Events Paving the Way for the Next Generation of U.S.-Japan Collaboration
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  • VENUEAT&T Executive Education and Conference Center

Paving the Way for the Next Generation of U.S.-Japan Collaboration

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:

Registration Closes May 28

*additional panelists TBA

Details

Date:
June 4, 2019
Time:
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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Website:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CULCON-June4

Organizer

World Affairs Council Austin
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U.S.-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange
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Japan America Society of Greater Austin
Austin Oita Sister City Committee
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Venue

AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center
1900 University Ave, Austin, TX, 78705, United States.
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