The Association of Southeast Asian Pain Societies (ASEAPS) is a group of International Associations for the Study of Pain (IASP) Chapters from Southeast Asia. In 2019, our society MASP will be organising the 8th ASEAPS Congress from 11-14 April 2019 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. The theme of our meeting is ‘Building Collaborations In Pain Management’  which highlights the importance of multidisciplinary teams of healthcare professionals working together to improve the management of acute, chronic and cancer pain. Instead of working in silos, we should be breaking barriers and maximising the expertise of different healthcare providers to achieve synergy for better patient-centered outcomes.