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AGen/ACBPP/ACTIS2015 Programme Cover Image:“Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tokaido”

The image used for the cover of the AGen/ACBPP/ACTIS2015 Conference Programme is from a woodblock
print by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). It is one of ten woodblock prints in the series “Remarkable Views ofBridges in Various Provinces” (shokoku meikyo kiran) and was originally published in around 1830.
This print is titled “Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tokaido” (Tokaido Okazaki Yahagi no hashi). The image
depicts “a high-arched bridge on wooden piers stretching from bank to bank across an almost dried-up river bed.
Through the centre piers of the bridge is seen an awning in front of which is a party of archers practicing at a target;
crowds watching them from a bridge. In the foreground are strips of cloth hung up on a staging in the sand of theriver-bed to dry; and great hats stuck up on sticks. On one of them appears the publisher’s mark, repeated round theawning behind the archers. In the background the peak of a hill rises through the clouds.”(Quoted from “A Guide to Japanese Prints and Their Subject Matter” by Basil Stewart, 1979)

welcome to kobe
Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to The Sixth Annual Asian Conference on Business and Public Policy (ACBPP2015), held alongside The Second Asian
Conference on Technology and Society (ACTIS2015), and incorporating for the first time The Inaugural IAFOR Conference on
Aging and Gerontology (AGEN2015), and with the overarching theme of “Power”.
The first day of the conference will concentrate on issues surrounding aging and gerontology, and how these issues affectsociety and business, as well as influence public policy.This opening day will also look at the role of data and information sciencein managing and coping with demographic change, considering Information, Education and Technology as Power. Plenary
speakers will include Professors Yasuhiko Saito (Nihon University), Angelique Chan (Duke-NUS), Dryston Philips (Universityof Southern California), and David Matchar (Duke-NUS), as well as from the conference co-chairs; Professors Hiroshi Ishida(Tokyo University), and James McNally (Michigan University).

Throughout the conference, there will be oral and poster sessions from presenters representing more than 30 countries,
and we look forward to meeting new friends, sharing ideas, and searching for the multidisciplinary synergies that create newknowledge.
I would like to thank IAFOR’s many university global partners, and in particular for this conference, the US National Archiveof Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at
the University of Michigan (USA), The Duke-NUS Medical School (Singapore), Nihon University (Japan), and the University ofTokyo (Japan).
I encourage your active and open participation in this conference, and look forward to meeting you all.

Warm regards,

Dr. Joseph Haldane, Ph.D. (London), F.R.S.A., F.R.A.S.
President, IAFOR

letter of welcome

On the second day the conference will consider the question of power in a wider context, with a wide-ranging keynote frombusinessman and prominent public commentator, Bill Totten, and a featured address from Harvard Business School Japan
Research Center Executive Director, Nobuo Sato on executive education in the US and Japan.

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AGen 2015
Aging Transitions & PowerThe growth of the aged population has been an issue of interest for almost 40 years. The aged have been referred
to as an epidemic, a tidal wave and as a crisis. There is no specific reason why any of these polemics is an effective
description of the aging transition. The growth of the world’s population over the age of 60 is merely the natural
outcome of reducing mortality, particularly childhood mortality. While this population momentum has built up overtime it has never been a “tidal wave”, merely the expected and predictable result of improved worldwide health. It
is only a crisis in so much as governments and policy makers have chosen to ignore these obvious changes in theirrespective populations. Like any issue, you can transform a process into a crisis by the simple act of ignoring its
existence.

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conference themes

Thematically, and throughout the AGEN event, we will be addressing three primary themes.
1) Information as Power
Crisis, misperceptions and poor policy development emerge from a lack of reliable information. Access to information
is key to understanding the implications of the growing population of elderly; both in terms of what challenges theypresent to a society and in terms of what opportunities they may offer. Information is Data, without reliable survey
data, administrative data, economic data and other forms of data streams we cannot make informed decisions and wecannot accurately describe the landscape of an aged population. A workshop that addresses data issues would be ofhuge value to a cross section of researchers, business professionals, advocates and policy professionals.
a. What data resources exist and how can these data be obtained and used for answering questions?
b. How do we share these data? In a world of Big Data how do we best ensure that people have access to data
resources that will answer essential questions.
c. What data resources need to be obtained in the future; who will decide what needs to be collected and how
will these efforts be funded?
2) Education as Power
Most misconceptions and stereotypes regarding aged populations are the result of a lack of education regarding theaging lifecourse and natural changes that occur as one grows older. Using data to answer questions about the changing
population structure of nations and the world is pointless unless we can also use this information to effectively educate
people about the aging lifecourse.
a. Teaching and Research: How do we educate our students, faculty and health providers about the aged? Whatcourses do we need, what training do we encourage and how do we integrate gerontology into the educational
system across nations. Increasingly, we see gerontological centers emerging in nations such as Vietnam, Malaysia
and Indonesia. This argues there is an interest in expanding these efforts.
b. Advocating: Creating stakeholders who advocate for the aged at the community and governmental level isessential for generating a successful and supportive environment for the aged. What educational materials, training
tools and certification courses could be created to ensure the aged have sufficient levels of advocacy to maximize
their potential within their own communities?
c. Business and Service Provision: The private sector can and will play a vital role in creating vibrant business
opportunities that will support the needs of the aged and the people who help them achieve their needs andgoals. Education is key here, people need to be informed how the private sector can provide essential services andthe private sector need to be educated as to the needs of this population. Both sides need to understand eachother to avoid the risks of exploitation or the creation of unnecessary products.
3) Technology as Power
Using data to understand the patterns and needs of the aged and to anticipate future trends allows us to generate
educational tools to best employ this knowledge in a systematic manner. Finally, we need to explore the ability oftechnology to help the aged maintain independence and a sense of autonomy as they transition through the force ofmorbidity that defines the lifecourse.
a. What tools and adaptive devices can help the aged maintain autonomy and independence? What are thepractical trends in technological development, such as pill dispensers, tools to help jog the memory and track
activities, and devices to make homes safer and more elder friendly?
b. What are the medical technologies that will change the lives of the aged? This includes diagnostics, medications,palliative care and tools to process and summarize medical care data.
c. What is the future? What technologies may evolve in the future to completely change the way we look at
aging, and the aging lifecourse? Robotics, self-driving cars, communication, telemedicine; all of these issues can be
discussed and a session on pure speculation of what “could” emerge would be quite popular.

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Notes on the Conference Themes
ACBPP/ACTIS 2015
POWER

Power as a commodity has challenged the minds of social scientists and philosophers while its exercise has always
fascinated historians. From classical thinkers’ works such as Aristotle’s Politka or Machiavelli’s Il Principe throughmodern figures who manipulate power in the media, like Silvio Berlusconi or Rupert Murdoch, to the vast networks
that support major heads of state, power has been a necessity to some or like an aphrodisiac to others. The dynamics
of power and its associations with wealth and status now shape the contemporary world more visibly than ever. It is a
research challenge to all fields in the academy to offer some explanation of its magnetism and its mechanisms.

ACBPP2015

The term “power,” among its many other uses, can be applied to identify one of the most important mechanisms
employed in the corporate world. It can refer to anything from the exercise of authority in an office context tothe manipulation of complex negotiations leading to a large-scale merger or acquisition. The psychological use of
power and the psychological structure power plays of any scale share numerous common characteristics. They entail
persuasion, compromise, positional movement, veiled threats, or the obverse side of blackmail, namely “white-mail,”where the moral stakes are raised to the point at which the opposition risks loss of reputation by resisting cooperating.

The era of Big Data has created great change and opportunity. It has allowed us to make more and more information
accessible, and to catalogue and archive, as well as communicate more freely. However, the era of Big Data has usheredin an era of Big Brother. New technologies have facilitated such resistance movements as those in Hong Kong, buthave also empowered governments to unparalleled levels of surveillance and breaches of privacy. In the context of
this conference, the ambiguous concept of power will encourage reflections on questions of rights, responsibilities, andtrust, as well as hegemony, ownership, and resistance; control, transparency and censorship. Similarly we expect to see
explorations of the relationships of power between individuals, corporations and governments, as issues of privacy,
surveillance, and freedom of information test these.
As a conference theme, power in its many aspects is a hub concept that researchers, analysts, and practitioners alikecan reflect on and speak about both in the abstract and from experience. Power and its perception can therefore be
an invaluable concept in the exploration of the globalization of corporations, and we expect this theme to excite anumber of stimulating research paths.

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Getting to the Conference Venue

The Art Center Kobe is perfectly situated and is just a five-minute walk from Shin-Kobe Station.
From Kansai International Airport
Board the Kobe-bound airport limousine bus from bus stop number 6 on the first floor of Kansai International Airport.
Get off at Sannomiya Station (see below).

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By Bullet Train (Shinkansen)
The Art Center Kobe is a five-minute walk from the 1F exit of Shin-Kobe Station. There are regular bullet train(Shinkansen) services from Osaka (15 minutes), Kyoto (30 minutes) Tokyo (two hours 48 minutes) and Hiroshima (1hour 13 minutes).
From Sannomiya Station (Kobe Downtown Area)
The bustling downtown center of Sannomiya, with a huge range of restaurants, bars, cafes and shops, is a 15-minutewalk, or a short direct subway ride away.
The express train from Osaka Station to Sannomiya takes 21 minutes.
There are three options.
1) Take the subway to Shin-Kobe Station (Seishin-Yamate Line)
2) Take a taxi to the Art Center Kobe (about ten minutes and approximately 800 JPY)
3) Walk to the Art Center Kobe (about 20 minutes)

Around the Conference Venue
The Art Center Kobe is a large, modern events center overlooking the city, and is opposite the ANA Crowne Plaza,
the official conference hotel.
Address: Kobe Geijutsu Senta, Kumochi-Bashi-Dori 7-13-11, Chuo Ku, Kobe

Information and Registration
If you have already paid the registration fee, you will be able to pick up your registration pack and name card at theConference Registration and Information Desk. The Conference Registration and Information Desk will be locatedat the following locations during the conference:
ThursdayThursdayFridayFridaySaturdayv

08:15-12:00 – 2F (Open Studio) – Art Center Kobe
12:00-18:00 – 6F (Room 606) – Art Center Kobe
08:15-12:00 – 2F (Open Studio) – Art Center Kobe
08:15-17:00 – 6F (Room 606) – Art Center Kobe
08:15-14:00 – 6F (Room 606) – Art Center Kobe

If you have any questions or concerns, IAFOR staff and local volunteers will happily assist you in any way they can.

Thursday, November 5, 2015
09:00-09:15 Welcome Announcements (2F: Prokofiev Hall)
Kiyoshi Mana, IAFOR Director of Operations
Joseph Haldane, IAFOR President
09:15-09:45 AGen2015 Featured Presentation (2F: Prokofiev Hall)
Social Science Japan Data Archive and Resources for Aging Research in Japan
Hiroshi Ishida, University of Tokyo, Japan
09:50-10:20 AGen2015 Featured Presentation (2F: Prokofiev Hall)
The Nihon University Japanese Longitudinal Study of Aging (NUJLSOA): History and New Directions
Yasuhiko Saito, Nihon University, Japan

10:45-11:15 AGen2015 Featured Presentation (2F: Prokofiev Hall)
Understanding and Improving the Lives of Elders in Singapore: Introducing the Centre for Ageing Research and Education (CARE)Angelique Chan, The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
11:20-11:50 AGen2015 Featured Presentation (2F: Prokofiev Hall)
The Program on Global Aging, Health and Policy at the University of Southern California
Drystan Phillips, University of Southern California, USA
11:50-12:00 AGen2015 Conference Photograph (2F: Open Studio)
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-14:00 AGen2015 Poster Session (6F: Room 606)
14:00-15:30 AGen2015 Oral Presentation Session I (6F: Room 604)
15:30-15:45 Break
15:45-16:45 AGen2015 Oral Presentation Session II (6F: Room 604)
16:45-17:00 Break
17:00-17:30
AGen2015 Featured Presentation (6F: Room 604)
Data Collections, Resources and Tools for Aging Research: The National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging
James McNally, The University of Michigan, USA
17:30-18:00
AGen2015 Featured Presentation (6F: Room 604)
David B. Matchar, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, USA
Dr. Matchar will conclude our meeting by providing the perspective of an active clinician on the importance of researchdata and its value in developing health care policy and implementing sustainable change in the lives of the elderly and thecommunities in which they live.
18:00-19:30 AGen/ACBPP/ACTIS2015 Conference Reception (3F Grand Salon – Art Center Kobe)
Come & enjoy a few glasses of beer, wine, sake, or a choice of soft drinks if you prefer. Meet with fellow delegates &network. All registered attendees are welcome.

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10:20-10:45 Coffee Breakvi

Friday, November 6, 2015
09:00-09:15 Welcome Announcements (2F: Prokofiev Hall)
Kiyoshi Mana, IAFOR Director of Operations
Joseph Haldane, IAFOR President
09:15-09:25 ACBPP/ACTIS2015 Conference Chair Welcome Address (2F: Prokofiev Hall)
James McNally, The University of Michigan, USA

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09:25-10:15 ACBPP/ACTIS2015 Keynote Presentations (2F: Prokofiev Hall)
Power
Bill Totten, Ashisuto KK

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10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:15 ACBPP/ACTIS2015 Featured Presentation (2F: Prokofiev Hall)The Changing Focus of MBA Programs in America: Leadership Education at Harvard Business School
Nobuo Sato, Harvard Business School Japan Research Center, Japan
11:20-11:50 ACBPP/ACTIS2015 Panel Discussison (2F: Prokofiev Hall)With the Rise of Public Private Partnerships can Private Corporations working with the Public Sector deliver positive results for
the Public Good or will the Power of Profit dominate and undermine traditional public sector governance?
Has the era of Big Data ushered in Big Brother?
James McNally, The University of Michigan, USA
Bill Totten, Ashisuto KK
Nobuo Sato, Harvard Business School Japan Research Center, Japan
11:50-12:00 Conference Photograph (2F: Open Studio)
12:15-13:15 Lunch Break
13:15-14:45 ACBPP/ACTIS2015Parallel Session I (various rooms 6F)
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-17:00 ACBPP/ACTIS2015 Parallel Session II (various rooms 6F)
17:00-17:15 Break
17:15-18:15 ACBPP ACTIS Poster Session (6F: Room 606)
19:00-21:00 A Night Out in Kobe: ACBPP ACTIS Official Conference Dinner
The official conference dinner will be held in an izakaya in Kobe, providing a relaxed and enjoyable environment tomeet and network with other delegates. This is ticketed at 5,000 JPY and there are a limited number of places; prereservation is required. The party will leave the Art Center Kobe 2F Open Studio at 18:30, so please be there in goodtime.

Saturday, November 7, 201509:30-11:30 ACBPP/ACTIS2015 Parallel Session I (various rooms 6F)
11:30-12:45 Lunch Break
12:45-14:15 ACBPP/ACTIS2015 Parallel Session II (various rooms 6F)
14:15-14:30 Lunch Break

Sunday, November 8, 2015
08:00-18:30 Post-Conference Tour of Kyoto
This is ticketed at 12,000 JPY and is by advanced reservation only. For more information, please check with the Registration
and Information Desk. If you are registered for the tour, please meet in the 4F ANA Crowne Plaza Lobby at 07:45 for a
prompt 08:00 departure.

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14:30-15:00 ACBPP/ACTIS2015 Conference Closing Address (6F: Room 604)
Conference highlights photography slideshow followed by closing remarks
Joseph Haldane, IAFOR President
James McNally, The University of Michigan, USAviii

art center kobe floor guidexWhat to Wear & Bring
Attendees generally wear business casual attire. You may want to bring a light jacket or sweater as the temperature
in meeting rooms is often difficult to control.
Smoking
Smoking is not permitted in the Art Center Kobe. Please smoke outside of the building in designated smoking areas.
Internet Access
There will be a free WiFi internet connection on the 5F & 6Fs of Art Center Kobe. However, this can be unreliable andwe would strongly suggest that you do not rely on a live connection for your presentation.

conference guideWifi Connection Name: kobe-art

Password: art12345

For your convenience, there will also be a limited number of computers at the Conference Information Desk.
Printing
For your convenience, there will be an iMac computer (with Microsoft Office installed) and a printer at the Conference
Information Desk. We are able to offer a complimentary printing service of up to ten A4 sheets should you need this.
Please be advised that printing may not be available at peak times.
BadgesWhen you check in, you will receive a conference package, which includes your name badge. Wearing your badge isrequired for entrance to the sessions. You must wear your badge at all times during the Conference.
There are four colours of badges indicating the type of conference participant:
RED: Presenters and General Audience
YELLOW: Keynote and Featured Speakers
BLUE: Conference Exhibitors and Affiliates
BLACK: IAFOR Staff & Board Members
Photo/Recording Waiver
There will be photography, audio and video recording at the conference. By entering the event premises you giveconsent to the use of your photograph, likeness or video or audio recording in whole or in part without restriction orlimitation for any educational, promotional, or any purpose for distribution.
Eating & Drinking
Food and drink (excluding water) is not allowed in the presentation rooms. Please also refrain from consuming foodand drink in and around the 2F entrance area.
Refreshment Breaks
Complimentary coffee, tea, and water will be available during the scheduled coffee breaks at the plenary session on
Thursday morning on the 2F, and in Room 606 (6F) during the rest of the conference. Light snacks will be provided
once in the morning and once in the afternoon.
Lunch
Lunch on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday is included in the conference registration fee, but is only available by pre-order.
Lunches that were pre-ordered can be collected in Room 606 (6F) after 11:30.
Meals can also be purchased at any of the restaurants or convenience stores in and around the local area. There isa supermarket on the Art Center Kobe 1F. There are a variety of affordable restaurants in the Shin-Kobe Oriental
Avenue shopping malll (B3F - 3F) located underneath the ANA Crowne Plaza Kobe (across the street from the Art
2F
Center Kobe).
2F
Cafe de Clef (カフェ・ド・クリフ) – light meals and desserts
Mame no Hakate (豆乃畑) – tofu and vegetarian restaurant
Namaste Taj Mahal – Indian restaurant
Shabusen (しゃぶ扇) – shabu-shabu restaurant
3F
Chunagon (活伊勢海老料理 中納言) – lobster and shrimp restaurant
Fusaya (旬菜食堂 房家) – vegetarian restaurant
Katsu-Ya (手打ちとんかつ かつ屋) – tonkatsu (pork cutlet) restaurant
Kineya (実演手打ちうどん 杵屋) – udon noodles restaurant
Kinporai (香港広東料理 金賽來) – Chinese Restaurant
Kushiare (なにわの串かつ 串あれ) – kushi and yakkitori restaurant
Neiru (ねいろ) – okonomiyaki and tenpanyaki restaurant
Sasuki (紀州海鮮や 山水木) – fish restaurant
Wakkoqu (あぶり肉工房 和黒) – Kobe steak restaurant
B3F

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Gourmet City (グルメシティ新神戸店) – supermarket, deli and bakery

Conference Welcome, Keynote Speaker & Featured Speaker Session: Thursday 09:00-12:00
The AGen2015 plenary session will be held on Thursday morning, with the event beginning at 09:00 in the Art Center
Kobe’s 2F Prokofiev Hall. The ACBPP ACTIS 2015 plenary session will be held on Friday morning, with the event
beginning at 09:00 in the Art Center Kobe’s 2F Prokofiev Hall.
Please arrive in good time if you wish to attend these sessions. There will be an interval after the first keynote addressand complimentary refreshments and snacks will be served. The plenary session will be followed by the official
conference photograph.
Oral Presentations
Oral Presentation Sessions will run from 14:00 on Thursday afternoon, 13:15 on Friday, and from 09:30 on Saturday.
They are generally organised into parallel sessions by streams. Sessions include two, three or four presenters. Each
presenter has 30 minutes including Q&A time. The session length reflects the number of presenters.

We recommend that you bring two copies of your presentation in the case that one fails, and suggest sending yourself
the presentation by email as a third and final precaution.
Session Chairs
Session Chairs are expected to introduce themselves and other speakers (briefly), hand out presentation certificatesat the end of the session, ensure that the session begins and ends on time, and that the time is divided fairly between
the presentations. Each presenter should have no more than 30 minutes in which to present his or her paper, andrespond to any questions.
The session chair is asked to assume this timekeeping role, and to this end, a yellow and red timekeeping card is used
as a visual cue for presenters, letting them know when they have five minutes remaining, and when they must stop.
Please follow the order in the programme, and if for any reason a presenter fails to show, please keep to the originaltimeslots as delegates use the programme to plan their attendance.
Presentation Certificates
Poster presenters can pick up a certificate of presentation from the Information Desk. All other presenters will receivea certificate of presentation from their session chair or a member of staff at the end of their session.
A Polite Request to All ParticipantsParticipants are requested to arrive in a timely fashion for all addresses, whether to their own, or to those of otherpresenters. Presenters are reminded that the time slots should be divided fairly and equally between the number ofpresentations, and that they should not overrun.

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Presentations and Equipment
All rooms will be equipped with a MacBook computer pre-installed with PowerPoint and Keynote and an LCD
projector. If you wish, you may directly link your own PC laptop, although we advise you to use the computer provided
by plugging in your USB flash drive.

We recommend that the 30-minute presentation timeslot be divided as follows: 20 minutes for the paper and ten
minutes for Q&A.
Poster Sessions
Poster Sessions will run on Thursday and Friday. Sessions are 60-90 minutes in length and are held in the Base Room
(6F Room: 606).
Poster Requirements
The poster display boards are 1800 mm high x 900 mm wide. We are able to provide tape and pins. Please be awarethat there are no on-site printing facilities for printing posters.
Conference Proceedings
The Conference Proceedings are published on the IAFOR website (www.iafor.org), and can be freely accessed as partof the research archive.
All authors may have their full paper published in the online conference proceedings. Full text submission is due by
December 7, 2015 through the online system. The proceedings will be published on January 8, 2016.
Authors will have PDF copies of their offprints emailed to them by the IAFOR office by February 8, 2016.
Returning Delegate Discount
Every year we have a growing number of delegates who have presented at previous IAFOR conferences. To show
our appreciation, IAFOR would now like to offer you a 10% discount off your next IAFOR conference registration.
This offer is valid for the next 12 months and covers any IAFOR conference in Asia, Dubai, Hawaii, or Europe that you
may choose to attend.

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Hiroshi Ishidaagen 2015
conference co-chair& featured presenter

University of Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Ishida is Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tokyo. He served as the
Director of the Institute of Social Sciences and the Director of the Center of Social Research and Data Archives, at the
University of Tokyo, from 2012 to 2015. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University, conducted postdoctoral research at Nuffield College and St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, and held positions of Assistantand Associate Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. He was a Visiting Professor of Sociology at the Universityof Michigan and a Visiting Fellow of Sociology at Yale University.
Dr. Ishida’s research interests include comparative social stratification and mobility, school-to-work transition, and social
inequality over the life course. He is the author of Social Mobility in Contemporary Japan (Stanford University Press)
and the co-editor with David Slater of Social Class in Contemporary Japan (Routledge). His work has been publishedin a number of journals and edited volumes, including American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, British
Journal of Sociology, European Sociological Review, and Japanese Sociological Review.
Dr. Ishida was the president of the Japanese Association of Mathematical Sociology from 2011 to 2013, and currently
serves as the secretary/treasurer of the Research Committee on Social Stratification of the International Sociological
Association. From 2005 to 2010, he was the editor-in-chief of Social Science Japan Journal, an international journal
on social science research on Japan published by Oxford University Press. He is the principal investigator of theJapanese Life Course Panel Surveys, funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. He presently serveson the international editorial board of several journals, including British Journal of Sociology, European Sociological Review,
and Social Forces. He is currently the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Official
Representative for the University of Tokyo.
Featured Presentation: Social Science Japan Data Archive and Resources for Aging Research in Japan
This presentation examines the current state of the data-archiving activities in Japan, introduces the Social Science
Japan Data Archive (SSJDA), and provides examples of resources available at the SSJDA and other institutions foraging research. Data archives collect, store, and disseminate social survey data sets that were collected by academic
scholars, research institutes, and government agencies. Data archives compile a list of collected data sets and release
them for public use in order to facilitate secondary analyses by academic users.

Featured Presentation
Thursday, November 5
09:15-09:45
Prokofiev Hall (2F)

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Data archives perform important functions for the academic community and the entire society.They prevent accidental
loss of data by safely storing valuable data. Data archives reduce the burden of individual researchers and research
institutions that conduct surveys by compiling, cleaning, and making data available to others on their behalf. By making
survey data available for public use, data archives allow researchers who did not collect the data to replicate theanalyses, and this practice contributes greatly to improving the standard of social scientific research. Secondary analyses
provide opportunities for not only replication but also discovery of new findings which were not reported in primary
analyses. Data archives prevent unnecessary repetition or duplication of similar surveys and save time and cost for
researchers and reduce the burden of respondents. Data archives help improve the quality of social surveys conductedin the future because researchers who plan to conduct a new survey may consult materials and analyses of existing
surveys that are available in the archive.
There are various data archives (broadly defined) exist in Japan. The most comprehensive data archive is the SSJDA
which is housed at the Center for Social Research and Data Archives (CSRDA), Institute of Social Science, Universityof Tokyo. It holds over 1600 data sets, and about 70 new data sets are released every year. About 2800 researchers
used over 5000 data sets in 2014. Approximately six percent of the users are from foreign nations. In order toaccelerate internationalization, SSJDA introduced Data Documentation Initiative (DDI), an international standard fordata documentation, and Nesstar, a software system for online data analyses. In addition to data archiving activities,
CSRDA promotes secondary data analyses by organizing seminars on quantitative data analyses and introduction tosecondary data analyses using selected surveys available at SSJDA.

Yasuhiko Saito

Nihon University, Japan

Featured Presentation:The Nihon University Japanese Longitudinal Study of Aging (NUJLSOA) – History and New
Directions
The NUJLSOA is a longitudinal survey of a nationally representative sample of the population aged 65 and overin Japan. The first wave of data was collected in November 1999, the second in November 2001, a third wave in
November 2003 and the forth wave is currently under development. The study was designed primarily to investigate
health status of the Japanese elderly and changes in health status over time. An additional aim is to investigate theimpact of long-term care insurance system on the use of services by the Japanese elderly and to investigate therelationship between co-residence and the use of long term care. While the focus of the survey is health and healthservice utilization, other topics relevant to the aging experience are included such as intergenerational exchange,living arrangements, caregiving, and labor force participation. The NUJLSOA survey provides data comparable to thatcollected in the United States and other countries. The survey includes questions about a number of aspects of each
respondent’s health and functioning: the presence of chronic diseases, impairments (vision and hearing), dental health,and functional limitations (Activities of Daily Living, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and NAGI measures). Mental
health outcomes such as morale (PGC moral scale) and depression were also included. Information on health risks
included lifestyle behaviors (smoking, drinking, exercise, weight). Information on background characteristics and family
circumstances is also included. Socioeconomic information includes education and income with limited information
on assets. Data on health care service utilization, long-term care insurance, and information on intergenerational
exchange and norms and values relevant to aging were also included. Similar questions were asked at the two waves
with the addition of a number of questions relating to long-term care added to the second wave. Because the Japanesenational system of long-term care insurance began on April 1, 2000, the first two waves of the survey provide a before
and after system change picture of usage. Additional questions on economic status also have been added to thesecond wave of data collection. The WHO recommended approach to measuring depression, the CIDI short form
for depression (CIDI-SF) was added to the second wave while the CES-D was retained. Questions asked at the firstinterview that reflect fixed attributes (e.g. parental characteristics) were not asked of previous respondents.

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featured presenter

Prof. Yasuhiko Saito is Professor at Nihon University, University Research Center. His main fields of work aredemography and gerontology in general, and health expectancy and aging and health in particular. He has been
involved in activities of a research network on health expectancy called REVES over the last 25 years. He is interested
in studying both substantial and methodological issues on health expectancy. In recent years, he has been conducting
longitudinal survey in Japan, and using longitudinal studies in Asia for his research activities.

Featured Presentation
Thursday, November 5
09:50-10:20
Prokofiev Hall (2F)

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Angelique Chanagen 2015
featured presenter

Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Dr. Angelique Chan holds joint appointments as Associate Professor in the Signature Program in Health Services
and Systems Research, Duke-NUS and the Department of Sociology, NUS. She is Director of the Centre of Ageing
Research & Education at Duke-NUS. Dr Chan received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California at Los
Angeles and completed a US National Institute of Aging Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan.
She has published widely on aging issues in leading international journals and is co-author of a book titled Ageing in
Singapore: Service Needs & the State (Routledge, 2006) and Co-Editor of Ultra-low Fertility in Pacific Asia: Trends,
Causes and Policy Issues (Routledge, 2009). Her current research investigates the relationship between ageing andvarious physical and mental health outcomes including; healthy life expectancy, caregiving, productive aging, and longterm care service utilization.
Featured Presentation: Understanding and Improving the Lives of Elders in Singapore – Introducing the Centre for
Ageing Research and Education (CARE)
The Centre for Ageing Research and Education, CARE, is a newly launched initiative borne out of the Dean’s Office at
Duke-NUS to create a center focusing on the intersection between social, medical and clinical aspects of aging. The
Center will develop, coordinate, and implement research and education initiatives in ageing and health. Through thiswork, the Center will provide thought leadership in Singapore and internationally. The Center’s research agenda willcomplement the emerging research being developed on the study of age-related physiological and clinical phenomena.
CARE will consider how accounting for social dimensions can contribute to successful aging, in particular, to achieve
more years of health in tandem with longevity.
The distinctive role of CARE is to facilitate multidisciplinary research. CARE will serve as a nexus for scholars insocial and clinical sciences, reflecting the critical importance of social issues on the health and well-being of aging
individuals. CARE investigators in social science, engineering, architecture, and health technology research will engage
in collaborative work with clinicians and biological scientists to provide evidence to inform Singapore’s aged care policy
and practice with the goal of achieving health, social inclusion and a high quality of life for our aging population.

Featured Presentation
Thursday, November 5
10:45-11:15
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Drystan Phillips

University of Southern California, USA

Featured Presentation:The Centre of Ageing Research & Education at The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Drystan Phillips will discuss the work he and the Project Director, Dr. Jinkook Lee are doing to harmonise andorganise multinational studies on aging into comparable resources that can be shared among an international
audience in order to encourage new research.

agen 2015
featured presenter

Drystan Phillips is the Project Manager of the Gateway to Global Aging Data (www.g2aging.org) and the Assistant
Director of Outreach of the Program on Global Aging, Health & Policy at the University of Southern California.
With a background in Econometrics, Mr. Phillips first started his work at the RAND Corporation before moving
to the University of Southern California. Broadly, his current research focus is the process of aging, its similarities
and differences between cultures and countries. Additionally, he has recently focused on the interplay of genetics,
environment, and behavior on longevity and the aging process. Mr. Phillips continues to explore the opportunities andchallenges of multidisciplinary, representative, longitudinal survey data.

Featured Presentation
Thursday, November 5
11:20-11:50
Prokofiev Hall (2F)

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James McNally

agen acbpp actis 2015
conference co-chair& featured presenter

The University of Michigan, USA

Dr. James McNally is the Director of the NACDA Program on Aging, a data archive containing over 1,500 studies
related to health and the aging lifecourse. He currently does methodological research on the improvement andenhancement of secondary research data and has been cited as an expert authority on data imputation. McNally has
directed the NACDA Program on Aging since 1998 and has seen the archive significantly increase its holdings witha growing collection of seminal studies on the aging lifecourse, health, retirement and international aspects of aging.
He has spent much of his career addressing methodological issues with a specific focus on specialized applicationof incomplete or deficient data and the enhancement of secondary data for research applications. McNally has also
worked extensively on issues related to international aging and changing perspectives on the role of family support in
the later stages of the aging lifecourse.
Featured Presentation: Data Collections, Resources and Tools for Aging Research – The National Archive ofComputerized Data on Aging
Since the 1960s researchers have recognized the value of survey research data for the study of the aging life course.
As cutting edge international studies of comparative aging are emerging across Asia, Latin America, Europe, andincreasingly Africa the opportunities for cross-national and comparative research are growing exponentially. This isa particularly exciting time to work, due to the large number of trained research professionals working within theirhome countries and providing culturally grounded interpretations of results.
The creation and maintenance of sustainable data archives can be challenging but it offers clear advantages for anational research strategy. Data that is preserved can be used by multiple researchers, testing a variety of hypotheses
and increasing the return on investment to the expensive process of data collection. Having an internally managed
archival system also provides greater control and autonomy in the equitable distribution of data resources. This paper
uses the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) as a working example, of the advantages of
having a local strategy geared toward the preservation and sharing of gerontological research data. In existence forover 30 years, NACDA preserves and distributes over 1,500 studies on the lifecourse and health of the elderly living in
the United States and worldwide. Funded by the National Institute on Aging in the United States, NACDA represents
one of the world’s largest collections of research data on elderly populations.

Featured Presentation
Thursday, November 5
17:00-17:30
Room: 604 (6F)

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Using a strategy of archival preservation combined with a strong focus on productive research and outreach, NACDA
has amassed data and metadata covering a wide array of studies worldwide that address the aging lifecourse. Because
our collections are multinational, these data are shared at no cost to interested users worldwide through the provisionof a wide array of analysis and extraction tools that facilitate the research process for all users.

David B. Matchar

Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, USAagen 2015
featured presenter

Dr. David B. Matchar, (MD, FACP, FAHA) is Professor & Director of the Health Services & Systems Research Program(DUKE/NUS). For over 25 years he has worked in academic clinical policy analysis and development, and clinicalpractice improvement. He focuses his research on the evaluation of clinical practice based on “best evidence,” andthe implementation and evaluation of innovative strategies to promote practice change. His methodological work
addresses the design of effectiveness studies, strategies for bridging the gap between analysts and policy makers,
utilizing models to promote communication regarding complex clinical policy questions, and application of decision
support systems to link evidence and community practice.
Closing Featured Presentation
Dr Matchar will conclude our meeting by providing the perspective of an active clinician on the importance of
research data and its value in developing health care policy and implementing sustainable change in the lives of theelderly and the communities in which they live.

Featured Presentation
Thursday, November 5
17:30-18:00
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Bill Totten

acbpp actis 2015
featured presenter& featured panel member

Ashisuto KK, Japan

Bill Totten is founder and CEO of K.K. Ashisuto, Japan’s leading independent distributor of packaged computer software
for large organizations. He was born, raised and educated in Southern California. His education includes a doctoral
degree (Ph.D.) in economics from the University of Southern California.
Dr. Totten worked on the Apollo program at Rockwell Corporation from 1963 to 1967 and on various projects at
System Development Corporation (SDC) from 1967 to 1971. SDC sent him to Tokyo in August 1969 to research
the Japanese computer market, and he has lived here continuously since then. His market research convinced him of
the great potential for packaged computer software in Japan. When SDC decided not to enter the software package
business in Japan, Dr. Totten resigned and established K.K. Ashisuto in March 1972 to distribute computer software
packages to corporations and other large organizations. Dr. Totten has been CEO of K.K. Ashisuto ever since. Under
his leadership, the company has grown from a small staff in Tokyo providing a few localized software packages, to ahighly-regarded nationwide enterprise employing 830 people (as of January 2012) who produce 20 billion yen in
annual revenue by distributing, supporting and providing consultative services for dozens of software packages to
5,300 leading Japanese corporations.
Dr. Totten has written a dozen books, speaks publicly throughout Japan and currently writes a weekly newspaper
column addressing economic, social and political issues and the necessity of learning from and preserving traditional
culture. Throughout his business career, he has given top priority to customers and employees. He strives to provide
an environment where employees can secure themselves lifelong, remunerative, enjoyable jobs that foster their growth
as individuals while offering the satisfaction of contributing materially to society. He insists that the main requisite foraccomplishing this is to consistently and honestly provide useful products and services to customers and believes thata company doing so will grow to its optimal or natural size. He rejects both growth for growth’s sake and mining abusiness to enrich stockholders or executives.

Keynote Presentation
Friday, November 6
09:25-10:15
Prokofiev Hall (2F)

Keynote Presentation: Power
1. The Internet of Things, “IOT”, which really should be called the Internet of Hackable Things, “IOHT” and why
connecting so many things to the absurdly insecure and insecurable Internet is making our society dangerously fragile.
2. The Fracking Myth – the myth (or scam) of the shale and fracking revolution that was touted to turn the US into
“Saudi America”.
3. How China and Russia are setting a new global agenda likely to replace the US neocon “New World Order”.

Featured Panel
Friday, October 6
11:20-11:50
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4. Japan’s choice between joining China, Russia, Germany, France, India, Iran, South Korea, et al in the rapidly integrating
Eurasian economy or joining the US, Brunei, Chile, Peru, et al in the TPP. In other words, Japan’s mutually-exclusive
choice between joining the “World Island” (Eurasia) or the outlying Pacific Rim islands.

Nobuo Sato

Harvard Business School Japan Research Center, Japan

Featured Presentation: The Changing Focus of MBA Programs in America: Leadership Education at Harvard
Business SchoolContents of business education at MBA programs in America has been changing in repose to such external shocks
as Enron scandal, WorldCom scandal and Global Financial Crisis over the past 15 years. HBS is not an exception. The
presentation will talk about changes in HBS MBA leadership education over this period in depth and briefly touchupon changes which have taken place at other US business schools to show the changing focus of MBA programs in
America.

acbpp actis 2015
featured presenter& featured panel member

Nobuo Sato is the Executive Director of the Harvard Business School Japan Research Center in Tokyo. Nobuo joined
HBS in August 2009 and previously was a Partner at Egon Zehnder International for ten years, mainly covering thefinancial services sector in Tokyo. Before joining Egon Zehnder International in 1993, he worked at a leading Japanesebank, The Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ), for 15 years including six years in London and two years at HBS undertaking
his MBA (class of 1982). He obtained his BA in Economics from Keio University in Tokyo in 1978.

Featured Presentation
Friday, November 6
10:45-11:15
Prokofiev Hall (2F)

Featured Panel
Friday, November 6
11:20-11:50
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INTERNATIONALINTERCULTURAL
INTERDISCIPLINARY

iafor“To Open Minds, To Educate Intelligence, To Inform Decisions”
The International Academic Forum provides new perspectives to the thought-leaders and decisionmakers of today and tomorrow by offering constructive environments for dialogue and interchange at
the intersections of nation, culture, and discipline. Headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, and registered as a
Non-Profit Organisation (一般社団法人), IAFOR is an independent think tank committed to the deeper
understanding of contemporary geo-political transformation, particularly in the Asia-Pacific Region.
For more information about the International Academic Forum and its activities,
please visit our website at www.iafor.org
Hear the latest news and developments by joining our mailing list.
Find us on facebook at IAFORJapan or follow us on twitter @iafor

IAFORThe International Academic Forum
Academic Vision and Mission“To Open Minds, To Educate Intelligence, To Inform Decisions”
The vision of IAFOR grew out of the perceived need to fill a vacuum in the communication and exchange activities of the academic world.
Its mission arose out of examining that space and investigating why it existed. The vacuum existed because of the lack of opportunity forserious and thoughtful exchange between academics, members of the global business community, and practitioners in the fields of humanendeavor that linked these groups together. In the field of education, for example, we have academic theorists, educational managers(political decision-makers and organisational directors) and classroom teachers with their support staff in IT, library work, exchange
programs, and specialist fields. But how often do they have the opportunity to interact?
Moving beyond one particular field, larger questions arise. What function should universities prioritise in the 21st century? What do
businesses see as their contribution to social and global well-being? How can people on the ground, trying to implement improvementsthat will transform human life, best be supported? And perhaps above all, what are the agendas that will drive mechanisms to enable thesegroups to interact effectively.
One piece of distilled thought that came from early exchanges at one of our conferences was the recognition that some of the rhetoricof concern about the problems of developing nations was perhaps over-focused on the term “poverty” because it can be defined only ina relative way. “Hunger” was put forward as being more immediate and itself a contributory factor to poverty, rather than the other way
round. One key to the hunger issue could be the provision of safe drinking water, or water for irrigation in some contexts, while flood
management might be necessary elsewhere. These, in and by themselves become valuable only insofar as they help to relieve hunger in
specific contexts.
IAFOR is affording opportunities that do not exist elsewhere. The base is Kansai, Japan’s great commercial and manufacturing hub, one
symbol of the emerging Pacific economy that is already eclipsing the long dominant Atlantic zone. Our conferences present those taking
part with three unique dimensions of experience. First of all, it encourages interdisciplinary activity to be expanded. Depending on the field,
this can face varying degrees of difficulty, ranging from discouragement to downright prohibition.Those overly dependent on fixed academic
structures often see lateral thinking as a threat. None of these negatives apply in IAFOR. Its purpose is to generate new approaches thatcross any disciplinary lines. The principle employed is to let the imagination permit intuitive responses to questions. There are no panels ofcritics. There are simply people who want to listen and reflect. The model of academic work as potholing is replaced by the metaphor ofmountaineering. While respecting the need for solid and well-founded academic work, we feel the need to go beyond it from time to time
to discover fresh approaches to old questions.
Secondly, it facilitates the heightening of intercultural awareness. Again, we encourage innovation through cross-cultural perception. Culturalroots influence people in their attitudes more than most would realise or admit. The need to see and internalise insights gained from otherviewpoints is met by a process of steady illumination.
Thirdly, it promotes the broadening of international exchange. We may live in a world, but in reality parochialism still holds sway.The collapseof the U.S.S.R and the break-up of Yugoslavia led to the re-establishment of numerous former countries. While this may be desirable for thepeoples concerned, it merely adds to the world’s cultural confusion. Exchange leads to explanation and that helps the growth of interculturalawareness.
IAFOR makes all of these developments possible in one gathering. Our conferences are not a substitute for specialist conferences. We
intend our events to be an alternative that functions as a balance or even a corrective to the extreme tendencies that can arise from morenarrowly defined research parameters. In short, IAFOR is promoting and facilitating a new multifaceted approach to one of the core issuesof our time, namely globalisation and its many forms of growth and expansion. Awareness of how it cuts across the worlds of business, andacademia, along with its impact on societies and institutions is one of the driving forces that has given the organisation its momentum, andis making it a pioneer in this global age.

Rev. Professor Stuart DB Picken
Order of the Sacred Treasure (瑞宝中綬章), M.A. (Hons), BD., Ph.D., F.R.A.S.
Chairman, Japan Society of Scotland
Chairman, IAFOR International Advisory Board
Dr. Joseph Haldane
B.A. (Hons), Ph.D., F.R.S.A., F.R.A.S.
President, IAFOR

people – Leadership
ChairmanPresident & C.E.O.

The Reverend Professor Stuart D. B. Picken

Dr. Joseph Haldane

Order of the Sacred Treasure,

B.A., Ph.D. (London), F.R.S.A., F.R.A.S.

M.A. (Hons), B.D., Ph.D. (Glasgow), F.R.A.S.

Stuart D. B. Picken is the Chairman of the International Advisory Board,and in this role is Chairman of the Organisation. As Chairman of IAFOR,
Professor Picken helps guide the academic and political strategy of theorganisation, and assists in the forging of global institutional partnerships.
He is also responsible for the development of the IAFOR ResearchInstitutes.
The author of a dozen books and over 130 articles and papers, Professor
Picken is considered one of the foremost scholars on Japan, China, andGlobalisation in East Asia. As an academic, Professor Picken has devoted
more than 30 years to scholarship in Japan, notably as a Professor ofPhilosophy at the International Christian University in Tokyo, where hespecialised in ethics and Japanese thought, and as International Adviser
to the High Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine (Mie prefecture). He has also
served as a consultant to various businesses, including Jun Ashida Ltd.,
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Corp., Kobe Steel, and Japan Air Lines.
In November 2008, the Government of Japan awarded Professor
Picken the Order of the Sacred Treasure for his pioneering research,and outstanding contribution to the promotion of friendship andmutual understanding between Japan and the UK. The honour isnormally reserved for Japanese citizens and is a mark of the utmost
respect in which Professor Picken is held by the Japanese Government.
More recently, in 2012 he was invited to London to attend a reception
at the Japanese Embassy, hosted by Emperor Akihito and Empress
Michiko as an expression of their gratitude towards Britons who had
helped support Japan after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
Professor Picken helped organise fundraising efforts through both theJapan Society of Scotland, of which he is the chair, in the UK, and IAFOR
in Japan.
Although now resident in Scotland, Professor Picken maintains his
interests in Japan, as Chair of the Japan Society of Scotland, through the
IAFOR IAB, and through regular visits.

Joseph Haldane is the President and Chief Executive Officer of theInternational Academic Forum. He was Academic Director from IAFOR’s
inception in 2009 until January 2011, and Executive Director from 2011
until late 2014, when he assumed his current role. He is responsiblefor devising strategy, setting policies, forging institutional partnerships,
implementing projects, and overseeing the organisation’s business andacademic operations, including research, publications and events.
Dr. Haldane’s academic interests include politics and international affairs,
literature and history, and he holds a Ph.D. from the University of London
in 19th century French Studies. He began his academic career in France,
and from 2002-2005 held full-time faculty positions at the University ofParis XII (Paris-Est Créteil) and Sciences Po Paris, as well as visiting positions
at both the French Press Institute in the University of Paris II (Université
Panthéon-Assas), and the School of Journalism at Sciences Po Paris. Prior
to founding IAFOR in 2009, Dr. Haldane was an Associate Professor at
Nagoya University of Commerce and Business in Japan, where he taught
a range of language and culture courses at undergraduate level, and the
MBA Ethics course in the graduate school.
Dr. Haldane is now a Guest Professor at Osaka University’s School ofInternational Public Policy (OSIPP), where he teaches on the postgraduate
Global Governance Course. His current research concentrates on postwar and contemporary politics and International Relations especially inand between Japan, China and the USA.
From 2012-2014 Dr. Haldane served as Treasurer of the American
Chamber of Commerce in Japan (Chubu Region). He is a Director of
the Tokyo-based clean water charity, Wine in Water, and a Trustee ofthe HOPE International Development Agency (Japan). In 2012 he waselected a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, and in 2015 a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Arts.
He is married with two children and lives in Nagoya, Japan.

people – The Executive Council of the International Advisory Board
IAB Chair: Professor Stuart D.B. Picken
The IAB Executive Council is composed of distinguished academics, business executives, former and current government officials, and community leaders of international
standing. Its role is to provide counsel and direction in the business and affairs of IAFOR, suggest and approve the areas of scholarly investigation, and safeguard the
independence of the Forum’s work. International Directors of Program and Research Institute Directors are ex-officio members of the Executive Council of the International
Advisory Board. Membership of the Executive Council of the International Advisory Board is by invitation only.
Mr. Mitsumasa Aoyama
Director, The Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Professor Don Brash
Former Governor of the Reserve Bank, New ZealandFormer Leader of the New National Party, New
Zealand
Adjunct Professor, AUT, New Zealand & La Trobe
University, Australia
Lord Charles Bruce
Patron, Japan Society of Scotland
Patron, Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies at Edinburgh
Napier University
Chairman, Kolkata Scottish Heritage Trust
Professor Tien-Hui Chiang
Professor and Chair, Department of Education
National University of Tainan, Taiwan/Chinese Taipei
Professor Chung-Ying Cheng
Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawai’i at Manoa,
USA
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Chinese Philosophy
Professor Steve Cornwell
Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies, Osaka
Jogakuin University, Osaka, Japan
IAFOR International Director of Programme: Langauge
Learning
Professor Dexter Da Silva
Professor of Educational Psychology, Keisen University,
Tokyo, Japan
Professor Georges Depeyrot
Professor and Director of Research & Member of theBoard of Trustees
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)& L’Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
Professor Donald E. Hall
Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Dean
LeHign University, USA
Professor June Henton
Dean, College of Human Sciences, Auburn University,
USA
Professor Michael Hudson
President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term
Economic Trends (ISLET)Distinguished Research Professor of Economics, The
University of Missouri, Kansas City

Professor Koichi Iwabuchi
Professor of Media and Cultural Studies & Director of
the Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Australia

Professor Frank S. Ravitch
Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair in Law
and Religion, Michigan State University College of Law

Professor Sue Jackson
Professor of Lifelong Learning and Gender & Pro-Vice
Master of Teaching and Learning, Birkbeck, University of
London, UK

Professor Richard RothSenior Associate Dean, Medill School of Journalism,
Northwestern University, Qatar

Professor Sing Kong Lee
Director, The National Institute of Education, Singapore
Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd
Senior Scholar in Residence, The Needham ResearchInstitute, Cambridge, UK
Fellow and Former Master, Darwin College, Universityof Cambridge
Fellow of the British Academy

Professor Monty P. Satiadarma
Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology &Former Dean of the Department of Psychology and
Rector of the University, Tarumanugara University,
Indonesia
Mr. Mohamed Salaheen
Director, The United Nations World Food Programme,Japan & Korea

Professor Keith Miller
Orthwein Endowed Professor for Lifelong Learning in
the Science, University of Missouri-St.Louis, USA

Mr. Lowell Sheppard
Asia Pacific Director, HOPE International Development
Agency, Canada/Japan

Professor Kuniko Miyanaga
Director, Human Potential Institute, Japan
Fellow, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University, USA

His Excellency Dr. Drago Stambuk
Croatian Ambassador to Brazil, Brazil

Professor Dennis McInerney
Chair Professor of Educational Psychology and CoDirector of the Assessment Research Centre
The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
Professor Johannes Moenius
The University of Redlands School of Business, USA
Professor Ka Ho Joshua Mok
Chair Professor of Comparative Policy, Associate VicePresident (External Relations)
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, The Hong
Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong SAR
Professor Michiko Nakano
Professor of English & Director of the Distance
Learning Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Professor Mary Stuart
Vice-Chancellor, The University of Lincoln, UK
Professor Arthur Stockwin, OBE ORS
University of Oxford, UK
Professor Gary Swanson
CEO D’image Studios
Former Hansen Endowed Chair in Journalism andDistinguished Journalist-in-Residence
University of Northern Colorado, USA
Professor Jiro Takai
Secretary General of the Asian Association for Social
Psychology & Professor of Social Psychology
Graduate School of Education and Human
Development, Nagoya University, Japan

Ms. Linda Toyo Obayashi
Senior Mediation Officer, The World Bank Group
Washington DC, USA

Professor Svetlana Ter Minasova
President of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area
Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Professor Baden Offord
Director and Chair,Centre for Human Rights Education
Curtin University, Australia

Professor Yozo Yokota
Director of the Center for Human Rights Affairs, Japan
Former UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar

Professor Jerry PlattProfessor of Global Communication, Akita International
University, Japan
Professor Emeritus, San Francisco State University, USA

Professor Kensaku Yoshida
Professor of English & Director of the Center for the
Teaching of Foreign Languages in General Education,
Sophia University, Tokyo, JapanThe International Advisory Board is composed of distinguished academics, business executives, former and current government officials, and community leaders. Its role
is to consult and provide counsel on the business and affairs of IAFOR, and suggest areas of scholarly investigation. Membership of the International Advisory Board is byinvitation only. For a full list please see the IAFOR website.

The Japan Liaison Committee (JLC)The Japan Liaison Committee is a consultative committee that provides support in the form of advice and guidance in specific aspects of the planning and projects of theForum held in Japan. The Chairman of the International Advisory Board is also chair of the JLC. Members of the JLC are ex-officio members of the International Advisory
Board.
Prof. Stuart D. B. Picken, Chairman, IAFORMr Mitsumasa Aoyama, Founder of the PHP Institute, Kyoto, Japan & Director, the Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Kuniko Miyanaga, Director, the Human Potential Institute, Tokyo, Japan and Fellow, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University, USA
Prof. Michiko Nakano, Professor & Director of the Distance Learning Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Yozo Yokota, Director of the Center for Human Rights Affairs, Japan & Former UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar
Dr. Joseph Haldane, President, IAFOR

people – IAFOR Journal Editors
Editors of IAFOR Journals are ex-officio Members of the International Advisory Board
IAFOR Journal of Arts and Humanities
Dr. Thomas French, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship
Dr. Richard Donovan, Doshisha University, Japan
IAFOR Journal of Education
Dr. Bernard Montoneri, Providence University,
Taichung, Taiwan
IAFOR Journal of Business and Management
Dr. Merlin Levirs, Ritsumeikan University
IAFOR Journal of the Social Sciences
Dr. Andrea Molle, Chapman University, USA
IAFOR Journal of Ethics, Religion and Philosophy
Dr. Michael O’Sullivan, The Chinese University ofHong Kong, Hong Kong

IAFOR Journal of Sustainability, Energy and theEnvironment
Dr. Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor, The National
Institute for Research and Development in
Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial
Development (URBAN=INCERC), Romania

IAFOR Journal of Politics, Economics & Law
Dr. Craig Mark, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan

IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film
Dr. James Rowlins, Singapore University of Design
and Technology

IAFOR Journal of Psychology and the Behavioral
Sciences
Dr. Shahrokh (Sharo) Shafaie, Southeast Missouri
State University, USA

IAFOR Journal of Asian Studies
Dr. Seiko Yasumoto, The University of Sydney,
Australia

IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies
Professor Holger Briel, Xi’an Jiaotung-Liverpool
University, China

Dr. Deborah G. Wooldridge, Professor and School
Director, Bowling Green State University, USA

IAFOR Journal of Language Learning
Dr. Ebru Melek Koç, Izmir Institute of Technology,
Turkeypeople – IAFOR Key Staff
Kiyoshi Mana – Director of Operations
Kiyoshi is the Director of Operations, responsible foroverseeing the operations of the organisation, including
IAFOR’s conferences in Asia, Europe, North America and the
Middle East. An American of Japanese descent, Kiyoshi has
long been fascinated by the country of his ancestors, studying
both Japanese language and culture at San Francisco State.

Alexander Pratt – Deputy Director of Operations
A civil engineering graduate from the University of
Nottingham, UK, Alex first came to Japan in 1997. Previous
to joining IAFOR, in 2013, Alex held positions in education
management, information services, and international relations.
At IAFOR Alex helps oversee the general administrationand operation of the organisation and works alongside the
Director of Operations to expand IAFOR’s events in Japanand internationally.

Michael Kedzlie – Research and Policy Manager
Michael is a New Zealander who currently works as the
Research and Policy Manager. He is responsible for formulating
legal policy as well as liaising with the organisation’s university
partners and the International Directors of Program. He is
also editor of Eye Magazine. He has a Master’s degree in
Education from Massey University and a Law degree fromthe University of Waikato Law School. He is an enrolled
Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.

Thaddeus Pope – Senior Manager: Media and Design
Born and raised in Brighton, UK, Thaddeus is an experienced
commercial and editorial photographer with a B.A. in
Photography from the London College of Communication(University of the Arts London). Thaddeus oversees IAFOR’s
design and media output, as well as producing photoessays, short documentaries and other visual content forthe organisation’s publications, including Eye Magazine. He
is also the Creative Director of the IAFOR Documentary
Photography Award.

Shawn Mahler – Senior Manager: Production
Los Angeles native Shawn Mahler has a wealth of experience
working on film, video, and theater productions in the
United States and Japan. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film
Theory and Production from the University of California,
Irvine. Shawn has spent over ten years in Japan where hehas worked with numerous industry professionals to develop
television shows, movies, and theatrical productions.

Rachel Dyer – Publications Manager
Rachel studied art history at the University of Nottingham
before embarking on a career in publishing in London. She has
worked in print and online as a content manager, writer andeditor across numerous titles, with a particular interest andfocus on the arts and education. In her role as Publications
Manager at IAFOR she is responsible for coordinating all
IAFOR publications, including the journals, the Eye Magazine
and The IAFOR Academic Review.

John Ananthan – Technology Coordinator
Born and raised in northern Denmark in a multicultural
family, John studied Computer Science at University College
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Top left & right: Before and after impact. 5th Degree Black Belt Master Instructor, Sensei Hiroshi Nishioka, of Osaka’s Nishioka Dojopractices Tameshiwari ice breaking during the plenary session at The Seventh Asian Conference on Education 2015 (ACE2015) in Kobe,
Japan. The Chito-Ryu Karate demonstration explored the conference theme of “Power”.
Below left: Professor Barbara Lockee takes questions from the audience during her Featured Presentation at ACE2015 in which she
discussed “Empowering Learners as Designers – The Rise of the Maker Movement”. Dr. Lockee is Professor of Instructional Design andTechnology at Virginia Tech, USA, where she is also Associate Director of the School of Education and Associate Director of Educational
Research and Outreach.
Below center: Professor José McClanahan of Creighton University, USA and Dr. Yvonne Masters of University of New England, Australia
talk to IAFOR’s Director of Operations, Kiyoshi Mana at the ACE2015 Welcome Reception. Professor McClanahan was Conference Chairand Dr. Masters was a Featured Speaker of The ACE Undergraduate Research Symposium, which was held alongside ACE2015.
Below right: Conference Chair for ACE2015, Professor Sue Jackson of answers questions from delegates after her Welcome Address.
Professor Jackson is Pro-Vice-Master (Vice-President) for Learning and Teaching, Professor of Lifelong Learning and Gender and Directorof Birkbeck Institute for Lifelong Learning at Birkbeck University of London (University of London, UK) and the IAFOR Interdisciplinary
Program Director for Education.

Below left: Keynote Speaker at ACE2015, Professor Eiko Kato-Otani presents her Featured Presentation “Language Learning: Then andNow”. Professor Kato-Otani is President and a Professor at Osaka Jogakuin University. She received her Ed.D. in language and literacy from
Harvard University. Her research interests include children’s language development, as influenced by interaction with adults in home andpreschool settings, and she examines cultural differences between Japan and the US.
Below center: IAFOR’s Chairman, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken chairs a panel discussion which focussed on the theme of “Power” inrelation to Asia-Pacific nations at The Asia-Pacific Conference on Security & International Relations (APSec2015). Other panel members
included Professor Joel R. Campbell of Troy University, Japan and Professor Craig Mark of Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan.
Below right: Professor Reinhard Drifte of the University of Newcastle, UK, gives an animated presentation titled, “The Role of Japan in theSouth China Sea: ‘Peace-maker’ or ‘Trouble-maker’?”. Reinhard Drifte is Professor Emeritus in the University and Associate Fellow of theRoyal United Services Institute, London. After receiving his Ph.D. from the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Bochum in
1979, Professor Drifte was Research Fellow at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, then until 1987 Assistant Director
for Regional Security Studies at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

Top left: Dr. Christine Coombe, currently President of TESOL Arabia, and a past president of TESOL International addresses delegates
during her keynote address on Teacher Effectiveness at the sister IAFOR International Conference on Language Learning (IICLL2015). Top
center: Leading cultural scholar and translator Professor Said M. Faiq of the American University in Sharjah delivers a lively keynote addresson “Intercultural encounters: In the eye of the beholder” at IICE2015. Top right: Dr. Cindy Gunn of the American University of Sharjah
delivers her keynote address on “The Impact of the Connected Learner in the Classroom” at The IAFOR International Conference on
Education held at Festival City, Dubai (IICE2015).
Above left: Leading expert on religious cults, Dr. George Chryssides presents a keynote on “Power, Empowerment and Disempowerment
in Religion” at The European Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy (ECERP2015). Above right: Celebrity academic and psychologist
on Channel 4’s Big Brother in the UK, Professor Geoffrey Beattie of Edgehill University delivers a wide-ranging keynote address on “TheDivided Self ” at The European Conference on Psychology & Behavioral Sciences (ECP2015).
Below left: Bestselling ELT author and playwright, Ken Wilson, returns to The European Conference on Language Learning (ECLL) by very
popular demand to deliver a workshop on Student-Teacher Communication. Below center: Internationally-recognised English Language
educator, Alan Maley takes questions following his keynote address which looked at the legacy of great educators, and what today’s teachingprofessionals can continue to learn from them at ECLL2015. Below right: Irish Academic, Dr. Fergal Finnegan delivers a powerful keynote
address on Democracy and Education at The European Conference on Education (ECE2015).

Top left: Photography by IAFOR Documentary Photography Award winner, Hosam Katan. Top right: Founding Judge of the IAFOR Documentary
Photography Award, Professor Paul Lowe of the University of the Arts London, announces the 2015 competition winner. Professor Lowe isan award-winning photographer who has been published in Time, Newsweek, Life, The Sunday Times Magazine, amongst others, and who has
covered breaking news the world over, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, Nelson Mandela’s release, famine in Africa, the conflict in the former
Yugoslavia and the destruction of Grozny.
Above left: CEO and Founder of the Captive Minds Media Group, Marcus Chidgey gave some interesting industry insights and examples
of how stories are shaped in the media at The European Conference on Media, Communication & Film (EuroMedia2015). Above center:
Founding Dean and current President of Moscow State University’s Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies, Professor Svetlana
Ter-Minasova, takes questions following her keynote address on language, literature and culture at The European Conference on Literature& Librarianship (LibEuro2015). Above right: Professor Regenia Gagnier of Exeter University delivers a powerful keynote address at The
European Conference on Cultural Studies (ECCS2015) that looked at conflicts between liberalism and neoliberalism as portrayed in literature.
Below left: The European Union Information Stand at The European Conference on the Social Sciences 2015. Below center: Francis Ford
Coppola expert and archivist, Dr. Rodney Hill of Hofstra University responds to questions about Coppola’s work at EuroMedia2015. Belowright: Assurance and Risk Manager at BBC Media Action, Jon Elford, engages in questions with audience members at EuroMedia2015 concerning
the charity’s media work in developing countries.

Top left: Professor Yozo Yokota delivers a keynote to the audience underlining the continued impor tance and impact of the United
Nations on ensuring human rights. Professor Yokota is an internationally-recognised academic, jurist and diplomat, who served as the
UN Special Rapporteur in Myanmar, and Member of the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.
Formerly Chairman of the International Labour Organisation’s Committee of Exper ts, he is now the President of the Japanese Centerfor Human Rights and Special Adviser to the Ministry of Justice. Top right: Delegates pose for a selfie.
Above left: Professor Sir Kenneth Calman, Rector of the University of Glasgow delivered a moving keynote address entitled “TheImpact of Energy Generation on Health and the Environment. Breaking Nature’s Social Union” at The European Conferences on
Sustainability, Energy and the Environment (ECSEE2015) and the Social Sciences (ECSS2015). Professor Calman is an Academic
and Physician who was formerly Chief Medical Officer for the UK, and Chairman of the Executive Board of the World HealthOrganisation. Above center: Colin Donald, Business Editor of the Scottish Sunday Herald newspaper delivers a featured address on
Sustainable energy in Scotland as par t of The European Business and Management Conference, held alongside ECSS/ECSEE2015.
Above right: US Civil Rights Activist and Academic, Professor Ruth Johnson Carter delivers a featured lecture on historical andcontemporary injustices in the US Deep South at ECSS2015.
Below left: Emiko Miyashita, a prominent and widely published haiku poet, as well as an award-winning translator at the The Vladimir
Devide Haiku Award 2015. Below right: Lowell Sheppard, Asia-Pacific Director of the HOPE International Development Agency,
lectures the audience at The Asian Conference on Education and International Development (ACEID) about indigenous education
activities in the Philippines.

Above: IAFOR conferences provide participants with a packed and exciting programme of academic and cultural engagement. They
offer delegates a diverse, informative and thought provoking range of academic presentations as well as providing its many internationaldelegates the chance to experience the hospitality of Japan and its culture. The performances of the taiko drums by leading Japanesegroup Batiholic, or by the award-winning Osaka-based Akutagawa Senior High School Drum Club, are always a cultural highlight for the
conference attendees. The powerful and complex rhythms never fail to delight the appreciative audience.
Below left: Professor Nishizawa is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Social Work at Yamanashi Prefectural University. He is a Chief
Editor of the Japanese Journal of Child and Neglect, and a Board Member of several groups, including the Japanese Society for Preventionof Child Abuse and Neglect, the Center for Child Abuse Prevention,Tokyo, and the Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect,
Osaka. Below center: Mimi Bong, Professor of Educational Psychology and the Associate Director of the Brain and Motivation ResearchInstitute at Korea University, delivers a keynote presentation on Context-Specific Motivational Beliefs in Adolescents, as part of the plenary
sessions at The Asian Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences (ACP2015). Below right: Professor Thomas Brian Mooneyis Professor of Philosophy and Head of School of Creative Arts and Humanities, Charles Darwin University. He has an international
reputation in Moral and Political Philosophy. Here he delivers a keynote address looking at the “Power of the Soul” and theories of justiceat The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy (ACERP2015).

Top left and right: A continuing feature of IAFOR’s Kansai-based conferences is the showcasing of the arts and culture of Japan. The
conference attendees had the opportunity to gain knowledge and practical experience of the Japanese art of calligraphy, with an informative
demonstration given by calligraphy students from Ritsumeikan University.
Above left: Professor Kay Irie of Gakushuin University delivers a keynote entitled “Integrating Language Learning as Part of A Self Narrative”
to delegates at The Asian Conference on Language Learning (ACLL2015). Above center: Professor David Passig is a futurist, lecturer,
consultant and best-selling author who specialises in technological, social and educational futures, who teaches at Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
His ACTC2015 keynote address looked at uses of virtual reality in education. Above right: Professor Kristen Sullivan of Shimonoseki
University delivered a popular practical featured workshop on “helping learners to succeed”.
Below left: Professor Tony Tin of Waterloo University, Canada, delivers a keynote in the parallel Asian Conference on Technology in theClassroom (ACTC2015) on how mobile technology can be incorporated in teaching. Below right: In a related presentation Eric Hawkinson
shows delegates how one such technology, alternate reality, can also be used, in a presentation with colleagues Martin Stack and Erin Noxon.

Top left: Dr Keizo Nagao is a Japanese Child Psychologist specialising in the treatment children affected by bullying, delivers a moving
keynote address on the subject. Top center: Professor Frieda Mangunsong of the University of Indonesia delivers a keynote addresson the development of education in Indonesia at ACEID2015. Top right: Dr. Monty P. Satiadarma is a Clinical Psychologist and Former
Rector of Tarumanagara University in Indonesia, one of the country’s oldest private universities. He is a Conference Co-Chair of The Asian
Conference on Education & International Deveolpment (ACEID2015) and in this photo he welcomes delegates to the event.
Above left: In the conference kimono workshops, delegates have the chance to dress in the kimono and be photographed in this beautiful
traditional dress. Above right: Delegates enjoy sake at the welcome reception.
Below left: Leading cultural studies and human rights scholar, Professor Baden Offord of Curtin University, Australia, responds to questions
at the jointly held Asian Conference on Cultural Studies (ACCS2015) and Asian Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS2015), where he
was the Conference Chair. Below center: Dr. Amanda Third of the University of Western Sydney, delivers her thought provoking featured
address in the same plenary on childrens’ digital rights beyond citizenship and the nation state. Below right: Professor Angela Wong Wai
Ching discusses the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong following her keynote address exploring the possibilities of conception and reconception of the multitude as a resistant force in a late capitalist society at ACCS/ACAS2015. She is Deputy Chair of the Department ofCultural and Religious Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Top left: Gerard Goggin is Chair of the Media and Communications Department at the University of Sydney, and widely published on digitaltechnology, and is particularly known for his work on disability and the media. Here Professor Goggin delivers a keynote address on Internet
Activism in Asia.
Top right: Professor John Erni answers questions from the audience on the relationship between cultural studies and human rights following his
ACCS/ACAS2015 keynote address. Dr. Erni is Chair Professor in Humanities and Head of the Department of Humanities & Creative Writingat Hong Kong Baptist University. A qualified lawyer, he is both an academic with an international reputation in human rights, and an activist.
Above left: Leading British criminologist, Professor Yvonne Jewkes of Leicester University, delivers a wide-ranging featured address entitled“Human Rights, Human Wrongs - Penal ‘Hell-Holes’, Popular Media and Mass Incarceration” at ACCS2015.
Above right: Professor Donald Hall, Dean of Lehigh University’s College of Arts and Sciences, lectures the audience on the importance of“Interdisciplinary Activism” at the closing address of The IAFOR European Conference Series in Brighton, UK.
Below left & right: Delegates enjoy the official conference welcome reception and dinner.

Top left: A still shot from the winning film of the IAFOR Documentary Film Award 2014 – “The Changing Place of Making” by Jack Weisman.
Top right: Three-time Emmy Award Winning Producer and Editor for the NBC Network and Founding Judge of the IAFOR Documentary Film
Award, Professor Gary Swanson of UNC, announces the award winners.
Above left: Alec Klein is an award-winning investigative journalist, bestselling author and professor at Northwestern University’s Medill
School of Journalism, and director of The Medill Justice Project. Professor Klein delivers a keynote address outlining how interdisciplinary
collaborations between faculty and students working in law and journalism joined forces to overturn wrongful convictions. Above right:
Medill Journalism Professor and Pulitzer Prize Nominee, Richard Roth discusses the impact of social in journalism in the Middle East.
Below left: Art Historian and independent scholar, Jared Baxter, looks at religious symbolism is Van Gogh’s works. Mr Baxter’s interpretations
have received a large amount of interest internationally, with his work being prominently in the media. He credits IAFOR with helping “findhis voice in the academic community”. Below center: Dr. A. Robert Lee is a prominent author, poet and literary critic whose work has beeninternationally published and translated. A cultural studies expert specializing in 20th Century American Studies, he has been a broadcasterwith the BBC in the UK, and NPR and PBS in the US. His brilliant keynote address looked at issues of cultural identity in the United Statesand its literary authorship, was attended by an audience of more than three hundred. Below right: Professor Myles Chilton is a literaryscholar at Nihon University, and presented a brilliant and controversial look at the English language as taught from a historical perspective
to the present day in an address entitled “Global English: Disciplining the Discipline”.

Top left: Chair Professor of Educational Psychology and Member of the Board of the Hong Kong Institute of Education, Dennis McInerney,
is one of the world’s leading educational psychologists. His keynote address at The Asian Conference on Education (ACE2014) asked
if Identity was a relevant construct in understanding and enhancing learning. Top center: Keith W. Miller is the Orthwein Endowed
Professor for Lifelong Learning in the Sciences at the University of Missouri and a past editor of the editor-in-chief of IEEE Technology
and Society Magazine. His keynote address at The Asian Conference on Society Education and Technology (ACSET2014) looked at theconcept of identity, asking “How will communities, societies, and education change because some machines are becoming individuals?”.
Top right: Professor Haruko Satoh is Specially Appointed Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering Science in charge of CAREN(Osaka University Centre for the Advancement of Research and Education Exchange Networks in Asia). At the forefront of Japan’s
efforts to implement internationalisation, she delivered a featured address at ACE2014 looking at the challenges facing the country’s
educational system.
Below: Delegates from Turkey network over coffee and cake at The Waterfront Hotel, Brighton, during The European Conference on
the Social Sciences 2014.

Top left: Conference Chair at The Asian Conference on Technology, Information and Society (ACTIS), Professor Barry Bozeman looks atways of enhancing research collaborations in his keynote address. Professor Bozeman is Arizona Centennial Professor of Public Management
and Technology Policy and Director of the Center of Organisational Research and Design at Arizona State University.
Top center: Dr. Andrew Staples, Director of the Economist Corporate Network in Japan, gave a broad economic overview of Japan, in afeatured address entitled “Megatrends, Japan and the Innovation Challenge”.
Top right: In a complementary address looking at the country’s political and military challenges, Professor Joel R. Campbell of Troy
University gave a featured address entitled: “Nationalism and the Three Arrows – The Conservative Activism of Japan’s Shinzo Abe.”
Below: International delegates enjoy traditional Japanese cuisine against the backdrop of the Osaka skyline.

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The Asian Conference on Business and Public Policy 2015
The Asian Conference on Technology, Information & Society 2015

Kobe, Japan

AGen2015 Plenary Session
09:00-12:00
Room: Prokofiev Hall (2F)

08:30-18:00
Conference Registration
09:00-09:15
Welcome & Housekeeping
09:15-9:45
AGen2015 Featured Presentation
Social Science Japan Data Archive and Resources for Aging Research in Japan
Hiroshi Ishida, University of Tokyo, Japan
09:50-10:20
AGen2015 Featured Presentation
The Nihon University Japanese Longitudinal Study of Aging (NUJLSOA): History and New Directions
Yasuhiko Saito, Nihon University, Japan

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AGen2015 Featured Presentation
Understanding and Improving the Lives of Elders in Singapore: Introducing the Centre for Ageing Research and Education(CARE)Angelique Chan, The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
11:20-11:50
AGen2015 Featured Presentation
The Program on Global Aging, Health and Policy at the University of Southern California
Drystan Phillips, University of Southern California, USA
11:50-12:00
Conference Photograph

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AGen2015 Poster Session
13:00-14:00
Room: 606 (6F)

20481
Needs and Health Problems of the Elderly: A Perspective of the Family Care Giver in the Community
Umaporn Kensila, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Piyathida Kuhirunyaratn, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
20442
Health Promotion Behaviors and Perceived Access to Health Promotion Care among the Elderly Living in the Community
Piyathida Kuhirunyaratn, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Bongonsri Jindawong, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Pailin Nathibud, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
19793
Perceptions and Health Risk Behaviors Toward Soil-Transmitted Helminthes among Older Adults and Elderly in Rural
Thailand: A Qualitative Study
Rasamon Bangkiew, Chulalongkorn University,Thailand
Sunanta Wongchalee, Chulalongkorn University,Thailand
Daonapa Methateeranant, Chulalongkorn University,Thailand
Katekaew Seangpraw, University of Phayao,Thailand
Ratana Somrongthong, Chulalongkorn University,Thailand
20445
Development of a Multi-Component Counseling Program for Enhancing Resilience among Thai Caregivers of Older Personwith Dementia
Somrat Lertmaharit, Chulalongkorn University,Thailand
Sookjaroen Tangwongchai, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Thidajit Maneewat, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
19721
Health Needs of Adult and Elderly Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Undergoing Heomodialysis: A Qualitative Study
Sirikarn Dejvorakul, College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Sunanta Wongchalee, College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Ratana Somrongthong, College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
20480
Health Problems Among Elderly Caregivers Living with HIV/Aids Patients in Phayao Province Thailand: A Qualitative Study
P. Punta, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
S. Wongchalee, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
R. Somrongthong, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
18427
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) Rates at Emergency Department (ED) in Older Patients Reviewed by a
Medical Emergency Team
Harry Harianto, Maroondah Hospital, Australia
Benjamin Watson, Maroondah Hospital, Australia
Julie Van der Klift, Maroondah Hospital, Australia
Sandi Valentine, Maroondah Hospital, Australia
Jonathan Marriott, Maroondah Hospital, Australia
20553
Music Activity and Community Participation Among Eldery People in Muang District, Samutprakarn Province, Thailand
Supang Wattansoei, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

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The Asian Conference on Business and Public Policy 2015
The Asian Conference on Technology, Information & Society 2015

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AGen2015 Oral Presentation Session I: 14:00-15:30

AGen2015 Oral Presentation Session I: 14:00-15:30
Room: 604 (6F)
Session Chair: Guy Almog
20194
14:00-14:30
What do the Thai Elderly Need for their Health Communication?
Montakarn Chuemchit, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Suwatee Saenluang, JSL Global Media Company Limited and Triple V Broadcast Company Limited (Thairath TV),
Thailand
Suttharuethai Chernkwanma, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
19174
14:30-15:00
Reading Wendy Wasserstein's Plays from a Feminist Perspective on Aging
Yi-chin Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
18502
15:00-15:30
The Power to Die? Worst and Best Case Scenarios in a Future of Physical Immortality
Guy Almog, University of Haifa, Israel

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AGen2015 Oral Presentation Session II: 15:45-16:45
AGen2015 Oral Presentation Session II: 15:45-16:45
Room: 604 (6F)
Session Chair: Anders Hanberger
18357
15:45-16:15
Factors Affecting Health Care Utilization Among the Senior Citizens in the Coastal Barangays of Miagao, Iloilo
Miah Maye M. Pormon, University of the Philippines-VIsayas, Philippines
Jude Bernard Guieb, University of the Philippines, Philippines
11326
16:15-16:45
Can State Supervision Improve Eldercare? An Analysis of the Assumptions of the Swedish Supervision Model
Anders Hanberger, Umeå University, Sweden
Lennart Nygren, Umeå University, Sweden
Katarina Andersson, Umeå University, Sweden
16:45-17:00
Break
17:00-17:30
AGen2015 Featured Presentation
Room: 604 (6F)
Data Collections, Resources and Tools for Aging Research: The National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging
James McNally, The University of Michigan, USA
17:30-18:00
AGen2015 Featured Presentation
Room: 604 (6F)David B. Matchar, Duke University School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Matchar will conclude our meeting by providing the perspective of an active clinician on the importance of
research data and its value in developing health care policy and implementing sustainable change in the lives of theelderly and the communities in which they live.

AGen ACBPP ACTIS 2015 Conference Reception: 18:00-19:30
Join fellow delegates for a drink or two at the conference welcome reception. The reception will be held in the Art Center
Kobe’s 3F Grand Salon. This is a great chance to network and meet fellow delegates, which all registered presenters andaudience are warmly welcome to attend. Admission is included as part of your registration fee.

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09:00-12:00
ACBPP ACTIS 2015 Friday Plenary Session
Room: Prokofiev Hall (2F)

08:30-09:00
Conference Registration
09:00-09:15
Welcome & Housekeeping
09:15-09:25
Conference Chair Welcome Address
James McNally, The University of Michigan, USA
09:25-10:15
ACBPP ACTIS 2015 Keynote Presentation
Power
Bill Totten, Ashisuto KK
10:15-10:45
Coffee Break
10:45-11:15
ACBPP ACTIS 2015 Featured Presentation
The Changing Focus of MBA Programs in America: Leadership Education at Harvard Business School
Nobuo Sato, Harvard Business School Japan Research Center
11:20-11:50
ACBPP ACTIS 2015 Panel Discussion
With the Rise of Public Private Partnerships can Private Corporations working with the Public Sector deliver positive results
for the Public Good or will the Power of Profit dominate and undermine traditional public sector governance?	
  	
  Has the era of Big Data ushered in Big Brother?
James McNally, The University of Michigan, USA
Bill Totten, Ashisuto KK
Nobuo Sato, Harvard Business School Japan Research Center, Japan
11:50-12:00
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Friday Session I: 13:15-14:45

Friday Session I: 13:15-14:15
ACBPP: Business & Tourism
Session Chair: Subir Sengupta

Room: 604

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13:15-13:45
Assessing Tourism Destination Image and Spatial Pattern using Opinion Mining Analysis
Chiung-Hsu Liu, Chinese Cultural University, Taiwan
Meng-Lung Lin, Aletheia University, Taiwan
Chien-Min Chu, Chinese Cultural University, Taiwan
18829
13:45-14:15
Innovative Marketing Strategies Revitalizes the Tourism Industry in St. Lucia: A Case Study
Subir Sengupta, Marist College, USA
Friday Session I: 13:15-14:45
ACBPP: Natural Resources
Session Chair: David Malitz

Room: 601

17874
13:15-13:45
Prospects and Challenges for Private Sector Engagement in Climate Change and Environment in the Philippines
Vincent Q. Silarde, University of the Philippines, Philippines
Jayson D. Fajarda, University of the Philippines, Philippines
Crinezza A. Mendoza, University of the Philippines, Philippines
Maria Fe. V. Mendoza, University of the Philippines, Philippines
Minerva S. Baylon, University of the Philippines, Philippines
20686
13:45-14:15
Willingness to Pay for Ecotourism Management with Community Participation in Lipe Island, Satun Province
Witchakorn Charusiri, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
Unchun Tuntates, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
Ratchapan Choiejit, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
19165
14:15-14:45
A Fishy Business: A Rational Choice Approach to Solving the Crisis of Thailand's Fishery Industry
David Malitz, Assumption University, Thailand

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Friday Session I: 13:15-14:45

Friday Session I: 13:15-14:15
ACTIS: Mining & Minding
Session Chair: Tatsuya Kubota

Room: 602

19941
13:15-13:45
Analysis of the Challenges and Difficulties in the Promotion of Sustainable Development for Education in ACCU: The View of
the Stakeholder
Shu Chun Lin, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan
19148
13:45-14:15
The Effect of Researcher's Orientation on Research Activity and Performance
Tatsuya Kubota, Seijo University, Japan
Atsushi Tsumita, Musashino University, Japan

Coffee Break
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The Asian Conference on Technology, Information & Society 2015

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Friday Session II: 15:00-17:00

Friday Session II: 15:00-17:00
ACBPP: Law, Economics, & Trade
Session Chair: Chenny Seftarita

Room: 604

19162
15:00-15:30
Value at Risk of Islamic Sukuk (Ijarah and Mudharabah) in Indonesia
Evi Mutia, University of Syiah Kuala, Indonesia
19452
15:30-16:00
Is it Possible to use Surrender Bill of Lading in Foreign Trade?
Jong Soon Koo, Chungnam National University, South Korea
Kyung Yun Hwang, Chungnam National University, South Korea
Yu Tong Gai, Chungnam National University, South Korea
19173
16:00-16:30
The Culture of Income Taxation in Thailand
Pakarang Chuenjit, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Charas Suwanmala, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
18492
16:30-17:00
Demand on Commodities Contributor of Poverty in Aceh Province: Analyses on Urban Households
Chenny Seftarita, Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia

Friday Session II: 15:00-17:00
ACBPP: Governance & Policy
Session Chair: Anders Hanberger

Room: 601

19127
15:00-15:30
Health Care Policy in Thailand: Hurting or Giving Hopes? Human Resources and Collaboration Perspectives
Wimonmat Srichamroen, Independent Researcher, Thailand
19101
15:30-16:00
Fraud in Government and Government Officials' Behavior in Indonesia
Fauziah Aidafitri, Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia
Nasrul Artha, Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia
17841
16:00-16:30
Dilemma of Values in Public Policy Accountability: Implementation of the Street Vendors Empowerment Policy Network in
Makassar City
Alwi, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia
Rulinawaty Kasmad, Muhammadiyah University of Makassar, Indonesia
20438
16:30-17:00
The Use of Evaluation Power in a Decentralized Education System: The Case of Sweden
Anders Hanberger, Umeå University, Sweden

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Kobe, Japan

Friday Session II: 15:00-17:00

Friday Session II: 15:00-17:00
ACTIS: Interdisciplinary Topics
Session Chair: Pei-Yu Lee

Room: 602

18901
15:00-15:30
Help is Just a Click Away! - Social Network Sites, Parents of Children with Special Educational Needs and Parents' Support
I-Jung Lu, University of Manchester, Taiwan
19111
15:30-16:00
How Do People Govern Online Collaboration?: From a Qualitative Case Study on Wikipedia
Atsushi Tsumita, Musashino University, Japan21321
16:00-16:30
The Chinese Party-State Regime and Its Propaganda Under Xi Jinping: Adaptation in the Internet Era
Chin-fu Hung, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
20577
16:30-17:00
Implementing a Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) Initiative at Junior High Schools: From Skepticism to Appreciation
Greg C. Lee, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
Pei-Yu Lee, Luzhou Junior High School, Taiwan

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17:15-18:15
ACBPP ACTIS Poster Session
Room: 606 (6F)

12205
Centrality Computation in Weighted Networks based on Edge-splitting Procedure
Ivan Belik, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway
20343
Semantic Quantization of Human Motion Sequences
Wei-Guang Teng, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Yu-Chung Tsao, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
19006
Improving Working Mindfulness by Multisensory Smart-Office with Cloud Computing
Chieh Jen Chen, Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan
Chia Hung Kao, Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan
19014
Designing an Amplifier for a Brain Wave Application in a Power Switch Controlled Circuit
Ching-Sung Wang, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan
Chien-Wei Liu, St. Mary's College, Taiwan
Teng-Wei Wang, Beijing University, China
16659
Financial Performance of Large Entrepreneurial Foundations in Taiwan
Chiu-I Sung, University of Taipei, Taiwan

19:00-21:00
Conference Dinner
Official Conference Dinner (Ticketed & Optional)
Come and join your fellow delegates on an evening out in downtown Kobe.
Please meet in the Art Center Kobe 2F Lobby at 18:30.
This is ticketed at 5000 JPY and there are a limited number of spaces.

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Saturday Session I: 09:30-11:30

Saturday Session I: 09:30-11:30
ACBPP: Business Topics
Session Chair: Jin-Long Liu

Room: 601 (6F)20259
09:30-10:00
E-Manufacturing: A New Approach to Manufacturing
Celal Hakan Kagnicioglu, Anadolu University, Turkey
19095
10:00-10:30
Guidelines for Improving Productivity, Inventory, Turnover Rate, and Level of Defects in the Plastic Industry
Burawat Piyachat, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Thailand
18118
10:30-11:00
A Study of Relocation Factors of Production Base and Investment of Japanese Investors from Thailand to CLMV+I Countries
Anuwat Charoensuk, Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology, Thailand
19151
11:00-11:30
Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Energy Efficiency Labeling Program in Taiwan
Jin-Long Liu, National Central University, Taiwan
Saturday Session I: 09:30-11:30
ACBPP: Economics & Policy
Session Chair: Hanny Zurina Hamzah

Room: 604 (6F)19472
09:30-10:00
Governing International Commercial Contract Law: The Framework of Implementation to Establish the ASEAN Economy
Community 2015
Taufiqurrahman, University of Wijaya Putra, Indonesia
Budi Endarto, University of Wijaya Putra, Indonesia
20545
10:00-10:30
Exploring Local Movie Markets in the Field of Cultural Democracy and Social Media PracticeYing-Ying Chen, National United University, Taiwan
17507
10:30-11:00
Factors Affecting Business Stability among ASEAN Member States
Gallardo Gulay, University of San Jose-Recoletos, Philiippines
Ricky Villeta, University of San Jose-Recoletos, Philiippines
Roramae Arca, University of San Jose-Recoletos, Philiippines
15209
11:00-11:30
Identifying the Impacts of Japan-Malaysia Economic Partnership Agreement (JMEPA) on the Development of Local Suppliersin the Automotive Industry
Hanny Zurina Hamzah, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

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The Asian Conference on Technology, Information & Society 2015

Kobe, Japan

Saturday Session I: 09:00-11:00

Saturday Session I: 09:30-11:30
ACTIS: Interdisciplinary Topics
Session Chair: Alistair S. Duff

Room: 602 (6F)19522
09:30-10:00
Asset Allocation Applying Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization (MOPSO)
Viriya Yimying, National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand
Ohm Sornil, National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand
19175
10:00-10:30
An Implicit Crowdsourced Evaluation of Open University Website Structure through a Card-Sorting Activity
Joyce Mae A. Manalo, University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines
18090
10:30-11:00
Power to the Population? Census Policy Under Review
Lynn Killick, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Alistair Duff, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Mark Deakin, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Hazel Hall, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
17901
11:00-11:30
Inspecting the Bad Society? Bentham's Panopticon Revisited
Alistair S. Duff, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Lunch Break
11:30-12:45

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Kobe, Japan

Saturday Session II: 12:45-14:15

Saturday Session II: 12:45-14:15
ACBPP: Governance & Policy
Session Chair: Feng-Shang Wu

Room: 601 (6F)18580
12:45-13:15
The Path towards Local Web-Based Service Provision: The Role of Municipal Size
Dag Ingvar Jacobsen, Agder University, Norway
13:15-13:45
19203
Twenty-Five Years after the Fall of Communism: Toward a Symbolic Interactionist Approach to the Study of Corruption inCentral and Eastern Europe
Roxana Toma, SUNY Empire State College, USA
20690
13:45-14:15
The Development of University Spin-offs in Taiwan: From an Institutional Theory Perspective
Sin-Yi Hu, National Cheng-Chi University, Taiwan
Feng-Shang Wu, National Cheng-Chi University, Taiwan
Saturday Session II: 12:45-14:15
ACBPP: Business Topics
Session Chair: Bilin Xu

Room: 602 (6F)19725
12:45-13:15
Earnings Management and Corporate Tax Rate Change in Indonesia: The Effect of Institutional Ownership
Doddy Setiawan, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia
Eko Arief Sudaryono, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia
21070
13:15-13:45
Impact of Financial Reward on Employees' Commitment in College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State
Ayeni Olapade Grace, College of Education – Ikere Ekiti, Nigeria
20439
13:45-14:15
Research on Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction in Labor Relations of New Generation of Migrant Workers in China: The
Sample from Tianjin Binhai Development Zone of China
Bilin Xu, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, China
Haonan Zhang, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, China

Break
14:15-14:30

14:30-15:00
Conference Closing Session
Room: 604 (6F)
A Conference highlights photography slideshow followed by closing remarks
Joseph Haldane, IAFOR President
James McNally, The University of Michigan, USA

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Virtual Presentations

18194
Comparative Analysis of Purchasing Behavior at Physical and Online Bookstores by University Students
Takafumi Suzuki, Toyo University, Japan
Maki Mizukami, Toyo University, Japan
19196
Resident-to Resident Aggression in Nursing Homes: A Theoretical Approach to Scientific Knowledge
Carmen Orte Socías, University of Balearic Islands, Spain
Aina Mascaró, University of Balearic Islands, Spain
Marga Vives Barceló, University of Balearic Islands, Spain
Lydia Sánchez Prieto, University of Balearic Islands, Spain
19198
Promoting ICTS Competences of Professionals of Care of Dependent Adults
Margarita Vives Barceló, University of Balearic Islands, Spain
Carmen Orte Socías, University of Balearic Islands, Spain
Lydia Sánchez Prieto, University of Balearic Islands, Spain
18219
An Empirical Study of Cloud Maturity across Industries
Cheng-Chieh Wu, Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan
Sheng-Chi Chen, Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan
20660
Typology of Housing Vulnerability Based on Housing Quality and Affordability
Jung Min Park, Seoul National University, South Korea

Virtual presentations are online video presentations of papers.
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A-Z Index of Authors
Aidafitri, Fauziah 		p. 9
Almog, Guy 		
p. 4
Alwi			p. 9
Andersson, Katarinap. 4Arca, Roramae 		p. 14
Artha, Nasrul 		p. 9
Bangkiew, Rasamon 		p. 3
Baylon, Minerva S. 		
p. 7
Belik, Ivan 		p. 11
Chan, Angelique 		p. 2
Charoensuk, Anuwat
p. 14
Charusiri, Witchakorn
p. 7Chen, Chieh Jen 		
p. 11Chen, Sheng-Chi 		p. 18Chen, Ying-Ying 		
p. 14
Chernkwanma, Suttharuethai p. 4
Choiejit, Ratchapan 		p. 7
Chu, Chien-Min 		
p. 7
Chuemchit, Montakarn
p. 4
Chuenjit, Pakarang 		p. 9
Deakin, Mark 		
p. 15
Dejvorakul, Sirikarn 		p. 3
Duff, Alistair 		
p. 15Duff, Alistair S. 		
p. 15
Endarto, Budi 		p. 14
Fajarda, Jayson D. 		
p. 7
Gai, Yu Tong 		p. 9
Grace, Ayeni Olapade
p. 16
Guieb, Jude Bernard
p. 4
Gulay, Gallardo 		p. 14Hall, Hazel 		p. 15
Hamzah, Hanny Zurinap. 14
Hanberger, Anders 		
p. 4
Hanberger, Anders 		
p. 9
Harianto, Harry 		p. 3
Hu, Sin-Yi 		
p. 16
Hung, Chin-fu 		p. 10
Hwang, Kyung Yun 		p. 9
Ishida, Hiroshi 		p. 2
Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar
p. 16
Jindawong, Bongonsri
p. 3
Kagnicioglu, Celal Hakan
p. 14
Kao, Chia Hung 		p. 11
Kasmad, Rulinawaty 		
p. 9
Kensila, Umaporn 		
p. 3
Killick, Lynn 		p. 15
Koo, Jong Soon 		p. 9
Kubota, Tatsuya 		p. 8
Kuhirunyaratn, Piyathida
p. 3
Kuhirunyaratn, Piyathidap. 3
Lee, Greg C.		
p. 10
Lee, Pei-Yu 		
p. 10
Lertmaharit, Somrat
p. 3
Lin, Meng-Lung 		
p. 7Lin, Shu Chun 		
p. 8
Liu, Chien-Wei 		p. 11
Liu, Chiung-Hsu 		
p. 7
Liu, Jin-Long 		
p. 14
Lu, I-Jung 			p. 10
Malitz, David 		
p. 7
Manalo, Joyce Mae A.
p. 15

Maneewat, Thidajit 		Marriott, Jonathan 		
Mascaró, Aina 		Matchar, David B. 		
McNally, James 		Mendoza, Crinezza A.
Mendoza, Maria Fe. V.
Methateeranant, Daonapa
Min Park, Jung 		Mizukami, Maki 		Mutia, Evi 			
Nathibud, Pailin 		
Nygren, Lennart 		Orte Socías, Carmen
Phillips, Drystan 		
Piyachat, Burawat 		
Pormon, Miah Maye M.
Punta, P. 			
Saenluang, Suwatee 		
Saito, Yasuhiko 		
Sánchez Prieto, Lydia
Sato, Nobuo 		Seangpraw, Katekaew
Seftarita, Chenny 		Sengupta, Subir 		
Setiawan, Doddy 		Shih, Yi-chin 		
Silarde, Vincent Q. 		
Somrongthong, R. 		
Somrongthong, Ratana
Somrongthong, Ratana
Sornil, Ohm 		
Srichamroen, Wimonmat
Sudaryono, Eko Arief
Sung, Chiu-I 		
Suwanmala, Charas 		Suzuki, Takafumi 		
Tangwongchai, Sookjaroen
Taufiqurrahman		Teng, Wei-Guang 		Toma, Roxana 		
Totten, Bill 		Tsao, Yu-Chung 		Tsumita, Atsushi 		Tsumita, Atsushi 		Tuntates, Unchun 		
Valentine, Sandi 		Van der Klift, Julie 		Villeta, Ricky 		
Vives Barceló, Marga
Wang, Ching-Sung 		Wang, Teng-Wei 		Watson, Benjamin 		
Wongchalee, S. 		
Wongchalee, Sunanta
Wongchalee, SunantaWu, Cheng-Chieh 		Wu, Feng-Shang 		
Xu, Bilin 			Yimying, Viriya 		Zhang, Haonan 		

p. 3
p. 3
p. 18
p. 4
p. 4
p. 7
p. 7
p. 3
p. 18
p. 18
p. 9
p. 3
p. 4
p. 18
p. 2
p. 14
p. 4
p. 3
p. 4
p. 2
p. 18
p. 6
p. 3
p. 9
p. 7
p. 16
p. 4
p. 7
p. 3
p. 3
p. 3
p. 15
p. 9
p. 16
p. 11
p. 9
p. 18
p. 3
p. 14
p. 11
p. 16
p. 6
p. 11
p. 10
p. 8
p. 7
p. 3
p. 3
p. 14
p. 18
p. 11
p. 11
p. 3
p. 3
p. 3
p. 3
p. 18
p. 16
p. 16
p. 15
p. 16

Thank You
Our academic events would not be what they were without a commitment to ensuring adherence to international norms ofabstract peer review. We would like to thank the following scholars who have acted as reviewers for AGen2015.
Senior Reviewers
Guy Almog, University of Haifa, Israel
Kantapong Prabsangob, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Kantapong Prabsangob, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand
Nazar Mohd Zabadi Mohd Azahar, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia
Yi-Chin Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Reviewers
Ratana Somrongthong, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Our academic events would not be what they were without a commitment to ensuring adherence to international norms ofabstract peer review. We would like to thank the following scholars who have acted as reviewers for ACBPP2015.
Senior Reviewers
Alwi, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia
Chalermpon Kongjit, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Gallardo Gulay, University of San Jose-Recoletos, The Philippines
Maria Faina Diola, University of The Philippines, Diliman, The Philippines
Matthew Gray, The Australian National University, Australia
Piyachat Burawat, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Thailand
Taufiqurrahman Taufiqurrahman, University of Wijaya Putra, Indonesia
Witchakorn Charusiri, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
Reviewers
Hsin-Yi Hu, National Cheng-Chi University, Taiwan
Jung Min Park, Seoul National University, South Korea
Khadija Althuwaimer, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Subir Sengupta, Marist College, United States
Wilhelmus Limayadi, Imagernr-Indonesia, Indonesia

Our academic events would not be what they were without a commitment to ensuring adherence to international norms ofabstract peer review. We would like to thank the following scholars who have acted as reviewers for ACTIS2015.
Senior Reviewers
I-Jung, Grace Lu, University of Manchester, UK
Marah Joy Nanglegan, Nueva Vizcaya State University, The Philippines
Satidchoke Phosaard, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand
Reviewers
Chieh Jen Chen, Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan
Ching-Sung Wang, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan

upcoming events
For more information on all our latest events, please go to www.iafor.org

kobe, japan 2015
November 12-15, 2015 – FilmAsia2015 – The Asian Conference on Film & Documentary 2015
November 12-15, 2015 – MediAsia2015 –The Asian Conference on Media & Mass Communication 2015

honolulu, usa 2016
January 8-11, 2016 – IICE-Hawaii2016 – The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Hawaii 2016
January 8-11, 2016 – IICTC-Hawaii2016 – The IAFOR International Conference on Technology in the Classroom – Hawaii 2016
January 8-11, 2016 – IICLL-Hawaii2016 – The IAFOR International Conference on Language Learning – Hawaii 2016

dubai, uae 2016
February 27-29, 2016 – IICAH-Dubai2016 – The IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities – Dubai 2016
February 27-29, 2016 – IICSS-Dubai2016 – The IAFOR International Conference on the Social Sciences – Dubai 2016
March 2-4, 2016 – IICE-Dubai2016 – The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Dubai 2016
March 2-4, 2016 – IICLL-Dubai2016 – The IAFOR International Conference on Language Learning – Dubai 2016brighton, uk 2016
June 29 - July 3, 2016 – ECE2016 – The European Conference on Education 2016
June 29 - July 3, 2016 – ECTC2016 – The European Conference on Technology in the Classroom 2016
June 29 - July 3, 2016 – ECLL2016 – The European Conference on Language Learning 2016
July 4-6, 2016 – ECP2016 – The European Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences 2016
July 4-6, 2016 – ECERP2016 – The European Conference on Ethics, Religion & Philosophy 2016
July 7-10, 2016 – ECSS2016 – The European Conference on the Social Sciences 2016
July 7-10, 2016 – ECSEE2016 – The European Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment 2016
July 7-10, 2016 – ECPEL2016 – The European Conference on Politics, Economics & Law 2016
July 7-10, 2016 – EBMC2016 – The European Business & Management Conference 2016
July 11-14, 2016 – EuroMedia2016 – The European Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2016
July 11-14, 2016 – ECAH2016 – The European Conference on Arts & Humanities 2016
July 11-14, 2016 – LibEuro2016 – The European Conference on Literature & Librarianship 2016
July 11-14, 2016 – ECCS2016 – The European Conference on Cultural Studies 2016

barcelona, spain 2016
July 16-18 2016 – City2016 – The IAFOR International Conference on the City 2016
July 16-18 2016 – Global2016 – The IAFOR International Conference on Global Studies 2016

Thank You
The IAFOR Asian Conference on Aging & Gerontology 2015 (AGen2015)is held by IAFOR in collaboration with the US National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) and the Inter-university Consortiumfor Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan(USA), The Duke-NUS Medical School (Singapore), Nihon University(Japan), and the University of Tokyo (Japan).