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.
List of Board of Directors (As of 5 August 2024)
| Title | Name |
| President | Akimasa FUJIWARA (Japan) |
| 1st Vice-President |
Yu-Chiun 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) | |
| Atsushi FUKUDA (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-Chiun CHIOU (Taiwan) | |
| Sorawit NARUPITI (Thailand) | |
| Tien Thanh BUI (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 ISC 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 ISC 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 (CC)
The CC provides overall directions and guidance and decides on the general program structure of the regular conference in cooperation with the ISC.
SECRETARIAT
Department, Name and Affiliation (as of 1 October 2024)
| Secretary-General | Shinya HANAOKA | Institute of Science Tokyo |
| Deputy Secretary General | Terumitsu HIRATA | Ibaraki University |
| Treasurer & Secretary-General of EASTS-Japan | Daisuke FUKUDA | The University of Tokyo |
| Department for Research | Sunkyung CHOI | Institute of Science Tokyo |
| PHUN Veng Kheang | Institute of Technology of Cambodia | |
| Department for General Affairs | Naohiko HIBINO | National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies |
| Takeshi KURIHARA | Toyo University | |
| Karl N. VERGEL | University of the Philippines Diliman | |
| Makoto CHIKARAISHI | Hiroshima University | |
| Haruna SUZUKI | Yamaguchi University | |
| Hiromichi YAMAGUCHI | Kanazawa University | |
| Yu SUZUKI | Hokkai-Gakuen University | |
| Department for Public Relations | Kashin SUGISHITA | Institute of Science Tokyo |
| Mio SUZUKI | Tokai University | |
| Department for Membership | Hirokazu MATSUMOTO | Regional Futures Research Center |
| Taro ARATANI | National Maritime Research Institute | |
| Department for Financial Support | Naoyuki TOMARI | Tohoku Institute of Technology |
| Takanori SAKAI | Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology | |
| Secretary | Aya WAKAHARA | The University of Tokyo |