operating Officer
TEAM Consulting Engineering and Management PCL.

ThailandRamin Motamed

Associate Professor
University of Nevada Reno

United States

Shinji Taenaka

General Manager
Nippon Steel Corporation

Japan

Katsutoshi Ueno

Associate Professor
Tokushima University

Japan

Vu Anh Tuan

Associate Professor
Le Quy Don Technical University

Viet Nam

Rui Wang

Associate Professor
Tsinghua University

ChinaDavid White

Professor
University of Southampton

UnitedKingdom

Mark Albert H. Zarco

Professor
University of the Philippines, Diliman

Philippines

IPA24GA006EN 1 / 5Singapore

Auditor for the term of 2024-2025:
Name(Honorifics omitted)

Tsuyoshi Tanouchi

Affiliation

Country
RegionManaging Operating Officer
GIKEN LTD.

Japan

Candidates for the new Directors (term of 2024-2025):
Name(Honorifics omitted/unordered)

Affiliation

Country
RegionDavid, Kuo-Wei Lin

President & Representative Director
Chuen-Chang Enterprise Co., Ltd.

TaiwanMarawan M. Shahien

Professor
Tanta University
Geotechnical Engineering Consultant

Egypt

Cristina de Hollanda
Cavalcanti Tsuha

Professor
University of São Paulo

BrazilThe curriculum vitae of the new Directors can be found on the following pages.
Note:

The Nomination Committee(*1) was formed in accordance with Section 4 of the By-laws.

Remarks: Agenda 5 asks for the collective approval of seventeen (17) candidates instead ofindividuals. Should you have any comments on this Agenda 5, please post yourcomments on the online voting page.

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Candidate for the new Director 1:
Name
Current position

David, Kuo-Wei Lin

Nationality

Taiwanese

President & Representative Director
Chuen-Chang Enterprise Co., Ltd., Taiwan

Educational Background2002

M.E. in Aeronatic & Astronautic Engineering
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

2000

B.E. in Aeronatic & Astronautic Engineering
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Professional Experience2017 - Present

President & Representative Director
Chuen-Chang Enterprise Co., Ltd., Taiwan

2012 - 2017

General Manager & Excutive Director
Chuen-Chang Enterprise Co., Ltd., Taiwan

2007 - 2012

Head of Engineering Division & Director
Chuen-Chang Enterprise Co., Ltd., Taiwan

2003 - 2007

Researcher
National Space Program Office (NSPO)As an engineering practitioner in the real field, he has extensive knowledge andexperience in the complete construction process from design, procurement, installationand maintenance of steel sheet pile retaining walls and other pile structures in actual
projects.

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Candidate for the new Director 2:
Name
Current position

Marawan M. Shahien

Nationality

Egyptian

Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Foundations
General Coordinator of Special Programs (Credit Hour System)
Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
Geotechnical Engineering Consultant

Educational Background1998

Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

1991

M.Sc. in Geotechnical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

1987

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering
Kuwait University, Kuwait

Academic Awards
2020

Honorable Mention of the R.M. Quigley Award for best paper
published in Canadian Geotechnical Journal in the previous year.
Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS)2004

Norman Medal Award for authoring a paper judged worthy of
special commendation for its merit as a contribution to Eng. Science
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

1992

Ralph B. Peck Fellowship for outstanding performance ingeotechnical Engineering, University of Illinois

1991

Stanley D. Wilson Fellowship for outstanding performance ingeotechnical. Engineering, University of Illinois

Professional Experience
2022 - Present

Vice President of International Society for Soil Mechanics andGeotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) for Africa and Board Member

2018 - Present

General Coordinator of Special Programs (Credit Hour System)
Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Egypt

2015 - 2018

Coordinator of Construction Engineering Program (Credit Hour System)
Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Egypt2014 - Present

Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Foundations
Tanta University, Egypt

2007 - 2014

Associate Professor
Tanta University, Egypt

2009

Secretary General, Organizer, member of International Advisory
Committee and co-editor of conference proceedings (5 volumes) of
17th ICSMGE, Alexandria, Egypt

2004 - Present

Head of Geotechnical Engineering Department
Hamza Associates, Consulting office, Egypt

Qualification

Registered Geotechnical Engineering Consultant in the Egyptian
Syndicate of Engineers
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Candidate for the new Director 3:
Name
Current position

Cristina de Hollanda Cavalcanti Tsuha

Nationality

Brazilian

Professor
Department of Geotechnical Engineering,São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Educational Background2007

Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering
University of São Paulo, Brazil

2003

M.Sc. in Geotechnical Engineering
University of São Paulo, Brazil

1994

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering
Centro Universitário do Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia, Brazil

Professional Experience
2024 - Present

Full Professor
Department of Geotechnical Engineering,São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brazil

2017 - 2024

Associate Professor
Department of Geotechnical Engineering,São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brazil

2010 - 2016

Assistant Professor
Department of Geotechnical Engineering,São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brazil

2018 - 2022

Brazilian representative on Technical Committees TC104 (PhysicalModeling in Geotechnics) of International Society for Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical engineering (ISSMGE)

2020 - Present

Associate Editor of the Canadian Geotechnical Journal

2016 - Present

Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of PhysicalModeling in Geotechnics

2023 - Present

Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of
Geotechnical Engineering

2008 - 2009

Postdoctoral Internship
3SR Laboratory, France-Physical modeling of cyclically loaded pile in a calibration chamber

1995 - 2001

Project and Field Engineer in Foundation and Excavation works, andin the area of budgeting and planning in Civil Construction.

Qualification

Professional Engineer, Brazil (Civil Engineering)

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General Assembly
IPA24GA007EN
6 May 2024

Agenda 6: Amendments to the Constitution
The proposed amendments to the Constitution, with the addition of articles to makeEnglish text the original for the Constitution, By-Laws and Regulations, are attached hereto.
(see the following pages)

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Red underlined text indicates revisions.

Current Constitution
CHAPTER I

GeneralAmendments to Constitution
CHAPTER I

General

Article 1 – Name
The name of this Association will be theInternational Press-in Association, hereafterreferred to as the “Association”. The
abbreviation of the Association will be “IPA”.

Article 1 – Name
The name of this Association will be theInternational Press-in Association, hereafterreferred to as the “Association”. The
abbreviation of the Association will be “IPA”.

Article 2 – Office
The Association will be located at 2-4-3
Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Article 2 – Office
The Association will be located at 2-4-3
Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Article 3 – Branches
The Association may establish Branches
based on the resolution of the Board of
Directors.

Article 3 – Branches
The Association may establish Branches
based on the resolution of the Board of
Directors.

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER II

Purpose and Activities

Purpose and Activities

Article 4 – Purpose
The Association will have the purpose ofadvancing press-in engineering throughinternational
cooperation
amongstpractitioners, project owners and academia,
promotingenvironmentally-considered
construction, and thereby contributing to thedevelopment of society.

Article 4 – Purpose
The Association will have the purpose ofadvancing press-in engineering throughinternational
cooperation
amongstpractitioners, project owners and academia,
promotingenvironmentally-considered
construction, and thereby contributing to thedevelopment of society.

Article 5 – Activities
In order to attain the purpose set out in thepreceding Article 4, the Association will be
engaged in the following activities:(1) To encourage information exchange
among specialized piling contractors,
general contractors, design engineers,
project owners, material suppliers,
machine manufacturers and academia for
improving the planning, design andconstruction of embedded structures andwalls; that is the prime purpose ofpress-in engineering and the Association.
(2) To promote research and development byorganizing committees and/or working
groups of engineers and academia fromvarious disciplines that are interested inpress-in engineering. Typical disciplines
include, but are not limited togeotechnical engineering, environmental
engineering, mechanical engineering,measuring-surveying-monitoring
engineering, data and information
processing.
(3) To compile State of the Art and Practiceof press-in engineering and help
practicing engineers solve real-life
problems and assist government agencies
develop relevant codes and standards.
(4) To support and hold international
conferences, symposia, lectures andseminars related to press-in engineering.

Article 5 – Activities
In order to attain the purpose set out in thepreceding Article 4, the Association will be
engaged in the following activities:(1) To encourage information exchange
among specialized piling contractors,
general contractors, design engineers,
project owners, material suppliers,
machine manufacturers and academia for
improving the planning, design andconstruction of embedded structures andwalls; that is the prime purpose ofpress-in engineering and the Association.
(2) To promote research and development byorganizing committees and/or working
groups of engineers and academia fromvarious disciplines that are interested inpress-in engineering. Typical disciplines
include, but are not limited togeotechnical engineering, environmental
engineering, mechanical engineering,measuring-surveying-monitoring
engineering, data and information
processing.
(3) To compile State of the Art and Practiceof press-in engineering and help
practicing engineers solve real-life
problems and assist government agencies
develop relevant codes and standards.
(4) To support and hold international
conferences, symposia, lectures andseminars related to press-in engineering.

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Remarks

(5) To evaluate studies, technologies, andpractices related to press-in engineeringand award honors.
(6) To improve public and government
awareness of press-in engineering
through the IPA web site andpublications.
(7) To promote communication among
members of the Association andprofessional development of members.
(8) To perform other activities required toattain the purpose of the Association.

(5) To evaluate studies, technologies, andpractices related to press-in engineeringand award honors.
(6) To improve public and government
awareness of press-in engineering
through the IPA web site andpublications.
(7) To promote communication among
members of the Association andprofessional development of members.
(8) To perform other activities as necessary
to attain the purpose of the Association.

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER III

Membership

Membership

Article 6 – Types of Memberships
Membership will comprise the following three
types.
Individual Member:
Individuals who have educational
background or professional experiences
related to press-in engineering and are infavor of the aims of the Association.
Corporate Member:
Corporations or organizations who arewilling to support the activities of the
Association.
Student Member:Students of universities, colleges, juniorcolleges or technical colleges who areinterested in press-in engineering.

Article 6 – Types of Memberships
Membership will comprise the following three
types.
Individual Member:
Individuals who have educational
background or professional experiences
related to press-in engineering and are infavor of the aims of the Association.
Corporate Member:
Corporations or organizations who arewilling to support the activities of the
Association.
Student Member:Students of universities, colleges, juniorcolleges or technical colleges who areinterested in press-in engineering.

Article 7 - Admittance and dues
1. To become an Individual Member, aCorporate Member or a Student Member,an applicant shall follow all required
procedures for admittance and shall beapproved by the Board of Directors.
2. In the case of Corporate Member, any suchmember shall nominate and file with the
Association an individual who represents
such member and exercise its powers(knownas"Individual
MemberRepresentative of Corporate Member").
Any alteration of such Representative ofCorporate Member shall be filed in thesame manner.
3. All members shall pay annual dues asprovided for in the Regulations.
4. Annual dues shall be non-refundable forany reason.

Article 7 - Admittance and dues
1. To become an Individual Member, aCorporate Member or a Student Member,an applicant shall follow all required
procedures for admittance and shall beapproved by the Board of Directors.
2. In the case of a Corporate Member, anysuch member shall nominate and notify the
Association of the details of an individual
who represents such member and exercises
its powers (known as "Individual Member
Representative of Corporate Member").
Any change in the Representative of a
Corporate Member shall be notified in thesame manner.
3. All members shall pay annual dues asprovided for in the Regulations.
4. Annual dues shall be non-refundable forany reason.

Article 8 - Termination of Membership
Membership shall be terminated if any of thefollowing occurs:(1) Withdrawal,(2) Appointment of judicial guardianship,or bankruptcy,(3) Death, court decision of disappearance,or dissolution for Corporate Member,(4) Removal.

Article 8 - Termination of Membership
Membership shall be terminated if any of thefollowing occurs:(1) Withdrawal,(2) Appointment of judicial guardianship,or bankruptcy,(3) Death, court decision of disappearance,or dissolution for a Corporate Member,(4) Removal.

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Article 9 -Withdrawal
1. A member who desires to withdraw fromthe Association shall submit a withdrawal
form after having fulfilled any outstanding
obligations.
2. Any member may be treated as having
withdrawn from the Association if suchmember has not paid dues over two years.

Article 9 -Withdrawal
1. A member who desires to withdraw fromthe Association shall submit a withdrawal
form after having fulfilled any outstanding
obligations.
2. Any member may be treated as having
withdrawn from the Association if suchmember has not paid dues over two years.

Article 10 – Removal
Any member who disgraces the honor of the
Association and commits behavior contrary to
the purpose of the Association may beremoved from the membership of the
Association after the resolution of the Boardof Directors.

Article 10 – Removal
Any member who disgraces the honor of the
Association and commits behavior contrary to
the purpose of the Association may beremoved from the membership of the
Association after the resolution of the Boardof Directors.

CHAPTER IV Directors and Auditors

CHAPTER IV Directors and Auditors

Article 11 - Number of Directors andAuditors
The Association will have the following
Directors and Auditors:(1) Directors not less than ten (10)members and not more than thirty (30)members.
(2) Not more than two (2) Auditors.

Article 11 - Number of Directors andAuditors
The Association will have the following
Directors and Auditors:(1) Directors not less than ten (10)members and not more than thirty (30)members.
(2) Not more than two (2) Auditors.

Article 12 - Election of Directors andAuditors
1. Directors and Auditors will be elected fromamong the Individual Members (Including
Individual Members Representative ofCorporate Member) of the Association by
the resolution of the General Assembly.
2. The Directors will elect one (1) President
and not more than five (5) Vice Presidents
from among themselves.
3. One (1) Executive Director may be
appointed from among the Directors by the
President when necessary and approved by
the Board of Directors.
4. In the case of vacancy of Directors or
Auditors, substitute Directors or Auditors
may be elected. In this case Section 1 of
Article 12 shall apply.

Article 12 - Election of Directors andAuditors
1. Directors and Auditors will be elected fromamong the Individual Members (Including
Individual Members Representative ofCorporate Members) of the Association by
the resolution of the General Assembly.
2. The Directors will elect one (1) President
and not more than five (5) Vice Presidents
from among themselves.
3. One (1) Executive Director may be
appointed from among the Directors by the
President when necessary and approved by
the Board of Directors.
4. In the case of vacancy of Directors or
Auditors, substitute Directors or Auditors
may be elected. In this case Section 1 of
Article 12 shall apply.

Article 13 - Duties of Directors
1. The Directors will discharge their duties asprovided below:(1) The President will represent the
Association and oversees the affairs of
the Association.
(2) The Vice Presidents will assist the
President and, if and when the
President is unable to discharge his/herduties or is vacant, will discharge theduties of the President in his/her placein such order prescribed by the
President in advance.

Article 13 - Duties of Directors
1. The Directors will discharge their duties asprovided below:(1) The President will represent the
Association and oversees the affairs of
the Association.
(2) The Vice Presidents will assist the
President and, if and when the
President is unable to discharge theirduties or is vacant, will discharge theduties of the President in their place insuch order prescribed by the President
in advance.

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(3) The Executive Director will assist the
President and Vice Presidents, and willoversee the smooth management of thewhole affairs of the Association, anddischarge duties assigned to him/her by
the resolutions of the Board of
Directors.
(4) The Directors other than thosespecified in the preceding paragraphs
will assist the President, the Vice
Presidents and the Executive Director,
and perform affairs of the Associationin accordance with the resolution of theBoard of Directors.
2. The Directors will consider and decide byvoting the matters stipulated in Article 18.
3. Directors may not be Auditors at the sametime.

(3) The Executive Director will assist the
President and Vice Presidents, and willoversee the smooth management of thewhole affairs of the Association, anddischarge duties assigned to them by
the resolutions of the Board of
Directors.
(4) The Directors other than thosespecified in the preceding paragraphs
will assist the President, the Vice
Presidents and the Executive Director,
and perform affairs of the Associationin accordance with the resolution of theBoard of Directors.
2. The Directors will consider and decide byvoting the matters stipulated in Article 18.
3. Directors may not be Auditors at the same
time.

Article 14 - Duties of Auditors
1. The Auditors shall perform duties asprovided below:(1) to audit the status of assets of the
Association;(2) to audit the business performed by
Directors;(3) to report to the General Assembly any
failure to comply with laws,
constitution or material unfair practices
if such failures or practices are found(4) to call the General Assemblies to report
the matters listed above.
2. The Auditors may be present at themeetings of the Board of Directors, andstate opinions, but may not vote thereat.
3. Auditors may not be Directors at the same
time.

Article 14 - Duties of Auditors
1. The Auditors shall perform duties asprovided below:(1) to audit the status of assets of the
Association;(2) to audit the business performed by
Directors;(3) to report to the General Assembly any
failure to comply with laws,
constitution or material unfair practices
if such failures or practices are found(4) to call the General Assembly to report
the matters listed above.
2. The Auditors may be present at themeetings of the Board of Directors, andstate opinions, but may not vote thereat.
3. Auditors may not be Directors at the same
time.

Article 15 - Terms of office for Directors,
Auditors, President, Vice Presidents andExecutive Director
1. The term of office for Directors andAuditors shall be two years.
2. The term of office for the President, Vice
Presidents and Executive Director shall be
two years.
3. A Director or an Auditor may not serve
more than five (5) consecutive terms. Afterthe five consecutive term limit, a Director
or an Auditor must vacate his/her positionat least one year before seeking reelection.
Provided, however, that if a Director iselected to the President, a Vice President ortheExecutive
Director,
theabove-mentioned
term
limit
shall
automatically be extended for as long as
the Director remains serving as the
President, a Vice President or the
Executive Director.
4. The term of office for Directors andAuditors shall begin at the time of election
at the General Assembly.

Article 15 - Terms of office for Directors,
Auditors, President, Vice Presidents andExecutive Director
1. The term of office for Directors andAuditors shall be two years.
2. The term of office for the President, Vice
Presidents and Executive Director shall be
two years.
3. A Director or an Auditor may not serve
more than five (5) consecutive terms. Afterthe five consecutive term limit, a Director
or an Auditor must vacate their position for
at least one year before seeking reelection.
Provided, however, that if a Director iselected to the President, a Vice President ortheExecutive
Director,
theabove-mentioned
term
limit
shall
automatically be extended for as long as
the Director remains serving as the
President, a Vice President or the
Executive Director.
4. The term of office for Directors andAuditors shall begin at the time of election
at the General Assembly.

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5. The term of office for the President, Vice
Presidents and Executive Director shallbegin at the time of election at the Meetingof the Board of Directors.
6. The term of office for substitute Directors
and Auditors shall be the unexpired term ofoffice for the predecessors.
7. Directors and Auditors shall continue theirrespective offices until the election of thesuccessors irrespective of the terminationof their offices or their resignation.

5. The term of office for the President, Vice
Presidents and Executive Director shallbegin at the time of election at the Meetingof the Board of Directors.
6. The term of office for substitute Directors
and Auditors shall be the unexpired term ofoffice for the predecessors.
7. Directors and Auditors shall continue theirrespective offices until the election of thesuccessors irrespective of the terminationof their offices or their resignation.

Article 16 - Remuneration of Directors andAuditors
Directors and Auditors can be remunerated on
the payment basis stipulated in theRegulations.

Article 16 - Remuneration of Directors andAuditors
Directors and Auditors can be remunerated on
the payment basis stipulated in theRegulations.

CHAPTER V Meetings

CHAPTER V Meetings

Article 17 - Organization and Convocationof Board of Directors
1. The Board of Directors shall consist of
Directors, and the President will preside at
the meetings thereof.
2. The meetings of the Board of Directors will becalled by the President not less than once ayear. If the President considers necessary,or at the request of not less than one-thirdof all Directors showing the purposes ofthe meetings, Extraordinary Meetings ofthe Board of Directors will be held.
3. The Latest Available Past President, as
appointed in accordance with the Bylaws,
may be present at the meetings of theBoard of Directors and state opinions, but
may not vote thereat if he/she is not a
Director.

Article 17 - Organization and Convocationof Board of Directors
1. The Board of Directors shall consist of
Directors, and the President will preside at
the meetings thereof.
2. The meetings of the Board of Directors will becalled by the President not less than once ayear. If the President considers necessary,or at the request of not less than one-thirdof all Directors showing the purposes ofthe meetings, Extraordinary Meetings ofthe Board of Directors will be held.
3. The Latest Available Past President, as
appointed in accordance with the By-laws,
may be present at the meetings of theBoard of Directors and state opinions, but
may not vote thereat if they are not a
Director.

Article 18 - Matters to be resolved by the
Board of Directors
1. The Board of Directors will resolve theagenda to be proposed to the General
Assembly and the matters necessary for the
management of the Association except
those matters falling within the powers of
the General Assembly.
2. The Board of Directors, by its resolution, may
entrust the management of the Association
between meetings of the Board of Directors
to the Steering Committee to the extent
authorized by the Board of Directors. The
Steering Committee shall consist of the
President, the Latest Available Past President,
the President-elect as elected in accordancewith the Bylaws, the Executive Director, theSecretary General and the representatives,
as appointed in accordance with the
Bylaws, of the Standing Committees which
the Board of Directors considers necessary
to establish.

Article 18 - Matters to be resolved by the
Board of Directors
1. The Board of Directors will resolve theagenda to be proposed to the General
Assembly and the matters necessary for the
management of the Association except
those matters falling within the powers of
the General Assembly.
2. The Board of Directors, by its resolution, may
entrust the management of the Association
between meetings of the Board of Directors
to the Steering Committee to the extent
authorized by the Board of Directors. The
Steering Committee shall consist of the
President, the Latest Available Past President,
the candidate for incoming President asnominated in accordance with the By-laws,
the Executive Director, the Secretary Generaland the representatives, as appointed inaccordance with the By-laws, of theStanding Committees which the Board of
Directors considers necessary to establish.

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Unification of the term
"Bylaws" to "By-laws"

Revision according to theactual procedure, where
the term "President-elect"means candidate for next
President and it is nominatedinstead of elected asstated in the By-laws.

3. The Standing Committees will assist therole of the Steering Committee. The Chairsof the Standing Committees will be
appointed by the President from among the
Directors and approved by the Board of
Directors.

3. The Standing Committees will assist therole of the Steering Committee. The Chairsof the Standing Committees will be
appointed by the President from among the
Directors and approved by the Board of
Directors.

(The President must be
elected to the presidency
from among the
Directors in accordancewith Article 12.2 of theConstitution)

Article 19 - Quorum and Resolution of theBoard of Directors
1. The quorum for the meetings of the Boardof Directors shall be a majority of
Directors, provided however that any
Director shall be deemed to be present if
such Director shows his/her intent in writing(including but not limited to email) for thematters to be considered in the meetings.
2. Resolutions shall be adopted by anaffirmative vote of a majority of Directors
present at the meetings. If the respective
numbers of the affirmative votes andnegative votes are equal, the President
shall have a casting vote.

Article 19 - Quorum and Resolution of theBoard of Directors
1. The quorum for the meetings of the Boardof Directors shall be a majority of
Directors, provided however that any
Director shall be deemed to be present if
such Director shows their intent in writing(including but not limited to email) for thematters to be considered in the meetings.
2. Resolutions shall be adopted by anaffirmative vote of a majority of Directors
present at the meetings. If the respective
numbers of the affirmative votes andnegative votes are equal, the President
shall have a casting vote.

Revision of third person
pronouns from a genderneutral perspective.

Article 20 - Organization and Convocationof General Assembly
1. The General Assembly shall consist of
Individual Members specified in Article 6
and Individual Member Representatives ofCorporate Members specified in paragraph
2 of Article 7.
2. The Ordinary General Assembly will becalled by the President once for each Fiscal
Year within two months from the end ofsuch Fiscal Year.
3. The Extraordinary General Assembly shallbe held by the call of the President or
Auditors, as the case may be, in each of thefollowing cases:(1) whenthePresident
considersnecessary;(2) when Auditors consider necessary:(3) when not less than one-twentieth of the
Individual Members demand theconvocation of the General Assembly
showing the agenda to be transacted
thereat. In this case, the meeting
therefore shall be held within thirtydays from the date of such demand.
4. The President will preside at the meetingsof the General Assembly.

Article 20 - Organization and Convocationof General Assembly
1. The General Assembly shall consist of
Individual Members specified in Article 6
and Individual Member Representatives ofCorporate Members specified in paragraph
2 of Article 7.
2. The Ordinary General Assembly will becalled by the President once for each Fiscal
Year within two months from the end ofsuch Fiscal Year.
3. An Extraordinary General Assembly shallbe held by call of the President or Auditors,
as the case may be, in each of thefollowing cases:(1) whenthePresident
considersnecessary;(2) when Auditors consider necessary:(3) when not less than one-twentieth of the
Individual Members demand theconvocation of the General Assembly
showing the agenda to be transacted
thereat. In this case, the meeting shallbe held within thirty days from the dateof such demand.
4. The President will preside at the meetingsof the General Assembly.

Article 21 - Call of General Assembly
All meetings of the General Assembly shall be
notified to each member by a notice(including but not limited to notice by email)or a publication of the Association not lessthan two weeks in advance of the time of suchmeeting showing the date and hours, places
and agenda to be transacted thereat.

Article 21 - Call of General Assembly
All meetings of the General Assembly shall be
notified to each member by a notice(including but not limited to notice by email)or a publication of the Association not lessthan two weeks in advance of the time of suchmeeting showing the date and hours, places
and agenda to be transacted thereat.

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Article 22 - Quorum and Resolutions
1. The quorum of the General Assembly shallbe a majority of all Individual Members
and Individual Member Representatives ofCorporate Members, provided howeverthat any of them shall be deemed to bepresent if he/she shows his/her decisions inwriting (including but not limited to email)with respect to the agenda of the meeting.
2. Each Individual Member and Individual
Member Representative of Corporate
Member will have one vote, and alltransactions will be adopted by a majorityof those present at the meeting, unlessotherwise provided for the required
number of votes for resolutions.

Article 22 - Quorum and Resolutions
1. The quorum of the General Assembly shallbe a majority of all Individual Members
and Individual Member Representatives ofCorporate Members, provided howeverthat any of them shall be deemed to bepresent if they show their decisions inwriting (including but not limited to email)with respect to the agenda of the meeting.
2. Each Individual Member and Individual
Member Representative of a Corporate
Member will have one vote, and alltransactions will be adopted by a majorityof those present at the meeting, unlessotherwise provided for the required
number of votes for resolutions. If therespective numbers of the affirmative votes
and negative votes are equal, the President
shall have a casting vote.

Article 23 - Matters to be resolved byGeneral Assembly
The General Assembly will resolve thefollowing matters:(1) Election of Directors and Auditors;(2) Business plan and budgets of revenue
and expenditure;(3) Business report and settlements ofreport and expenditure;(4) Alteration of Constitution;(5) Transfer into Fundamental Assets;(6) Approval of long-term borrowings;(7) Disposition, mortgaging, pledging or otherencumbrance of Fundamental Assets;(8) Dissolution and liquidation:(9) Any other matters as considerednecessary by the Board of Directors.

Article 23 - Matters to be resolved byGeneral Assembly
The General Assembly will resolve thefollowing matters:(1) Election of Directors and Auditors;(2) Business plan and budgets of revenue
and expenditure;(3) Business report and settlements ofreport and expenditure;(4) Alteration of Constitution;(5) Transfer into Fundamental Assets;(6) Approval of long-term borrowings;(7) Disposition, mortgaging, pledging or otherencumbrance of Fundamental Assets;(8) Dissolution and liquidation:(9) Any other matters as considerednecessary by the Board of Directors.

Article 24 - Minutes
All minutes of the General Assembly and theBoard of Directors will be prepared by the
President, and will be signed by the President
and two representatives present at themeetings and preserved by the President.

Article 24 - Minutes
All minutes of the General Assembly and theBoard of Directors will be prepared by the
President, and will be signed by the President
and two representatives present at themeetings and preserved by the President.

Article 25 - Notice of Resolutions ofGeneral Assembly
All resolutions will be notified to Members.

Article 25 - Notice of Resolutions ofGeneral Assembly
All resolutions will be notified to Members.

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VI

Secretariat and Staff

Article 26 - Secretariat and Staff
1. The Association may have a secretariat andpaid staff thereof to deal with its affairs.
2. Employment and dismissal of staff
members will be made by the President
with the resolution of the Board of
Directors.
3. Organization and other matters related to
the Secretariat will be determined
separately.
4. One (1) Secretary General will be
appointed by the President.

Secretariat and Staff

Article 26 - Secretariat and Staff
1. The Association may have a secretariat andpaid staff thereof to deal with its affairs.
2. Employment and dismissal of staff
members will be made by the President
with the resolution of the Board of
Directors.
3. Organization and other matters related to
the Secretariat will be determined
separately.
4. One (1) Secretary General will be
appointed by the President.

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Revision of third person
pronouns from a genderneutral perspective.

Correction of
discrepancies with theJapanese version of the
Articles of Constitution.
The article "In case of an
equality of votes, thePresident shall have thecasting vote", which has
been included in Article
22, Section 2 of theJapanese version of theConstitution since its
establishment, is missingin the English version.

CHAPTER VII

Assets and Accounting

CHAPTER VII

Assets and Accounting

Article 27 – Assets
The Assets of the Association shall be divided
into the following two kinds
Fundamental Assets:
Assets resolved to be included as such by
the General Assemblies.
Operating Assets:
Assets consisting of income frommembership fees, profits
generatedfrom business activities, benefits derived
from assets, donations and properties
other than fundamental assets

Article 27 – Assets
The Assets of the Association shall be divided
into the following two kinds
Fundamental Assets:
Assets resolved to be included as such by
the General Assembly.
Operating Assets:
Assets consisting of income frommembership fees, profits
generatedfrom business activities, benefits derived
from assets, donations and properties
other than fundamental assets

Article 28 - Restrictions to Disposition of
Fundamental Assets
The fundamental Assets may not be disposedof or served as security, provided, however,that part of the same may be disposed of orserved as security by the resolution of theGeneral Assembly if it is necessary for the
performance of business.

Article 28 - Restrictions to Disposition of
Fundamental Assets
The fundamental Assets may not be disposedof or served as security, provided, however,that part of the same may be disposed of orserved as security by the resolution of theGeneral Assembly if it is necessary for the
performance of business.

Article 29 - Fiscal YearThe fiscal year of the Association shall begin
on April 1 each year and end on March 31 of
the next calendar year.

Article 29 - Fiscal YearThe fiscal year of the Association shall begin
on April 1 each year and end on March 31 of
the next calendar year.

CHAPTER VIII
Amendments
Constitution and Dissolution

CHAPTER VIII
Amendments
Constitution and DissolutionofofArticle 30 - Amendments of theConstitution
The Constitution may not be altered without
an affirmative vote of a majority of
three-quarters of the members present at a
meeting of the General Assembly.

Article 30 - Amendments of theConstitution
The Constitution may not be altered without
an affirmative vote of a majority of
three-quarters of the members present at a
meeting of the General Assembly.

Article 31 – Dissolution
The dissolution of the Association may bemade by a majority vote of three-quarters ofthe members present at a meeting of theGeneral Assembly.

Article 31 – Dissolution
The dissolution of the Association may bemade by a majority vote of three-quarters ofthe members present at a meeting of theGeneral Assembly.

Article 32 - Disposal of Remaining Assets
Disposition of the remaining assets after the
dissolution of the Association may only bemade by a majority vote of three-quarters ofthe members’ presence at a meeting of theGeneral Assembly.

Article 32 - Disposal of Remaining Assets
Disposition of the remaining assets after the
dissolution of the Association may only bemade by a majority vote of three-quarters ofthe members present at a meeting of theGeneral Assembly.

CHAPTER IXCHAPTER IX

Supplementary Provisions

Supplementary Provisions

Article 33 - Enforcement of Constitution
By-laws and regulations that may be required
for the enforcement of the Constitution may
be provided by the resolution of the Board of
Directors.

Article 33 - Enforcement of Constitution
By-laws and regulations that may be required
for the enforcement of the Constitution may
be provided by the resolution of the Board of
Directors.

Article 34
The Association is organized and exists under
the laws of Japan, and if any dispute ordifference of opinion arises relating to the
Association or the Constitution, such dispute

Article 34
The Association is organized and exists under
the laws of Japan, and if any dispute ordifference of opinion arises relating to the
Association or the Constitution, such dispute

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Unification of the term
"General Assembly" inthe singular.

or difference of opinion shall be resolved by
the consultation among the parties in issue.
Should resolution not be reached by suchconsultation, then resolution shall be subject
to the exclusive jurisdiction of Tokyo District
Court of Japan.

or difference of opinion shall be resolved by
the consultation among the parties in issue.
Should resolution not be reached by suchconsultation, then resolution shall be subject
to the exclusive jurisdiction of Tokyo District
Court of Japan.
Article 35
The official language used in the Constitution,
By-laws and Regulations of the International
Press-in Association is English.

Additional ProvisionThis Constitution shall take effect as of 16th
February 2007.

Additional ProvisionThis Constitution shall take effect as of 16th
February 2007.

Established 16th February 2007
Amended 3rd August 2010
Amended 22nd June 2017
Amended 25th May 2020
Technical Correction 1st October 2020

Established 16th February 2007
Amended 3rd August 2010
Amended 22nd June 2017
Amended 25th May 2020
Technical Correction 1st October 2020
Amended date of the resolutionwww.press-in.org

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Clarification of theofficial language of thearticles in case ofinconsistencies ordiscrepancies between
the English and Japaneseversions of the Articles
of Constitution, By-laws,
and Regulations.