The Asian Conference on Transcription (ACT) was established in 1989 by three pioneers: Professor Ishihama Akira (Japan, who passed away in December 2022), Professor Kang Changwon (Korea), and Professor Wu Cheng-Wen (Taiwan). The first ACT meeting was launched in Taipei from December 6-8, 1990.
The first generation of the International Organizing Committee (IOC) included: Professor Kang Changwon (Korea), Professor Govindarajan Padmanaban (India), Professor Wu Cheng-Wen (Taiwan), Professor Ishihama Akira (Japan), and Professor Alfred James Pittard (Australia).
Co-chairs: Prof. WANG Gang and Prof. LI Bing (Total number of participants: 120)
Co-chairs: Prof. Julia HORSFIELD and Prof. Justin O’SULLIVAN (Total number of participants: 89)
Co-chairs: Prof. Kalai MATHEE and Dr. Nethia M. KUMARAN (Total number of participants: 100)
Co-chairs: Prof. Reshma TANEJA and Professor Jie YAN
Chair: Prof. Vincent HARLEY (Total number of participants: 102)
Chair: Prof. ROE Jung-Hye (Total number of participants: 230)
Co-chairs: Prof. SHIMAMOTO Nobuo and Prof. NAKASONE Kaoru
Chair: Prof. Dipankar CHATTERJI (Total number of participants: 170)
Chair: Prof. WU Cheng-Wen (Ken) (Total number of participants: 163)
Chair: Prof. Skorn MONGKOLSUK (Total number of participants: 130)
Chair: Prof. Chong-Lek KOH (Total number of participants: 77)
Chair: Prof. SHEN Yu-Fei (Total number of participants: 85)
Chair: Prof. Alfred James PITTARD (Total number of participants: 96)
Chair: Prof. ISHIHAMA Akira (Total number of participants: 118)
Chair: Prof. Govindarajan PADMANABAN (Total number of participants: 86)
Chair: Prof. KANG Changwon (Total number of participants: 71)
Chair: Prof. WU Cheng-Wen (Total number of participants: 55)
