The Pacific Regional Science Conference Organisation

The Pacific Regional Science Conference Organisation (PRSCO) was established at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association (WRSA) in San Diego, February 1-4, 1968 at the initiative of representatives from WRSA and the Japan Section of the Regional Science Association (JSRSA). The first conference of PRSCO was held at the East-West Center, University of Hawaii, August 26-29, 1969. Subsequently, full conferences and smaller meetings have been held in many countries in the Pacific Rim area. A full international conference is held every second year and a smaller summer institute in alternate years.
The PRSCO is one of the 4 supra-regional associations of RSAI (Regional Science Association International) which is founded in 1954. The PRSCO enhances and facilitates exchange of research information in the field of regional science among members of Membership Sections of the PRSCO, as well as the exchange of this information in the Pacific Rim area between such members and other persons with an interest in regional science.

PRSCO President
1969-1970: Paul Wendt
1971-1972: Genpachiro Konno
1973-1974: Michael Mischaikow
1975-1976: Yasuhiko Oishi
1977-1987: Parzival Copes
1988-1989: Lay Gibson
1990-1991: Isao Orishimo
1992-1993: Roy Powell
1994-1995: John Munro
1996-1997: Chung-Hsin Yang
1998-1999: Jacques Poot
2000-2001: Sam-Ock Park
2002-2003: David A. Plane
2004-2005: Jorge Serrano
2006-2007: Yoshinobu Kumata
2008-2009: David Edgington
2010-2011: John Madden
2012-2013: Yang Jichung
2014-2015: Budy Resosudarmo
2016-2017: Patricio Aroca
2018-2018: Fu-Chunan Lai
2019-2021: Rachel Franklin
2022-2023: Hidehiko Kanegae
2024-2025: In Kwon Park