Nine new Members were formally welcomed into the Academy at the Academicians’ Dinner at Raffles Hotel in Singapore on 28 October 2025: Dr Bargo Yousif (Chad) – Associate, Dr Umesh Kumar (UAE), Professor David Newman (Australia), Dr Leigh Speicher (USA), Professor Olivier Manen (France), Dr Kate Manderson (Australia), Dr Dag Lemming (Sweden), Mr Botond Szűcs (Hungary), Dr Voravannee Tulyayon (Thailand).

The photograph shows these new members along with the President Dr Francisco Rios Tejada and Chancellor Prof Anthony Wagstaff.