The 8th General Conference of EASTICA & Seminar
October 21-26, 2007
KKR Hotel Tokyo, Japan“Development of E-Government and Digital Records Management”
Program
October 21 (Sunday)

Arrival of EASTICA Members

12:00-18:00

Registration (Hotel lobby in front of Heian Room, 10F)

13:00-20:00

Secretariat Open (Aoi Room, 10F)

October 22 (Monday)
09:00-18:00

Secretariat Open (Aoi Room, 10F)

09:30-18:00

Registration (Hotel lobby in front of Heian Room, 10F)

10:00-11:20

EASTICA Executive Board Meeting (Toki Room, 11F)

11:20-11:40

Coffee/Tea Break (Toki Room, 11F)

11:40-13:00

EASTICA Executive Board Meeting (Toki Room, 11F)

13:00-14:30

Executive Board Lunch (Tancho Room, 11F)

15:00

Leave KKR Hotel for the National Archives of Japan by Bus(*Meet in the lobby of KKR Hotel at 14:45)

15:15-17:15

Visit to the National Archives of Japan

17:30

Arrive at KKR Hotel

19:00-21:00

Welcome Dinner Reception Hosted by the National Archives of Japan(Kujaku Room, 11F)

October 23 (Tuesday)

General Conference & Seminar

08:30-18:00

Registration (Hotel lobby in front of Heian Room, 10F)

09:00-18:00

Secretariat Open (Aoi Room, 10F)09:30-10:00

Opening Ceremony (Zuiho Room, 10F)
Opening Welcome Speech by Mr. Mitsuoki Kikuchi (President of theNational Archives of Japan)
Opening Address by Mr. Duan Dongsheng (substitute for Chairman of10:00 -10:15

EASTICA, Deputy Director-General of the State Archives
Administration of China)
Welcome Speech by Mr. Shunichi Uchida (Vice-Minister of the CabinetOffice)Welcome Speech by Dr. Yoneo Ishii (President of the National Institutes
for the Humanities, Director-General of the Japan Center for AsianHistorical Records)
Group Photograph (Kujaku Room, 11F)

10:15-10:30

Coffee/Tea Break (Heian Room, 10F)

10:30-12:00

The 8th General Conference of EASTICA (Zuiho Room, 10F)
Chairperson: Mr. Simon Chu (Secretary General of EASTICA)

12:00-14:00

Lunch (Kujaku Room, 11F)

14:00-17:00

Seminar Session 1 (Zuiho Room, 10F)
Keynote Speech 1: Dr. Kenneth Thibodeau (ERA Program Director,
National Archives and Records Administration)“Building a Future for Our Times: the Electronic Records Archives”

14:00-15:20

15:20-15:40
15:40-17:00

Question & Answer
Coordinator: Ms. Maria Imelda MacLeod (Director of the MacaoHistorical Archives)
Coffee/Tea Break (Heian Room, 10F)
Keynote Speech 2: Prof. Shigeo Sugimoto (Graduate School of Library,Information, and Media Studies, University of Tsukuba)“Ensuring the Preservation and Use of Electronic Archives”
Question & Answer
Coordinator: Ms. Helen Swinnerton (HSBC Asia Pacific Archives)

17:45
19:10-21:40
22:20

Leave KKR Hotel for Hinode Pier by Bus(*Meet in the lobby of KKR Hotel at 17:30)
Dinner Hosted by EASTICA (Tokyo Bay Cruise, “Symphony Moderna”
Emperor Room)
Arrive at KKR Hotel

October 24 (Wednesday)

Seminar and Symposium

08:30-18:00

Registration (Hotel lobby in front of Heian Room, 10F)

09:00-18:00

Secretariat Open (Aoi Room, 10F)

09:30-12:00

Seminar Session 2 (Zuiho Room, 10F)

09:30-11:15

Country/Territory Report
Coordinator: Mr. Danny Ching Man Chin (Genealogical Society of Utah)

11:15-11:25
11:25-11:45

Coffee/Tea Break (Heian Room, 10F)
Speech for ICA Congress 2008: Mr. Shaidin Shafie (National Archives ofMalaysia)

11:45-12:00

Closing Ceremony (Zuiho Room, 10F)
Closing address by the new Chairman of EASTICA

12:00-14:00
14:00-17:30
14:00-14:05
14:05-14:45

14:45-15:25

Lunch (Kujaku Room, 11F)
Symposium “Archives in the Digital Era: Message from Asia” (ZuihoRoom, 10F)
Opening address by Dr. Masaya Takayama
Speech 1: Prof. Michihisa Hotate (Historiographical Institute,The University of Tokyo)“Sharing of Archives and Historical Studies in East Asia”
Speech 2: Mr. Shaidin Shafie (Head of Electronic Records Advisory
Services Branch, National Archives of Malaysia)“E-Government Initiatives in Malaysia and the Role of the National
Archives in Digital Records Management”

15:25 -15:35

Coffee/Tea Break (Heian Room, 10F)

15:35 -17:20

Panel Discussion
Coordinator: Dr. Masaya Takayama (National Archives of Japan)
Panelist: Prof. Michihisa Hotate (Japan)
Mr. Shaidin Shafie (Malaysia)
Mr. Wu Guanghua (China)
Mr. Jason Kim (Korea)

17:20-17:30

19:00 - 21:00

Dr. Kenneth Thibodeau (USA)Closing address by Prof. Kim Yon Won, Surugadai University, Faculty of
Cultural Information Resources
Farewell Dinner (Josui Kaikan Star Hall)

October 25 (Thursday)
9:30

Professional Excursion

Leave KKR Hotel(*Meet in the lobby of KKR Hotel at 9:15)

10:00-11:30

Bus No.1: Printing Museum, Tokyo (Exhibition & Workshop)
Bus No.2: Urasenke Tokyo Branch (Tea Ceremony Experience)

12:00-13:00

Lunch (Chinzan-so)

13:30-15:00

Bus No.1: Urasenke Tokyo Branch (Tea Ceremony Experience)
Bus No.2: Printing Museum, Tokyo (Exhibition & Workshop)

15:30

Arrive at KKR Hotel

October 26 (Friday)

Departure of Participants