The AAPA Award Committee (composed of all members of the Board of Directors) chose the following presenters for the 2018 Akira Nakamura Best Paper Award at the 2018 AAPA Annual Conference in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on April 23, 2018.

The Akira Nakamura Award is the best paper award in the AAPA Annual Conference.  

They are as follows:

·        Culture and Innovation: Current Paradigm Shift for Quality of Work Life in Korean Public Sector Organizations 

 - Janiscus Pieter Tanesab and Jun Jung Park (and Sung Min Park)

Enhancing Education Effectiveness: In which ‘Education’ should Society’s Hard-earned Money Go? 

- Muyanja Ssenyonga and Ely Susanto