Dear members, The Australasian Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (ASACP) is hosting a conference with the theme “Asian Perspectives on Mind, Action and Cultivation”. The conference will be held on 10-12 July 2015 at Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Melbourne. Keynote speakers include Arindam Chakrabarti, Graham Priest and John Makeham. This conference will also feature the inaugural Max Charlesworth Memorial Lecture (Morny Joy). The conference committee invites proposals for papers, especially in relation to the main conference themes of mind and consciousness, action and cultivation, or the special area of Comparative Philosophy: Methodology, Prospects and Problems. Conference Panels Panel 1: Mind and Consciousness in Indian Philosophy Panel 2: Mind and Consciousness in East Asian Philosophy Panel 3: Action in Indian Philosophy Panel 4: Action in East Asian Philosophy Panel 5: Cultivation in Indian Philosophy Panel 6: Cultivation in East Asian Philosophy Comparative Philosophy: Methodology, Prospects and Problems Panel 1: Indian and East Asian Philosophy Panel 2: Asian and Western Philosophy Panel 3: Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy All papers will be allocated 45 minutes (25-30 minutes presentation, 15-20 minutes discussion). If you would like to chair a panel, please send an expression of interest. Please send your paper title and the panel in which you would like to participate by 1 December 2014 to monima.chadha@monash.edu. More details regarding registration fees, travel plans and accommodation in Melbourne will be available on the conference page. For general enquiries regarding conference attendance, please contact ASACP secretary Alan Polson (ASACP.contact@gmail.com).