En bloc societies

What does "en bloc society" mean?

If your respiratory society has arranged for all its members to have APSR membership, then your society is an en bloc society and you have all the rights and privileges as other APSR members.

Why should a society become en bloc society?

Many societies in the Asia-Pacific region aspire to host the annual APSR Congress. This gives stronger exposure for their society locally, leading to a strengthening of their expertise, membership numbers and funds.

The APSR Congress is held in a different country / region each year and any en bloc society is welcome to bid to host the event, in close collaboration with the APSR.

Any other advantage for an en bloc society?

En bloc societies are invited to include eminent APSR speakers at a joint symposium at their own annual conference. Click here for details.

En bloc societies are also eligible for assistance with other educational events, such as an ESAP workshop. Click here for details.

What's the advantage for en bloc society members?

En bloc society members are full APSR members and eligible to take part in all APSR activities.

Most of the APSR officers, assembly leaders, committee chairs, etc. are en bloc members. This results in the APSR being truly representative of the whole Asia-Pacific region.