THE ALLIANCE ON BUSINESS EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIP FOR TOMORROW, a 21st century organization (ABEST21)

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PROGRAM

"THE ROLE OF THE BUSINESS SCHOOL
--DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT IN BUSINESS AND
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AGE OF ASIA--"

Dates: Saturday, October 28, 2006
Place: Aoyama Gakuin International Conference Hall
Organized by: Aoyama Gakuin University, United Nations University
Supported by: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology,Nippon Keizai Shinbun, ABEST21

Opening Remarks：9:30-9:50

• FUKAMACHI Masanobu (Chancellor, Aoyama Gakuin)
• ITOH Fumio (Dean, GSIM, Aoyama Gakuin University)

Session I- Special Address：9:50-11:05
"Diversity Management in Business and Sustainable Development in the Age of Asia"

• Nafis SADIK (Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General, UN)
• Luc SOETE (Director, UNU-Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology)

Lunch：13:00-14:00

Session Ⅲ- Panel Discussion：14:00-15:30
"Diversity Management in Global Firms"
Chair：MATSUURA Sachiko (Professor, GSIM, Aoyama Gakuin University)

• IWATA Kimie (Director, Corporate Officer, SHISEIDO Co., Ltd.)
• TANIGAWA Kazuo (Corporate Vice President, TOSHIBA CORPORATION)
• YAMASHITA Misa (General Manager, Human Resources Division, Japan General Electronic)
• YOSHIMARU Yukiko (General Manager, Diversity Development Office, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.)

Coffee Break：15:30-15:45

Session Ⅳ- Panel Discussions：15:45-17:15
"Diversity Management in the Business Education"
Chair：IDA Masayuki (Associate Dean, Aoyama Gakuin University)

• Alexandre E. LOUZINE (Visiting Professor, Moscow State University, RUSSIA)
• Sang-Koo NAM (Professor, Korea University, KOREA)
• OHARA Yohko (President, Institute for the Fashion Industries, JAPAN)
• ZHENG Zukang (Professor, Fudan University, CHINA)

Closing Remark：17:15-17:30

• Luc SOETE,（Director, UNU-Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology)

Reception：18:00-20:00
Aogaku Kaikan "SHARON"
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

• Fumio ITOH, Chairman (Dean, Aoyama Gakuin University)
• NEWMAN, Edward, Vice Chairman (Director, The United Nations University)
• IDA Masayuki, Vice Chairman (Associate Dean, Aoyama Gakuin University)
• HORIUCHI Masahiro (Associate Dean, Aoyama Gakuin University)
• IWAI Chiaki (Associate Dean, Aoyama Gakuin University)
• TAKAHASHI Fumio (Associate Dean, Aoyama Gakuin University)
• NAKASATO Munenori (Director, Aoyama Gakuin University)

Dates: Monday, October 16, 2006
Venue: ABEST21 Office, B1 Room A, Reykey Building, Minami-Aoyama Building
Schedule: 13:00-15:00
Agenda:

1. Accreditation Standards for Professional graduate schools in Japan
2. Application for an Accreditation Organization
3. Others

Prospective Participate School
Graduate School of Business Administration, Nanzan University
Graduate School of Business Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Graduate School of Global Business, Meiji University
Graduate School of International Management, Aoyama Gukuin University
Graduate School of International Management, International University of Japan
Institute of Business and Accounting, Kwansei Gakuin University

Dates: Tuesday, October 10 and Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Venue: Room #307, Guanli Building, Northeastern University Campus, Shenyang, China

Programs:

8:30-9:00	Resistration at Room#307
9:00-9:10	Opening Remarks Zukang Zheng, Vice President of ABEST21 and Dean of School of Management, Fudan University; Kai Li, Dean of School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, China
9:10-10:00	Global Knowledge Network and ABEST21 Prof. Fumio Itoh, President of ABEST21 and Dean of Graduate School of International Management, Aoyama Gukuin University, Japan
10:00-10:50	ABEST21 in China Zukang Zheng, Vice President of ABEST21 and Dean of School of Management, Fudan University, China
10:50-11:30	General Introduction of Collaboration Programs in ABEST21 Kai Li, Dean of School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, China
11:30-12:00	Overview of two ABEST21 Programs: Teaching Material Exchange and Tokyo Seminar
12:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-16:30	Introduction of the participating schools and Discussion

Wednesday, October 11th Exchange by Tour: one day Shenyang City tour (including the visit to the International Horticulture Exposition).

Participating Schools: Graduate School of International Management, Aoyama Gukuin University, Japan
School of Management, Fudan University, China
School of Business, Nanjing University, China
School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology，China
School of Business Administration, Northeastern University of Finance, China
School of Management & Economics, Qinghua University, China
School of Business Administration, Huazhong University, China
School of Business Administration, Huanan University of Science and Technology, China
School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, China