Proceedings of Asia Pacific Association of Medical Editors Congress Held at Seoul Korea-Ii‪.‬

Inaugural Session/Welcome Reception APAME and GIN combined meeting: The formal inauguration and welcome reception of the congress was a combined session with Global International Networking (GIN). It was pointed out that this was the First GIN conference in Asia which will help improve Evidence Based Medicine in Asia Pacific. GIN, it was further stated, has tried to expand its role globally. Three hundred delegates are attending this meeting from thirty countries and it can be done every where. President APAME Prof. John Arokiasamy in his address said that our mission was dissemination of high quality knowledge to improve health in Asia Pacific Region by publishing information in medical journals. We work in close collaboration with WHO Regional Office and other organizations and its development has been very smooth and progressive. We are having this joint meeting with the Regional Index Medicus. We have been helped in many ways by Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (KAMJE).