From time to time, APRU sponsors or organizes research symposiums to provide networking platforms which facilitate knowledge exchange and professional development of APRU researchers. Past symposiums covered topics such as brain and mind, geology and earthquake studies, digital libraries, microgravity and infectious diseases.

Recent Symposiums: SNU-UT-APRU Research Symposium on Aging - Challenges and Opportunities of Aging Asia: Towards the New Social System and Culture for Aging Society Hosted by: Seoul National University Date: October 19 - 23, 2009 Hosted by Seoul National University, the symposium attracted about 40 researchers from various parts of the world. Participants had formed teams and developed research proposals promoting interdisciplinary and comparative research in gerontology. The team with the best proposal was awarded a research grant of US$10,000. Program and presentations List of participants 5th Research Symposium on Multi-hazards around the Pacific Rim - Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcanic and Geological Hazards and Approaches for Mitigation Hosted by: National Taiwan University Date: August 17 - 18, 2009 Program and abstracts

Past Symposiums:

Strategies for “Aging in Place”: Networking of Junior Gerontologists in the Pacific Rim Countries
Hosted by: University of Tokyo
Date: September 8 - 12, 2008

2^nd Brain and Mind Symposium
Hosted by: National University of Singapore
Date: September 1 - 3, 2008

4^th Research Symposium on Multi-hazards around the Pacific Rim
Hosted by: University of California, Davis
Date: August 21 - 22, 2008

• Program and abstracts
• List of participants

Asia Pacific Real Estate Markets
Co-organized by: National University of Singapore, Tsinghua University, University of Hong Kong and University of Southern California
Date: July 16 - 17, 2007

3^rd Research Symposium on Earthquake Hazards around the Pacific Rim - Diversity of Earthquake, Tsunami and Volcanic Phenomena and their Hazards
Co-organized by: University of Tokyo and University of Indonesia
Date: June 21 - 22, 2007

1^st Brain and Mind Symposium
Hosted by: University of Sydney
Date: August 13 - 16, 2006

2^nd Research Symposium on Earthquake Hazards around the Pacific Rim – Global Watch and Environmental Impact
Co-organized by: Osaka University and University of California, Berkeley
Date: April 21 - 22, 2006

1^st Research Symposium on Earthquake Hazards around the Pacific Rim - Prediction and Disaster Prevention
Hosted by: Kyoto University
Date: August 31 - September 2, 2005

Infectious Diseases and the Society
Hosted by: Fudan University
Date: July 7 - 9, 2004

2^nd Pan-Pacific Basin Workshop on Microgravity Sciences
Co-organized by: California Institute of Technology and Universities Space Research Association
Date: May 1 - 4, 2001

Digital Libraries Research and Practice
Hosted by: Kyoto University
Date: November 14 - 16, 2000

The United States and the Asia Pacific in the 21st Century: From Friction to Coexistence
Hosted by: University of Tokyo
Date: September 30 - October 1, 2000

• Center for Pacific and American Studies