Japan-EU Symposium on Further Promoting People-to-People Exchanges
Program

Co-Chair: Dr. Tatsuo ARIMA, Representative of the Government of Japan
Co-Chair: Ambassador Bernhard ZEPTER, Head of Delegation of the European Commission in Japan

10:00-	Opening Remarks
	Keynote speeches on the current situation of Japan-Europe exchanges and its future perspective - Mr. Tetsuro YANO, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan - Ms. Grethe ROSTBØLL, Former Minister for Culture, Denmark
10:40-12:10	Session 1	Chair: Dr. Tatsuo ARIMA
	"People-to-people exchanges" (Exchanges of people between local communities, twinning, the JET Programme, grass-root level exchanges, contacts between NGOs, exchanges in the business sector, tourism, sports, etc.) - Mr. Akira SHIMAZU, Secretary General, National Governors' Association - Ms. Phillida PURVIS, Former Executive Director, UK-Japan 21st Century Group, Director, Links Japan - Dr. Ulrich LINS, Head of Office, German Academic Exchange Service, Tokyo - Mr. Yotaro KOBAYASHI, Co-Chair of the EU-Japan Business Dialogue Round Table (EUJBDRT), Chairman of the Board, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Discussion:
13:15-14:45	Session 2	Chair: Mr. Percy WESTERLUND, Director, External Relations DG, European Commission, Brussels
	"Educational and intellectual exchanges" (Exchanges between academics, researchers, journalists, students and schools, use of IT, etc.) - Prof. Masanori AOYAGI, University of Tokyo - Prof. Antonios KOUTSELINIS, Vice-Rector, University of Athens - Mr. Henning DOCHWEILER, Headmaster, Askov People's College (Denmark) - Mr. Yoshibumi WAKAMIYA, Chairman, Editorial Board, Asahi Shimbun Discussion:
14:50-16:20	Session 3	Chair: Prof. Masanori AOYAGI
	"Cultural exchanges" (Cultural institutions or organizations, NGOs, the Japan-EU Year of People-to-People Exchanges, etc.) - Mr. Hiroaki FUJII, President, The Japan Foundation - Mr. Uwe NITSCHKE, Director, Goethe Institut, Tokyo - Mr. Fabrizio DE NARDIS, President, Benetton Japan Co. Ltd., Member of the Board, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan - Prof. Chobei NEMOTO, Kyoritsu Women's University, Program Director, EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee Discussion:
16:40-17:20	Conclusions	Co-Chair: Dr. Tatsuo ARIMA Co-Chair: Ambassador Bernhard ZEPTER
	Rapporteurs: Session 1: Prof. Reinhard DRIFTE (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Session 2: Prof. Chobei NEMOTO Session 3: Prof. Jean VAN HOUTTE (Honorary Rector, University of Antwerp)
17:20-17:30	Closing remarks

* Simultaneous translation (Japanese-English)