The Asian Consortium for Computational Materials Science (ACCMS) has been set up to nurture and promote research and developmental activities on computational materials science in Asian countries. The first ACCMS conference is planned to be held during Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, 2001 at Bangalore, India. It is intended to bring together researchers in Asia who are actively involved in the development of computational methods and their applications to materials phenomena occuring at several different length and time scales. A few leading researchers from the rest of the world will be invited to facilitate multi-lateral exchange of ideas.