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: 6th Research Symposium on Multi-hazards around the Pacific Rim - Multi-disciplinary Approaches for Hazard Mitigation To be hosted by: Peking University Date: August 27 - 29, 2010 3rd Symposium on Brain and Mind Research in the Asia Pacific Hosted by: Seoul National University Date: August 23 - 25, 2010 Program and Symposium Proceedings

Past 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

• Program and presentations
• List of participants

5^th 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

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 Research in the Asia Pacific
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 Research in the Asia Pacific
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