The main aim of this meeting will be to foster cooperation and collaboration in solar physics within the Asia-Pacific region. While science is an international venture, regional meetings do serve important purposes. Solar physics communities of North America and Europe also do have their own meetings. Although a majority of the speakers in this meeting may be from the Asia-Pacific region, any solar physicist from anywhere in the world will be most welcome to attend this meeting.

Several eminent senior solar physicists from the Asia-Pacific region regularly give invited talks in international conferences. However, many younger colleagues in our region are also doing outstanding work. Since they are yet to build up their international reputations, we usually do not have so much opportunities of knowing about their works in regular international conferences. An Asia-Pacific meeting will give us a chance of knowing about the works of these younger colleagues, making us more aware of the full range of solar physics research in different countries in our region. Hopefully such a meeting will also lead to exchange of students and postdocs within the Asia-Pacific region.