Conference Committees

Conferance Tracks
IC-JAGAAS is a multidisciplinary conference focusing onJapans’ Iconic role in human resource development
related to the following Tracks’Business, Management and Economics

Social Sciences
Humanities and Culture
Engineering and Technology
Natural Sciences

Dates to Remember
On or before 31 December 2015
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15

Jan

Notification of Acceptanceon or before 15 January 2016
31thof camera-ready copy of31 Submission
Final Extended Abstract

Jan

on or before 31 January 201631
st19Feb

Inauguration

19 February 201631
th20 Parallel Sessions
Feb20 February 2016
31th15Submission of f inalizedPapers for publication
Mar Fullth
15 March 2016
31Contacts
jagaasinfo@gmail.com

Advisory Committee

IC-JAGAAS
2016
International Conference of JapaneseGraduatesʻ Alumni Association of Sri Lanka

Mr. Masaki Takaoka
Professor Sampath Amaratunga
Dr. S. M. Punchibanda
Dr. Sunil Jayantha Navarathne
Professor P. S. M. Gunaratne
Professor Sunanda Maddumabandara
Mr. Merrick Goonaratne
Mr. Chandra Fernando
Dr. R.M. Udayangani Rathnayake
Dr. Kumudinei Dissanayake
Dr. Shirantha Heenkenda

Organizing Committee

31 Submission of Extended Abstract
thProfessor H. D. Karunaratne
President of JAGAAS,University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Conference Secretariat

Please submit your extended abstracts
not exceeding 1000 English wordsDecChairwww.jagaas.com

Full papers will be compiled in an edited volume tobe published after the conference

Professor H. D. Karunaratne
Dr. R.M. Udayangani Rathnayake
Professor Patrick Rathnayake
Dr. Nimal Navaratne
Dr. Samantha Kaluarachchi
Mr. Ananda Peramune

Editorial Committee
Professor H.D. Karunarathne
Dr. Saman Dassanayake
Professor N. S. Cooray
Professor Thamara Athauda
Professor Mangala de Soyza
Professor Patrick Rathnayake
Dr. Kumudinei Dissanayake
Dr. Nimal Navaratne
Dr. R.M. Udayangani Rathnayake
Professor. D. B. P. H. Dissa bandara
Dr. Aruna shantha
Dr. Shirantha Heenkenda
Professor Samitha Manawadu

Knowledge Hub in the Global Village -Japan: Iconic
Leader in Human Resource Development-

19th & 20th February 2016
Center for Banking Studies
Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka

Organized by :Japanese Graduates’ Alumni Association of Sri Lanka
Sponsored by :Japan Foundation
Supported by :Embassy of Japan in Sri Lanka

Keynote Speaker

Professor Kimio KasePresident ,International University of Japan (IUJ).

Introduction

Networking is one of the importantsources of social capital in 21st century. It issaid to be an unlimited factor ofproduction
aswellasessential
component in the knowledge economy.
Networking brings not only increasing
returns but also spillover effects on humanactivities. Since the end of the World War II,
the Japanese higher
education
institutes have produced quite large numberof high quality academics, scientists, professionals, entrepreneurs, administrators, andpublic servants in japan and rest of the world. There were only 100,000 foreign students inJapan in 2003. With a steady and slow
growth, the number of foreign students inJapan increased up to 140,000 by 2008. It isaiming to make a significant increase in thenumber of foreign students in Japan in thenext five years.

The Government of Japan announced
the Foreign Students Plan in 2008 , " whichcalled to increase the number of foreign
students in Japan to 300,000 students by2020” . It is said that there is currently a total of
3.5 million students enrolled in Japaneseinstitutions of higher education, such asuniversities, technical colleges and research
institutes A significant number of them now
operating in the most vibrant economies likeChina, South Korea, and other countries inSouth East Asia. Even second and third
generations of these Japanese Graduates are
now enrolling into Japanese higher
education institutes. Promoting network
among Japanese Graduate Alumni in Japanand rest of the world. IC-JAGAAS provides
platform for Japanese graduates, current
students, practitioners, academics and scientist in higher education and research institutes
in japan to share their research experienceand exchange their views on contemporary
issues relevant to japan.

Professor Kimio Kase earned his DBA fromManchester University and MBA from IESE
Business School. He was Visiting Professor at theChina Europe International Business School in
Shanghai, International Christian University inTokyo, Yonsei University in Seoul, etc.
Prof Kase has extensive corporate experiencein the fields of international trade andmanagement. After working for a Japanese
global trading house, he was later appointed
Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Anotherorganisation he worked for is the Inter-American
Development Bank in Washington DC.
Prof Kase has written several books and articles
published both in international and Spanish
journals. He published Transformational CEOs:
Leadership and Management Success in Japanin
the UK and Japan in 2005 and 2006, respectively.
He also co-authored CEOs as Leaders andStrategy Designers: Explaining the Success ofSpanish Banks in 2007; Asian versus WesternManagement Thinking in 2011, etc.