European Union Studies Association-Japan (EUSA-Japan)

The 36th Annual Conference Programme
Date: 21-22 November 2015
Conference Venue: Kansai University, Osaka
Centenary Memorial Hall (Senriyama Campus)（Access Map: Please see page 3 and 4 of this Programme）

The 1st Day: 21th November
Topics “ The EU and Asia: Significance of Mutual Interests”
1. Plenary Session I (13：00-15：10)( in Japanese)
Keynote Speech: Presentation 40 minutes (No discussion)
Other speeches: Presentation 30 minutes, Discussion 15minutes
Presenters
TopicsChairperson(1) Toshiro TANAKA(Keio University)(2)Eiji OGAWA(HitotsubashiUniversity)(3) TomohikoKOBAYASHI(Otaru University ofCommerce)【Keynote Speech】
The EU and Asia
The Euro Zone Crisis and its Lessons for Asia
Adding Asian Flavors
Framework Agreements?

toEU’sFTA andHiromasa KUBO
（SetsunanUniversity）

Short Break (15：10-15：20)
2. Plenary Session Ⅱ(15：20-17：45) (in English)
First presentation 20 minutes
Second presentation 60 minutes
Third presentation 40 minutes
Discussion 25 minutes
Presenters
Topics(1) Delegation of the European
Union to Japan(15:20-15:40)(2) Gunther Hellmann（Goethe University Frankfurt）(15:40-16:40)

Chairperson

Exact speaker to be confirmed
Normative Powers and EuropeanForeign Policy in a Minilateralist
World(3) Hae Jo Chung
Korea EU-FTA and its impacts on（Pukyong National university）
Korean economy(16:40-17:20)

Tamio NAKAMURA(Waseda University）

Discussion(17:20-17:45)

General Assembly (17:45-18:00)
Buffet Dinner (18：00-20：00) at Restaurant SIKON in Centenary Memorial Hall
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The 2nd Day: 22th November
Session1. Group Sessions (9：30-12：00)
Presentation 30minutes, Discussion 20 minutes

Presenters

TopicsChairpersonA

Law
Panelsession

B

Economic

SessionSee the next pageKazuyoshi
MATSUURA(MatsuyamaUniversity)

The Euro’s role and issues as the regional
international currency: The EU’s policies
toward the sovereign crisis and defects of theEurosystem

Nakao MSATO(Ph. D Candidate, ChuoUniversity)

Amane ISHIDA(Ph. D Candidate, RikkyoUniversity)

Yoshinori WADA
(Doshisha University)
Yasuyuki KOKUBO(Toyo Eiwa University)

CPolitics
andSocial
Session

Hideki HAYASHI(Meiji University)
Yuko HOSOI(Saitama University)
Asako HONDA(Waseda University)
Satoshi IWANOThe OCA theory and maintain a monetaryunion
The influence of the EU state aid control on
the banking sector

TakumiSHIMADA(DoshishaUniversity)

Multinational Enterprises in EUSwitzerland’s EU policy: the third way is still
possible?
EU and Asia: the institutionalization of theregional integration and the future change of
their relation
Active Citizenship in EU: An effort to achieve“substantivecitizenship”
observed
incitizenship education
Interaction between the EU and Member States in
Welfare Reforms before the Global Financial Crisis:
Comparison between the Employment Benefits

Hirotaka
WATANABE(TokyoUniversityfor ForeignStudies)

Policies of the Second Berlusconi Government in Italy
EU External Aid for Sustainable Development and(Ph.D Candidate, Waseda

Struggle for Resources: Focusing on the Fund ofUniversity)

Global Change Alliance

Lunch Time (12:00-13:30)
General Assembly (13：30-13：45)
2. Plenary Session Ⅲ (13：45-16：45) (in Japanese)“ Evolving International Environment and the EU Common Agricultural Policy”
Presentation 25minutes, Comment 10 minutes, Break 10 minutes, Discussion 30 minutes
Presenters
Topicschairperson(1)Taro HAMADA(Kinki University)

WTO, TPP, FTAs and the Common Agricultural
Policy of the EU(2) Shigeo TAKAURA(Meiji University)(3)Yoshiyuki HIRAOKA

Agriculture and Intellectual Property in Europe(Sapporo Otani University)(4) Norio FUJIOKA(JapanAssociationforInternationalforCollaboration

Agriculture and Forestry)

The Trends of EU Exports of Main Dairy Products

YukoYAMANE(NationalGraduateInstitute For

The Precautionary Principle in the EU: Trends
surrounding the rules of GMOs
2Policy Studies )(A) Law Panel Session:
Part I: EU Competition Law and Japanese Companies
Kazuhiko YAMAGISHI (Asahi Law Offices), Distribution and EU Competition Law
Takeshige SUGIMOTO (Wilmer Hale, Brussels), EU Competition Law and Lawyers - Cartel
Investigation, Merger Regulations and Damage Claims Yasuhiko HARAYAMA (Japanese Fair Trade Commission), Current Cooperation between the Japanand EU Competition Authorities and its Development in a Future(Discussant) Tokuhiko OBATA (University of Marketing and Distribution Science)
Part II: EU Intellectual Property Law, EPA and Geographical Indication, and Information Technology
Law and Japanese Companies
Takamitsu SHIGETOMI (Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners), EU Intellectual Property Law and JapaneseCompanies
Tomiko OIKAWA (Atsumi & Sakai), EU Law on Geographical Indication and Japanese Companies
Saori HANADA (Atsumi & Sakai), EU Law on the Protection of Personal Data and JapaneseCompanies(Discussant) Yuka AOYAGI (Yokohama National University)

Direction of Kansai University Senriyama Campus
3-3-35, Yamate-cho, Suita, Osaka 564-8680
Centenary Memorial Hall
Conference Venue■ 5-minute walk from Kandaimae Station on Hankyu Railway via South Gate
Location and Transportation for Kansai University Senriyama Campus
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From Osaka (Umeda Station):・Umeda Station (Hankyu Senri Line bound for Kita-senri) → (20 min) → Kandaimae Station→ 5 minutes walk to KU
・Umeda Station (Hankyu Kyoto Line bound for Kawaramachi except via limited express) →Awaji Station (Senri Line bound for Kita-senri) → Kandaimae Station → 5 minutes walk to KU
From Shin-Osaka (Shinkansen / JR Shin-Osaka Station):・Shin-Osaka Station (Subway Midosuji Line bound for Nakamozu) → Nishinakajima Station →Transfer to Hankyu Railway Minamikata Station (Senri Line bound for Kita-senri) → Kandaimae
Station → 5 minutes walk to KU
・Shin-Osaka Station (JR Kyoto Line bound for Kyoto via local train) → Suita Station → 5minutes walk → Transfer to Hankyu Bus JR- Suita-Kitaguchi Stop (operated every 25 minutes) →7 minutes board → Kansai-Daigaku Stop → 7 minutes walk to KU
From Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport):・Osaka Airport Station on Osaka Monorail bound for Kadoma-shi → Yamada Station → Transfer
to Hankyu Railway bound for Umeda/Nakamozu → Kandaimae Station → 5 minutes walk to KU

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