Report of the
Sylff Administrators Meeting 2014
Challenges and Opportunities in an Interconnected World
December 8–10, Tokyo, Japan

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SYLFF ADMINISTRATORS MEETING 2014
In December 2014, the Tokyo Foundation hosted a meeting for administrators of the
Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (Sylff) on the theme of “Challenges andOpportunities in an Interconnected World.” The approximately 120 participants of thehighly fruitful meeting not only learned about recently introduced programs, including theoption of switching to a new financial scheme, but also strengthened their ties with the
Sylff community, including over 10 invited Sylff fellows who have emerged as leaders embodying the Sylff ideal.
This report of the Sylff Administrators Meeting has been prepared by the Tokyo
Foundation to promote a better understanding of the mission of the Sylff program and its
decentralized focus, facilitate interuniversity dialogue and collaboration, and, most importantly, to maintain and build on the momentum generated by the meeting to enrich the
Sylff experience and elevate the value of a Sylff fellowship.
The Tokyo Foundation expresses its deepest gratitude to all representatives of Sylff
institutions who took the time to attend the meeting in Tokyo and for their contributions
and friendship during the meeting. We hope you will enjoy reading this report.
Leadership Development
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CONTENTS
Welcome Remarks by Masahiro Akiyama, Tokyo Foundation ........................................... 2
Opening Remarks by Yohei Sasakawa, Nippon Foundation .............................................. 4
The Roles of the Nippon Foundation and the Tokyo Foundation ..................................... 6
A New Financial Scheme for Enhanced Sustainability ......................................................... 8
A Conversation with Sylff Fellows ............................................................................................. 10
Back to Basics: Sylff Program Operations .............................................................................. 13
Post-Fellowship Empowerment (1): SRA ................................................................................. 15
The Power of Music ........................................................................................................................ 17
Post-Fellowship Empowerment (2): SLI ................................................................................... 18
Issues and Prospects in Higher Education .............................................................................. 20
Idea Generation: New Programs for Sylff Fellows ............................................................... 24
Closing Remarks by Sanae Oda, Tokyo Foundation ........................................................... 26
Dialogue with Tokyo Foundation Experts (1): Fiscal Consolidation vs.
Stimulus Spending .......................................................................................................................... 28
Dialogue with Tokyo Foundation Experts (2): Balancing
Development and the Environment ......................................................................................... 30
Appendix 1 ........................................................................................................................................ 32
List of Participants, Welcome Dinner, Farewell Dinner, Group PhotoAppendix 2
Sylff Administrators Meeting 2014 Program1

WELCOME REMARKSMASAHIRO AKIYAMA, PRESIDENT, TOKYO FOUNDATIONGood morning ladies and gentlemen, and thank you very much for coming all the way
to Tokyo to participate in the Sylff Administrators Meeting. It’s unfortunate that it isso cold in Tokyo now, but I think as we start our discussions, we will soon warm up.
I’m very glad you are here this morning, and taking this opportunity, I would liketo express my sincere appreciation to your unchanging cooperation with Sylff endowment management and program operations.
The Sylff Administrators Meeting is held every few years. It’s an opportunity for
Sylff Steering Committee members from around the world and Tokyo Foundation staff
to come together and discuss common challenges and ways to achieve more effective
operations so we can enrich this unique program. The meeting enables participants toreconfirm Sylff’s guiding principles and to deepen our understanding of the aims of the
Sylff program. For this reason, we’ve invited members of the Nippon Foundation, thedonor of the endowments at each university, and Sylff fellows to join our discussion. I
hope that you will take advantage of the sessions and your free time to expand yourSylff network.
We held our last Sylff Administrators Meeting four years ago in Beppu, Oita. Since
then, Tokyo Foundation program officers have visited all 69 Sylff schools around theworld and have been made aware of the issues faced by each university, perhaps themost challenging being the low interest rates that have continued since the Lehman
crisis. As a result, a number of schools have had difficulty in generating sufficient income to provide fellowships.
In order to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Sylff program, which has
supported so many outstanding fellows to date, we are introducing a new financial
scheme in cooperation with the Nippon Foundation. Each Sylff institution will be given a choice of whether or not to switch
to the new scheme. Under the new arWe want to discuss with you how
rangement, universities will be able tofocus their energy on identifying the best
we can make this unique program
candidates and enriching program opermore effective, attracting the bestations, including follow-up initiatives.
In this regard, we’d like to further
students with the leadership qualidiscuss with you how we can make thisties to bring about needed changes unique program more effective, attracting the best students with the leadership
qualities to bring about needed changes
in society in each country.
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in society in each country.
We’re very interested intackling this challenge
and making this program
more effective. Some ofthe sessions will take up
this issue.
One feature of Sylff
is that it offers more thanfinancial fellowships. It
also supports fellows intheir research pursuits
and in undertaking leadership initiatives. We
have invited over 10 fellows to this meeting who have participated in these support
programs and who have emerged as leaders embodying the Sylff ideals of advancing
local initiatives with global perspectives. By ensuring the sustainability of the Sylff program, we will continue to develop such leaders in countries around the world. During
the meeting we hope to learn from the fellows how we can further strengthen our network and enrich our program.
As one of Japan’s leading public policy think tanks, the Tokyo Foundation offers
proposals addressing the many issues confronting our society. Some of these topics
will be explored in depth through dialogue among Sylff participants and Tokyo Foundation policy experts. We will also be delving into some of the major challenges facing
higher education, such as those posed by globalization and the IT revolution.
By encouraging unstructured dialogue and a frank exchange of views on these andother topics, I hope that we can deepen our knowledge and understanding of the different conditions in our respective countries.
I hope you will enjoy the meeting. Thank you very much.

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OPENING REMARKSYOHEI SASAKAWA, CHAIRMAN, NIPPON FOUNDATION
I would like to first of all extend my warmest welcome to the representatives from the Sylff institutions from all over the world for coming to attend
this meeting. It is an ideal occasion for us, the Nippon Foundation and Tokyo Foundation, here in Tokyo to express our deepest gratitude for your continued dedication to the successful management of the
Sylff program.
Almost 30 years have passed since the Sylff program was established. It was at a time that our world
was facing unprecedented challenges. The Cold War
was ending; the world was becoming increasingly
unipolar; environmental degradation was being put
on the table for serious debate; some regions werebeing plagued by famine; ethnic conflicts were on
the rise; and many developing countries were striving to achieve democratization.
All these factors made us anticipate that the world was heading toward instability.
Feeling a strong need for leaders with the ability to address forthcoming challenges,
we launched the Sylff program in 1987 as the solution to our apprehension. Sylff fellows are individuals who are eager to use their expertise for the common benefit ofmankind. They are capable of transcending ethnic, religious, racial, and nationalboundaries, and at the same time respect diversity of cultures and values. And they
have the power to motivate, inspire, win empathy, and influence society. To date, there
are over 15,000 fellows with these qualifications in the world from the 69 Sylff endowed institutions in 44 countries. There are already fellows who are actively addressing local, regional, and global issues in the sectors of business, government, non-profit
organizations and academia.
I would like to express my gratitude to each Sylff institution for having a deep understanding of the purpose for which the Sylff program was founded, and for identifying and selecting such excellent students, whom you are so dedicatedly fostering into
leaders capable of meeting the needs of our times.
In the last 30 years since the inception of the Sylff program, the world has changed
at an increasing pace. The world in which we live in today is a very unstable place, andwe face a broad array of problems, such as war and terrorism, economic disparities,
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global warming, depletion of natural resources, food insecurity, and the spread of infectious diseases. Moreover the problems are becoming more complex and globalized,
and requiring greater multilateral initiatives and collaboration. Such being the world
today, there is, and will be, great need for leaders such as the Sylff fellows who are able
to exert their influence even in such unstable situations thanks to their training thathas equipped them with an overarching view of the world.
As you are all aware we have introduced a new scheme in order to ensure moresustainable grounds to nurture Sylff fellows. But the new scheme is not intended totake autonomy away from the Sylff endowed institutions in identifying, selecting, andsupporting the fellows. The original scheme will remain as an option for those who feel
it most appropriate to be maintained. We ask the administrators to continue your excellent work. Your role is vital to the program, and we need your continued input andadvice in order to make Sylff an even more effective program.
Now, I would like to welcome the Sylff fellows who have gathered here from different parts of the world to be with us. We are very touched that your thoughts haveremained close to the Sylff program long after your graduation and that you continue
to be active members as alumnae. Some of you have also put in tremendous effort tohelp revitalize the Sylff program at your alma mater. I am always looking forward tomeeting the Sylff fellows in action whenever I visit a Sylff institution or am on an overseas trip for our international projects. I would like to ask the fellows to continue yourefforts as leaders to make the world abetter place for all of humanity.
Sylff fellows are capable of transIn this day and age, we can be easily
connected through the Internet and SNS
cending ethnic, religious, racial,wherever we are. Yet, we have asked you
to take the trouble to gather here in Toand national boundaries, and at
kyo because we felt that it is importantthe same time respect diversity ofto meet directly in person, face-to-face. I
would like for you all to make the best
cultures and values.
of the next three days to share your experiences, exchange ideas, and deepen
your relationship with members fromdifferent institutions. We would also appreciate it very much if you would get to know
us—the Nippon Foundation and the Tokyo Foundation—even better.
I would like to close by expressing, once again, my deep and sincere appreciation
for your strong commitment to the Sylff program.
Thank you very much.

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ROLES OF THE NIPPON FOUNDATION
AND TOKYO FOUNDATION
Sylff is a unique program prioritizing local initiatives in developing leaders with a global
perspective. Correspondingly, its organizational framework is also quite unique and decentralized, with the Nippon Foundation and Tokyo Foundation working together tomaintain and further develop this framework. What are their respective roles and responsibilities, and how do they go about fulfilling their missions?
Speakers:

Akiko Imai, Executive Director, Tokyo Foundation
Tatsuya Tanami, Executive Director, Nippon Foundation

Akiko Imai, Tokyo Foundation
The Nippon Foundation is the donor or the funding organization of the Sylff program,having provided endowments of 1 million US dollars directly to each Sylff institution.
The Tokyo Foundation, meanwhile, is responsible for overall program management,
working in close cooperation with each Sylff institution toensure sound program operations. We also offer grants forthe research and social action activities of fellowship recipients and promote networking among fellows and endowed institutions, thus playing a direct role in cultivating and supporting future leaders around the world.
The Tokyo Foundation does much more than administer fellowship programs, though. In fact, in Japan, we’re
far better known as one of the country’s leading public
policy think tanks—a not-for-profit, non-partisan institutefor policy research. Unlike many other Japanese thinktanks, most of which are affiliated with government agencies or financial institutions, we’re completely independent of any political or commercial organization. From our central location near the National Diet Building andKasumigaseki—home to the nation’s bureaucracy—we’re equipped to carry out independent policy research and to make proposals that reach opinion leaders in Japan andabroad.
Our recent policy proposals cover such issues as conserving Japan’s land resources,
achieving energy integration and diversification, establishing an independent fiscal
institution, and broadening the scope of development cooperation to ensure Japan’snational security.

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Policy research alone, though, isn’t
enough to bring about positive changes insociety. We need people to lead the innovation, and that’s why we combine policy research with leadership development initiatives. Sylff isn’t the only program we administer, moreover. We also promote Japaneselanguage education through a scheme called
NF-JLEP; foster social entrepreneurs to spearhead sustainable BOP businesses in developing countries; and offer a half-year, intensive weekend program designed to encourage mid-career municipal officers to becomechange agents in their communities through innovative approaches and practices.
We also actively disseminate information on Japanese politics, economy, and society through our website so that Japan’s experience can be broadly shared with theglobal community. For more information, please visit our website at www.tokyofoundation.org/en.
Tatsuya Tanami, Nippon Foundation
The Nippon Foundation is one of the largest grant-making organizations in the world,
and it supports and runs a wide variety of programs domestically and internationally,
including the Sylff program. The principle of the foundation is “The world is one family; all mankind are brothers and sisters,” and its slogan is “Share the Pain. Share theHope. Share the Future.” The principle and the slogan of sharing are pushing thefoundation to transcend boundaries, such as politics, ethnicity and nationality, and towork for a fairer, a more secure world.
The Nippon Foundation makes grants for some projects while it implements others on its own focusing on three fields: maritime affairs, domestic welfare, and international cooperative support. In the field of international cooperative support, the foundation’s initiatives range fromthe support for people with disabilities in Asia and peacebuilding efforts in Myanmar to food security in subSaharan Africa. One of the best-known projects of thefoundation is leprosy elimination. The foundation also implements fellowship and scholarship programs, since thefoundation puts much value on education and leadershipbuilding. The Nippon Foundation always seeks to help
nurture leaders who are capable of addressing crossboundary problems in cross-boundary ways in a world facing increasingly multi-faceted challenges through programs like Sylff.
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A NEW FINANCIAL SCHEME
FOR ENHANCED SUSTAINABILITY
Many universities have had difficulty generating enough investment income for fellowships owing to the low interest rates of key currencies that have prevailed since the Lehman crisis. A new financial scheme, called the “Sylff Fellowship Program,” is thus being
offered to help such universities overcome this challenge and continue developing future
leaders for many more years to come. Like the existing scheme, it calls for decentralized
leadership development activities, but it expands the endowment management options ofSylff administrators to enhance the program’s sustainability. What advantages does the
new scheme have, how does it differ from existing arrangements, and what must universities do to participate?
Speaker:

Takashi Suzuki, Director for Leadership Development and Research
Fellow, Tokyo Foundation

Takashi Suzuki gave an explanation of the newfinancial scheme to enhance the sustainabilityof the Sylff program.
The world financial crisis of 2008 had adevastating effect on many institutions in the
Sylff community. To address this situation, the
New Investment Guidelines were introduced in
March 2011. However, it has become apparent
that successful endowment management isoften beyond the capacity of individual institutions.
A new financial scheme is thus being introduced to enhance the sustainability of the entire program. Universities can choose
to either shift to the new scheme or remain with the existing arrangement. The gist of
the two schemes is as follows:
1. The Tokyo Foundation will conduct financial investment and provide fellowships
directly to selected students. The Sylff institutions will focus on identifying the best
students and following up on Sylff fellows, without having to worry about generating sufficient income for fellowships. Fellows under this program will qualify for all
support programs, which will continue to be provided by the Tokyo Foundation.
2. Sylff institutions will continue to be responsible for sound program operations
and endowment management, as before.
8The Sylff philosophy and values will remain unchanged under the new financial
scheme. Fellows will be called Sylff fellows and continue to be eligible to apply for Sylff
support programs, while institutions will be recognized as Sylff institutions. A Sylff institution can either stay with the current scheme or move to the new scheme.
Several questions were raised by Sylff program administrators. One critical issue
concerned the notion of “final selection” by the Foundation. Under the new scheme,
Sylff institutions nominate fellowship candidates, and the recipients are selected by
the Foundation. Some Sylff institutions expressed reservations about this clause.
In response, it was clarified that the Foundation would “confirm” the eligibility of
the nominated candidates, as stipulated in the Agreement with the Sylff institution,and that the nominations would, in principle, be respected.

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CONVERSATION WITH SYLFF FELLOWS
What are the qualities of a leader who is both sensitive to global trends and dedicated tomeeting local, community needs? The Sylff program is committed to supporting fellows
both during the fellowship period and in their post-graduation careers so they can makevaluable contributions to society in their own, unique ways.
Moderator:
Speakers:

Mari Suzuki, Director, Leadership Development, Tokyo Foundation
Aluoka Otieno, Sylff fellow, 2000, University of Nairobi
Ann Marie Murphy, Sylff fellow, 1994–96, Columbia University
Stefan Jarolimek, Sylff fellow, 2004–07, University of Leipzig
Loukas Spanos, Sylff fellow, 1999–2000, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

There is no single list of criteria that can universally be applied in identifying “leadersof tomorrow” from among the pool of applicants; Sylff institutions are asked to decide
the kind of leader they think would be most effective in overcoming differences andcontributing to the good of their respective communities and countries. In this session,
four outstanding Sylff fellows embodying the Sylff ideal of socially engaged leadershipmade presentations that gave administrators a better idea of what to look for in selecting candidates.
Aluoka Otieno
The Sylff award assisted me in enhancing
coordination and networking with peers in
my university and with NGOs and paved theway for grassroots leadership. This exposure
instilled in me the passion to work in promoting human rights; fundamental freedoms
and rights; peace and democratization; andthe empowerment of the vulnerable. In August 2013, using a Sylff Leadership Initiatives
award, I organized a seminar in Kenya,
which was in the midst of a historic transition under a new constitution, on ways tobuild a government that works for the people. The event attracted over 150 civic leaders and public officials from Kisumu County. I am continuing to search for models ofcommunity empowerment and alternative leadership while pursuing a PhD at the
University of Nairobi.

10Ann Marie Murphy
I am a second generation American, whose
grandparents were poor immigrants from Ireland. After quitting my job at a bank on WallStreet, I moved to Asia and that opened myeyes to how different the world can look. After
returning to New York, I entered Columbia
University’s graduate school and was granted
two years of Sylff support to earn my PhD. In allof my work, I try to see international problems
from multiple perspectives and suggest ways inwhich countries can overcome their differences. I am grateful to Sylff, and the gratitude inspires me to help the next generation of students along their own intellectualand professional journeys.
Stefan Jarolimek
In 2004, a local Sylff association called ALUS (Association of
Leipzig University Sylff-Fellows) was established. Since 2006,
it has been a legal, registered association, and currently I am
one of the board members. We regularly organize colloquiums on the issue of change in Central and Eastern Europe
and other timely topics. These events are open to not only
Sylff-fellows but to all interested stakeholders. In addition,
we hold cultural events, public discussions, and photo exhibitions. We are proud that ALUS is one of the first local associations that organized an international Sylff Fellows Forumwith fellows from four other countries.

Loukas Spanos
Diversity and motivation are two key values ofSylff. My role in the Greek government from2009 coincided with an extremely challenging
period; during the financial crisis and in theface of Greek sovereign default, I was involved
in high-level meetings and negotiations with
EU and IMF executives and interacted with key
players. My ability to integrate diverse views
and conflicting interests as well as to under11stand the importance of the cultural dimension, were an outgrowth of my Sylff years. I
was also personally involved and collaborated with Sylff steering committee members
in restarting Sylff investments, which were interrupted by the 2008 crisis. I can truly
say that the Sylff spirit guided me and motivated me to help to keep Sylff alive and active in Athens.

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BACK TO BASICS:SYLFF PROGRAM OPERATIONS
Understanding and adhering to the guidelines in the Sylff Operation Manual are keys tostable endowment management, effective program operations, and the attracting of outstanding fellows. What additional steps can be taken to enrich the Sylff experience forboth fellows and Sylff institutions? This session featured presentations by several schoolsthat have succeeded in elevating the value of Sylff fellowships and have undertaken various initiatives to achieve the aims of the Sylff program.
Presenter:
Speakers:

Yoko Kaburagi, Program Officer, Tokyo Foundation
Naomi Collins, Coordinator, Sasakawa Programmes, Massey University
Sonja Steinbrech, Director of Degree Program Enrollment, School ofInternational Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California,
San Diego
Akio Kamiko, Vice-President, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

This session was aimed at enhancing understanding of thebasic principles of Sylff program operations and endowment management under the current scheme.
The session started with a presentation by Yoko Kaburagi on Sylff program operations, focusing on the role ofSylff institutions. Given the “decentralized” approach toprogram operations, she noted, Sylff institutions play anessential part in realizing the Sylff mission, namely, by selecting those applicants that they feel possess the leadership qualities needed to meet the particular challenges intheir respective commuSYLFF MISSION
nities.
Sylff
Cultivate leaders of tomorrow who institutions were urged to revisit and adjust program operations in accordance
will contribute to the common
with the changing needs of society.
good of humankind
Kaburagi’s comments were followed
Support the education of outby presentations by three Sylff institutions
standing students pursuing gradu- on the various initiatives they have implemented to elevate the value of Sylff felate-level study in the social scilowships and enrich the Sylff experience.
ences and humanities
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Naomi Collins defined Sylff as themost highly competitive and lucrative
fellowship program in New Zealandand emphasized the importance ofconducting interviews to identify thebest students, not only with regard toacademic achievements but also leadership potential. She introduced recent initiatives that have been effective in connecting fellows with diverse
academic backgrounds.
Sonja Steinbrech described how
the selection of Sylff fellows has been incorporated into the UCSD admission process,leading to the awarding of Sylff fellowship to the brightest,
top-tier students. The experience of Sylff fellows are enriched by inviting them to participate in privileged university events and gatherings with Sylff fellow and visitorsfrom different countries.
Akio Kamiko shared the APU steering committee’s
success in enhancing the value of the Sylff program and in
attracting outstanding students. The committee, in response to a decline in the number of applicants, changed
the screening procedures and the scope of the fellowship
program, thereby enabling the continued selection ofbright students.

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POST-FELLOWSHIP EMPOWERMENT (1):SYLFF RESEARCH ABROAD
The Tokyo Foundation implements a number of additional “support programs” that provide direct support to fellows, one of them being Sylff Research Abroad (SRA), which
gives fellows an opportunity to conduct research in a foreign country toward their PhD
dissertations. SRA helps award recipients broaden their research, and Sylff institutions
are encouraged to introduce this program to eligible fellows. This session provided an
outline of the program, its application schedule, conditions, and recent trends. Several
SRA recipients were invited to speak about their SRA research and its impact on theiracademic careers.
Presenter:
Speakers:

Tomoko Yamada, Program Officer, Tokyo Foundation
Paulina Berrios, Sylff fellow, 2003–04, University of Chile (SRA 2011)
Mihoko Sakurai, Sylff fellow, 2013–14, Keio University (SRA 2013)
Xuan Nguyen, Sylff fellow, 2010, University of New South Wales (SRA2010)

The session began with an outline of SRA by
Tomoko Yamada, followed by presentations
by SRA recipients on how the award enrichedtheir dissertations and contributed to furthering their academic careers.
Using the SRA award, Paulina Berrios
collected data in Chile for her doctoral dissertation. Her research focused on the academic
work of part-time professors at universities inSantiago and on how these institutions value
and regulate the academic work of those faculty members. Through the SRA experience, she was able to substantially improve
her interviewing skills and gained a deeper
knowledge on university administration. Her
PhD research led to a position as an institutional research analyst at the State Universityof New York in the United States.
Mihoko Sakurai is currently conducting
research into disaster-resilient information
systems for local governments. Her research
was prompted by the devastating effect the15March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake had on information systems of regional municipalities. With
the SRA award, she conducted research at the University of Georgia in the United States, receiving advice
from Dr. Richard Watson, the J. Rex Fuqua Distinguished Chair for Internet Strategy at the university,
who advocates building “frugal information systems”
to prepare for future disasters. Sakurai commented
that SRA enabled her to internationalize her research,
her academic career, and herself, opening up new opportunities.
Xuan Nguyen received a Sylff fellowshipwhile pursuing a PhD in
the economics programat the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
With an SRA award, he conducted research on trade andintellectual property rights for three weeks in 2010 under
the supervision of Professor Jota Ishikawa of Hitotsubashi
University, Japan, a top trade economist. Through this experience, he was able to connect with other leading professors and to participate in the Asia Pacific Trade Seminars (APTS). Nguyen emphasized the importance of suchnetworks and said that his connections remain strong andeffective to this day.

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THE POWER OF MUSIC
There are three renowned music universities in the Sylff community. Through the Sylff
Chamber Music Seminars, supported by the Tokyo Foundation, fellows from the threeschools train and perform together, comparing performance styles and differences in interpretation, thereby broadening their range of expression. This session featured videosof the fellows’ activities in the Chamber Music Seminar, as well as an August 2012 charity
concert for areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku, Japan.
Presenter:

Bärli Nugent, Assistant Dean and Director of Chamber Music, The
Juilliard School

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POST-FELLOWSHIP EMPOWERMENT (2):SYLFF LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES
Leadership is best nurtured through the active exercise of it, so grants are provided under
Sylff Leadership Initiatives (SLI)—another “support program” provided directly by the
Tokyo Foundation—to fellows eager to implement a project aimed at social change inthe community. This session provided an outline of the program, its application procedures, and screening criteria. Several SLI recipients were invited to speak about the projects they implemented and the impact they had on society.
Presenter:
Speakers:

Eriko Ishikawa, Program Officer, Tokyo Foundation
Carl-Emmanuel Fisbach, Sylff fellow, 2010–11, Paris Conservatoire(SLI 2013)
Sherilyn Tan Siy, Sylff fellow, 2004–07, Ateneo de Manila University(SLI 2013)
Aluoka Otieno, Sylff fellow, 2000, University of Nairobi (SLI 2013)

Eriko Ishikawa opened the session with an overview of
the SLI program, including application trends and selection criteria. Among the five criteria for an award—
initiative, social relevance, originality, feasibility, andsocial impact—the most important, she emphasized,
was whether or not the project was initiated by the
Sylff fellow him- or herself. After her presentation,
three SLI recipients spoke about their projects as concrete examples of leadership initiatives that embody
the Sylff mission.
Carl-Emmanuel Fisbach introduced his SLI project
entitled, “The Musician-Citizen: Participative MusicMaking in Disadvantaged Areas and PedagogicalTraining for Saxophonists, Lima, Peru,” which was an
outgrowth of questions about the musician’s role inthe society that were prompted by his participation in
the Sylff-related Michinoku Wind Orchestra charity event in August 2012. The projectin Lima consists of two activities: music workshops for children and professional training for young saxophone teachers, expected to become local leaders who will take overthe project. He commented that his biggest challenge has been to play the dual roles of
instrumental performer and project organizer; this, though, he noted, is an essential
step to becoming a musician who is fully engaged in society.

18Sherilyn Tan Siy introduced her SLI project entitled “”Our Community, Our Resources: Increasing Food Security.” She described the severe situation in her homecountry, the Philippines, where—despite thefact that more than a quarter of the population fall below the poverty line—much food iswasted due to inefficiencies in the food supply chain. As she has become involved in afood banking initiative in Japan, whichmatches foods destined to be discarded with those who need them to satisfy a basic
human need, she organized a symposium that was supported by SLI and invited potential stakeholders, such as farmers, retailers, transportcompanies, government officials, and members of
nonprofit organizations to explore the possibilities of
establishing a functional food banking system in thePhilippines.
Aluoka Otieno introduced his project entitled“From Promise to Reality: Kisumu Leadership andDevelopment Conference.” After the humanitariancrisis of 2007, Kenya promulgated a new constitution
to decentralize its political decision-making process.
This conference aimed to develop sustainable andengaged good governance among local county leaders and other stakeholders. In addition to having
worked at international organizations and for foreign
governments as a governance consultant, Otieno has
been committed as a local leader in his home town
Kisumu. This broad background and experience enabled him to invite a variety of
stakeholders to the conference and to realize Sylff’s mission of leadership transcending
differences.

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ISSUES AND PROSPECTS IN
HIGHER EDUCATION
Globalization is having a major impact on higher education, as reflected in the enhanced
cross-border mobility of students and faculty members. Advances in Internet technology,
moreover, are enabling free access to lectures by renowned professors, which could significantly alter the role universities play. Universities offer more than just a degree, however, and play an important role in the community. These issues were examined fromvarious angles—reflecting the diversity of the Sylff community—in an effort to shed newlight on the future of higher education. The sessions on “Issues and Prospects in Higher
Education” began with presentations by several education experts, after which participants broke out into smaller groups to discuss one of the topics in-depth.
Moderator:
Speakers:

Carlos Azzoni, Professor of Economics, University of Saõ Paulo
Radoslaw Rybkowski, Sylff fellow, 1997, Jagiellonian University
Paul Dunmore, Professor, School of Accountancy, Massey University
Rux Prompalit, Sylff fellow, 2002–03, University of Oregon

The purpose of the sessions was to share and deepen understanding of the challenges confronting
higher education through group discussion. The
specific topics explored were:
1. Higher Education’s Responses to Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities
2. Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs)
and Their Affinity with Higher Education Institutions
3. Contribution of Higher Education Institutions to the Local Community
At the beginning of Session 8, presentations weredelivered on issues associated with each of the three topics. This was followed by small
group discussions during Session 9 and a wrap-up plenary in Session 11, during which
representatives of each group summarized the comments made during the breakouts.
The sessions provided an excellent opportunity to learn of other universities’ best practices and helped promote closer networking and cooperative ties among Sylff institutions.

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On the topic of “Higher Education’s Responses
to Globalization,” Radoslaw Rybkowski spoke on
the evolution and current status of the Bologna Process. Drawing on its long history of higher education, Europe is advancing the Bologna Process to promote the mobility of students,
researchers, and faculty members, thereby facilitating learning and the sharing of
knowledge. The Process has produced a series of important changes, such as the introduction of two cycles of education (undergraduate/graduate) and the European Credit
Transfer System (ECTS). Signatory countries and institutions of higher learning in
those countries face a number of challenges, however.
Issues raised following the presentation, both during the breakout and plenary
sessions, included the international rankings of universities, quality assurance, English
as a lingua franca, academic freedom and standards, and the mobility of students andfaculty. Comments were made that although there are many problems to be overcome,the Bologna Process is actually working, thanks to the perception within the EU thatmobility is a positive development. Reasons were cited on why mobility has not progressed in other countries, and suggestions were made on how it can be further encouraged in such countries, including the United States. While mobility is a sharedvalue, participants noted there are still many details that must be worked out.

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Regarding “MOOCs and their Affinity with Higher Education Institutions,” Paul
Dunmore described his experience of teaching students on-line at Massey University.
The emergence of MOOCs, he said, was the result of a number of developments andphenomena in the 1990s. Recently, the number of MOOCs providers has proliferated,
including EdX, Coursera, NovoEd, Udacity, and Futurelearn, competing with individual universities. Many problems remain to be resolved, however, such as monitoring thelevel of study, transition from “informal” to “formal” education settings, acceptance ofcompletion certificate issued by “for fee” institutions, development of a MOOCs business model, unbundling of roles of educations in terms of content development anddelivery, academic support services, and assessment and examination.
Additional problems associated with MOOCs were raised from the floor, such as
contents that are too basic, the mismatch between a donor’s objectives and the needsof learners, plagiarism, certificate verification, and the likelihood that the market
would be monopolized by a few players. It was also pointed out that MOOCs can havea positive impact on fulfilling the increasing needs for higher education at affordable
cost and that MOOCs are unlikely to completely replace universities, since they cannot
provide “physical” institutions and the real interaction necessary for serious academic
pursuits.
Rux Prompalit, speaking on the theme of the “Contribution of Higher Education
Institutions to the Local Community,” commented that one role of higher education is
to foster ethical citizens committed to building peace and defending human rights anddemocratic values. The concept of “university social responsibility” (USR), he noted, ismaking institutions of higher learning more responsive to the needs of the local community. Payap University, for example, has institutionalized its commitment to the22community through a wide range of projects, from the preservation of minority lan
guages to the delivery of prosthetic devices. Challenges may be overcome, Prompalitsaid, by promoting innovation with a regional focus, developing human capital withinregions, and promoting social, cultural, and environmental development.
Other participants raised such issues as divergent definitions of the “community”
depending on the national or institutional context and the difficulty of measuringcommunity contributions in terms of funding, budgeting, branding, and reputationbuilding. Since universities are engaged in the nurturing of future generations, it waspointed out that they can have a significant impact on the shape of society. Universities may face a dilemma, though, when society asks them to take on a greater public
service role despite inadequate infrastructure.

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IDEA GENERATION:
NEW PROGRAMS FOR SYLFF FELLOWS
Tapping deeper into the diverse resources of the Sylff community can help fellows expand
their academic and professional horizons and enrich their social engagement initiatives.
What additional programs would best enable fellows to further develop and exercise
leadership, both in the community and at the national or global level? To facilitate thediscussion, Sylff fellows shared their ideas for new support programs. This session also
introduced a support program that is being relaunched in 2015—the Sylff Fellows Forum—that will invite outstanding fellows from around the world to discuss critical global
issues.
Moderator:
Speakers:

Keita Sugai, Program Officer, Tokyo Foundation
Joyashree Roy, Sylff Programme Director and Professor of Economics,
Jadavpur University
Loukas Spanos, Sylff fellow, 1999–2000, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dinasas Abdella, Sylff fellow, 2004, Utrecht University

The Tokyo Foundation will be reinforcing its support programs in the coming years,
and this session was held to share new ideas for such programs, proposed by Sylff fellows, with program administrators and Foundation members. The concept of a Sylff
Fellows Forum, to be relaunched in fiscal 2015 at Jadavpur University, India, was also
introduced at this session.

24Based on the ideas suggested during a brainstorming session among thefellows, Loukas Spanos and Dinasas
Abdella made presentations on ways toenhance Sylff’s visibility and to bolster
global collaboration among the fellows.
Some of the ideas included: (1) utilization of social networking services like
LinkedIn to keep up-to-date on theactivities of other fellows and facilitatecommunication; (2) closer collaboration between Sylff program administrators and fellows, such as by encouraging fellows
to participate in program operations and university activities to strengthen the “Sylff
identity”; (3) sharing of best practices in program operations and endowment management; and (4) issuance of “Sylff Passports” to Sylff fellows as a token of shared identity.
As for the Sylff Fellows Forum,
Joyashree Roy, representing the hostinstitution, presented some possible
themes. The Tokyo Foundation seeks
to convene one global Fellows Forum
every year. At the end of the session,
Keita Sugai emphasized that the Tokyo Foundation is expanding the scaleand scope of the support programsand that he looks forward to active
support from Sylff institutions whenthose programs are launched.

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CLOSING REMARKSSANAE ODA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TOKYO FOUNDATIONFirst of all, I’d like to say it’s been a great pleasure listening to the presentations by
Sylff administrators and fellows over the past three days, and I’ve also immensely enjoyed our private conversations. I’ve learned a great deal and was moved by the many
wonderful initiatives being taken around the world to enrich the Sylff experience.
As you might have guessed from the way we organized the sessions this year, one
area that we at the Tokyo Foundation are very keen on reinforcing is our support programs for both current and graduated fellows. These programs give us an opportunity
to make a direct contribution to the development of outstanding leaders at both thecommunity and global levels.
The task of identifying such leaders, though, is an ongoing process with no easyanswers. In fact, some of you may be leaving here with many more new questions
about the qualities we look for in a Sylff leader. In a way, that’s exactly what we hoped
for, because we’re not here to provide the answers but to help you formulate the questions. It’s up to you—the individual
universities in our Sylff community—
It’s up to you—the individual universito decide what qualities are best suited to addressing the most daunting
ties in our Sylff community—to decidechallenges faced by your community,
what qualities are best suited to adyour country, and our precious world.
That’s what makes Sylff such a special
dressing the most daunting challenges
and unique program.
I hope you’ll take advantage of
faced by your community, your counthis decentralized focus to continue
try, and our precious world.
making that extra effort to identify

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truly remarkable and inspiring leaders from among the pool of applicants. And we’re
ready to offer all the support we can.
Let me wrap up by offering a big “thank you” to Mr. Sasakawa and everyone at the
Nippon Foundation for helping us organize this event. And I’d like to express my very

deep gratitude to all of you for taking the trouble to attend this meeting. I hope it was
as informative and rewarding for you as it has been for me. And last but not least, I’dlike to acknowledge the fantastic job that members of the Tokyo Foundation havedone to make this meeting a great success. It’s been a real team effort over the past
year involving our entire staff—those with the blue name tags. They’ve been working
so hard during the meeting, both on- and offstage, to make sure everything wentsmoothly. Would you please join me in giving them a big hand?
Please think of us as your friends and partners in making Sylff an even richer andmore meaningful program, and I look forward to working with you in the months andyears ahead.
Congratulations and thank you very much.

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DIALOGUE WITH TOKYO FOUNDATION EXPERTS (1):FISCAL CONSOLIDATION VS.
STIMULUS SPENDING
One mission of the Sylff community spanning 44 countries is to bring together theknowledge and experience of experts from around the world to gain a fuller understanding of major issues affecting global society and contribute to their resolution. Can Abenomics pull Japan out of economic stagnation and contribute to fiscal consolidation?
What are the policies being adopted by other industrial countries? Will reducing public
debt invariably mean lower social welfare benefits? This session, featuring policy experts
from the Tokyo Foundation, actively invited input from the floor to gain new insights
into the challenges confronting many countries, including those where mounting fiscal
debt is just beginning to pose a threat.
Moderator:
Speakers:

Commentators:

Zentaro Kamei, Director of Policy Research and Research Fellow, Tokyo Foundation
Alan V. Deardorff, John W. Sweetland Professor of International Economics and Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University ofMichigan
Uwe Vollmer, Professor of Economics, University of Leipzig; Directorof the Institute for Theoretical Economics
Sota Kato, Senior Fellow and Project Manager, Tokyo Foundation
Gundars Berzins, Chancellor, University of Latvia
Lars Gösta Magnusson, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of the Social Sciences, Uppsala University
Takashi Mihara, Research Fellow and Project Manager, Tokyo Foundation

Members of the Sylff community and Tokyo
Foundation experts engaged in dialogue on
the fiscal situation faced by countries aroundthe world. Speakers and commentators discussed a broad range of topics dealing withthe choice many governments are being
forced to make between fiscal austerity andstimulus spending.
Alan Deardorff noted the importance ofspending based on the needs of the economy
28and avoiding fiscal deficits where possible. Spending should be focused on building
infrastructure to increase productivity, he said, and to stimulate economic activity.
Uwe Vollmer described Germany’s fiscal consolidation plans and emphasized themerits of an austerity policy. He explained how Germany was able to stabilize its economy by introducing a balanced budget provision (debt brake) and embedding it into
its constitution in order to lower the deficit. From 2020, the federal states will not be
permitted to run any structural deficits at all.
Sota Kato gave an overview of the pros and cons of three options Japan has toachieve fiscal consolidation: (1) simply grow the economy, (2) increase taxes, or (3) cut
spending. He explained the risks and reasons behind Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to postpone a hike in the consumption tax, noting that politics may present thebiggest obstacle to fiscal consolidation. .
Commentators Gundars Berzins and Lars Gösta Magnusson introduced Latvia’sand Sweden’s experiences in fiscal consolidation, respectively, while Takashi Mihara
pointed to issues in Japan’s social security—the biggest expenditure item in the budgetthat keeps growing every year.
The participants noted that there is no single solution and that there are dilemmas posed by either policy.

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DIALOGUE WITH TOKYO FOUNDATION EXPERTS (2):BALANCING DEVELOPMENT AND
THE ENVIRONMENTThe IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, which highlighted rising risks to the world’s waterand food, has also provoked a rethinking of activities linked to climate change. How arecountries balancing the needs for economic growth with the importance of protecting theenvironment? Questions and comments from the floor were encouraged in examining
these and other topics relating to global warming and its impact on international relations.
Moderator:
Speakers:

Commentators:

Tsuneo Watanabe, Director of Policy Research and Senior Fellow, Tokyo Foundation
Joyashree Roy, Sylff Programme Director and Professor of Economics,
Jadavpur University
Guiwen Liu, Director, International Affairs Office, Chongqing University; Professor, School of Construction Management and Real Estate
Hikaru Hiranuma, Research Fellow and Project Manager, Tokyo
Foundation
Jonathan Shalfi, Sylff fellow, 2012-2014, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UC San Diego
Ippeita Nishida, Research Fellow and Project Manager, Tokyo Foundation
Taisuke Abiru, Research Fellow and Project Manager, Tokyo Foundation
The second dialogue session with
Tokyo Foundation policy experts focused on achieving an optimum balance between the needs for economic
growth and the importance of protecting the environment. The three
speakers presented case studies from
India, China, and Japan, respectively.

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Joyashree Roy, a lead author of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, explained the policy implications of thereport, stressing that climate change is a common global
problem requiring international cooperation and the harmonization of local, national, and regional policies on awide variety of issues. She also emphasized the importantrole networks will play in influencing the future course of
global trends.
Guiwen Liu described the Green Growth Project, a recent Chinese initiative to protect the environment. Under
this national program, China promotes the construction of“green buildings” to conserve resources, protect the environment, reduce pollution, and provide healthy, comfortable, and efficient spaces for people. The government’s roles include providing economic
incentives to encourage green building development and enhancing the public’s awarenessand knowledge of green buildings.
Hikaru Hiranuma gave an overview ofJapan’s energy supply system, advocating theestablishment on an integrated system incorporating renewal energy sources to reduce thecountry’s dependence on nuclear power. One
viable model, he said, is that being implemented in Spain that has reduced fluctuationsin the energy supply despite its strong dependence on “weather-reliant” energy sources.
Jonathan Shalfi, Ippeita Nishida, andTaisukeAbiru
commented
on
the role technologicaldevelopments can play inmitigatingtheburden on industrial activities on
the environment
and pointed to theneed to enhancethepublic’sawareness of energy realities.

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APPENDIX 1

LIST OF PARTICIPANTSSTEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
AUSTRALIAUNSW AUSTRALIA BUSINESS SCHOOLPEKING UNIVERSITY

Jennifer Hislop
AUSTRIAYa Deng
Jie Yu

UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC AND PERFORM-

CHONGQING UNIVERSITY

ING ARTS VIENNA

Guiwen Liu
Lichun Shu

Dorothea Maria Riedel
Bojana Tesan

INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY

BRAZIL

Fulin Feng

UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO

XINJIANG UNIVERSITY

Carlos Roberto Azzoni
BULGARIA

Taxifulati Teyibai
Kui Wang

SOFIA UNIVERSITY “ST. KLIMENTYUNNAN UNIVERSITYOHRIDSKI”

Chenyang Li
Xian Xiao

Alexander Victorovich Fedotoff
CANADASUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITYYORK UNIVERSITY

Shanmin Li
DENMARK

Barbara Crow

UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

CHILE
UNIVERSITY OF CHILE

Pernille Winther

Paula Castillo
CHINA

EGYPT
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIROFUDAN UNIVERSITY

Yasmine Ali Mohamed Ibrahim

Xiaoyuan Feng
Chunlin Yu

FIJI
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC

JILIN UNIVERSITY

Shaiza Zaria Janif

Guangcui Zhang

FRANCELANZHOU UNIVERSITYCONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL SUPÉRIEUR
DE MUSIQUE ET DE DANSE DE PARIS

Weiguo Lu
Baotian Pan

Camille Perrier

NANJING UNIVERSITYINSEAD

Zhong Yang
Yue ZhouHelle Jensen

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GERMANYJORDAN

UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIGUNIVERSITY OF JORDANUwe Vollmer

Rami Moustafa Ali

GREECEKENYA

NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIANUNIVERSITY OF NAIROBIUNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

Eunice Wanjiru Mutitu
LATVIA

Konstantinos Buraselis

UNIVERSITY OF LATVIAHUNGARYCORVINUS UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST

Gundars Berzins
Alina Grzhibovska

Balázs HámoriHUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

MALAYSIA
UNIVERSITY OF MALAYAMariann Tarnóczy
INDIA

Mohd Hamdi Abd Shukor

JADAVPUR UNIVERSITYMEXICOEL COLEGIO DE MÉXICOJoyashree Roy
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY

Jean-Francois Prud’homme
MONGOLIA

Rakesh Kumar Verma
Bupinder Zutshi

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF GOVERNANCE

INDONESIA

Batshukh ShairiiGADJAH MADA UNIVERSITYNETHERLANDSUTRECHT UNIVERSITY

Didi Achjari
Danang Sri Hadmoko

Dinasas Abdella
NEW ZEALANDISRAELBEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE

MASSEY UNIVERSITY

NEGEV

Naomi Collins
Paul Dunmore

Stavi BaramITALY

NORWAYINSTITUTE OF POLITICAL EDUCATIONUNIVERSITY OF OSLO“PEDRO ARRUPE”

Karen Crawshaw Johansen
Hege Merete Knutsen

Massimo Massaro
JAPAN

PHILIPPINESKEIO UNIVERSITY

ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY

Akira Koshiura
Hideyuki Tokuda

John Paul Claudio Vergara
POLANDWASEDA UNIVERSITYJAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY

Kazunobu Imoto

Andrzej Stefan Mania
PORTUGALRITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA

Akio Kamiko
Michiaki Yanagawa

Joaquim Manuel Costa Ramos deCarvalho

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SERBIA

UNITED STATESUNIVERSITY OF BELGRADEFLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY

Ljiljana Markovic
Dalibor Soldatic
Aleksandra Vranes
SOUTH AFRICA

Nora Moser McMillan
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

Maria Vicenta Carkovic

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

PRINCETON UNIVERSITYDavid Fisher
Lorna Benita Holtman
Ncedikaya E. Magopeni

Karen L. Mcguinness
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Alan Verne Deardorff
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

SPAIN
UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO

Waichi Ho
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYJose M. Guibert
SWEDEN

Margaret Carter Everett

UPPSALA UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Ingela Anna Karin Johansson
Lars Gösta Magnusson

Sonja Steinbrech
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINSWITZERLAND

Eric Hirst

GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNA-

HOWARD UNIVERSITYTIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Linda Jones
THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL

Dominic Florian Eggel
THAILAND

Bärli Nugent
VIETNAMCHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY

Puangpetch Dhanasin
TURKEYVIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY,

ANKARA UNIVERSITY

Tuyet Thi Nguyen
Thi Thanh Tam Nguyen

HANOI

Yalcin Karatepe

SYLFF FELLOWSAUSTRALIAFRANCEUNSW AUSTRALIA BUSINESS SCHOOLCONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL SUPÉRIEUR
DE MUSIQUE ET DE DANSE DE PARIS

Xuan Thanh Nguyen
CHILE

Carl-Emmanuel Fisbach

UNIVERSITY OF CHILEGERMANY
UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG

Paulina A. Berrios-Cortes
CZECH REPUBLIC

Stefan Jarolimek

CHARLES UNIVERSITYŠtěpán Holub
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GREECEPHILIPPINESNATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNI-ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITYVERSITY OF ATHENS

Sherilyn Tan Siy

Loukas Spanos

POLAND
JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITYJAPAN
KEIO UNIVERSITY

Radoslaw Rybkowski
UNITED STATES

Mihoko Sakurai
Tatsuya Yamamoto

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYKENYA

Ann Marie Murphy

UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBIUNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Aluoka Nashon Otieno

Rux Prompalit
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Jonathan Shalfi

NIPPON FOUNDATIONJames Huffman
Tatsuaki Kobayashi

Yohei Sasakawa
Tatsuya Tanami

TOKYO FOUNDATION
Taisuke Abiru
Masahiro Akiyama
Takeo Ando
Yumi Arai
Takaaki Asano
Mikiko Fujiwara
Tetsuya Fukagawa
Mikako Hanada
Hikaru Hiranuma
Akiko Imai
Akiko Inagaki
Mami Ino
Shigeki Inoue
Eriko Ishikawa

Yoko Kaburagi
Zentaro Kamei
Sota Kato
Nozomu Kawamoto
Yoriko Maekawa
Takafumi Matsui
Kaoru Matsushita
Takashi Mihara
Mariko Nakazaki
Ippeita Nishida
Sanae Oda
Masako Ohkuma
Yoichi Sato
Kenji Someno

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Keita Sugai
Mayumi Sugita
Takashi Suzuki
Mari Suzuki
Junko Suzuki
Nobuko Tanaka
Nobumasa Tanaka
Asako Uemura
Tsuneo Watanabe
Tomoko Yamada
Satoko Yanoma
Shoko Yoshihara

WELCOME DINNER
Akebono Room, Hotel Okura

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FAREWELL DINNERFirst Floor, Nippon Foundation Building

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APPENDIX 2SYLFF ADMINISTRATORSMEETING 2014 PROGRAM(Reprint of the program booklet distributed at the meeting in Tokyo)

CONTENTS
Message from the Organizer ........................... 2
Message from the Donor .................................. 3
Program ................................................................. 4
List of Participants ........................................... 10
Participant Biographies ................................. 14
Logistical Information .................................... 34
Directions ........................................................... 36

All personal names in the booklet follow the Western order: given name first.

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MESSAGE FROM THE ORGANIZER
MASAHIRO AKIYAMA, PRESIDENT, TOKYO FOUNDATION
A warm and cordial welcome to you all, and thank you somuch for coming all the way to Tokyo to attend the Sylff
Administrators Meeting. This meeting will focus on “Challenges and Opportunities in an Interconnected World” andwill give Sylff steering committee members and Tokyo
Foundation staff a chance to discuss ways to enrich the Sylff
program.
Tokyo Foundation program officers have visited all 69
Sylff schools over the past several years and have been madeaware of the issues faced by each university, perhaps themost challenging being the difficulty of generating income toprovide fellowships under the prevailing low interest rates.
To ensure the program’s sustainability, we’re giving Sylff
schools the option of switching to a new financial scheme—
being introduced in cooperation with the Nippon Foundation—that will enable universities tofocus their energy on identifying the best candidates and enriching program operations.
Sylff offers more than just fellowships; it also supports fellows in their research pursuits
and in undertaking leadership initiatives. We’ve invited over 10 fellows who have participatedin additional support programs offered by the Tokyo Foundation and who have emerged as
leaders embodying Sylff ideals. We will have a chance to hear from them over the next few
days.
As one of Japan’s leading think tanks, the Tokyo Foundation offers policy proposals addressing key issues confronting society. Our policy experts will join you in a number of sessions to explore such topics so that we may deepen our knowledge and understanding of conditions in our respective countries. We will also delve into issues faced by institutions of higher
education. These discussions will hopefully also contribute to further enhancing the effectiveness of Sylff program operations.
I hope that you’ll find the sessions over the next few days informative and rewarding andthat you’ll also have an opportunity to enjoy some of the sights around Japan!

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MESSAGE FROM THE DONORYOHEI SASAKAWA, CHAIRMAN, NIPPON FOUNDATION
I would like to extend a warm welcome to the Sylff administrators and fellows who have travelled from around theworld to attend the Sylff Administrators Meeting, here inTokyo.
Many of the problems we face today are ones that span
the globe. The issues of global warming, food crises or the
spread of infectious diseases, are local problems and at thesame time, global problems. No country can escape theirimpact, and no country can resolve them alone. These increasingly complex issues can only be solved through initiatives that transcend the boundaries of each country.
Launched in 1987, the Sylff program aims to identify andnurture future leaders who have the passion and ability toaddress these challenges to serve the common interests ofhumanity, by transcending religious, ethnic, national and other boundaries while respecting
diversity in culture and values.
The Sylff program has endowed scholarship programs in 69 institutions in 44 countries.
Over 15,000 students have received fellowships since its launch and are now working on thefrontlines of various sectors such as government, business and academia and are making positive contributions to their communities and regions. Sylff has introduced a new financial
scheme to ensure that the program is able to continue nurturing such remarkable individuals.
In closing, I would like to convey my deep appreciation to the Sylff institutions for theircommitments. Let us continue to work together to nurture global leaders who will contributeto the betterment of the world.

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PROGRAM
Meeting Venue: 2nd Floor Conference Room, Nippon Foundation Building, 1-2-2 Akasaka, Minato-ku
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7
Participants arrive with own travel arrangements
18:00–19:30

Optional Welcome Cocktail at Hotel Okura (Oak Room, 2nd fl., Main Building)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8
8:00–8:40

Registration (please be seated in the conference room by 8:50)

9:00–9:15

Welcome remarks by Masahiro Akiyama, President, Tokyo Foundation

9:15–9:30

Opening remarks by Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman, Nippon Foundation

9:30–10:00

Session 1. Roles of the Nippon Foundation and Tokyo Foundation
Sylff is a unique program prioritizing local initiatives in developing leaders with a
global perspective. Correspondingly, its organizational framework is also quite
unique and decentralized, with the Nippon Foundation and Tokyo Foundation working together to maintain and further develop this framework. What are their respective roles and responsibilities, and how do they go about fulfilling their missions?

Speakers:

Akiko Imai, Executive Director, Tokyo Foundation
Tatsuya Tanami, Executive Director, Nippon Foundation

10:00–11:00

Session 2. A New Financial Scheme for Enhanced Sustainability
Many universities have had difficulty generating enough investment income for fellowships owing to the low interest rates of key currencies that have prevailed since
the Lehman crisis. A new financial scheme, called the ḛSylff Fellowship Program,” isthus being offered to help such universities overcome this challenge and continue
developing future leaders for many more years to come. Like the existing scheme, itcalls for decentralized leadership development activities, but it expands the endowment management options of Sylff administrators to enhance the program’s sustainability. What advantages does the new scheme have, how does it differ from existingarrangements, and what must universities do to participate?

Speaker:

Takashi Suzuki, Director for Leadership Development and Research Fellow, Tokyo
Foundation

11:00–11:30

Coffee Break4

11:30–13:00

Session 3. Conversation with Sylff Fellows
What are the qualities of a leader who is both sensitive to global trends and dedicated to meeting local, community needs? The Sylff program is committed to supporting fellows both during the fellowship period and in their post-graduation careers so they can make valuable contributions to society in their own, unique ways.

Moderator:
Speakers:

Mari Suzuki, Director, Leadership Development, Tokyo Foundation
Aluoka Otieno, Sylff fellow, 2000, University of Nairobi
Ann Marie Murphy, Sylff fellow, 1994–96, Columbia University
Stefan Jarolimek, Sylff fellow, 2004–07, University of Leipzig
Loukas Spanos, Sylff fellow, 1999–2000, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

13:00–14:00

Lunch

14:00–14:30

Photo Session

14:30–16:00

Session 4. Dialogue with Tokyo Foundation Experts (1): Fiscal Consolidation vs.
Stimulus Spending
One mission of the Sylff community spanning 44 countries is to bring together theknowledge and experience of experts from around the world to gain a fuller understanding of major issues affecting global society and contribute to their resolution.
Fiscal conditions deteriorated in many countries following the global financial crisisof 2007–08, and many are being forced to make a difficult choice between fiscal austerity policies and deficit spending to stimulate economic activity. Can Abenomics
pull Japan out of economic stagnation and contribute to fiscal consolidation? What
are the policies being adopted by other industrial countries? Will reducing public
debt invariably mean lower social welfare benefits? This session, featuring policy experts from the Tokyo Foundation, will actively invite input from the floor so we may
gain new insights into the challenges confronting many countries, including thosewhere mounting fiscal debt is just beginning to pose a threat.

Moderator:
Speakers:

Commentators:

18:00–20:00

Zentaro Kamei, Director of Policy Research and Research Fellow, Tokyo Foundation
Alan V. Deardorff, John W. Sweetland Professor of International Economics and Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan
Uwe Vollmer, Professor of Economics, University of Leipzig; Director of the Institutefor Theoretical Economics
Sota Kato, Senior Fellow and Project Manager, Tokyo Foundation
Gundars Berzins, Chancellor, University of Latvia
Lars Gösta Magnusson, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of the Social Sciences, Uppsala University
Takashi Mihara, Research Fellow and Project Manager, Tokyo Foundation
Welcome Dinner at Hotel Okura (Akebono Room, 1st fl., Main Building)

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9
9:00–10:30

Session 5. Back to Basics: Sylff Program Operations
Understanding and adhering to the guidelines in the Sylff Operation Manual are keys
to stable endowment management, effective program operations, and the attractingof outstanding fellows. What additional steps can be taken to enrich the Sylff experience for both fellows and Sylff institutions? This session will feature presentations byseveral schools that have succeeded in elevating the value of Sylff fellowships andhave undertaken various initiatives to achieve the aims of the Sylff program.

Presenter:
Speakers:

Yoko Kaburagi, Program Officer, Tokyo Foundation
Naomi Collins, Coordinator, Sasakawa Programmes, Massey University
Sonja Steinbrech, Director of Degree Program Enrollment, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego
Akio Kamiko, Vice-President, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

11:00–12:00

Session 6. Post-Fellowship Empowerment (1): Sylff Research Abroad
The Tokyo Foundation implements a number of additional “support programs” thatprovide direct support to fellows, one of them being Sylff Research Abroad (SRA),
which gives fellows an opportunity to conduct research in a foreign country toward
their PhD dissertations. SRA is an excellent way for award recipients to broaden theirresearch, and Sylff institutions are encouraged to introduce this program to eligible
fellows. The session will provide an outline of the program, its application schedule,
conditions, and recent trends. Several SRA recipients will be invited to speak about
their SRA research and its impact on their academic careers.

Presenter:
Speakers:

Tomoko Yamada, Program Officer, Tokyo Foundation
Paulina Berrios, Sylff fellow, 2003–04, Universidad de Chile (SRA 2011)
Mihoko Sakurai, Sylff fellow, 2013–14, Keio University (SRA 2013)
Xuan Nguyen, Sylff fellow, 2010, University of New South Wales (SRA 2010)

12:00–13:30

Lunch Session. The Power of Music
There are three renowned music universities in the Sylff community. Through the
Sylff Chamber Music Seminars, supported by the Tokyo Foundation, fellows from thethree schools train and perform together, comparing performance styles and differences in interpretation, thereby broadening their range of expression. This session
will feature videos of the fellows’ activities in the Chamber Music Seminar, as well asan August 2012 charity concert for areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake andtsunami in Tohoku, Japan.

Presenter:

Bärli Nugent, Assistant Dean and Director of Chamber Music, The Juilliard School613:30–14:30

Session 7. Post-Fellowship Empowerment (2): Sylff Leadership Initiatives
Leadership is best nurtured through the active exercise of it, so grants are provided
under Sylff Leadership Initiatives (SLI)—another “support program” provided directlyby the Tokyo Foundation—to fellows eager to implement a project aimed at socialchange in the community. This session will provide an outline of the program, its application procedures, and screening criteria. Several SLI recipients will be invited to
speak about the projects they implemented and the impact they had on society.

Presenter:
Speakers:

Eriko Ishikawa, Program Officer, Tokyo Foundation
Carl-Emmanuel Fisbach, Sylff fellow, 2010–11, Paris Conservatoire (SLI 2013)
Sherilyn Tan Siy, Sylff fellow, 2004–07, Ateneo de Manila University (SLI 2013)
Aluoka Otieno, Sylff fellow, 2000, University of Nairobi (SLI 2013)

14:30–15:00

Coffee Break

15:00–16:00

Session 8. Issues and Prospects in Higher Education (1): Plenary
Globalization is having a major impact on higher education, as reflected in the enhanced cross-border mobility of students and faculty members. Advances in Internet
technology, moreover, are enabling free access to lectures by renowned professors,which could significantly alter the role universities play. Universities offer more thanjust a degree, however, and play an important role in the community. These issues
will be examined from various angles—reflecting the diversity of the Sylff community—in an effort to shed new light on the future of higher education. The session will
start with presentations by several education experts, after which participants will
break out into smaller groups to discuss one of the topics in-depth.

Moderator:
Speakers:

Carlos Azzoni, Professor of Economics, University of Saõ Paulo
Radoslaw Rybkowski, Sylff fellow, 1997, Jagiellonian University
Brigid Heywood, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research, Academic & Enterprise), Massey
University
Rux Prompalit, Sylff fellow, 2002–03, University of Oregon

18:00–20:00

Fellows Gathering (by invitation only), venue TBA

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10
8:30–10:00

Session 9. Issues and Prospects in Higher Education (2): Group Discussion
To more closely examine the three topics covered in Session 8, participants will breakout into six small discussion groups—two for each topic, namely: (1) higher education’s responses to globalization: challenges and opportunities, (2) MOOCs and its affinity with higher education institutions, and (3) contribution of higher education institutions to the local community.

10:00–10:30

Coffee Break7

10:30–12:00

Session 10. Dialogue with Tokyo Foundation Experts (2): Balancing Development and the Environment
The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, which highlighted rising risks to the world’s water and food, has also provoked a rethinking of activities linked to climate change.
How are countries balancing the needs for economic growth with the importance ofprotecting the environment? In this session, questions and comments from the floor
will be encouraged in examining these and other topics relating to global warming
and its impact on international relations.

Moderator:
Speakers:

Commentators:

Tsuneo Watanabe, Director of Policy Research and Senior Fellow, Tokyo Foundation
Joyashree Roy, Sylff Programme Director and Professor of Economics, Jadavpur University
Guiwen Liu, Director, International Affairs Office, Chongqing University; Professor,
School of Construction Management and Real Estate
Hikaru Hiranuma, Research Fellow and Project Manager, Tokyo Foundation
Jonathan Shalfi, Sylff fellow, 2012-2014, Graduate School of International Relations andPacific Studies, UC San Diego
Ippeita Nishida, Research Fellow and Project Manager, Tokyo Foundation
Taisuke Abiru, Research Fellow and Project Manager, Tokyo Foundation

12:00–13:00

Lunch

13:00–14:30

Session 11. Issues and Prospects in Higher Education (3): Plenary
Each group representative will summarize the comments made during the breakout
session as a prelude to further discussion among all participants. The session will
provide an excellent opportunity to learn of other universities’ best practices and will
hopefully lead to closer networking and cooperative ties among Sylff institutions.

14:30–15:00

Coffee Break

15:00–16:30

Session 12. Idea Generation: New Programs for Sylff Fellows
Tapping deeper into the diverse resources of the Sylff community could help fellows
expand their academic and professional horizons and enrich their social engagement
initiatives. What additional programs would best enable fellows to further develop
and exercise leadership, both in the community and at the national or global level?
To facilitate the discussion, Sylff fellows will share their ideas for new support programs. This session will also introduce a support program that is being relaunched
2015—the Sylff Fellows Forum, that will invite outstanding fellows from around theworld to discuss critical global issues.

Moderator:
Speakers:

Keita Sugai, Program Officer, Tokyo Foundation
Joyashree Roy, Sylff Programme Director and Professor of Economics, Jadavpur University
Loukas Spanos, Sylff fellow, 1999–2000, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dinasas Abdella, Sylff fellow, 2004, Utrecht University8

16:30–16:40

Closing remarks by Sanae Oda, Executive Director, Tokyo Foundation

19:00–21:00

Farewell Dinner at Nippon Foundation Building (Bow Room, 1st fl.)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11
Free time/optional tours
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12
Participants depart with own travel arrangements

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTSSTEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERSYUNNAN UNIVERSITYAUSTRALIAUNSW AUSTRALIA BUSINESS SCHOOL

Chenyang Li
Xian Xiao

Jennifer Hislop

SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITYAUSTRIA
UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS

Shanmin Li
DENMARKVIENNA

UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

Dorothea Maria Riedel
Bojana Tesan

Pernille Winther
EGYPT

BRAZIL
UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULOAMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO

Yasmine Ali Mohamed Ibrahim

Carlos Roberto Azzoni
FIJI

BULGARIA
SOFIA UNIVERSITY “ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI”

UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC

Alexander Victorovich Fedotoff

Shaiza Zaria Janif
FRANCECANADAYORK UNIVERSITYCONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL SUPÉRIEUR DE
MUSIQUE ET DE DANSE DE PARIS

Barbara Crow
CHILE

Camille Perrier

UNIVERSITY OF CHILEINSEAD

Helle Jensen
GERMANY

Paula Castillo
CHINA
FUDAN UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG

Xiaoyuan Feng
Chunlin Yu

Uwe Vollmer
GREECEJILIN UNIVERSITYNATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF
ATHENS

Guangcui Zhang
LANZHOU UNIVERSITY

Konstantinos Buraselis
HUNGARY

Weiguo Lu
Baotian Pan

CORVINUS UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST

NANJING UNIVERSITY

Balázs HámoriHUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Zhong Yang
Yue Zhou

Mariann Tarnóczy

PEKING UNIVERSITYINDIAJADAVPUR UNIVERSITY

Ya Deng
Jie YuJoyashree Roy

CHONGQING UNIVERSITY

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY

Guiwen Liu
Lichun Shu

Rakesh Kumar Verma
Bupinder Zutshi

INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITYINDONESIAUNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA

Fulin Feng
XINJIANG UNIVERSITY

Bambang Wibawarta
GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY

Taxifulati Teyibai
Kui Wang

Didi Achjari
Danang Sri Hadmoko
10ISRAELPHILIPPINES

BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEVATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITYJohn Paul Claudio Vergara
POLAND

Stavi BaramITALY
INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL EDUCATION “PEDROJAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY

ARRUPE”

Andrzej Stefan Mania
PORTUGAL

Massimo Massaro

UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRAJAPANKEIO UNIVERSITY

Joaquim Manuel Costa Ramos de Carvalho
SERBIA

Akira Koshiura
Hideyuki Tokuda

UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADEWASEDA UNIVERSITY

Ljiljana Markovic
Dalibor Soldatic
Aleksandra Vranes
SOUTH AFRICA

Hidehiko Fukuda
Kazunobu Imoto
Mitsuhide Shiraki
RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

Akio Kamiko
Michiaki Yanagawa

David Fisher
Lorna Benita Holtman
Ncedikaya E. Magopeni

JORDAN
UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN

SPAIN
UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO

Rami Moustafa Ali
KENYAJose M. Guibert
SWEDEN

UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBIUPPSALA UNIVERSITY

Eunice Wanjiru Mutitu
LATVIA

Ingela Anna Karin Johansson
Lars Gösta Magnusson

UNIVERSITY OF LATVIASWITZERLAND

Gundars Berzins
Alina Grzhibovska

GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND
DEVELOPMENT STUDIESMALAYSIA
UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA

Dominic Florian Eggel
THAILAND

Mohd Hamdi Abd Shukor

CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITYMEXICOEL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO

Puangpetch Dhanasin
TURKEY

Jean-Francois Prud’homme

ANKARA UNIVERSITYMONGOLIANATIONAL ACADEMY OF GOVERNANCE

Yalcin Karatepe
UNITED STATESBatshukh Shairii

FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACYNETHERLANDSUTRECHT UNIVERSITY

Nora Moser McMillan
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

Dinasas Abdella
NEW ZEALAND

Maria Vicenta Carkovic

MASSEY UNIVERSITY

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Naomi Collins
Brigid Heywood

Karen L. Mcguinness
YALE UNIVERSITYNORWAY

George Joseph

UNIVERSITY OF OSLO

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Karen Crawshaw Johansen
Hege Merete Knutsen

Alan Verne Deardorff
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Waichi Ho
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PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

THE JUILLIARD SCHOOLMargaret Carter Everett

Bärli Nugent
VIETNAM

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGOVIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI

Sonja Steinbrech
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

Tuyet Thi Nguyen
Thi Thanh Tam Nguyen

Eric Hirst
HOWARD UNIVERSITY

Linda JonesSYLFF FELLOWSAUSTRALIAJAPANUNSW AUSTRALIA BUSINESS SCHOOLKEIO UNIVERSITY

Xuan Thanh Nguyen

Mihoko Sakurai
Tatsuya Yamamoto

CHILE
UNIVERSITY OF CHILEKENYA
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI

Paulina A. Berrios-Cortes
CZECH REPUBLIC

Aluoka Nashon Otieno
LATVIACHARLES UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA

Št³pán HolubFRANCE

Ilona Baumane-Vitolina
PHILIPPINESCONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL SUPÉRIEUR DE

ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITYMUSIQUE ET DE DANSE DE PARIS

Carl-Emmanuel Fisbach

Sherilyn Tan Siy
POLANDGERMANY
UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIGJAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY

Stefan Jarolimek

Radoslaw Rybkowski
UNITED STATESGREECECOLUMBIA UNIVERSITYNATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF
ATHENS

Ann Marie Murphy
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Loukas Spanos

Rux Prompalit
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Jonathan Shalfi

NIPPON FOUNDATIONJames Huffman
Tatsuaki Kobayashi

Yohei Sasakawa
Tatsuya Tanami

TOKYO FOUNDATION
Taisuke Abiru
Masahiro Akiyama
Takeo Ando

Yumi Arai
Takaaki Asano
Mikiko Fujiwara
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Tetsuya Fukagawa
Mikako Hanada
Hikaru Hiranuma

Akiko Imai
Akiko Inagaki
Mami Ino
Shigeki Inoue
Eriko Ishikawa
Yoko Kaburagi
Zentaro Kamei
Sota Kato
Nozomu Kawamoto
Yoriko Maekawa
Takafumi Matsui

Kaoru Matsushita
Takashi Mihara
Mariko Nakazaki
Ippeita Nishida
Sanae Oda
Masako Ohkuma
Yoichi Sato
Kenji Someno
Keita Sugai
Mayumi Sugita
Takashi Suzuki

13Mari Suzuki
Junko Suzuki
Nobuko Tanaka
Nobumasa Tanaka
Asako Uemura
Tsuneo Watanabe
Tomoko Yamada
Satoko Yanoma
Shoko Yoshihara

PARTICIPANT BIOGRAPHIES
Mohd Hamdi Abd Shukor

Universityof Malaya

Prof Dr Mohd Hamdi Bin Abd Shukor is University of Malaya’s Deputy President and Deputy Vice
Chancellor, in charge of academic and international matters. He is a senior professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and has been heading the Centre of Advanced Manufacturing and Material Processing since its inception. He received his bachelor’s degree from Imperial
College London and pursued his master’s degree at Manchester University. He then went to Kyoto
University for his DrEng degree. He wishes to communicate with various institutions in order toestablish closer working ties.

Dinasas Abdella

Utrecht
University

Research areas include health, governance, and sustainable development. PhD is on access to sexual and reproductive health services in the context of decentralization in Tanzania. Member of thesteering committee for the Netherlands’ sexual and reproductive health and HIV platform (2012present). Involved in teaching and coordinating tasks for the UCU-in-Africa Program (2013-2014).
Worked at the Social Science Research Council, New York (2006-2008). A Sylff fellow (2004) at UU
and president of the Sylff Global Council 2008-2009. Looking forward to meeting Sylff programadministrators and exchanging ideas for platforms that help bridge and create knowledge in higher education.

Taisuke Abiru

Tokyo
Foundation

Research fellow and project manager, Tokyo Foundation. After graduating from Waseda University
with a degree in political science and economics, earned his MA at the Moscow State Institute ofInternational Relations. After working as a freelance journalist, assumed his current position. Is amember of Russia’s Valdai International Discussion Club.

Didi Achjari

GadjahMada University

Dr. Didi Achjari is an associate professor in the Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of
Accounting, Gadjah Mada University (UGM). He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting
from UGM, his master of commerce from the University of New South Wales, and a PhD in business administration from Curtin University of Technology, Perth. Besides accounting, his specialization is in information technology. He was the head of the Internal Audit Office at UGM before
becoming Vice Rector for Finance and Information System (2011-2012) and Vice Rector for Planning, Finance and Information System (2012-present). He is co-chairman of the Sylff Steering
Committee with policymaking responsibilities. This Sylff Administrators Meeting will be an opportunity for UGM to meet other partners in the network to share and learn best practices, common issues, and experiences in the management of the Sylff program at each institution.

Masahiro Akiyama

Tokyo
Foundation

President and senior fellow, Tokyo Foundation. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Tokyo and entered the Ministry of Finance. Professional career in government includes headof the Banking Investigation Division in MOF’s Banking Bureau and councilor in MOF’s Secretariat. Moved to the Defense Agency in 1991, serving as director general of the Defense Policy Bureau
and the Finance Bureau, and administrative vice-minister of defense before resigning from theagency in 1998. Was visiting scholar at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University
in 1999, and was chairman of the Ocean Policy Research Foundation from 2001 to 2012. Has also
been professor at Rikkyo University and, since 2008, visiting professor at CISS, Peking University.
Assumed his current position in June 2012.

Rami Moustafa Ali

University
of Jordan

Dr. Ali earned a PhD in experimental atomic physics from Kansas State University in 1993, andserved as a postdoctoral fellow at Argonne National Laboratory, USA, before joining the Universityof Nevada in Reno as a faculty member in 1995. He moved to the Hashemite University, Jordan, in
2002 and the University of Jordan in 2005, where he has been serving as director of the Office of14

International Relations since 2008, and has been a UJ Sylff Steering Committee member since2009. He would like to take the opportunity to foster relations with other Sylff institutions.

Carlos Roberto Azzoni

Universityof Saõ Paulo

Professor of Economics in the School of Economics, Administration and Accounting, University ofSaõ Paulo, Brazil. Served as chair of the department, associate dean and dean. Visiting Professor at
the University of Illinois, Ohio State University and Cornell University. Chair of the Sylff Programat USP since 1995. Research interests include regional and personal inequality and other regional
issues. Would like to see the Sylff vision emphasized in the meeting.

Stavi Baram

Ben-Gurion
Universityof the Negev

Sylff fellow,
Universityof Latvia

Sylff fellow,
Universidad
de Chile

Dr. Baram is the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Director of the Office for International Academic Affairs since June 2013. Baram has served as the director-general’s senior assistant (20062013). She has also held the position of founding administrative director of the Medical School forInternational Health (1998-2006). Baram holds a PhD in Biophysical Chemistry from BGU. Chairof the Sylff steering committee at BGU since 2013. Would like to communicate with Sylff programadministrators and various institutions.

Ilona Baumane-Vitolina
Received a Sylff fellowship in 2005 at the University of Latvia. Is now an assistant professor at the
University of Latvia’s Faculty of Economics and management. Main research areas include crosscultural management, organizational behavior, and innovation management in SMEs. Awarded aSylff research grant in 2006. Participated in the Sylff Regional Forum in 2007. Organized a Sylff
anniversary meeting at the University of Latvia in May 2014. Would like to meet Sylff fellows andprogram administrators from various institutions and discuss future initiatives.

Paulina A. Berrios-Cortes
Received a Sylff fellowship in 2003–04 at the Universidad de Chile. Currently working as a Strategic
Enrollment Management Doctoral Research Assistant at the State University of New York (SUNY).
Main duties include analysis of growth of academic programs, labor projections, and out-of-statemarkets for enrollment, and provision of data reports to SUNY’s Strategic Enrollment Management unit. Helped found the Sylff Chilean graduate students association in 2003 and served as its
President from 2004 to 2007. Participated in the Sylff Regional Forum in 2005 & 2007. Member of
the Sylff Fellow Council 2005-2007. Awarded Sylff Research Abroad in 2011. Would like to reconnect and meet new Sylff fellows and program administrators from various institutions around theworld.

Gundars Berzins

Universityof Latvia

Chancellor of the University of Latvia from 2010. Has a doctor of science in management. Main research areas coincide with lectures at the Faculty of Economics and Management: Management of
the economic process and technology, management of enterprise strategy and politics, strategicand operative planning, and management theory. A Sylff Financial Committee chairperson at theUL since 2010. Would like to communicate and exchange experience with Sylff program administrators from various institutions.

Konstantinos Buraselis

National &Kapodistrian University of Athens

Undergraduate study and diploma of History & Archaeology at the Faculty of Philosophy, Dept. ofHistory & Archaeology, University of Athens, 1968-1973. Postgraduate study and doctor’s degree(Dr.phil.) in ancient history, with Greek and German scholarships, at the Philipps-Universität
Marburg (Germany), 1973-1979. Research fellow of the Research Centre for Antiquity at the Academy of Athens, 1980-1985. Elected director of the Centre, 1985-1989. Associate professor of Ancient
History at the University of Athens, 1989-2000. Professor of Ancient History at the University ofAthens, 2000-. Director of the Library of History at the University of Athens (1991-1996, 1998-2000,
2001-2005, 2013-). Head of the Committee of International Relations, University of Athens (20072010). Head of the Department of History and Archaeology (2005-2007, 2009-2011). Deputy Headof the Saripolos Foundation of the University of Athens (2007-). Vice-Rector of the University ofAthens on Academic Affairs and International Relations (2014-).
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Maria Vicenta Carkovic

Haas
School of
Business,
UC Berkeley

Executive Director of the Institute for Business Innovation at the Haas School of Business in the
University of California, Berkeley. Also, Executive Director for the Clausen Center for International
Business and Policy and lecturer of global macroeconomics to master students in business administration. Prior to joining Berkeley, directed an undergraduate program at Brown University andtaught advanced courses in macroeconomics and international trade. Had a 12-year career at theInternational Monetary Fund as before reentering academia. Has published numerous articles andhas taught and designed courses for the IMF. Sylff administrator since 2014, eager to learn what
others do.

Paula Castillo

Universityof Chile

Paula Castillo has a bachelor in history from Uiversidad Católica de Chile and an M.A in politicalsciences and international relations from the same university. Her field of expertise involves European politics and the EU integration process. Currently, she is Coordinator for International Cooperation and Agreements at the Universidad de Chile and is leading the coordination for projects
concerning the involvement of the university in regard UE projects in the framework of Erasmus
Mundus development.

Naomi Collins

MasseyUniversity

Ms. Naomi Collins is coordinator for Sasakawa Programmes, Massey University, New Zealand. I
have coordinated the Sasakawa Fellowship Fund for Japanese Language Education (NZ) programme since 1997, and added the Sylff programme in 2011. It’s exciting and humbling to be involved in interviews of the shortlisted Sylff candidates in New Zealand—seeing such gifted, articulate and passionate young people inspires me! This is my first Sylff Conference and I’m looking
forward to meeting and comparing notes with other Sylff administrators from around the globe.

Barbara Crow

York University

Professor Barbara Crow is the dean of Graduate Studies. Her research interests are in the social,
cultural, political and economic implications of digital technologies. She has edited collections onmobile technologies, US radical feminism, and Canadian women’s studies. She has worked on anumber of large-scale interdisciplinary grants with engineers, designers, artists and communication scholars to produce technical and cultural content for mobile experiences. At York University,
she is involved with the adjudication and administration of the Sylff award. Her expectation is that
we can find some better ways to coordinate and collaborate with Sylff award recipients at otheruniversities.

Alan Verne Deardorff

Universityof Michigan

Alan V. Deardorff is John W. Sweetland Professor of International Economics and Professor of
Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan. With a Ph.D. in economics from Cornell
University and on the faculty at Michigan since 1970, he has served as Chair of Economics and now
Associate Dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. His research has contributed to international trade theory and policy. Over the years, he has advised Sylff fellows and attended the
Sylff Administrators Meeting in 2011. He looks forward to meeting other participants from aroundthe world.

Ya Deng

PekingUniversity

Assistant President of Peking University, Secretary-General of Peking University Education Foundation, and Vice Chairperson of Peking University Alumni Association. Dr. Deng has been engaged in higher education research for many years and has published many influential papers injournals like the Peking University Education Review and Journal of Higher Education. She was selected as a Director of the Foundation and appointed by the Board of Directors as the SecretaryGeneral of the Foundation in 2005, in charge of the daily operations, including fund-raising, financial management and program implementation. As the chair of Sylff Steering Committee at
Peking University, she would like to communicate with Sylff program administrators from various
institutions.

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Puangpetch Dhanasin

Chiang Mai
University

Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University (CMU) , Thailand and also Associate
Professor at the Geography Department. Main topics of interest include: physical geography, hydrology and water resource development, environmental conservation and tourism management.
Served as the chairperson of the Sylff Steering Committee at CMU since August 20,2012. Looking
forward to meeting with other Sylff Administrators from various institutions in order to exchange
and share experiences and information concerning Sylff administration. It would also give me achance to visit Tokyo Foundation office and officers in order to create better understanding
amongst each individual .

Dominic Florian Eggel

Graduate
Institute ofInternationaland Development Studies

PortlandState University

Sofia University

Fudan University

Senior Representative of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. Dominic holds a PhD in International History and his research focuses on European history,
history of ideas and historiography. In charge of representing the Graduate Institute nationallyand internationally. Participating to SYLFF steering committee since 2008, substitute of Dr. Laurent Neury, since 2013. Hopes to benefit from networking through the SYLFF community and learn
new ways on how to promote and sustain the SYLFF network internally.

Margaret Carter Everett
Dean of Graduate Studies, Portland State University. Holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Yale
University and a B.A. from Smith College. Research interests include international health, foodand social inequality, and Latin American studies. Currently Chair of the Oregon Sylff Committee.
Would like to learn about professional development opportunities for Sylff awardees.

Alexander Victorovich Fedotoff
Professor of Korean, Mongolian and Tibetan Literature, Sofia University, and Director of the Center for Asian Studies. Ph D and Doctor Habil. degrees holder. Main research areas include East andCentral Asian literature, culture, religions and philosophy. Vice-Chair and Coordinator of theSteering Committee of Sylff program in Sofia University since 1999. Would like to renew communication with Sylff program administrators from various institutions.

Xiaoyuan Feng
Vice President of Fudan University, responsible for international cooperation, alumni affairs andfund raising. Dean of Shanghai Medical College Fudan University from 2006 to 2011, responsible
for the development of the education, research, practice and service in the medical field. A radiologist, who is also the Chairman-elect of the Chinese Society of Radiology. Became chair of the Sylff
program in the year 2013. Would like to communicate with Sylff program administrators from various institutions, as well as to enhance the cooperation.

Fulin Feng

Inner Mongolia University

Educated at Mathematics College of Inner Mongolia University and began working there after
graduation. Became the Vice Department Head of Mathematics College in 1994. In 1996 became
the Vice Section Chief and then Section Chief of the Postgraduate Department, and in 2013 wasnamed Head of the Student Workgroup of the Science and Engineering College. Since 2005, hasbeen the Minister of the Postgraduate Department and also Vice Dean of the Postgraduate Department.

Carl-Emmanuel Fisbach

Sylff fellow,
Paris Conservatoire

Received a Sylff fellowship in 2010–2011 at the Paris Conservatoire. Is currently a saxophone professor at the Conservatoire of Calais, France. Studied classical saxophone, chamber music, pedagogy
at the Paris Conservatoire, where he obtained a master’s degree, before pursuing post-graduate
studies. Has won several national and international competitions and regularly gives concerts inFrance and abroad. Released his first album in March 2011 with pianist Wenjiao Wang. Participated in “Together in Tohoku” Sylff project in August 2012. Was awarded a Sylff Leadership Initiatives

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grant in 2013. Would like to communicate with Sylff fellows and program administrators from various institutions.

David Fisher

Universityof theWestern
Cape

Professor David Fisher is the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Student Development and Support at the
University of the Western Cape. This portfolio is intimately responsible for the holistic development of students. UWC’s vision is to provide hope to our communities and to shape the future ofSouth Africa by investing in the leadership potential of our students. It is crucial that we partner inthe vision of the Sylff Programme to produce the future leadership from the ranks of our students.
It is our hope to learn from our international counterparts to enable better leadership development of our students.

Hidehiko Fukuda
Manager of the Research Council at Waseda University since 2014. Has been working as an administrative staff member at the Research Promotion Division, Waseda University, for six years since2008. A Sylff contact person at Waseda University since 2010.
WasedaUniversity

Universityof Latvia

Alina Grzhibovska
Director of the International Relations Department at the University of Latvia since 1990. MA inphilology and MA in public administration. Professional responsibilities include administrator
and coordinator of internationalisation activities on the institutional level; SC member of the
Utrecht Network; and institutional administrator and contact person for UNICA, BSRUN, andCampus Europae. A Sylff contact person and member of the Sylff Steering Committee since 2002.
Would like to communicate and exchange experience with Sylff programme administrators fromvarious institutions.

Jose M. Guibert

Universityof Deusto

Rector of the University of Deusto (Basque Country, Spain). PhD in industrial engineering. Main
research areas include ethics of technology and leadership. He was director of the Department ofIndustrial Technologies, and also of the Center for Applied Ethics. Head of the University ofDeusto Sylff Steering Committee since 2013. Sylff supports collaborative activities of the Universityof Deusto since 1992. Would like to share our view of leadership, to get to know the Sylff community from the inside, and to foster liaisons with other Sylff institutions.

Danang Sri Hadmoko

GadjahMada University

Dr. Danang Sri Hadmoko is a lecturer in the Faculty of Geography, Gadjah Mada University(UGM). He received his bachelor’s degree in geography from UGM and continued his postgraduate studies with a master of science in geography from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University,
France; and a Ph.D from Panthéon-Sorbonne’s Institute of Geography. He was the head of the Bureau of International Affairs in UGM’s Faculty of Geography before taking on his current position
as Executive Director for International Affairs in the Directorate of Partnership, Alumni, and International Affairs. This Sylff Administrators Meeting will be an opportunity for UGM to meetother partners in the network to share and learn best practices, common issues and experiences in
the management of the Sylff Program at each institution.

Balázs Hámori

Corvinus
Universityof Budapest

Balázs Hámori is a Professor of Economics and Head of the Comparative Economics Department
at Corvinus University of Budapest. He has also served as a member of the Board of Trustees ofSylff’s Hungarian Chapter since 1991. He received a degree in economics from the Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences (Budapest) in 1969 and his Ph.D. in Economics from the Hungarian
Academy of Sciences in 1985. He has participated in various postgraduate programs and has served
as visiting professor at different universities in the US, Europe, and Vietnam. He is a frequently
cited author of many books. Most recently, his research has focused on institutional economics,
behavioral economics and behavioral issues of an information economy, as well as the economics
of innovations. He hopes to get new information on the practices, successes and challenges of other Sylff chapters and administrators during the meeting in Tokyo.
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Brigid Heywood

MasseyUniversity

Professor Brigid Heywood is the Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research, Academic & Enterprise) at
Massey University where she leads the team responsible for the development and implementationof the strategies, policies and standards which support the research, teaching and learning and enterprise objectives within the framework of the University’s 2025 Strategic Plan. Before joining
Massey she held senior executive posts at UK universities as well as developing her own research inmaterials chemistry and contributing to teaching and learning initiatives and outreach. She hasserved on a number of national and international committees and review bodies in support of research and academic policy development and knowledge transfer activities. She is an active champion for equity and diversity in tertiary education.

Hikaru Hiranuma

Tokyo
Foundation

Research fellow and project manager, Tokyo Foundation. Worked at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., before
assuming his current position in 2000. Is concurrently a member of the Sub-Committee on Energy
Supply Issues, Science Council of Japan’s Committee on Supporting Reconstruction after the Great
East Japan Earthquake.

Eric Hirst

Universityof Texas atAustinAssociate Dean for Graduate Programs and John Arch White Professor of Business, University ofTexas at Austin. My research focus is individual investor and professional security analyst valuation judgments and decisions. My teaching focus is financial accounting, financial statement analysis, and international business. I oversee the portfolio of Texas MBA programs (full-time, working
professional, and executive). We work with Sylff through the McCombs School of Business CIBER
program. I am interested in learning about successful Sylff programs at other institutions.

Jennifer Hislop

University of
New South
Wales

Research Support Officer, Research Office Business School, University of New South Wales. I havebeen working at UNSW since 2008 and have been very involved with the recruitment of Higher
Degree Research Students (HDR) and ranking of students for scholarship and providing information and support and funding to HDR students during their candidacy. I also provide social andnetworking opportunities to the HDR students. I have been actively involved in the applicationand selection of Sylff fellows since 2012. A Sylff Steering Committee member at UNSW since 2014,
I would like to communicate with Sylff program administrators from various institutions.

Waichi Ho

Columbia
University

Executive Director, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Has worked in education and international health for over 20 years at Yale University Council on East Asian Studies(1995-1998), Hong Kong School of Business (1998-1999), UCSF hospital systems, the University ofCalifornia, San Francisco (1999-2000), the Institute of Global Health (2001-2002) and the Global
Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (2002-2004). Has served as the SYLFF Coordinator for Columbia University since 2004. Would like to communicate with Sylff program administrators fromvarious institutions.

Lorna Benita Holtman

University of
the Western
Cape

Professor Lorna Holtman is the Director of Postgraduate Studies at the University of the Western
Cape, South Africa. She completed her PhD at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 2000.
Her PhD thesis examined the importance of the biology laboratory in facilitating conceptualchange. She is currently the current chairperson of the South African National Committee of theInternational Union of Biological Sciences and is an Executive Member of IUBS, as well as President of the Commission on Biology Education for the period 2012 to 2015 and the Africa representative. She is currently also the South African Coordinator for the Erasmus Mundus project.
She has been the Sylff administrator for the University of the Western Cape since 2011 and the National Research Foundation (NRF) Designated Authority for scholarships and bursaries at the
University of the Western Cape since 2013.

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Štčpán Holub

Sylff fellow,
Charles
University

Received a Sylff fellowship in 2002–2003 at Charles University, Prague. Is now a Czech lawyer atthe Holubova Law Firm specializing in corporate and private clients and real estate law. Is an arbitrator and certified mediator. Was a Sylff Fellows Council member representing Europe/Africa
from 2005 to 2007. Looking forward to meeting Sylff fellows, program administrators and oldfriends.

Yasmine Ali Mohamed Ibrahim

American
University
in Cairo

Officer of Recruitment and Fellowships in the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies at the American University in Cairo, with over eight years of professional experience in the fields of higher education and student services and retention. Her responsibilities include the co-administration ofover 30 graduate fellowships at AUC, in addition to managing and reporting on graduate student
recruitment at AUC on the local, regional, and international levels. She is a committee member
and co-administrator of the Sylff fellowship in Cairo and is interested in communicating with all
Sylff program administrators and students to further solidify relations between Egypt and the
Middle East and other parts of the world. Yasmine is currently in the process of writing her graduate thesis for an MA in development studies at AUC.

Akiko Imai

Tokyo
Foundation

Executive director (public communications) and research fellow, Tokyo Foundation. Earned hermaster’s degree in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Has been a managing editor of Japan Echo magazine, visiting researcher at the
Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies of the Johns Hopkins University, and a visiting
researcher at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate Schools for Law and Politics. Is concurrently a
specially appointed professor at Showa Women’s University.

Kazunobu Imoto
Administrative staff member of the Research Promotion Division, Waseda University, since 2013.
Was formerly an investment banker at Citigroup. A Sylff contact person at Waseda University since2013.
WasedaUniversity

Eriko Ishikawa

Tokyo
Foundation

Program officer for Leadership Development at the Tokyo Foundation. Earned her MA in International Relations from Dokkyo University and joined the Foundation in 2005. Dispatched to the
Cabinet Office of the Japanese government for two years and returned to the foundation in 2012.
Currently in charge of the Sylff Leadership Initiatives and a domestic program called the Tokyo
Foundation “Weekend School” for Japanese municipal officers. Looking forward to seeing oldfriends as well as welcoming new members to Sylff community!

Shaiza Zaria Janif

University of
the South
Pacific

Research Student Coordinator, the University of the South Pacific. Janif has a BA in geography andlanguage/literature and was awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Medal for the most outstanding graduate in Education in 2010. She recently completed her master’s dissertation and is currently working
towards her qualification in tertiary teaching. She is actively engaged in community projects andhas been part of Fiji’s delegation to foreign countries in 2010 and 2012. As RSC she coordinates all
postgraduate research activities at USP and is also the Sylff administrator. She is keen to meet andlearn from other administrators from various institutions.

Stefan Jarolimek

Sylff fellow,
Universityof Leipzig

Received a Sylff fellowship in 2004–2007 at the University of Leipzig, Germany. Is now a substituteprofessor of corporate communication and public relations at the Johannes Gutenberg-University
Mainz. Main research areas include sustainability and CSR communication, PR theory, comparative research, and media ethics. Participated in the Sylff Regional Forum in 2007 and received aSylff Network Program award in 2004–2006. Is head of the Association of Leipzig University Sylff

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institutions.

Helle Jensen
Associate Director, Stewardship & Donor Relations Services, INSEAD. My team is responsible formanaging a comprehensive stewardship and donor relations programme which maximizes donor
satisfaction through gift acknowledgement, appreciation, reporting and recognition.
INSEAD

Karen Crawshaw Johansen

Universityof Oslo

Senior Adviser for International Research Cooperation, Office for International Relations and Research Support, University of Oslo. Main focus areas are the University of Oslo’s priority countries
for research cooperation, including China, Brazil, India and Japan. Provides advice and support touniversity and relevant faculty leadership in international matters, develops and facilitates international institutional partnerships and agreements. Works with research policy and analysis for
institutional development, particularly within internationalisation. Has been a member of University of Oslo’s Sylff Steering Committee since 2004 and is the institutional contact person for Sylffat the University. Looking forward to exchanging experiences and ideas with Sylff program administrators from various institutions.

Ingela Anna Karin Johansson
Senior Administrative Faculty Officer, Uppsala University. Administrator for the Sylff-program
since 1996 and coordinator since 2008. Looking forward to communicating with Sylff programadministrators from institutions all over the world.
Uppsala
University

Yale University

George Joseph
Deputy Director, Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
University, and Director for International Relations and Leadership Programs, Yale University.
Supports the University’s engagement, strategy, and visibility across Asia by working with deans,
directors, and faculty. Also supervises support for the University’s activities in Africa, Middle East,
Europe, and Latin America. Oversees the development and the delivery of leadership programs foracademia, government, and civil society convened by Yale’s faculty and schools. Joining the Yale
Office of International Affairs in 2004 shortly after its establishment, George holds undergraduate
and graduate degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and graduate degrees from Yale.
Would like to communicate with Sylff program administrators from various institutions.

Yoko Kaburagi

Tokyo
Foundation

Program officer for Leadership Development at the Tokyo Foundation since September 2008. Duties include liaison with Sylff institutions and fellows in Europe and Oceania and with the institutions endowed with the Nippon Foundation Fund for Japanese Language Education (NF-JLEP).
Served in such international development organizations as Plan Japan, UNICEF Somalia, and theJapan International Cooperation Agency before joining the Foundation. Received her MA in Anthropology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I am always inspired by the outstanding Sylff
administrators and fellows I meet. These encounters expose me to new worlds that keep my mind
young and fresh. During the meeting, I hope to find hints through discussions with administratorsand fellows on ways the Foundation can further support the leadership development of fellows.

Zentaro Kamei

Tokyo
Foundation

Director of policy research and research fellow, Tokyo Foundation. Graduated from the Faculty of
Economics, Keio University, in 1993. Worked for the Industrial Bank of Japan (now Mizuho Bank)
and Boston Consulting Group and served as a member of the House of Representatives before
joining the Tokyo Foundation. Also served as a lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, Kobe University. Is concurrently an advisor at the Mizuho Research Institute.

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Akio Kamiko

Ritsumeikan
Asia Pacific
University

AnkaraUniversity

Vice-President, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU). I started teaching at the College of
Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, in 2008 and moved to APU this year. Before that, I worked
for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the former Ministry of Home Affairs. I
teach public administration.

Yalcin Karatepe
Professor of Finance and the Dean of Ankara University Faculty of Political Science. Received his
Ph.D. in financial economics from the University of New Orleans. Research areas include portfolio
management, international finance and banking. Has been working at Ankara University since1996. President of the Turkish Finance Association. Senior member of the Sylff steering committee
at Ankara University. Would like to communicate and establish partnerships with Sylff programadministrators from different institutions.

Sota Kato

Tokyo
Foundation

Senior fellow and project manager, Tokyo Foundation. After earning a law degree from the University of Tokyo, joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1991. Served as assistantdirector for Aircraft and Defense Industries and deputy director for the International Economic
Division, MITI, and senior fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry. Received an MBA (with honors) from Harvard Business School and PhD in political science from the
University of Michigan. Is concurrently a professor at the International University of Japan.

Hege Merete Knutsen

Universityof OsloHege Merete Knutsen is a professor in Human Geography, Department of Sociology and Human
Geography, University of Oslo. She works in the intersection of development geography, economic
geography and labour geography. Her main research interests are industrial development in global
production networks and changing labor regimes in transition economies and social-democratic
welfare states. She became a member of the Sylff steering committee at the University of Oslo in2008 and has been the head of the committee since 2011. She looks forward to learning more about
Sylff strategies for the future.

Akira Koshiura

Keio University

Associate Manager of Academic and Student Affairs, Keio University, Japan. As a member of the
Keio administrative staff, has been in charge of student life (scholarships), career support, academic affairs, and international students. A Sylff steering committee member at Keio University
since June 2014. I am looking forward to meeting Sylff program administrators in Tokyo.

Chenyang Li

YunnanUniversity

Dr. Chenyang Li is Professor, Doctorial Advisor, and Deputy Section Chief of Social & Humanities
Science Research Affairs Office, Yunnan University. Professor Li has long been engaged in the
study of Myanmar issues, the politics and international relations in Southeast Asia, and subregional cooperation among Chinese Southwest regions and neighboring countries. He has published more than 10 books and chapters, and more than 100 journal articles in Chinese and English. Professor Li has been a Sylff Steering Committee member at Yunnan University since 2013,and he would like to communicate with Sylff program administrators from various institutions.

Shanmin Li

Sun Yat-sen
University

Professor of finance and Vice President, since July 2013, of Sun Yat-sen University. Main researchareas include corporate finance, capital market and corporate governance. Was a visiting scholar at
California State University-Hayward from February to September 2001 and at Harvard Business
School in August 2007. Sylff Steering Committee chairperson at Sun Yat-sen University since 2013.
Would like to communicate with Sylff program administrators from various institutions.

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Guiwen Liu

Chongqing
University

Director of International Affairs Office, Chongqing University, and professor in the School of Construction Management and Real Estate. He obtained his PhD in 2003 from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research interests include urban development, construction management
and economics, value management and property development. He also serves as vice president ofChinese Research Institute of Construction Management. Over the past decade, he has publishedmore than 100 papers and 3 books and became an influential researcher in construction management. A Sylff Steering Committee member at Chongqing University since 2012. Would like tocommunicate with Sylff program administrators from various institutions.

Weiguo Lu

Lanzhou
University

Uppsala
University

Deputy director of international cooperation and exchange office, Lanzhou University. Senior visiting scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2002-03. He would like to communicate with Sylff program administrators from various institutions and find opportunities for cooperation.

Lars Gösta Magnusson
Professor in economic history, Uppsala University, and dean of the university’s Faculty of the Social Sciences. Chairman of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies (SCAS) and a member ofthe Royal Academy of Sciences. Holds an honorary doctoral degree from Kyoto Sangyo University.
Three main research fields are history of economic thought in Sweden and Europe, mainly 18thand 19th century; regulation and political economy in a historical perspective; and Swedish modelof labor market relations from a comparative perspective (1930-2005). Chairman of the Sylff Steering Committee since 2013.

Ncedikaya E. Magopeni

University of
the Western
Cape

Executive Assistant to the Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of the Western Cape. His work has
always been focused on development, and since 2005, he has worked in the area of student development and support. He was appointed acting Deputy Vice Chancellor two times when the incumbent at the time was on a study visit. He became aware of Sylff through participation in policy
discussions. Ncedikaya is looking forward to an exciting and rejuvenating discussion in Tokyo,
placing Africa’s development imperatives in the international context.

Andrzej Stefan Mania

Jagiellonian
University

Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Vice-Rector of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, since 2008. He is also the Head of the Chair of American Studies andHead of the Chair of History of Diplomacy and International Politics at JU. Research focus includes US foreign policy and security issues for the contemporary world. Vice-chairman of theState Accreditation Committee in Poland from 2000 to 2006. Member of the Sylff Steering Committee since 1994 and chairman of the committee since 2008. Interested in building links withother institutions of the Sylff program.

Ljiljana Markovic

Universityof Belgrade

Full professor in Japanese Studies and Vice Dean, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade;
Chairperson of the Doctoral Studies Program; Member of the Belgrade University Council andCoordinator of Academic Cooperation with Japan. Educated at Cambridge University and Chuo
University. Awarded the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Prize in 2010. Author of numerous academic publications in the field of different aspects of Japanese language and Japan’s civilization. I
would like to establish active working cooperation between the University of Belgrade and Universities in the Sasakawa group, with the possibility of organizing mutual projects between Universities in the future.

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Massimo Massaro

Institute of
Political Education “Pedro
Arrupe”

Princeton
University

General Secretary, Institute of Political Education “Pedro Arrupe”, Italy. Was a Sylff fellow in 19961997 and has been Chairperson of the Sylff Steering Committee since 2013. Would like to share different experiences of managing Sylff programs.

Karen L. Mcguinness
Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. Karen
works closely with the WWS Vice Dean to plan the master’s curriculum, and she serves as the key
liaison between WWS faculty and students on all academic matters. She was one of the cofounders of the WWS Gender and Policy Network (GPN) and continues to advise this student
network. Karen was a Lecturer of International and Public Affairs at WWS between 1996 and2004. A Sylff Steering Committee member at Princeton since 2005. Looks forward to meeting andinteracting with Sylff program administrators from around the world.

Nora Moser McMillan

Fletcher
SchoolManager of Student Academic Programs/Registrar, the Fletcher School, Tufts University. Nora
McMillan has been at the Fletcher School for the past 20 years working in student advising andservices. Her primary responsibilities include working with students to craft an academic programthat satisfies both the academic and professional goals of the students while at the same time
meeting school requirements. She has been part of the Fletcher Sylff steering committee since
2002. A goal for this year’s administrator’s meeting is to better understand some of the other Sylff
schools and what they offer that could be of benefit for Fletcher Sylff scholars.

Takashi Mihara

Tokyo
Foundation

Research fellow and project manager, Tokyo Foundation. Graduated from the Faculty of Political
Science and Economics, Waseda University. Joined Jiji Press in 1995, working in the Business News
Department, Kochi Branch, and Government News Department, covering the Ministry of Finance;
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science, and Technology; and the Association of Prefectural Governors. Assumed his current position in April 2011.

Ann Marie Murphy

Sylff fellow,
Columbia
University

Universityof Nairobi

Received a Sylff fellowship in 1994-1996 at Columbia University. Is now an associate professor, Seton Hall University. Main research interests include international politics and political change inSoutheast Asia, particularly Indonesia. Participated in the Sylff 20th anniversary symposium atColumbia University. I would like to find ways to strengthen ties between Sylff fellows and create
opportunities for future collaboration.

Eunice Wanjiru Mutitu
I am Prof. Eunice Mutitu of University of Nairobi. Currently Director of Postgraduate Studies at
the University. I co-ordinate the post graduate studies at the University that has 13,000 graduate
students. Do their admissions, administer scholarships and research thesis examinations andoversee the postgraduate students welfare. Professor of Plant Pathology with research interests insoil borne plant diseases and storage problems that lead to mycotoxin contamination focusing in
biological control. Have been coordinating Sylff programmes since 2009 and assisted 10 students
every year on the programme. Have assisted one student on successful student research abroad.
Look forward to hearing more about the changes in new finance strategies and interact with theother administrators on the same

Tuyet Thi Nguyen

VietnamNational
University,
Hanoi

Vice-Director, Students Affairs Department, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Principal fields
of scholarship and research include higher education studies, including policy and management.
Working experience: Scholarship Program Administration, Events Organization
Working at Vietnam National University, Hanoi since 1998. My job now is look after students at
our University. I have been appointed as Contact person of Sylff Steering Committee at Vietnam
National Universities since 2012. As a member of SYLFF Steering Committee, I have gained a lots24

of knowledge about management of SYLFF program, especially how to select the good fellows for
SYLFF Scholarship. Attending the meeting in Tokyo can help me to communicate effectively with SYLFF
program administrators from various countries as well as institutions.

Thi Thanh Tam Nguyen

VietnamNational
University,
Hanoi

Officer of Political-Student Affairs Department at Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Main major is in education management. Has worked as an assistant for the Sylff Steering Committee at Vietnam National University since 2010. Participated in workshops about changing and adapting education with universities from such countries as Japan, Sweden, and Australia. Through the Sylff
administrators meeting, would like to figure out the creation/solution for raising and developing
Sylff, further strengthening relationship between Vietnam National Universities and other universities/institutes, especially with Japanese partners.

Xuan Thanh Nguyen

Sylff fellow,
University of
New South
Wales

Tokyo
Foundation

Received a Sylff fellowship in 2010 at the University of New South Wales. Is now a lecturer in economics, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University. Main research areas include international
trade and industrial organization. Awarded an SRA grant in 2010. Would like to network with Sylff
fellows and program administrators from various institutions on research and student exchange
projects.

Ippeita Nishida
Research fellow and project manager, Tokyo Foundation. Received his master’s degree in development studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science. After working for private-sector consultancies, joined Medecins Sans Frontieres (French Section) as a nonmedical volunteer in 2004, participating in emergency humanitarian missions in South Sudan and Liberia.
Returned to Japan and served as a program advisor in the Secretariat of the Cabinet Office’s International Peace Cooperation Headquarters. Enrolled in the Matsushita Institute of Government
and Management before assuming his current position in June 2011. Was a member of the Munich
Young Leaders (2014) and International Visitor Leadership (2010) Programs.

Bärli Nugent

The Juilliard
SchoolAssistant Dean and Director of Chamber Music, The Juilliard School. Launched initiatives inchamber music, academic honors, entrepreneurship and mentoring; serves on Juilliard faculty. Asa classical flutist, performed 1,000 concerts worldwide with the Naumburg Award-winning Aspen
Wind Quintet; principal flute for 18 years with Marin Alsop’s Concordia Orchestra. Artist-Facultyat the Aspen Music Festival and School for 30 years. Created the annual Sylff Chamber Music Seminar exchange program with Sylff partners Gretchen Amussen of the Paris Conservatoire and Dorothea Riedel of Vienna University in 2006. Would like to exchange ideas with Sylff colleagues
about the importance of the arts in building bonds amongst peoples.

Sanae Oda

Tokyo
Foundation

Executive director (general affairs and Sylff endowment management), Tokyo Foundation. Was a
Tokyo Foundation program officer during Sylff ’s first 15 years, visiting candidate universities on
fact-finding missions, overseeing the establishment of Sylff endowments at 57 institutions, organizing Sylff Administrators Meetings in Beijing and Vancouver, and spearheading the development
and implementation of fellows’ support programs, which were launched in 1994. Assumed hercurrent position in June 2014. Hoping to speak directly with many Sylff faculty members, administrators, and fellows to gain insights into how we can work together to grow this unique and important fellowship program.

Aluoka Nashon Otieno

Sylff fellow,
Universityof Nairobi

Received a Sylff fellowship in 2000 while at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. I am currently a PhD
student in environmental law and policy at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law
and Policy (CASELAP), University of Nairobi and a consultant. I was awarded the Sylff Leadership
Initiatives award in ,2013 leading to the Kisumu Leadership and Development Conference on theanniversary of the Promulgation of Kenya’s Constitution 2010. I would like to engage in lively andexpansive networking with other emerging Sylff leaders and administrators across the globe.
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Baotian Pan

Lanzhou
University

Prof. Pan Baotian is the Vice President of Lanzhou University, professor and PhD supervisor. He
began to work at Lanzhou University in 1983 after graduation as a geography major and obtained
his master’s and PhD degrees in physical geography in 1988 and 1991, respectively. He conducted
research at the Royal Holloway University of London and at the University of California, Santa
Barbara, as a senior visiting scholar. His research focuses on giant river basins and environmental
effects of Tibet Plateau uplift. He is a member of the Geography and Geology Appraisal Group of
Academic Degree Committee of State Council, Vice Chairman of Chinese Tibet Plateau Research
Association, Deputy Director of Glaciology Research Group of China Geographical Society, Deputy Director of Quaternary Landform Research Committee of China Geography Association, Vice
Chairman of Editorial Board of the Journal of Lanzhou University as well as an editorial board
member for many academic journals, including Geography Science.

Camille Perrier

Conservatoire deParisWith literature and political science degrees from the Sorbonne University and the Institute for
Political Science–Paris, Camille Perrier has worked with French companies in culture, communication and publishing. Within the framework of the cross-cultural years organized between Francein China, from 2003 she worked in France’s Hong Kong Consulate for three years coordinating “Le
French May.” More recently, she worked as a fundraiser for the Ensemble Intercontemporain—founded by Pierre Boulez—and, since early 2014, as a Development Officer for the Paris Conservatoire. Camille Perrier looks forward to learning more about Sylff and to meeting her many international colleagues.

Rux Prompalit

Sylff fellow,
Universityof Oregon

Received a Sylff fellowship in 2002–2003 at the University of Oregon. Vice-president for planningand development and lecturer at Payap University in Chang Mai, Thailand. Works in local communities with different backgrounds and socioeconomic status. Commitments include evaluation
research on highland farming sustainability and promoting research on ethnic minority languages
to preserve languages and cultures found along the Thai border. Participated in the Sylff Regional
Forum at the University of Texas and at Chiang Mai University in 2003, and the Sylff retreat workshop at Peking University in 2006. Would like to exchange ideas with Sylff fellows on university’ssocial responsibility to local communities.

Jean-Francois Prud’homme

El Colegiode MexicoJean-Francois Prud’homme is the V.P. for Academic Affairs at El Colegio de Mexico since 2003. Inthat position, he has developed an expertise on higher education issues at the national and international levels. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from York University and a D.E.A. in International Relations from the Institut d’études politiques de Paris. He is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers and has published extensively on democratization, citizenship andpolitical parties in Mexico and Latin America. In 2010, he co-edited the 16 volumes collection “Losgrandes problemas de México,” published by El Colegio de Mexico to commemorate the 70th anniversary of its foundation. He has been the President of the Sylff Committee of El Colegio deMéxico since 2003.

Joaquim Manuel Costa Ramos de Carvalho

Universityof Coimbra

Vice-Rector for International Relations at the University of Coimbra. Was involved in various initiatives related to academic internationalization, namely the projects Tuning Educational Structuresin Europe and Latin Americana, and research projects in the area of history and heritage in the 6
and 7 European Framework Programs. Administrator of the Sylff program at the University of
Coimbra since 2011. Would like to understand better the different ways in which the Sylff programis promoted and managed at different institutions.

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Dorothea Maria Riedel

University ofMusic and
Performing
Arts Vienna

Project management at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Main areas of activity
include organization of major artistic projects, inter-university projects and cooperation with external cultural and other institutions.Conception and processing of projects. Contact person for
Sylff and administrator of Sylff programs for many years. Interested in communicating with Sylff
administrators of art universities who are in charge of similiar fields of work.

Joyashree Roy

Jadavpur
University

ICSSR National Fellow, Professor of Economics and Coordinator of Global Change Programme, atJadavpur University. Main research areas include multidisciplinary approaches to understanding
developmental challenges and Climate Challenges. Was a Ford Foundation Post Doctoral Fellow(1997-98) in Environmental Economics at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California,
USA. Among the network of scientists who shared in 2007 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to IPCC (Intergovernmental panel on climate change). Co-sharer (2012) of Prince Sultan Bin Aziz Prize for water. The Sylff Programme Director at Jadavpur University since 2003. Wish to explore avenues forstrengthening Global SYLFF network for advancing human wellbeing.

Radoslaw Rybkowski

Sylff fellow,
Jagiellonian
University

Received a Sylff fellowship in 1997, while completing a Ph.D. at the Jagiellonian University. Associate Professor of American Studies and Public Policy at the Institute of American Studies andPolish Diaspora, Jagiellonian University. Also, the rector’s proxy for alumni relations. Two main research areas include higher education policy and the history of North American theatre. Memberof the selection committee of JREX 2002-2003. Participated in the Sylff Regional Forum in Cairo in2003. Awarded the Program Development Award in 2004. I would like to learn more from otherparticipants and to share my knowledge on community building through alumni networks.

Mihoko Sakurai

Sylff fellow,
Keio University

NipponFoundation

I received a Sylff fellowship in 2013–2014 at Keio University and am now a PhD student at the same
university. My research field is policy management and management of information systems. My
dissertation topic is disaster recovery management of municipal governments, especially in the Information and Communication Technology field. I received an SRA award in 2014 and studied at
the University of Georgia in the U.S. for three months. Thank you for having me at the meeting. I
am excited to see people from all over the world and share research interests with you.

Yohei Sasakawa
Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for National Reconciliation in Myanmar, and World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination. As chairman of one of the largest grant-making organization in Asia, Sasakawa has led various initiatives which address global challenges, including public health, education, food security,
human rights, and maritime protection and development. Yohei Sasakawa founded the Sylff program together with his father, the late Ryoichi Sasakawa, in 1987. Since then, Sasakawa has playeda prime role in enhancing the development of the program and enabling it to become one of thelargest fellowship programs in the world.

Batshukh Shairii

National
Academy ofGovernance

Vice rector of the National Academy of Governance in Mongolia, which prepares, trains and retrains government officials. Graduated from the university of named after Karl Marx as a psychologist, received a master’s degree in public administration, and earned a doctorate on thetheme of contention of personnel management for Mongolian Public Administration in German. I
have been working in NAOG since 1994 as a lecturer, professor, director of the compound school of
NAOG and vice-rector. In 2001-2002 and since 2012, I have been a member and chair of the Sylff
steering committee at NAOG. Would like to exchange experiences with the member institutes ofSylff community.

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Jonathan Shalfi

Sylff fellow,
UC SanDiego

Received a Sylff fellowship from 2012–2014 at IR/PS, UC San Diego. Am now a student at the InterUniversity Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama. Studied Japanese energy policy andconducted research from 2013-2014 on renewable energy integration and electric industry deregulation. Currently studying Japanese language with plans to enter a PhD program in 2016. Gave
presentation at last year’s Sylff fellows gathering in Tokyo. Would like to network with other Sylff
recipients and institutions at this year’s meeting.

Lichun Shu

Chongqing
University

Prof. Lichun Shu is the Executive Vice Chairman of the University Council, Chongqing University.
He also serves as director of the Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering, deputy director of theeditorial committee of High Voltage Technology, member of the National Electrical Insulator
Standardizing Committee and vice chairman of Chongqing Electric Engineering Society. Mainly
engaged in the research of high voltage and insulation technology in the field of electrical engineering, he has conducted a systematic study especially in the external insulation discharge characteristics and mechanism of power supply system in the complicated atmospheric environmentof ice coating, filth and low pressure, acid rain and acid cloud, achieving a large number of significant research results. Would like to communicate with Sylff program administrators from various
institutions.

Sherilyn Tan Siy

Sylff fellow,
Ateneo deManilaUniversity

Received a Sylff fellowship in 2004–2007 at the Ateneo de Manila University. Writer, psychologist,
and teacher. Board member of Salu-Salo Food Bank Philippines and Kalipunan ng Nagkakaisang
Filipino sa Japan (KAFIN). Chair of the 2015 The Women’s Conference (Japan). Participated in various Sylff Regional Forums and Building a Better Asia Retreats. Member of the Sylff Fellows Council 2005–2009. Awarded a Sylff Leadership Initiatives grant in 2013. Looking forward to reconnecting with old friends and forging new connections with like-minded others in the global Sylff
community.

Dalibor Soldatic

Universityof Belgrade

Vice-Rector of the University of Belgrade for international relations. Director of the Department
for Iberian Studies at the Faculty of Philology. Undergraduate and master studies from the
Nacional Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Ph.D. from the University of Belgrade. Former Vice-Dean for international relations and research of the Faculty of Philology. Areas of research include Spanish contemporary literature and Latin-American literature. Member of the
University of Belgrade Sylff Steering Committee. I expect from the meeting further developmentof cooperation within the Sylff family and an exchange of ideas on potential fields and subjects.

Loukas Spanos

Sylff fellow,
National &Kapodistrian University of Athens

UC SanDiego

Received a Sylff fellowship in 1999–2000 at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. Scientific Advisor, Hellenic Parliament and Researcher, University of Athens. Research interests include corporate governance, corporate responsibility, organizational change and public governance. Participated in a number of Sylff-related activities, including Visit Japan Program (2000), theSylff Regional Forums (2003-2005) and the Provisional Sylff Fellows Council (2003-2005). Chairman of the Greek Sylff Fellows Association and member of the Sylff Steering Committee of the
University of Athens. Would like to discuss and network with Sylff fellows and program administrators and exploit new challenges and opportunities for the Sylff program.

Sonja Steinbrech
Director of Degree Program Enrollment, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies,
University of California, San Diego. Currently chairs the admissions advisory group of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA). Past positions include work with
American University’s School of International Service, and the Free University of Bolzano, Italy.
Interested in forging partnerships with other Sylff Institutions to encourage movement of graduate students across national boarders through exchange and direct enrollment. Languages: English, Italian, Spanish.

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Keita Sugai

TokyoFoundation

Tokyo
Foundation

Earned a master’s degree in political science from Central Michigan University and worked as a national government administrator and a private firm’s marketing manager before joining the Tokyo
Foundation in 1998. Is currently serving as a Program Officer for the Sylff program. Would like toreceive Sylff members’ feedbacks on Sylff-related activities and programs as much as possible.

Takashi Suzuki
Director for Leadership Development and Research Fellow, Tokyo Foundation. Graduated fromthe Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, and earned a master’s degree from the Graduate School ofMedia and Governance (focused on urban planning and development), Keio University. Worked
for a management consulting company, investment bank, executive training company, real estate
fund investment company, and trust and investment advisory company, primarily engaged in developing and supervising new projects. Was director of policy research from 2009 to 2010, and assumed his current post in 2010.

Mari Suzuki

Tokyo
Foundation

Director for Leadership Development, Tokyo Foundation. Holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of Tokyo. Taught English at a secondary school for five years,
and spent a total of 13 years in US and Britain translating on a freelance basis. Her overseas experience enabled her to observe the US and British educational systems—from the preschool to graduate-school levels—and to compare them to the system in Japan. Joined the Foundation in 2008.
In summer 2012, organized a visit to areas affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami by
Sylff fellows from three music schools. Hoping to work together with administrators and fellows toenrich this global program.

TatsuyaTanami

NipponFoundation

Executive Director of the Nippon Foundation. He is in charge of the foundation’s international
programs that cover a wide range of activities in the areas of human resources development, leprosy elimination, intellectual and academic exchange. He has been involved with the Sylff Programfor more than 10 years and acted on the steering committee from 2004 to 2009. Before joining the
Nippon Foundation, he was a Program Director of the International House of Japan, a Japanese
private organization promoting cultural, intellectual and academic exchange between Japan andcountries in the world.

Mariann Tarnóczy

HungarianAcademy of
Sciences

Head of the Department of Hungarian Science Abroad, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Graduated from the University of Economics, Faculty of Industry, Budapest, and attended the postgraduate School of Economics Faculty of Management. Main activities include research organization, research sociology, science policy, and managing of fellowship funds in the field of scientificresearch. I have worked with Sylff for 25 years since 1989, administering the Sylff program in Hungary, organizing the program on a nationwide level, organizing 3 Sylff conferences in Hungary,participating in 7 Sylff administrators’ meetings. I do expect a common thinking about the results
and future possibilities of Sylff, focusing on few major issues seems to be desirable: tolerance,
ecology, demography etc.

Bojana Tesan

University ofMusic and
Performing
Arts Vienna

International coordinator of the the Univeristy of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Department
for External Relations. Coordinator for Non-European countries, responsible for extra-European
relations, networks and partnerships. Organization of teaching mobility and student mobility outside of Europe. Welcoming visitors and guests from all over the world. As well as organizing andaccounting of worldwide projects. Interested in meeting new people and coordinators from Sylff
and open to share experience and knowledge.

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Taxifulati Teyibai

Xinjiang
University

President and Professor of Xinjiang University, Guest Professor of Beijing Normal University andRissho University; Expert Enjoying the State Council Special Allowance of China. Graduated from
Science-Engineering University of Tokyo in 1992 with PhD. Main research areas include resourcesand environment, and the application of remote sensing in arid and semi-arid areas. Chair of Sylff
Steering Committee at XJU since 2009. Would like to communicate with Sylff program administrators, especially presidents of member universities on how to cultivate young students of great creativity and how to make the university better fulfill its social responsibilities.

Hideyuki Tokuda

Keio University

Dean of the Graduate School of Media and Governance and a Professor of the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University, Japan. Research and teaching interests include
ubiquitous computing systems, decentralized autonomous systems, embedded systems, sensor
networks, and smart spaces. A member of Science Council of Japan, Vice President and Fellow of
IPSJ (Information Processing Society of Japan), JSSST (Japan Society of Software Science andTechnology) Fellow and a member of the IEEE, ACM, IPSJ and IEICE. A Sylff Steering Committee
member at Keio University since 2000. We would like to extend mutual network with Sylff program administrators.

John Paul Claudio Vergara

Ateneo deManilaUniversity

Jawaharlal
Nehru University

Vice President for the Loyola Schools of the Ateneo de Manila University (The Loyola Schools constitute the higher education unit of the university and hosts undergraduate and graduate programsin the Humanities, Social Sciences, Management, and Science and Engineering). Professor ofComputer Science. Chairs the Sylff Steering Committee of the Ateneo de Manila University andlooks forward to sharing experiences with other Sylff program administrators.

Rakesh Kumar Verma
Finance Officer of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Have been dealing with finance at thenational and international level for over 30 years. Have been the auditor of United Nations HighCommissioner for Refugees, the World Tourism Organization and the International Seabed Authority and have worked as Accountant General of various states in India. As Finance Officer of
JNU, I am responsible for overall financial supervision and control of the university including
preparation of budget and the annual accounts and have been looking after the financial aspectsof the Sylff program in the university for the last three years.

Uwe Vollmer

Universityof Leipzig

Professor of Economics, University of Leipzig, and Director of the Institute for Theoretical Economics. Main research interests include the Theory of Financial Intermediation, Microeconomicsof Banking, and Monetary Policy Institutions. Research Visits at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Université Lyon II (Lumière), Hacettepe Univerity, Ankara, University of Kobe,
and Keio University, Tokyo. A Sylff Steering Committee member at the University of Leipzig. I
would like to communicate with other steering committee members about political and economic
situation in their countries.

Aleksandra Vranes

Universityof Belgrade

Professor at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade. Chair of: Department of NLA for Development and improvement of library services in Serbia (2000-2002); Department of Library andInformation Science, Faculty of Philology (2000-2010); Department of Albanian Studies, Faculty ofPhilology (2010-2013); Department of Manuscripts of Matica Srpska in Novi Sad (from 2012). President of the Association of Serbian Librarians (2004-2009). Dean of the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Serbia (2010-present). Author of several books (Academic Libraries; Ethics inScience and Culture; Bibliography), numerous studies and research papers. Initiated and organized 16 international and 8 national meetings. Editor in chief of several journals.

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Kui Wang

Xinjiang
University

Deputy director of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges and Contact person for the Sylff Steering Committee at XJU since 2008. Associate professor in the College of Foreign Languages. Main responsibilities include international cooperation and exchanges (overseas
scholarships, foreign experts, overseas training of teachers, international students, exchange ofstudents with partner universities, international conferences, international collaborative activities
in teaching and research). Would like to communicate with Sylff program administrators on how
to make better use of the Sylff fund and the new programs.

Tsuneo Watanabe

TokyoFoundation

Director of foreign & security policy research and senior fellow, Tokyo Foundation. Became a dentist after graduating from the Tohoku University School of Dentistry. Attended the New School for
Social Research, where he received his MA in political science. In 1996, became a visiting researchscholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), going on to become a research
associate, fellow, and, in March 2003, a senior fellow. In 2005, returned to Japan. After serving as asenior fellow at the Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute in Tokyo, assumed his current position. Is concurrently an adjunct fellow, CSIS, and senior fellow, Okinawa Peace Assistance Center.

Bambang Wibawarta

Universitas
Indonesia

Professor of Japanese Area Studies, Universitas Indonesia. Bambang Wibawarta finished his doctorate in 1999 and actively engaged in many research activities. In 1997 and from 2000-2001, he wasa visiting researcher at Tohoku University. In 2006-2008 he was the Director of Center for JapaneseStudies of Universitas Indonesia and was chosen Dean for Faculty of Humanities. Currently, heserves as the Vice Rector for Academic and Student Affairs and has been the Chair of the Sylff
Steering Committee since 2013. Would like to communicate with Sylff program administratorsfrom various institutions.

Pernille Winther

Universityof Copenhagen

Head of Section/Academic Advisor—Outgoing Students, International Education and Grants, theUniversity of Copenhagen. Has worked with student mobility since 2003 at the Danish FulbrightCommission. Since 2010 at the International Office at the University of Copenhagen with the responsibility for exchange agreements in the US. Sylff Administrative Coordinator at the Universityof Copenhagen since the beginning of 2014. Look forward to learning more about the programme
and to meeting other Sylff program administrators.

Xian Xiao

YunnanUniversity

Vice President (international cooperation, academic) of Yunnan University, Chairman of Sylff
Steering Committee of Yunnan University since 2007. Dr. Xiao is a professor of international relations, specializing in the Middle East. He is the author of more than 10 books, including: China
and the Middle East: Past and Present; Islamic Resurge in the Contemporary World; The Jewish Nation and Jewish People; and The Middle East since 1945, and has published over 60 articles in various academic journals. Since 1986, Prof. Xiao Xian has worked as a guest professor or visiting
scholar at universities in the UK, Israel, USA, Holland, and New Zealand.

Tomoko Yamada

TokyoFoundation

Program officer for Leadership Development, Tokyo Foundation. Career experience includes business consulting and consumer marketing at foreign-affiliated companies in Japan. Holds a Bachelor of Arts in language from International Christian University in Tokyo. Joined the Tokyo Foundation in 2008. Currently a program officer responsible for day-to-day management of Sylff institutions, mainly in North and South America, the Middle East and some in Europe. Also responsible
for follow-up programs, such as the Sylff Chamber Music Seminar. Hope this Administrators meeting will be beneficial for the participants in Sylff program management, especially for those whoare new to Sylff.

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Tatsuya Yamamoto

Sylff fellow,
Keio University

Tatsuya Yamamoto is Associate Professor of International Relations at Seisen University (Department of Global Citizenship Studies) in Tokyo. He received a Sylff fellowship in 2001-2002 at Keio
University, and he holds a PhD in media and governance from Keio University Graduate School ofMedia and Governance. He currently carries out the research on “democracy in the age of social
media” project including both developed and developing countries. He participated in the Sylff Africa/Europe Regional Forum held in September 2003 at the American University in Cairo. In 2007,
attended Building a Better Asia (BABA) Future Leaders’ Dialogue, a retreat for young Asian leadersorganized by the Nippon Foundation and held at Peking University, as a Sylff fellow. Welcome to
Japan, and I’m looking forward to share our experiences with you in December.

Michiaki Yanagawa

Ritsumeikan
Asia Pacific
University

Nanjing
University

Office Administrator of Secretariat Division at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University since 2001, incharge of Student Dormitory: AP House, Secretary to APU 2nd President, and Secretariat Sylff
Steering Committee since 2011. Thank you very much for attending Sylff Administrators Meetingand for contributing to the success of the meeting at Beppu 2010. At last, I would like to communicate with Sylff program administrators from various institutions.

Zhong Yang
Vice President of Nanjing University, and Professor in the Department of Business Administration, Business School. Field of research includes organizational behavior theory, transnational enterprise management and higher education management. Participation writer of 11 books andtextbooks, and has more than 70 academic papers published in core journals. Was a visiting scholar at Harvard University and Yale University, and is the host of several projects supported by Natural Science Foundation of China and so on. Chair of the Sylff Assessment Committee and Sylff
Steering Committee at NJU since 2013. Would like to communicate with Sylff program administrators from various institutions.

Chunlin Yu

Fudan University

Associate Professor Chunlin Yu is the Director of International Exchange and Cooperation, Foreign Affairs Office, Fudan University. Deputy Director of the organizing committee for the Shanghai Forum (hostedby Fudan Univerity), which is financially sponsored by the Korea Foundation
for Advanced Studies. Is also the standing director and researcher for Fudan University JapaneseStudies Center. Secretary, Fudan University Daisaku Ikeda Thoughts Research Institute.

Jie YuPekingUniversity

Vice director, department of program management, Peking University Education Foundation. She
earned her master’s degree in management from Peking University in July 2009. She is in charge ofprogram management, including scholarships, stipends and faculty funds. As the contact personof the Sylff program at Peking University, she would like to communicate with Sylff program administrators from various institutions.

Guangcui Zhang

Jilin University

Ph.D. and Associate Professor in Economics, Director of Division of International Relations, Jilin
University. Main research areas include demography and economic cooperation in Northeast Asia
and International Collaborations in Higher Education. A Sylff Fellow at Jilin University and amember of the Provisional Sylff Fellows Council launched by the Tokyo Foundation during 20032005. Contact person for the Sylff Steering Committee at Jilin University since 2003. Would like tocommunicate with Sylff program administrators from various Sylff institutions to seek more collaborations between each other.

Yue ZhouAdministrator of scholarship management, Graduate School, NJU. Engaged in the routine management of the NJU-SYLFF program since 2008. Would like to communicate with Sylff programadministrators from various institutions.
Nanjing
University

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Jawaharlal
Nehru University

Professor of Human Geography and Settlements, Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and Director Admissions and Controller of Examinations, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Main research areas include human settlements and theirchanging habitat, demographic changes and population composition, food security among marginalized communities, status of elementary and higher education, child labour situation. Has
published several books, research articles and completed several research projects. Has organized
several national and international seminars and conferences. As Director Admissions and Controller of Examinations would like to share and communicate JNU experience of Sylff program with
Sylff program administrators from various institutions

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LOGISTICAL INFORMATIONACCOMMODATIONS
Hotel Okura Tokyo
2-10-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan(4–6-minute walk from the Tokyo Foundation)+81-(0)3-3582-0111
The Tokyo Foundation will cover the cost of accommodations for one participant per institution at Hotel Okura Tokyo for five (5) nights from the evening of Sunday, December 7, through the morning ofFriday, December 12, 2014. Participants are asked to settle incidental expenses directly with the hotel.
If you need to change your room reservations after your arrival, contact the Hotel Okura Tour Coordinator at +81-(0)3-3224-6620.
MEETING VENUE
All sessions will be held at the Nippon Foundation Building (where the Tokyo Foundation’s offices arelocated)1-2-2 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 JapanSMOKING POLICY
Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed areas inside the Nippon Foundation Building. There is a designated smoking area located just outside the building. While at Hotel Okura, please follow the hotel’ssmoking policy.
INSURANCEThe Tokyo Foundation does not assume any liability for personal injuries sustained by or loss
of/damage to property belonging to the participants (or accompanying persons), either during or as aresult of the meeting. Participants are requested to make their own arrangements with respect tohealth and travel insurance.
TRANSPORT
There will be no prearranged ground transport between the airport and Hotel Okura Tokyo. Participants are requested to make their own arrangements. The simplest way of traveling to and from theairport is to use the limousine bus, with direct service between Narita/Haneda and the hotel. There arealso express trains making stops at major stations. For details, please ask the hotel concierge. Accessinformation can be found on the Hotel Okura website:
http://www.hotelokura.co.jp/tokyo/en/information/access/index.html
DRESS CODE
The dress code for all sessions, including the welcome dinner and farewell buffet, is business casual.
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INTERNET ACCESS
Meeting Venue
We are unable to provide Internet access or computers at the meeting venue. Please make your own
arrangements for a Wi-Fi router or computer, if necessary.
Hotel Okura Tokyo
Internet access is available in guest rooms as well as in the computer booth, open 24 hours a day, at theBusiness Center of the Okura Salon on the 5th floor of the Main Building.
USE OF IMAGES
Unless you notify us otherwise, by registering for the meeting you give your consent to our use of yourphoto(s) during the meeting on the Tokyo Foundation and Sylff websites and in Tokyo Foundation
publications.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Leadership Development, Tokyo Foundation
Tel: +81 (0)3 6229 5503
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DIRECTIONS
Hotel Okura to the Tokyo Foundation (Nippon Foundation Bldg.)(Approx. 4 minutes on foot from Hotel Okura Main Building’s Banquet Entrance, 6 minutes from South Wing)y FoundationTokyo

US Embassy
assy

Banquet Entrance

Main Entrance
ance

Hotel Okura
Toranomon Hills
MAIN BUILDING

SOUTH WING

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