The Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC, organized by the Asia-Pacific regional section members, affiliated with the Combustion Institute, was organized in 1996 to promote the regional exchange of information and to elevate state-of-the-art combustion science and technology through regional and global scientific partnerships. Following the first successful Conference held in Osaka Japan in 1997, the subsequent conferences held in Taiwan, Korea, China, Australia, and Japan further expanded the remarkable progress in fundamental combustion research and its applications and a tradition of interaction has been established.

The Indian Section of the Combustion Institute joined the leadership group for ASPACC07. In 2009, from May 24-27, the seventh Asian-Pacific Conference on Combustion, ASPACC09 will be organized by the Chinese Taipei Section of the Combustion Institute. This will provide a congenial occasion to observe and acknowledge the extent of the accomplishments and challenges of modern combustion science and technology, as well as to examine their continuing role and impact on global climate change and the energy crisis in the coming age.