Activities and Meetings

Every four years the PSA holds a Pacific Science Congress. Themes for congresses tend to be broadly based, touching on all regions of the Pacific and many facets of science and technology. For a complete list of PSA congresses and intercongresses, see http://www.pacificscience.org/congresses.html.

Recent and Upcoming Pacific Science Congresses:

• 21st Pacific Science Congress, hosted by University of Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, 2007.
• 20th Pacific Science Congress, Science and Technology for Healthy Environments, hosted by National Research Council of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand, March 17-21, 2003.

Pacific Science Inter-Congresses are held between congresses, generally one in the middle year between congresses, but there have been exceptions. Compared to the Congresses, Inter-Congresses tend to have a more narrow theme and may be sub-regional in focus.

Recent Pacific Science Inter-Congresses:

• 11^th Pacific Science Inter-Congress, Pacific Countries and their Ocean: Facing Local and Global Changes, Tahiti, March 2009
• 10^th Pacific Science Inter-Congress, The Integration of Natural and Social Sciences in the New Pacific Millennium, hosted by the University of Guam, June 1-6, 2001.

Members of the U.S. National Committee organized symposia for the 2001 Inter-congress in Guam and the 2003 and 2007 congresses in Bangkok and Okinawa.

For a report from the USNC on the Guam Inter-Congress, click here.
For a report from the U.S. delegation to the Pacific Science Association Council Meetings in Guam, click here.