Asia Pacific society for the Study of the Aging Male (APSSAM)

Executive council of APSSAM 2006

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President:	Doddy Soebadi
Immediate Past President:	Apichat Kongkanand
Secretary-General:	Hui Meng Tan
Treasurer:	Yoshiaki Kumamoto
Editor-in-Chief:	Kew Kim Chew

Since the 3^rd meeting of the APSSAM, held from 25–28 January 2005 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, the APSSAM has participated in two major international conferences, with a successfully presented symposium at each of these.

The first was the 10^th biennial meeting of the sister regional peak organization, the Asia Pacific Society for Sexual Medicine (APSSM), held from 4–8 October 2005 in the resort city of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The APSSAM symposium, entitled ‘Men's health and aging in Asia Pacific countries’, was chaired by Victor Goh, with closing remarks by Apichat Kongkanand. The speakers (Hui Meng Tan, Han Sun Chiang, Sudhakar Krishnamurti, Akira Tsujimura and Thomas Hwang) described and discussed various men's health and aging issues in their respective countries in the Asia Pacific region.

The second was the 5^th World Congress on the Aging Male, held from 9–12 February 2006 in Salzburg, Austria. The APSSAM symposium, presented on the first day of the congress, was entitled ‘The aging male in the Asia Pacific milieu’ and was co-chaired by Kew Kim Chew and Apichat Kongkanand. The presenters (Victor Goh, Thomas Hwang, Hui Meng Tan, Peter Lim, Young Chan Kim and Akira Tsujimura) covered topical issues ranging from prevalent health problems affecting the aging male in the Asia Pacific region, such as sexual dysfunction, late onset hypogonadism, prostate diseases and metabolic syndrome, to the use of phyto- and nutriceuticals for erectile dysfunction. A plea was made for a holistic and integrated approach to the management of aging, and for urgent research regarding the epidemiology and treatment of age-related diseases. The link between hypogonadism and metabolic syndrome was also discussed.

The 4^th meeting of the APSSAM has been scheduled for 24–27 January 2007 in Bali, Indonesia. Details are available at the meeting website: http://apssam2007.urologi.or.id or e-mail: [email protected]

Other forthcoming conferences are as follows:

2006

AUA Annual Meeting 2006 (with pre-AUA 1^st World Chinese Urological Society Meeting). 20–25 May 2006, Atlanta, USA. Website: http://www.aua2006.org

1^st Japan–ASEAN Men's Health & Aging Conference – in conjunction with the 2^nd National Men's Health & Aging Conference. 15–18 June 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. E-mail: [email protected]

2^nd Congress of the Indonesian Association of Sexology – 1^st International Symposium on Sexual Medicine. 10–13 August 2006, Surabaya, Indonesia. E-mail: [email protected]

12^th World Congress of the International Society for Sexual Medicine. 17–21 September 2006, Cairo, Egypt. Website: http://www.issm2006.info

2^nd Asia Pacific Forum on Andrology. 26–30 October 2006, Shanghai, China. Website: http://www.conference.ac.cn/APFA.htm

‘From babies to blokes’: The making of men. 29 October–1 November 2006, Fremantle, Australia. E-mail: [email protected]

2^nd APSSM Regional Scientific Meeting – 1^st AGASSI Conference. 2–3 December 2006, Mumbai, India. Website: http://www.sudhakarkrishnamurti.com

2007

XVIII World Congress of World Association for Sexual Health – 1^st World Congress for Sexual Health. 15–19 April 2007, Sydney, Australia. Website: http://www.sexo-sydney-2007.com

11^th Biennial Meeting of the Asia Pacific Society for Sexual Medicine. 30 September–4 October 2007, Jeju, Korea. E-mail: [email protected]