At the 14th International Conference of the History of Science in East Asia ( http://14ichsea.sciencesconf.org) held at L’Ecole des Haute Etudes des Sciences Sociales in Paris this past July, Marta became the President of the International Society for the History of East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine (ISHEASTM). She has been a member since its establishment 25 years ago in Cambridge, England, and will oversee it during the next four years.