Hawaii-Okinawa Conference
-Building Collaborative Partnerships toward the 21st Century-
In order to promote the development of Okinawa, it is essential to takeinternational aspects into account. At the Hawaii-Okinawa Conference, leaders and wide range of people from government and private sectors from Hawaii and Okinawa, which share numerous characterstics such as island environment, subtropical climate and tourism industry, will get together and discuss the directions of the mutual cooperation between them. The discussions will especially focus on the areas of Academic and Technological Cooperation, Cooperation on Tourism Development, and Environment and Development Cooperation. During the course of discussions, government officials and various organizations from Okinawa and Hawail will make presentations to share their experience and expertise with each other. Such exchanges will give insight to Okinawa and Hawaii and let them learn from each other. Through fostering the Hawaii-Okinawa partnership, we can expect not onlyto further strengthen U.S.- Japan relations which have been supported byclose personnel exchanges but also to contribute to the development of third countries in future.
Themes:
Academic and Technological Cooperation
(a)Exchanges among U.S. and Japanese Universities
(b)Medical service technologies and training for a medical professionals
(c)Eradication of fruit flies
(d)Deep ocean water utilization
Tourism Development
(a)The sustainable tourism
(b)Health oriented resort industry development
Environment and Development
(a)Remote sensing and monitoring technologies on coral reef
(b)Computer data processing technologies on biodiversity and natural resources, etc.
Hosts:
Okinawa Prefecture, State of Hawaii, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Support:
Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic Organizations), The Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun
Date:
9:30-16:00, Tuseday, November 4, 1997
9:30-11:25, Wednseday, November 5 1997
Location:
Hotel Nikko Alivila (600 Gima, Yomitanson, Okinawa)
Participants:
Mr. Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor, State of Hawaii
Mr. Masahide Ota, Governor, Okinawa Prefecture
Dr. Masahiko Karimata, President, University of Okinawa
Dr. Seiji Naya, Director, Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, State of Hawaii
Ambassador Mitsuro Donowaki, former Consul General of Japan in Honolulu, Board Member, Pacific International Center for High Technology Research
Mr. Kishichiro Amae, Consul-general of Japan in Honolulu and other leaders and academics in Hawaii and Okinawa
Participatory fees:
None
How to participate:
Please write address, name, occupation and telephone and facsimile numbers to the secretariat at the following address. You could also apply by fax. (deadline October 29. Only 200 admissions possible on first come, first served basis)
Secretariat:
Hawaii-Okinawa Conference Secretariat
Congress Corporation
7th Akiyama Building, 5-3 Kojimachi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102
Tel:3263-1608 FAX:3263-4032
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