ABEST21 International Bulletin Board

ABEST21 International Annual Meeting 2024

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March 28, 2024

12F Souken-building, Aoyama Gakuin University

ABEST21 International Annual Meeting 2024 was held on March 18 and 19, 2024 at 12F,Souken-building, Aoyama Campus, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan. The Annual
meeting was held in-person just like last year and about forty representatives from ABEST21
International school members participated to the meeting. The program schedule of theconference is as follows;
Day 1: Monday, March 18Opening Remarks
Professor Emeritus Dr. Fumio ITOHPresident and CEO ABEST21 International
ABEST21 International President delivered opening remarks andexplained about concept of the ABEST21 International Accreditationand main agenda of Annual Meeting 2024.

Welcome Message
Vice President Professor Tatsuya UCHIDA, Ph.D.
Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Vice President Professor Tatsuya UCHIDA, Ph.D. delivered a welcome
message to our members and made introduction of Aoyama Gakuin
University.

ABEST21 International Annual Report 2024
Firstly, ABEST21 Business Accomplishment 2023, Accreditation
Certificate and KAIZEN Award March 2024 were reported. And then,the Financial Statement FY2023 and Budget for FY22024 wereexplained.
After mutual discussion, all items of discussion were approved.

Granting the New School Membership Certificate
ABEST21 International School Membership Certificate-granting
Ceremony was held.
Acting Deputy Rector Dr. Sherizod Khannaev, Banking and FinanceAcademy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan,that had joined us last August received the certificate there.

Introduction of ABEST21 International Accreditation history
President and CEO Professor Emeritus Dr. Fumio ITOH
ABEST21 International
President Itoh introduced history of the ABEST21 Accreditation
began in 2007. The ABEST21 International was approved as anaccrediting organization for Professional Graduate School ofBusiness in Japan on October 2007 and Intellectual Property onOctober 2011 by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology of Japan. During past seventeen years,
we accredited 104 management programs of School members in Asia-Pacific.

2Granting the ABEST21 International Accreditation Certificate March 2024
Following schools received the Accreditation in March, 2024.
・Department of International Management
Graduate School of International Management
Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan・School of International Corporate Strategy
Hitotsubashi University Business School
Hitotsubashi University, Japan・MBA Program in International Business, Graduate Schoolof Business Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences,
University of Tsukuba, Tokyo, Japan・Bachelor of Management Program, Faculty of Economics and Business, Perbanas InstituteJakarta, Indonesia
・Bachelor of Accounting Program, Faculty of Economics and Business, Perbanas InstituteJakarta, Indonesia
・Bachelor of Business Administration (Human Resource Management) with Honours
Faculty of Management and Economics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Perak, Malaysia
ABEST21 International President Dr. Fumio ITOH granted the Accreditation Certificates torepresentative of the accredited schools there.

Granting the KAIZEN Award
Following schools received the KAIZEN Award in 2024.
・Department of Business Administration, Graduate School of Management,
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan・Magister Manajemen Program, PPM School of Management, Jakarta,Indonesia
・Master of Management Program, School of Economics and Business,
Universitas Telkom, Bandung, Indonesia
ABEST21 President granted the crystal trophy for the KAIZEN AWARD to the representative ofUniversitas Telkom there as one of the winning schools.
At the end, Banking and Finance Academy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Republic ofUzbekistan as our new school member, Deans of the accredited schools and KAIZEN Awardwinner schools made school presentations.

3Closing Remarks
Senior Vice President Professor Dr. Abdolali Khatibi
Management & Science University, Malaysia

Day 2: Tuesday, March 19

Tsukuba Study Tour
Visit to the JICA Tsukuba and the Tsukuba Startup Park・Overview about JICA Tsukuba and the Agricultural Co-creation Hub in JICA Tsukuba
・Visit to JICA Tsukuba’s practical facilities farm

Visit to JAXA Tsukuba Space Center-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
・Learn about space exploration and research conducted by JAXA<Contact Information>
ABEST21 International-Global Knowledge Network Unit
E-mail: 2021abest21-pr@abest21.org Tel.+81-33498-6220/ Fax. +81-33498-6221

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