Deadline
for final manuscript (full technical paper ) extended to September 15, 2009
About
APAC
Originally
entitled the "International Pacific Conference on Automotive Engineering-IPC"
the first IPC was held in November of 1981 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Joining
all existing SAE member societies in countries surrounding the Pacific.
Because of the event's success, the FISITA Pacific member societies
chose to organize this one-of-a-kind event every two years, increasing
participation to 11 societies in the Asia Pacific region. Changing the
name to reflect a broader audience, the Asia Pacific Automotive Engineering
Conference - APAC still embodies what the original
IPC stood for.
The
1st IPC was held from November 16 -19 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
The Conference was cosponsored by FISITA member societies of SAE of
Australasia, IATO (SAE ) Indonesia, SAE of Japan (JSAE), and SAE of
the United States.
SAE of the United States took the responsibility for preparation as
the host society. With 67 papers presented and 440participants attending
from 15 nations, the conference was a great success. It was therefore
agreed that this event be held every two years.
SAE-China and SAE-Korea (KSAE) participated in the event as observers.
Thus, all existing SAEs in countries surrounding the Pacific met together
at the 1st IPC.
In Honolulu, SAE of Japan was elected to host the 2nd IPC in Tokyo,
Japan.
In Detroit, in February 1982, SAE of China and SAE-Korea were invited
to join the IPC as co-sponsor and as the result, the 2nd nd IPC had
participation by six SAEs
In 1990s SAE-Thailand, SAE-IAE Vietnam, and IAE-Sri Lanka joined IPC.
SAE-India joined in May 2004 and SAE SAE-Iran joined in November 2005.
To encourage more members fromAsia to join IPC in future it was necessary
to change the name of IPC, In April 2003 the name of IPC, International
Pacific Conference on Automotive Engineering was change to APAC, Asia
Pacific Automotive Engineering Conference.
The new conference name would begin with APAC- 14 in 2007.
APAC
member
SAE
International
President: Mr. Jim Smith
Executive Vice President and COO:
Mr. David Schutt
Email: pkreh@sae.org www.sae.org
Society
of Automotive Engineers Australisia (SAE-A)
President: Mr. Max Gillard
Executive Director: Mr. Manny Stamatopoulos
Email: hw@sungear.mame.mu.oz.au www.sae-a.com.au
The
Institute of Automotive Engineers - sri Lanka (IAE Sri Lanka)
President: Mr. A.G. Samaraseera
Secretary: Mr. Priyantha de Alwis
Email: agsam@eureka.lk
Society
of Automotive Engineers of China (SAE-C)
President: Mr. Zhang Xiaoyu
Executive Vice President and Secretary General: Mr. Fu Yuwu
Email: gsl@sae-china.org www.sae-china.org
Society
of Automotive Engineers of Thailand (TSAE)
President: Prof. Kaukeart Boonchukosol
Secretary: Adisak Rohitasune
Email: fmekbc@eng.chula.ac.th www.tsae.or.th
