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First Joint International Workshop of the JSPS Asian Core Program "Asian Connections: Southeast Asian Model for Co-Existence in the 21st Century"

Date:February 26-27, 2010　　　
Place:Large Meeting Room (Room no. 333) and Mid-size Meeting Room (Room no. 332), Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, CSEAS, Kyoto University
Program:　PDF

International Workshop on “The Alternative value of Traditional Agriculture for Education, Research and Development”

Special Seminar of Dr. Mochtar Pabottingi

Date and Time:February 9th (Tues.), 2010, 15:00 - 17:30　　　
Place:Meeting Room I (Room No. 332), Inamori Foundation Memorial Building
Speaker: Visiting Researcher, CSEAS
Title:“The Interplay of Nationhood and Democracy in Contemporary Japan: Reading out of Japan’s Agriculture, Education, and Environment.”
Abstract:
It has virtually been an enduring hypothesis for many years that democracy and nationhood converge positively. That is to say democracy thrives best on the soil of good nationhood and the fabrics of a nation are strengthened under good democracy. Unprecedentedly, Pabottingi ventures an attempt at reading the future prospects of Japan as a polity through this hypothesis, fully aware all along not only of the endless contestability of notions of both nation and democracy, but also of the confrontation between particular notions of nationhood and democracy --facts, if unearthed, capable of falsifying the hypothesis. Matters in Japan’s agriculture, education, and environment are here taken up as testing grounds for either the convergence or the divergence of nationhood and democracy in contemporary Japan. Whichever way the discussion leads to, it has something to tell about the future of Japan’s politics.

Dr. Pabottingi would be leaving CSEAS on February 28, 2010 after working here since March 1, 2009 as a visiting researcher on a one-year fellowship from The Japan Foundation under affiliation with CSEAS Director, Professor Kosuke Mizuno.

6th Kyoto University Southeast Asina Forum

Date and Time:February 6th (Sat.), 2010　8:30-16:30 　　　
Place:Room "Mandarin", 1st Floor, Mandarin Hotel, Rama IV Road, Bangkok, Thailand
Theme:Health Crisis !!!　Business Chances Creation"
Program:
8:30－9:00　Registration
9:00－9:15　Opening Remarks
9:15－9:30　Introduction to Kyoto University and CSEAS
9:30－10:30　Health Crisis, Life Longevity, Aging Society in Thailand: How to Stay Strong and Healthy by Dr. Wichai Ekataksin, M. D., Ph. D, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Aging Population and Associated Problems in Japan: How to Tackle These Issues by Prof Kozo Matsubayashi, Kyoto University
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00 Innovative Products to Aid the Aged, the Disabled: Car Design, Home Design, Robots, etc. by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Djitt Laowaltana, KMUTT
14:00-14:30 Coffee Break
14:30-16:00 Panel Discussion: New Business Opportunities: Caring for the Aged and Disabled, Devices and Apparatuses for the Aged and Disabled by Prof. Hiromu Shimizu, Kyoto University; Ma. Wantanee Phantachat, NECTEC; and Mr. Preecha Saengtheerapitikul
16:00-16:30: Q & A, Concluding Remarks
Poster:PDF　（369KB)
Organized by:Kyoto University (CSEAS)／Kyoto Union Club
Supported by:Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology (TNI)／ Japanese Kyodai Alumni (in Thailand)

International Workshop 2010 on Area Informatics Exploring Humanosphere and Urbanization of Hanoi

Date & Time:February 1st (Mon.) 13:30 – 17:00　 February 2nd (Tues.) 10:00-13:00, 14:00-16:00　　
Place:Conference Room E3 Building, Vietnam National University, 144 Xuan Thuy Road, Cau Giay Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam
Program:Word
Organizers:Project on Area Informatics and G-COE: In Search of Humanosphere, CSEAS, Kyoto University/ JVGC: Japan Vietnam Geo-informatics Consortium/ HUMG: Hanoi University of Mining and Geology/ ITI-VNU: the Information Technology Institute, Vietnam National University, Hanoi/ OCU: Osaka City University, OpenGeo, Japan

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