2nd International Colloquium 2007

Education and Sustainable Development

Capacity Building for the 21st Century

 

October 10, 2007, Hosei University, Ichigaya, Boissonade Tower, Sky Hall, 26th Floor

 

9.30 am

Conference Opening

 

Introduction
Peter David Pedersen, Chief Executive, E-Square Inc., Tokyo, Japan

 

Opening Address
Chimaki Hirabayashi, President, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan

Video Address
Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General, UNESCO, Paris, France

9.45 am

Sustainability - From Science to Education

Alexander Zehnder, President of the Board of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and
founding member of the STS Forum Kyoto

10.15 am

On the way to Integration – Strategies and Experiences

Short Presentations by
Howard Hunter, President, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Susan Hockfield, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (to be confirmed)
Kimihiko Hirao, Vice President, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Susumu Nagai, Vice President, Hosei University, Japan
Konrad Osterwalder a.i. President and Rector, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (up to 08.07)
Rector, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan, (as from 09.07)
Tie-jun Zhao, Vice President, Qingdao Technological University, China

11.15 am

Break

11.30 am

Panel Discussion

Chair:
Richard Ernst, Nobel Laureate, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

12.45 pm

Lunch (Japanese)


1.30 pm

Parallel Workshops

WS1: Teaching and Learning: how can we avoid the pitfalls of ideology?

WS2: Learning Programmes and Curricula Design

WS3: Evaluating and Ranking Educational Performance

WS4: The Sustainable Campus – Fulfilling the Leadership Role

WS5: Students as Innovators in Higher Education

5.00 pm

Concluding Summary
Workshop leaders and experts to present findings

6.00 pm

Farewell Address
Koya Ishino, Councilor, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of the Environment, Tokyo, Japan

6.30 pm

Closing

 

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