Thursday, January 17, 2008 / 10:00-19:00

Formulating International Higher Education Framework for Regional Cooperation and Integration of Asia

  English and Japanese (simulataneous interpretation available)
  Admission: Free, No Pre-registration

Waseda University Global COE Program :
Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration(GIARI)

The 1st International Symposium
International Symposium on Asian Higher Education

Organizer : Waseda University International Affairs Division
        Global-COE: GIARI


  



Schedule:  
      9:30      Door opens .
    10:00~10:10   Opening Address: UCHIDA Katsuichi (Vice President, Waseda University)
    10:10~10:30   Agenda-Setting: KURODA Kazuo (Professor, Waseda University)
    10:30~12:30   SessionⅠ"Trend of International Higher Education and Regionalism"
                 MC:NINOMIYA Akira (Vice President, Hiroshima University)
               Presenters:
                 Cesar de Prado Yepes (Professor, Universidad de Salamanca)
                 Morshidi Sirat (Director, National Higher Education Research Institute)
                 SUGIMURA Miki (Associate Professor, Sophia University)
                 Anthony Welch (Professor, University of Sydney)


                     >>>>>>>>>>>Lunch<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
    14:00~15:40   Session Ⅱ"Experiences of Asian Higher Education Frameworks and
                                           their Implications for the Future"
                  MC: SUGIMURA Miki (Associate Professor, Sophia University)
                Presenters:
                  Supachai Yavaprabhas (Director, SEAMEO Regional Centre for
                                             Higher Education and Development)
                  Piniti Ratananukul (Director, ASEAN University Network)
                  Zainal Abidin Sanusi (Coordinator of Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for
                                  Sustainable Development,
Universiti Sains Malaysia)

    16:00~17:40   Session Ⅲ "Responses of Leading Universities in Asia for Globalization and
                                            Regionalization of Higher Education"
                   MC: SONODA Shigeto (Professor, Waseda University)
                 Presenters:
                    Wan-hua Ma (Professor, Peking University)
                    Ki-Seok Kim (Professor, Seoul National University)
                    Nguyen Thuy Anh (Lecturer, Vietnam National University, Hanoi)
                    Waseda University International Affairs Division.

    18:00~19:00     Concluding Session
                  "Future Prospects of Education and Action"
                    MC: KURODA Kazuo (Professor, Waseda University)
                    Special Discussant: Kai-Ming Cheng (Chair Professor, University of Hong Kong)



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