Organization
● Board of Directors and Officers
● International Scientific Committee
● Conference Committee
● Secretariat
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The Board of Directors shall have general supervision and control of the business and affairs of the society. The Board is composed of one representative from each country/area as the society(ies) in that country/area; three to five Directors-at-large elected by Representative and/or Regular Members (officers). The Directors-at-large hold office for a period of four (4) years, coinciding with the term of office of the officers of the Society, or until such time as their duly elected successors have qualified.
>>Board Meeting
The regular meeting of the Board is held every year. One will be held during the regular biannual Conference, and the other will be held in Tokyo during the year when there is no regular Conference, or at such other times and places as the Board may determine. Meanwhile, a special meeting of the Board shall be held whenever called by the President or on written call of a majority of the Directors.
Highlight of recent Board Meetings
List of Board of Directors (As of September 6, 2023)
| Title | Name |
| President | Akimasa FUJIWARA (Japan) |
| 1st Vice-President |
Yu-Chium CHIOU (Taiwan) |
| 2nd Vice-President | Tory DAMANTORO (Indonesia) |
| Secretary General | Shinya HANAOKA (Japan) |
| Treasurer | Daisuke FUKUDA (Japan) |
| ISC Chairperson | Saksith CHALERMPONG (Thailand) |
| Representative from Each Member Domestic Society |
Li MENG (Australia) |
| Monyrath KOV (Cambodia) | |
| Derong WANG (China) | |
| S. C. WONG (Hong Kong) | |
| Tory DAMANTORO (Indonesia) | |
| Akimasa FUJIWARA (Japan) | |
| Jin-Hyuk CHUNG (Korea) | |
| Chanthavangso OUDOMDETH (Lao PDR) | |
| Mohamed Rehan KARIM (Malaysia) | |
| Asralt BUYANTSOGT (Mongolia) | |
| Khin Than YU (Myanmar) | |
| Padma Bahadur SHAHI (Nepal) | |
| Jean-Paul THULL (New Zealand) | |
| Ma. Sheilah G. NAPALANG (Philippines) | |
| Qiang MENG (Singapore) | |
| Thillaiampalam SIVAKUMAR (Sri Lanka) | |
| Yu-Chium CHIOU (Taiwan) | |
| Sorawit NARUPITI (Thailand) | |
| TRAN Tuan Hiep (Vietnam) | |
| Directors-at-large |
S.K. Jason CHANG (Taiwan) |
| Naohisa OKAMOTO (Japan) | |
| Kyung Soo CHON (Korea) | |
| Hee Cheol SHIN (Korea) |
Ex-Officio Members
| President Emeritus | Hideo NAKAMURA (Japan) |
| Former President |
Primitivo C. CAL (Phillipines) |
| Shigeru MORICHI (Japan) | |
| Kyung Soo CHON (Korea) | |
| Cheng-Min FENG (Taiwan) | |
| Tetsuo YAI (Japan) | |
| Jaehak OH (Korea) |
| ATS editor-in-chief | Hironori KATO (Japan) |
| ISC vice chair | Jen-Jia LIN (Taiwan) |
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE (ISC)
The Scientific Committee assists the Directorate of the Conference, and ensures a high level of scientific quality of the Conference, among others, with the call for papers, invited papers, the selection of contributions to be presented and contributions to be published, and the recommendation of the candidates for awards and recognition.The Scientific Committee consists of a chair, an appropriate number of session organizers.The Chair of the Scientific Committee shall manage the whole organization of the Conference in terms of its scientific aspects such as, coordinating session organizers of the Conference, and reporting to the Board the program of its activities.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
The Conference Committee provides overall directions and guidance, and decides on the general program structure of the regular Conference in cooperation with the International Scientific Committee.
SECRETARIAT (as of 1 September, 2019)
DepartmentNameAffiliation
| Secretary General | Tetsuro HYODO | Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology |
| Deputy Secretary General | Shintaro TERABE | Tokyo University of Science |
| Department for Research | Naohiko HIBINO | National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies |
| Department for General Affairs | Naohisa OKAMOTO | University of Tsukuba |
| Department for Public Relations | Daisuke FUKUDAU | University of Tokyo |
| Department for Membership | Takeshi KURIHARA | Toyo University |
| Department for Financial Support | Terumitsu HIRATA | Ibaraki University |
| Department for External Affairs | Shinya HANAOKA | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Secretary | Noriko YOSHIDA | Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology |
| PHUN Veng Kheang | Institute of Technology of Cambodia |
| Karl N. VERGEL | University of the Philippines Diliman |
| Taro ARATANI | National Maritime Research Institute |
| SunKyung CHOI | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Mio SUZUKI | Tokai University |
| Naoyuki TOMARI | Tohoku Institute of Technology |
| Hirokazu MATSUMOTO | Regional Futures Research Center |
| Tomoya KAWASAKI | University of Tokyo |
| Takanori SAKAI | Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology |