Higher Education Harmonization and Networking in East and
Higher Education Harmonization and Networking in East and Southeast Asia: How AIMS Program Can Contribute to an Emerging ASEAN Community International Conference Hall, 2nd Building, 17th Floor, Sophia University Organized by Sophia University In Collaboration with the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization-Regional Center for Higher Education and Development (SEAMEO-RIHED) Programme A. Background SEAMEO-RIHED administers ASEAN International Mobility for Students (AIMS) Program. Sophia University has been selected as one of eleven Japanese universities under “Re-Inventing Japan” Program (in support of AIMS Program) by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan. Sophia University has started its first academic year of the Sophia AIMS (SAIMS) Program since April 2014 with 6 partner universities in Indonesia (Gadjah Mada University and Bogor Agricultural University), the Philippines (Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University), and Thailand (Chulalongkorn University and Mahidol University), including the delivery of “Trans-Disciplinary Human Development”, “Human Ecology: Rivers” and other courses on environmental issues as part of SAIMS Program. Sophia University representatives also participated in AIMS Program Review Meeting held at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, in May 2014, and the Meeting of Re-Inventing Japan Projects (ASEAN-focused and AIMS programs) in Kyoto, Japan, in July 2014. It is timely for SAIMS Program to share some experiences and early lessons with key stakeholders of AIMS Program. B. Objective The one-day international symposium aims to draw and discuss and draw strategic implications of AIMS Program in an emerging ASEAN Community before and beyond 2015, by inviting overseas and Japanese experts on higher education harmonization and networking. In this connection, it also aims to discuss future job market prospects and required global or Asian human resources in an emerging ASEAN community, and challenges and opportunities in order to advance AIMS Program further based on experiences and early lessons from SAIMS Program. C. Expected Outputs The one-day international symposium aims to achieve the following outputs: 1. Updated information shared on recent developments of higher education harmonization and networking in East and Southeast Asia; 2. Views shared among key stakeholders and experts on the status, issues, challenges and opportunities in improving and expanding AIMS Program; 1 3. Future Job market prospects, and requirements for global human resources shared in the context of an emerging ASEAN community; and 4. Implementation experiences and early lessons of SAIMS Program shared among faculty members/students of Sophia University and universities participating AIMS Program, and with SEAMEO-RIHED and MEXT, Japan. D. Provisional Agenda (as of 12 November 2014): Dr. Davisi Boontham, Associate Professor (SAIMS Committee Member)/Center for Global Discovery, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University, will serve as an overall moderator of the international symposium. Saturday, 13 December 2014 Morning Sessions 0830–0900 Registration 0900–0930 Welcome and Opening Remarks Welcome Remarks by Sophia University Dr. Takashi Hayashita, President, Sophia University Opening Statement by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan Mr. Kuniaki Sato, Deputy Director, Higher Education Policy Planning Division, Higher Education Bureau 0930–1000 Key Note Speech Key Note Speech: Becoming “Mutual Power”?: Higher Education Harmonization and Networking in East and Southeast Asia Dr. Jane Knight, Adjunct Professor, Comparative, International, Development Education Center, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto Dr. Knight will deliver a key note speech by introducing new notion of “mutual power” in higher education from the perspectives of contemporary diplomacy, and by examining how this new notion would be applied to stakeholders engaged in higher education harmonization and networking in East and Southeast Asia. 1000-1030 Group Photo and Coffee Break 2 1030–1200 Panel Discussions: Role and Future of AIMS Program in an Emerging ASEAN Community Panelists: 1) 1) Dr. Chantavit Sujatanond, Special Advisor, SEAMEO-RIHED 2) 2) Mr. Kamal Mamat, Assistant Director/Head, Education, Youth and Training Division, 3) Socio-Cultural Cooperation Directorate, ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community 4) Department, ASEAN Secretariat 5) 3) Mr. Kuniaki Sato, Deputy Director, Higher Education Policy Planning Division, Higher Education 6) Bureau 7) 4) Dr. Taiji Hotta, Vice-Executive (Deputy Vice-President) of International Affairs/ Associate Professor, International Center, International Education Division, Hiroshima University 5) Dr. Kazuo Kuroda, Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University Commentators: 8) 1) Dr. Jane Knight, Adjunct Professor, Comparative, International, Development Education Center, 9) Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto 2) Dr. Yasushi Hirosato, Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University (Former Principal Education Specialist, Southeast Department, Asian Development Bank) Moderator: Dr. Yuto Kitamura, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo Six panelists, from their respective points of view and affiliations, will discuss positioning of AIMS Program in an emerging ASEAN community as a means to promote “people-to-people” connectivity, and a way forward in expanding its participating countries to ASEAN-wide, and diversifying fields of study. Two commentators will share their reactions on panelists’ presentations. 1200–1330 Lunch 3 AFTERNOON SESSIONS 1330–1430 Session 1: Job Market Prospects and Global Human Resources in an Emerging ASEAN Community Speakers: - 1) Mr. Yoshiteru Uramoto, Assistant Director General/Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, International Labor Organization (ILO) 2) Mr. Masafumi Sato, Visiting Professor, Kaetsu University/ Advisor, Japan-Thailand Economic Cooperation Society (JTECS) - 3) Dr. Naoki Umemura, JICA Expert/Visiting Associate Professor, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology Speakers will discuss how future job market will look like in the context of an emerging ASEAN community, and what types of global or Asian human resources would be required for future job market in ASEAN by judging from their respective fields of work such as an international organization, a private firms association, and a bilateral development cooperation agency, and share their perspectives in developing such global or Asian human resources. 1430–1450 Moderator: Dr. Yasushi Hirosato, Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University (Former Principal Education Specialist, Southeast Department, Asian Development Bank) 1450–1510 Coffee Break 1510–1610 Session 2: Sophia AIMS Program: Early Lessons and Implementation Experience Speakers: - 1) Presentation on “Trans-Disciplinary Human Development” and the Implementation - of SAIMS Program, by - Dr. Mikiko Sugiura, Associate Professor (SAIMS Committee Member)/Center for - Global Discovery, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University - 2) Presentation on “Human Ecology: Rivers,” by - Dr. Takeshi Ito, Associate Professor (SAIMS Committee Member)/ Faculty of Liberal - Arts, Sophia University - Dr. Tak Watanabe, Assistant Professor (SAIMS Committee Member)/ Faculty of - Liberal Arts, Sophia University Course Participants (Students) Speakers will draw early lessons from implementation of SAIMS Program by highlighting challenges in delivering courses, and sending/accepting students, discuss the way to meet these challenges, and extract common challenges and opportunities for consideration by key stakeholders of AIMS program. 1610–1630 - Moderator: Dr. G.W. Huang, Professor (SAIMS Committee Member)/Graduate School of Global Environmental 4 Studies, Sophia University 1630–1700 Closing Session Closing Remarks Dr. Miki Sugimura Vice President for Academic Affairs/SAIMS Program Director, Sophia University Dr. Chantavit Sujatanond Special Advisor, SEAMEO-RIHED 1710–1840 Reception (Location: TBD) E. Logistics and Administrative Arrangements The SAIMS Secretariat will be responsible for mobilizing and providing assistance to the participants to the international symposium. All support arrangements including accommodations and technical requirements such as documentation preparation (photo copying of hand-outs and power point materials) shall be extended to the panelists and speakers participating in the international symposium. F. Contacts Dr. Miki SUGIMURA Vice President for Academic Exchange/SAIMS Program Director, Sophia University 7-1 Kioki Cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan Email: [email protected] Tel: +81-3-3238-3138 Fax:+81-3-3238-3137 Ms. Satoko SHIBATA / Ms.Hanna TAJIMA SAIMS Secretariat Office of Global Education and Cooperation 2nd Building, 1st Floor, Sophia University Email: [email protected] Tel: +81-3-3238-3279 Fax: +81-3-3238-3554 5
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