The 2^nd Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposium (APES'99) was held, under the auspices of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society (APES), at the Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, from October 31 through November 4, 1999. The Symposium was attended by about 117 participants from 17 different countries, among whom 75 were from Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America, whereas 42 were from China (including Hong Kong). At the Opening Ceremony, Prof. Yuri TsVetkov has been presented the 1999 IES Silver Medal in Chemistry by Prof. John R. PilbroW, President of the International EPR/ESR Society (see separate note).

The meeting featured the following plenary lectures : Prof. H. M. Swartz, In Vivo Epr: Opportunities and Challenges; Prof. J.R. PilbroW, Epr of Disorder Systems; Prof. Z. LIU, Kinetic Epr Studies on Bio-antioxidants; Prof. G.R. EATON, Perspectives on Spins ?The Relaxation Domain; Prof. M. MOTOKAWA, Electron Spin Resonance of Magnetic Materials in High Fields and High Frequencies; Prof. K.M. SALIKHOV, The potential for using observer spins to investigate charge separated states in photo-synthesis; Prof. M. Che, Insight into the Chemistry of Oxide Surfaces by means of EPR Techniques; Prof. H. SO, Metal-Oxygen Clusters Containing One, Two, or Three Unpaired Electrons; Prof. L. KEVAN, Pulsed Electron Magnetic Resonance of Transition Metal Ions in Microporous and Mesoporous Oxide Materials. The following invited talks were also given: Prof. S. V. BHAT, Esr Evidence for Symmetry Conservation During Radiation Damage - Iii Rotational Symmetry Conservation in X-Irradiated Single Crystals of Liclo_{4 ×} 3h₂O; Prof. Y. TsVetkov, Pulsed Electron Double Resonance and Its Applications; Prof. K. KUWATA, Studies on Photochemical Reactions by FT-ESR; Prof. J.-J. YIN, Ti Sensitive Spin Label ESR Technique and Its Applications in Membrane Biophysics Study; Prof. A. ROCKENBAUER, Decomposition of Multi-Component Epr Spectra; Prof. K. P. MISHRA, Fluorescence and Esr Studies on Membrane Oxidative Damage by Gamma Radiation; Prof. Y. LIU, Esr Investigation on Semiquinone Radicals in The Reactions Between Phenolic Antioxidants Isolated From Natural Plants and Superoxide Anion Radicals; Prof. K.-J. LIU, Challenges and Opportunities of Trapping and Detecting Free Redicals In Vivo.

The interdisciplinary character of the EPR/ESR spectroscopy was reflected in the Scientific Programme, which consisted of the plenary sessions and four parallel sessions: (1) biology, life and medical sciences, (2) chemistry, earth and environmental sciences, (3) physics and materials science, (4) new developments and cross-disciplinary areas. The refereed Proceedings containing the selected papers will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Applied Magnetic Resonance with Prof. Y. XU as the Guest Editor.

During the Symposium the 2^nd Meeting of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society was held. We were privileged to have with us Prof. John R. PilbroW, President of the International EPR/ESR Society, who delivered an Address to the participants of the Meeting. The 37 researchers were present, including 34 APES members from the Asia-Pacific region and 3 observers. The new APES Council has been elected as follows: President: Prof. C. Rudowicz; Vice-President: Prof. A. Kawamori (Japan); Secretary: Dr Y. Y. Yeung (Hong Kong); Treasurer: (it was decided that in view of adopting free membership, the position of Treasurer was not required for this term); Representatives from: Australia/New Zealand: Dr. G. Hanson; Japan: Prof. H. Ohta; P. R. China: Prof. Y. Li; India: Prof. S. V. Bhat; Rep. of Korea: Prof. H. S. So; Vietnam: Prof. T. T. Nguyen; Russia - Far East: Prof. A. Ziadtinov. Endorsement for the elected Council will be sought from the APES members who could not attend APES'99. An email and postal ballot will be conducted before January 2000.

It was decided at the APES Meeting that the third Symposium (APES'01) will be held in Kobe in October/November 2001, with Prof. A. Kawamori as the Chairman and Prof. H. Ohta as the Secretary of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for APES'01, respectively, whereas the fourth Symposium (APES'03) will be held in Bangalore in October/ November 2003 with Prof. S.V. Bhat as the Chairman of the LOC. An EPR/ESR Workshop or a School with tutorial sessions for students and researchers is also planned to be held before the APES?3. All materials related to the APES?9 as well as the APES Meeting are available on the APES Web site at http://www.ied.edu.hk/has/phys/apepr. For updated information on the future Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposia please visit the APES Web site.

On behalf of the APES Council I would like to thank all hard working Members of the APES'99 Local Organising Committee for their dedicated effort as well as the sponsoring organisations who financially supported the Symposium. Under the skilful leadership of Prof. Yuanzhi XU, the APES'99 have been a very successful Symposium. In the appreciation of the commitment and hard work, Professor Xu and each member of his team has been awarded the APES Distinguished Service Award, which were presented by the President of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society at the Closing Ceremony during the Symposium Banquet.

Czeslaw Rudowicz

President

The Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society

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