Important Information for APEC-Tsukuba Conference

Schedule, Accommodation and Venue
Thank you very much for your coming to APEC-Tsukuba Conference.
As written in the Announcement, this conference is the open meeting for APEC HRDWG Project (04-2013A)
to produce mathematics textbooks for emergency preparedness education. At the same time, we have the numberof participants based on the lesson study community in every APEC economy.
General Instruction for the participant
We will manage the meeting as well as past years within our capacity, three staffs (Masami Isoda: ProjectOverseer, Akemi Suenaga and Ferunando Paracio) from CRICED, University of Tsukuba. We try our best as thehost and at the same time, I would like to ask you following points as well as last year:
Firstly, the policy of Japanese education is developing children who learn mathematics by/for themselves. Under
this policy, we are working by/for ourselves without any supporting. All necessary information will be given
through the representative of economy. If participants have any question, please ask it to their representative.
Secondly, in our capacity, the host must support people who are following within the schedule. Please follow
the schedule and the additional necessary instructions which the host informs it to the representative one daya head.
Thirdly, as you know, we usually use the auditorium of the elementary school for 1000 participants. In theelementary school, there are 8000 people who come to the open class and cannot reply any questions fromyou.
Fourthly, Project overseers, Masami and Maitree, ask specialists to manage the meeting for themselves. Our
meetings have been fruitful by your contribution and leading. Japan is the flat society, no hierarchy to ordersomething to others, and everyone prepare for themselves. On this policy, lesson study communities aregrowing. We would like to ask participant to participate for themselves.

What the specialists should present at the APEC-Tsukuba International Conference?
Followings are the sample-images of final products at Phase 3 which should be developed by the specialists.
http://math-info.criced.tsukuba.ac.jp/museum/dbook_site/#e
The object of the APEC-Tsukuba International Conference is the preparation for lesson study.
On this demands, each specialist must have the presentation in relation to the following both topics in Japan.
Topic 1. Developing the tasks for the mathematical problem solving or mathematical modeling on the any
situations of the fire and volcanic eruption for each school level.
Topic 2. Status, experience and plan of lesson study in his/her economy

The cost for participation
15,000 yen including Volcano visiting on February 15 and lunch on 13, 14 and 16.

|1Schedule
February 12, Arrival day
We will provide the necessary information to reach R&B hotel.

February 13(with Translation between English and Japanese by the host, between Japanese andThai by the KKU)
All people come to the attached junior high school, University of Tsukuba, at 9:30 (Please see theMap). We distribute transceivers for simultaneous translation.
8:30 Meet at the meeting point
8:50 Opening Ceremony and Instruction for the specialists session
Masami Isoda & Maitree Inprasitha
9:10 Explanation of the class
9:20 Observation of the class
Lesson Presenter: CHENG Chun Chor Litwin
10:20 Discussion for the class
11:20 Observation of the school and move to the Tokyo Campus
12:00 Lunch at Tokyo Campus (If you paid 15000 yen).
13:00~15:00 Two Keynotes
Kirbani Sri Brotopuspito, FMIPA-UGM, Indonesia
Science of volcanic eruption and how it use mathematics.
Ivan Vysotskiy, Moscow Institute of Open Education, Russia
Forest fire and mathematics
15:00~17:00 Presentations from APEC economies for Fire and Volcanic Eruptions.
Indonesia
Philippines
VietnamThailandUSA
Confirmation of Homework for Thailand meeting

Reception: Meikei Building 18:00~
All people are invited.

|2February 14,
All people come to the meeting point, University of Tsukuba, at 8:20 (Please see the Map). We
distribute transceivers for simultaneous translation.
8:20 Meet at the meeting point
Do not goes to the elementary school by yourself.
12:00 Lunch at Tokyo Campus.
13:00~14:00 Keynote Lecture
Bo Song, University of Science and Technology, China
Application of Fuzzy Mathematic Theory in the Evaluation on Urban Disaster Mitigation.
14:00~17:30 Presentations from APEC economies for Fire and Volcanic Eruptions.
Singapore
ChilePeru
Korea
Malaysia
MexicoJapan
Confirmation of Homework for Thailand meeting

February 15, Study trip to Nikko for learning Volcano
Day time: Visit the Volcano
Meet the hotel lobby at 7:30am. Instruction until 7:50am. Bus departure time is exactly 8:00am
Night time: developing the report.

|3February 16, Open Symposium at the Tokyo (Bunkyo) Campus of the University ofTsukuba at the room No. 134: For All Participants

Mathematics Education for Preparing Future
9:00~9:20 Opening Ceremony
Vice President/ MEXT
9:20~9:50 Mathematics Education for Future
Proposals for Next Step based on the current project
Masami Isoda & Maitree Inprasitha
9:50~10:00 Photo Session
10:00~11:00 Keynote 1
Gabriele Kaiser, Chair of IPC ICME-13, Germany

Preparing for the future: the role of mathematical modeling.
11:00~12:00 Keynote 2
Toh Tin Lam, President of Singapore Society of Mathematics Education, Singapore
Mathematics in Context: Moving into the Future of Mathematics Education
12:00~13:00 Lunch
13:00~13:20 Keynote 3
Abraham Arcavi, Secretary General, International Commission of Mathematical Instruction, Israel
Mathematics Education for Future
13:20~13:40 Keynote 4
Klaus Rasmussen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Why We Need to Consider Science for Learning Mathematics
13:40~15:00 Panel 1 Modeling and Future
15:20~16:40 Panel 2 Statistical Problem Solving and Future
16:40~17:00 Closing Ceremony: Announcement of ICME 13
The schedule will be revised based on the necessity.

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Accommodation & Transportation◆Accommodation◆|5-Hotel: R&B Hotel Otsuka-eki Kita-guchi-Location: 1 min-walk from the north entrance of Otsuka Station-Address: 2-14-2, Kita-Otsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo-Tel:+81-3-3949-8484-Price: The room charge differs depending on the day.
DatePriceFeb.12

Feb.13

Feb.14

Feb.15

Feb.16(Wed)(Thur)(Fri)(Sat.)

(Sun)

¥7200

¥7200

¥7200

¥7200

¥5880

◆Transportation◆
1. How to get to the hotel fromNarita Airport (Direction.1)
International Airport(Haneda) (Direction.2)◇Narita Airport:(http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/)◇International Airport(Haneda):(http://www.tokyo-airport-bldg.co.jp/en/)→Take a train from the airport to Otsuka Sta.
→Exit from the north entrance of Otsuka St. and you will see R & B in front of you.
≪From Narita Airport≫

Direction.1≪From Haneda Airport≫

Direction.2

2. How to get toJunior High School, University of Tsukuba (Feb.13)
University of Tsukuba (Feb.14,16)

Feb. 13: Do not go to Elementary School.
Otsuka Station

Exit from south entrance

Shin-Otsuka
metro station

Post office

Toho Junior college ofmusic and attachedsecondary school

TempleTemplePost office
Kyoikunomori
Park

Ocyanomizu University
and attached elementaryand secondary school

Inside the dottedline is enlarged
in next page

Junior HighSchool|6

Meeting Point of the Feb 13 at 8:30am.
≪Enlarged map to access to Junior high school≫

Ocyanomizu University
and attached elementaryand secondary school

MeetingPointJunior HighSchool|7

Meeting Point of the Feb 14
Otsuka Station|8

Exit from south entrance

Shin-Otsuka
metro station

Post office
Toho Junior college ofmusic and attachedsecondary school

TempleTempleInside the dottedline is enlarged
in next page

Kyoikunomori
ParkUniversityTsukubua
Ocyanomizu University
and attached elementaryand secondary school

Myogadanimetro station

On Feb. 14,
do NOT go to Elementary School by yourself.

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It is University of Tsukuba, NOT the Elementary School|9Temple

AttachedElementarySchoolUniversityof Tsukuba

Meeting
Point

Ocyanomizu
University andattached elementaryand secondary school

Myogadanimetro station

The Elementary School only allows to come in one group.
You cannot come into the Elementary School by yourself.