Dear AsCNP Members:This is our fourth AsCNP Presidential Correspondence. Our previous correspondence can be found on
our website: http://ascnp.org/publications/pastPC.html.
6th AsCNP Congress
The 6th Asian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (AsCNP) Congress was held in Fukuoka, Japan,
on October 11-13, 2019, together with the 49th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of
Neuropsychopharmacology (JSNP), 29th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Clinical
Neuropsychopharmacology (JSCNP), Fall Meeting of the Korean College of
Neuropsychopharmacology (KCNP), Fall Meeting of the Taiwanese Society of Biological Psychiatry
and
Neuropsychopharmacology(TSBPN),and2nd
ASEAN-AsCNP
Meeting(https://www2.aeplan.co.jp/ascnp/index.html). The main theme of the AsCNP 2019 Congress was“Neuropsychopharmacology to the Next Generation: New Wave from Asia.” Although Typhoon
Hagibis descended on Japan during the congress, the meeting concluded successfully with over 2,200
participants (approximately 1,500 for AsCNP 2019). Among 85 oral sessions, including Special
Lectures and symposia and three poster sessions for the AsCNP 2019 congress, 84 oral sessions andthree poster sessions were held (Photos 1-4). On behalf of the AsCNP/JSNP/JSCNP 2019 Executive
Committee, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for your attendance and contributions tothe congress while overcoming many difficulties. The growing need for central nervous system
medications that are especially targeted to Asians and recent advances in neuropsychopharmacology
in both academia and industry prompted many neuropsychopharmacologists, researchers, andclinicians in related medical fields to participate in the congress from all over the world.
AsCNP Board Meeting
On October 12, the AsCNP Board Meeting was held in Fukuoka with 31 attendees (Photo 5). The
current status of AsCNP, which includes 3200 members from 17 countries/regions and has funds inthe amount of JPY 8,000,000, was reported by Atsumi Nitta (Japan), Secretary of AsCNP. She
announced that the company that assists with AsCNP management will be changed from Convention
Linkage to AE Planning on January 1, 2020. Shih-Ku Lin (Taiwan), Chair of the Award Committee,
reported the AsCNP Lundbeck Science Award. Andi J. Tanra (Indonesia), Chair of the Education
Committee, proposed the 3rd ASEAN-AsCNP Meeting in Fall 2020. Gavin S. Dawe (Singapore), Chairof the 7th AsCNP Congress in Singapore in 2021, discussed preparations for the congress andmentioned fascinating aspects of Singapore (Photo 6). Our Korean AsCNP Board Members preferredhosting the 10th AsCNP Congress in 2027 in Korea rather than hosting the 8th AsCNP Congress in2023. Tianmei Si and Zhong Chen, Chinese AsCNP Board Members, agreed to consider hosting the8th AsCNP Congress in 2023.

AsCNP Lundbeck Science Award
The AsCNP Lundbeck Science Award was launched, with special thanks to Lundbeck and our AwardCommittee for the generous support and hard work, respectively. The awardees were Brian Dean(Australia) for basic research and Toshiaki A. Furukawa (Japan) for clinical research. The award
ceremony and award lectures were held during the AsCNP 2019 Congress (Photos 7, 8).
CINP
The International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP) is an important partner of AsCNP.
The CINP World Congress will be held in Taipei on June 25-28, 2020 (https://www.cinp2020.org/)(Photo 9). The CINP 2020 Committee includes the Local Organizing Committee, South Asia andSouth-East Asia Committee, and AsCNP Committee. Registration and the Call for Abstracts will begin
in November 2019. The Dragon Boat Festival will also occur during the CINP congress in Taipei(https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3692086).
The CINP World Congress will be held in Tokyo on May 25-28, 2024. After AsCNP 2019 in Fukuoka,
CINP President Siegfried Kasper (Austria), President-Elect Pierre Blier (Canada), Vice-President
Shih-Ku Lin (Taiwan), four CINP Councillors (Atsumi Nitta (Japan), Jun Soo Kwon (Korea), Ryota
Hashimoto (Japan), and Allan H. Young (United Kingdom)), and other distinguishedneuropsychopharmacologists visited Tokyo, and CINP decided that Tokyo will be the host city for theCINP 2024 World Congress (Photo 10).
Please mark your schedule.
I encourage you to visit the AsCNP website, which is frequently updated:
http://ascnp.org/index.html.
Kazutaka Ikeda
AsCNP President (2019, 2020)
October 2019

Photo 1. AsCNP/JSNP/JSCNP 2019 Opening Ceremony

Photo 2. AsCNP/JSNP/JSCNP 2019 Joint Social Gathering

Photo 3. Japanese Culture Experience at AsCNP 2019(From left) Ilhamuddin Azis, Andi Fatimah, Andi J. Tanra, Ekachaeryanti Zain, Yuliana Azis,Ilham Jaya

Photo 4. AsCNP/JSNP/JSCNP 2019 Chairs and Secretaries(From left) Takahiro Shinkai, Fumitoshi Kodaka, Kazutaka Ikeda, Reiji Yoshimura,Hisatsugu Miyata, Shinya Kasai

Photo 5. AsCNP Board Meeting(From left, back) Shinya Kasai, Kiyofumi Yamada, Ming-Chyi Huang, Eric Y.H. Chen, Ya-Mei Bai,Hiroyuki Uchida, Lih-Chu Chiou, Manit Srisurapanont, Kazutaka Shimoda, Naren Rao,
Hisatsugu Miyata, Toshikazu Saito, Gavin S. Dawe, Young-Chul Chung, Kristian Liaury,Kyung Joon Min, Melissa Mariano, Zhong Chen, Winston W. Shen, Roger Ho(From left, front) Atsumi Nitta, Shigeto Yamawaki, Tianmei Si, Shih-Ku Lin, Kazutaka Ikeda,Andi J. Tanra, Chay Hoon Tan, Chan Hyung Kim

Photo 6. Poster of 7th AsCNP Congress in Singapore in 2021

Photos 7, 8. Lundbeck Science Award
Awardee: Brian Dean (left), Toshiaki A Furukawa (right)
Presenter: Shih-Ku Lin

Photo 9. CINP 2020
(From left) Chia-Min Huang, Ming-Chyi Huang, Wan-Chun Tseng

Photo 10. Tokyo site visit for CINP 2024 World Congress(From left, back) Shih-Ku Lin, Atsumi Nitta, Bernhard Baune, Tianmei Si, Andrea Cipriani,
Chay Hoon Tan, Ryota Hashimoto, Yuki Moriya, Soichiro Ide, Katsuko Shimizu,
Elena Bychenkova-Maliouguina, Rina Suzuki, Naoko Omura(From left, front) Herbert Y. Meltzer, Hisao Masai, Siegfried Kasper, Hidehiro Mizusawa,
Pierre Blier, Kazutaka Ikeda, Jun Soo Kwon, Ming-Chyi Huang