Introduction

As the name implies, The Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting - International Society for Neonatal Screening is a forum for all workers in neonatal screening and related medical services to review advances in enhancing the quality of testing and medical services through schorlarly discussions and presentations . This bi-annual meeting has become one of the prominent events in the field of Neonatal screening  in this vast region with delegates coming from all over the world to share their expertise and experiences. There will be oral presentations, educational sessions, poster sessions and exhibiting companies showcasing the latest instrumentation and products in the market.

We wholeheartedly extend our warm invitation to colleagues and friends to join us for the 9th  Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting - International Society for Neonatal Screening (9th APRM-ISNS) which will be held in the idyllic  island of Penang, Malaysia. This meeting is co-hosted with Universiti Sains Malaysia and will be held at the Parkroyal Penang Resort.  This year's meeting, themed, “New Insights in Neonatal Screening and The Way Forward,” will offer all of us the opportunity to explore exciting new terrains in Neonatal screening and provide members and fellow professionals in Neonatal screening and the medical services to hold scholarly discussion and share the current knowledge for us to move forward in this field.

The 2015 meeting  promises to be inspirational, just as always, and with the lure of sun, sea and fun, food, glorious food and not forgetting our diverse culture, style and the warmth of our people,this is a not to be missed event.We look forward to welcoming you to the ‘Pearl of Orient’ with a warm ‘SELAMAT DATANG’. See you in Penang in December 2015!.

Adi Tan
Organising Chair