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

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)