Philippines Wins the Bid to Host APPCS in 2022
The Philippine Society of Pediatric Cardiology (PSPC) won the bid to host the 9th Congress of the Asia Pacific Pediatric Cardiology Society (APPCS) in 2022.
In its first time to bid, the PSPC included in the presentation the mission-vision of the society, its short history and list of past presidents including its present set of officers, the local and international conventions organized since 1992, letters of endorsement from the Philippine Pediatric Society, the Philippine Heart Association and its subspecialty societies, proposed instructional design, possible venues of the congress in the country (including Manila, Cebu, Davao and Iloilo), travel tips to the Philippines including “Why choose the Philippines”.
DR. POPPY ROEBIONO of Indonesia (APPCS President 2018 -2020) gave the official announcement last July 1, 2019.
The PSPC Officers and Board have unanimously voted DR. JUAN REGANION (PSPC Secretary 2018 – 2020) to be the Over-all Chair of APPCS in 2022. Likewise, it was decided that the venue will be Cebu City. Last January 26, 2020, Dr. Reganion with the rest of the officers were welcomed by PSPC members in Cebu City (DR. RUDY AMATONG, DR. ANNA MARIE CABAERO and DR. FRANCISCO REMOTIGUE JR.) and they had an ocular visit of hotels in the city. The highly recommended venue is Radisson Blu Cebu. The exact dates of the congress and other details are still to be decided.
In the meantime, about 40 delegates from the PSPC are preparing to attend the 8th Congress of APPCS 2020 in Taiwan, Taipei which was initially scheduled on April 2 to 5, 2020 but was postponed to August 6 to 9, 2020 because of the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus.
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