The recurrent International Conference of Asian Philosophical Association (ICAPA) 2012 is to be held at the National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, on August 29-31, 2012, under the theme, "New paradigm of social development in Asia: Concordance of tradition and modern times". 

This international conference analyzes the ideology and paradigms of social development and their traditional and modern time impacts, and is aimed at enhancing the involvement and liability of Asian scientists and analysts in the ideology development on Asian and world development. About 70 presentations, from over 30 universities and research organizations from Asia and the world, will be discussed at “ICAPA 2012-Mongolia”.

The Asian Philosophical Association is an international non-governmental organization, which consists of a vast membership of scientists and researchers from social and humanitarian sectors of Asia and the other countries of the world. Some of these sectors include philosophy, linguistics, literature, culture, art, political science and law.