Founded in 2003, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), one of the most important geoscience academic organizations in Asia and Oceania, is a non-governmental organization registered in Singapore. AOGS holds an academic conference annually, appealing to Asian and Oceanian scientists to focus on atmospheric sciences, hydrology, planetary sciences, solid earth sciences and other high-profile subjects of earth and environmental sciences. It is a large-scale conference with thousands of attendees.