APWA Annual Congress
Call for Proposal for Bidding for 10th (2025) & 11th (2026) Congress
Introduction
The Annual Congress of the APWA is held every year, usually in the fourth quarter. All APWA paid-up Full member can apply to host the Annual Congress and be the Convenor.
Notice to call for proposal for bidding Annual Congress to all APWA paid-up full members every year before 5 months of coming Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Application form and required documents should be submitted to Secretariat Office on or before the deadline for Congress Committee review and recommend potential candidate to Executive board consideration and make final decision to confirm coming 2 years Annual Congress hosting location and Congress Convenor.
8TH & 9TH APWA Annual Congress
8th APWA Annual Congress 2023
Convenor: Dr Andrew Chin
Location: Singapore
Date: 31 May – 3 June 2023
9th APWA Annual Congress 2024
Convenor: Dr Jui-Tien SHIH
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Available Annual Congress for Bidding
- 10th APWA Annual Congress 2025
- 11th APWA Annual Congress 2026
Proposal Submission Deadline
Date: 31st August 2023
Target Applicant
All APWA Paid-up Full members, who lives in a city belonging to an Asia-pacific country or region
- Orthopaedic / Plastic / Hand Surgeon, with a high influence in the local country or region
- Priority will be given to whom has extensive experiences in organizing medical education conferences and is able to use the local resources for conference and workshop.
Proposal Instructions
Applicant Must:
- Be APWA Paid-up Full Member
- Be a Certified Orthopaedic / Plastic / Hand Surgeon in your own Country
- Speak fluent English
- Active in the clinical practice and research of wrist disorders
- Capable and available for organizing the Congress
- Support from the senior manager of your institution and an APWA Executive Board Member
- Submit a written Proposal within 3 months to the Secretary General of APWA
All required documents mentioned below must be submitted to APWA Secretariat via Email at
[email protected]
- Completed Application Form
- One Personal Statement in ENGLISH
a) Do not exceed 500 words, detailing why you want to hold the APWA Congress and what you
can offer to APWA - Curriculum Vitae
- Annual Congress Proposal
a) Recommendation letters
b) Supporting letter from Institute/hospital
c) Introduction of Organizer (City, Institution/hospital)
d) Information of proposed conference and cadaver workshop venue
e) Experiences of the Convenor and Organizing Committee members to host international/local
academic meeting / cadaver workshop.
f) Local/International Supporting Organizations (Department, Hospital, University, Government or
etc.)
g) Information of Cities, Tourism, Accommodation and Transportation
h) Funding Support/Sponsorship
i) Other supporting documents
Declaration
- Once you submit a proposal for the APWA congress, the Congress Committee will review the application,
and undertake due diligence on the proposal. The Chair of the Conference Committee will advise the
executive of the Board of the list of all applications, and their recommended short list. - After review by the executive the Chair of the Conference Committee will advise all applicants of their
status.
Note
All shortlisted applicants are required to present their proposal in 5 minutes in the coming Executive Board meeting and result will be announced in October 2023.
Successful applicant is required to give presentation in the coming Annual General Meeting in Hong Kong.