Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian Association for Public Administration has decided to hold the 2020 AAPA Annual Conference as a virtual conference on September 25, 2020. 

This decision was made after consultation with our co-hosts, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The most important thing for AAPA is the health and safety of our members and participants, and a large off-line gathering would have been logistically difficult to carry on without endangering the wellbeing of our participants.

In addition, we extended the due date of abstracts and panel proposal submission to August 5, 2020. And also include an additional theme titled, "Governance and Public Administration Issues Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic". 

Finally, there will be no registration fees for the 2020 AAPA Annual Virtual Conference.

We thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,

AAPA secretariat