In collaboration with the U.S.-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON), a binational advisory panel to the governments of Japan and the United States, the World Affairs Council of Austin invites you to a symposium for industry leaders, educators, government officials and citizen diplomats to examine developments in science, technology and business.
Please join us for a discussion of how Americans and Japanese can work together to solve shared challenges, and how to nurture the next generation of U.S.-Japan leadership.
8:30-9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00-9:25 a.m. Welcome Remarks
- Harry Hill, Outside Director and Member of the Board, New Business Development, Oak Lawn Marketing, Inc.; Chair, U.S. CULCON Panel
- Ambassador Ryozo Kato, Former Ambassador to the United States; Chair, Japan CULCON Panel
- Hideo Fukushima, Consul-General of Japan in Houston
9:25-10:30 a.m. Blazing Trails in Space and Beyond*
- Moderator: Dr. Patricia Maclachlan, Professor of Government and Asian Studies and the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Texas at Austin
- Dr. Moriba Jah, Associate Professor, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department, The University of Texas at Austin
- Ms. Josefina Salazar, Brooke Owens Fellow, University of Texas at Austin
- Representative of NASA (invited)
10:30-10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
10:45-11:50 a.m. Shaping the Future: High Tech and Design Innovations*
- Moderator: Dr. Kaoru (Kay) Shimizu, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
- Mr. Spencer Cronk, City Manager, City of Austin (invited);
- Mr. Ben Ramirez III, Vice President and Executive Director, Center for Global Trade at the World Affairs Council of Austin; CEO of Cogitare Global, LLC;
- Dr. Motohiro Tsuchiya, Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University; Deputy Director, Keio Global Research Institute (KGRI)
- Mr. Brian Kursar, Chief Technology Officer, Toyota Connect (invited)
11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
- Sheila Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR); Vice Chair, U.S. CULCON Panel
- Fumiaki Kubo, Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo; President, Japanese Association for American Studies; Vice Chair, Japan CULCON Panel
Simultaneous English-Japanese interpretation will be provided
RSVP Required by May 28:
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*additional panelists TBA
