The 17th Biennial General Conference of the Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils (AASSREC)

Economic Development and Environmental Issues in Asia:
Perspectives from the Social Sciences

Draft Program

Venue: Nagoya University (Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan)

Thursday 27 September
15.00 - 18.00	Registration
15.30 - 17.30	Business Meeting
18.00 - 20.00	Welcome Party
Friday 28 September
9.00 - 12.30	Presentation of Country Papers
12.30 - 13.30	Lunch
13.30 - 18.00	Presentation of Country Papers
Saturday 29 September
	Parellel Sessions
9.00 - 12.30	Environmental Problems and Social Sciences in a Globalized World	Globalization and Social Environment	Manufacturing and Environmental Problems
12.30 - 13.30	Lunch
13.30 - 17.30	Symposium: Environment as a Social System: An Approach to Environmental Problems from Social Sciences Keynote Addresses: Dr. Hirofumi Uzawa, Director of the Research Center of Social Common Capital at Doshisha University Social Common Capital: Preserve Things as Dear as Life Itself Professor Margaret A. Mckean, Duke University Confronting our Environmental Limits: Lessons from the Commons Comments: Professor Yoshiki Kurumisawa, Waseda University Professor Takehisa Awaji, Rikkyo University Environmental Problems and Japanese Role: Viewing Perspectives to Asian Region
Sunday 30 September
9.00 - 9.30	Presentation of the Country Paper of Japan
9.30 - 11.30	Environmental Policies and Disaster Prevention System
11.30 - 13.00	General Secretary's Summary (Dr. John Beaton) Concluding Remarks (Professor Michiatsu Kaino, President of AASSREC)
13.00 - 14.00	Lunch
13.00 - 14.30	Lunch (with business meeting)
	Excursion
18.30 - 20.30	Farewell Party

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