This conference provides an international forum for technical discussion among researchers, developers and users of database systems from academia, business and industry. DASFAA focuses on research in database theory, development of advanced DBMS technologies, and their advanced applications.

A premier database conference in the Asia/Pacific region, DASFAA has been held every two years in many countries in the region. To promote further and to answer the need of many participants, the Steering Committee decided to hold the conference annually. DASFAA2004 is the first such conference after it is made annual.