Coalition on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology of Asia (CREATe Asia) is composed of more than ten organizations in APAC from China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Officially established in Singapore in 2015 under the witness of Her Royal Highness Princess Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand, the secretariat is based in Singapore while the organisation is registered in Australia.
CREATe Asia is a non-profit industry organization that aims to establish a cooperative platform for rehabilitation engineering technology in Asia, to promote the progress of related technologies and industries, and enable disabled individuals in Asia and around the world to share the achievements of global advancements in rehabilitation engineering.
i-CREATe is the alliance’s annual academic conference. After 17 years of development, it has become one of the most well-known and influential rehabilitation engineering conferences in the world.
Members of CREATe Asia
Assistive Technology Australia(AT, Australia),Australia | New Zealand Federation of Disability Information Centres(NZFDIC),New Zealand |
Australian Rehabilitation Assistive Technology Association(ARATA),Australia | Rehabilitation Engineering and Society of Japan(RESJA),Japan |
Hong Kong Occupational Therapy Association(HKOTA),Hong Kong | Rehabilitation Research Institute of Singapore(RRIS),Nanyang Technological University,Singapore |
Hyogo Institute of Assistive Technology(HIAT)/Hyogo Rehabilitation Center(HRC) | Taiwan Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society(TREATS),Taiwan |
Korean Association of Assistive Technology Professionals(KAATP),South Korea | University of Shanghai for Science and Technology(USST),China |
National Science and Technology Development Agency(NSTDA),Thailand | Universit Teknologi Malaysia(UTM),Malaysia |