Date: 30 October to 1 November 2008
Place: AKIHABARA Convention Hall

Program
30 October
09:20~09:30; Welcome Address　　　 Minoru SUGAYA
09:30~10:20; Keynote Speech 　　 　 Yoichi ITO
10:30~12:30; 1st session: Origin of Information Society and its Development　　　　　　 　
Panel:Eiichi ITO, Yoichi ITO, Yasuo SAKAMOTO, Alistair S. Duff
Cordinator:Kenichi KAWASAKI

13:30~15:30; 2nd session: Globalizing Information Society　　　　　　 　
Panel:Yoshio UTSUMI, Masanobu KATO, Hiroki KURIYAMA, Tomomi TSUBOTA, Kyong, Sang Hyon
Cordinator:KIM Junghoon
15:40~17:40; 3rd session: Global Information Society and Global Governance
Panel:Junichi KISHIGAMI, Yoshihiro TAGAWA, Mariko FUJIWARA, Xiang Yong
Cordinator:Izumi AIZU
18:00~20:00; Reception

1 November

09:30~10:20; Keynote Speech 　　 　 Yoshio UTSUMI
10:30~12:30; 4th session: New Act of Communication & Broadcasting, Conglomerates between Communication & Broadcasting　　　　　　 　
Panel:Yoshinori AKIMOTO, Makoto KAWASE, Kenji NAEMURA, Masao HORIBE
Cordinator:Ichiya NAKAMURA

13:30~15:30; 5th session: Varieties of Conglomerates between Communication & Broadcasting　　　　　　 　
Panel:Masanao UEDA, Waichi SEKIGUCHI, Hideki MAEKAWA, Keiya MOTOHASHI
Cordinator:Minoru SUGAYA
15:40~17:40; Final session: Possibilities of Global Information Society
Panel:Kaoru ENDO, Shumpei KUMON, Teruyasu MURAKAMI, Zhou Qingshan
Cordinator:Koichiro HAYAshI
17:40~17:50; Closing Remarks 　　　　 Kenichi KAWASAKI