The decision was made on the last day for a joint organization of the conference by the National Cancer Center Singapore and the International Islamic University Malaysia with the conference venue in 2002 in Malaysia. A working party was set up to work out the basics to found such a Association. Unfortunately exhibitors esp. Sido Muncul, near Semarang. Several traditional ointments are known to cure light-related diseases or seem to involve photochemical reactions during the healing process.
Research is here just in statu nascendi.
This effect starts to extend to SE Asia. They get motivated to pursue photobiology further - because there is now some prospect. Establishing an integrating Asian Association for Photosciences will help the cause further. We plan to follow the same procedure for choosing a suitable venue as was done previously, whereby all interested persons were asked to contact the President-Elect for further information. For the 2003 Congress, this should be done before 31 December 2000.