1995 Held the 1st preparation meeting for launching SETAC AP in November (Vancouver, Canada)
1996 Co-sponsored InterSECT 96 & Held Foundation Meeting and elected executive committee members in July(Sydney, Australia)
Foundation President : Dr. Graeme Batley (CSIRO, Australia)
Vice President : Shinsuke Tanabe (Japan)
Secretary : Dr. Eun Namkung (Japan)
Directors : Dr. Yong-Hwa Kim (Korea) / Dr. Abdul M. Mat Jais (Malaysia) / Dr. Chris Hickey (New Zealand) / Dr. Shu-Gui Dai (China)
1997
- Was officially included as a geographic unit of SETAC * Prepared a Constitution and By Laws and submitted to the SETAC N. American Board
- Co-sponsored the International Conference on Marine Pollution (Hong Kong)
1998 1st Official SETAC AP Symposium & SETAC AP/UNIDO Workshop on "Environmental Risk Assessment and Management of Chemicals" in April (Seoul, Korea): Organized by Dr. Yong-Hwa Kim
1999
- Workshop on" Metals in the Environment" in December (Bangkok, Thailand): Organized as part of the Princess Chulabhorn International Science Congress
- Held Asia/Pacific Executive Meeting in Bangkok
2000 Involved at the SETAC World Council Globalization Planning Meeting in Pensacola, US & Brighton, UK (in April and May, respectively)
2001
- 2nd SETAC AP Symposium (Kanazawa, Japan)
- Inauguration of SETAC Japan
- Dr. Tanabe stepped down & replaced by Prof. Tsutomu Nishihara as Vice President
2003 New Board of Directors comprised
- President: Dr. Chris Hickey (Nat. Inst. of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand )
- Vice President: Dr. Yong-Hwa Kim (Korea)
- Secretary: Dr. Rick Van Dam (Australia)
- Directors: Dr. Graeme Batley (Australia) / Dr. Abdul Manan Mat Jais(Malaysia) / Dr. Pham Hung Viet(Vietnam)/ Dr. Shu-Gui Dai(China)/ Dr. Lingzhen Dong(China) / Tsutomu Nishihara(Japan) / Dr. Mike McLaughlin(Australia)
- SETAC AP/Australasian Society of Ecotoxicology(ASE) Symposium in September(Christchurch, New Zealand)
2004
- Elected the 3rd President of SETAC AP: Dr. Yong-Hwa Kim ( Korea Inst. of Toxicology , Korea )
- Dr. Chris Hickey, immediate past president of SETAC AP, was elected as the President of the SETAC World Council
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Yong-Hwa Kim
SETAC Asia/Pacific President
Environmental Toxicology Division, Korea Inst. of Toxicology
PO Box 123, Yuseong, Daejeon,
Republic of Korea
TEL: 82-42-860-7490
FAX: 82-42-860-7399
yhkim@kitox.re.kr
