Welcome to the 2023 APAC Annual Meetings that will take place from 23 June – 1 July 2023 in Anaheim, California. It is with immense pleasure that we host our colleagues from around the Asia Pacific region and we look forward to making these annual meetings a memorable experience for all involved. The meetings will take at the JW Marriott hotel which has superb meeting facilities and a range of recreational and entertainment opportunities nearby including Disneyland. The joint hosts of the 2023 Annual Meetings are: A2LA, AIHA, ANAB, IAS, IOAS, PJLA and UAF. We look forward seeing you in California.

https://a2la.org/

https://www.aihaaccreditedlabs.org/

https://anab.ansi.org/

https://www.iasonline.org/

https://ioas.org/

https://www.pjlabs.com/

https://uafaccreditation.org/

I am delighted to welcome APAC Members, Affiliates and invited stakeholders to the 2023 APAC Annual Meetings that are being hosted by APAC’s Full Members based in the United States of America. This will be the second opportunity since APAC’s establishment in 2019 for the largest regional accreditation community in the world to come together to discuss accreditation-related topics. Our meetings provide the opportunity to renew our long-standing friendships and professional relationships and provide a forum to catch-up on our recent accreditation experiences and learn from each other as we emerge into the new world of pandemic management and greater use of accreditation assessment technologies.

Jennifer Evans, APAC Chair

Raj Nathan, APAC Vice-Chair

The Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) was established on January 1, 2019 by the amalgamation of two former regional accreditation cooperation bodies – the Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) and the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC).

APAC’s primary role is to manage and expand the mutual recognition arrangements (MRAs) among accreditation bodies in the Asia-Pacific region. These MRAs facilitate acceptance of conformity assessment results across the region and in other parts of the world.

For more information, please visit https://www.apac-accreditation.org/about/

Lonnie Spires, CEO, A2LA

Cheryl Morton, Managing Director, AIHA

Douglas Leonard, Executive Director, ANAB

Raj Nathan, President, IAS

David Crucefix, Executive Director, IOAS

Tracy Szerszen, President, PJLA

Parveen Sadana, Chief Technical Officer, UAF