Mr. F H Abed, Chairperson, BRAC and President BU Governing Board and also member, IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) Board of Trustees and Chair, Finance & Audit Committee, IRRI, participated in institutes' Board of Trustees Meeting, held at Bali, Indonesia from September 14-16, 2005. Prior to the meeting, he also attended the International Rice Conference (IRC 2005) on September 12-13, 2005. Besides the full board of trustees meeting Mr. Abed also attended the program, finance, audit and nominating committee meetings.