Kick Off Symposiumfor Honolulu Officeof Kobe University (hoku)
Date : 30 June 2016 9:00 - 17:20
Venue: JAIMS(Japan-America Institute of Management Science)
6660 Hawaii Kai Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96825
9:00-9:50
Opening Ceremony
Session 1 “International Conference on Applied Econometrics”
Keynote Speech"International Financial Integration and Crisis Contagion"

Professor Michael B. Devereux（ Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia ）・Multinationals and Regional Inequality in China

・Coal Abundance and Economic Transformation: Empirical Evidence from the Counties in China
・The Consequences of Sex Offender Residency Restriction: Evidence from North Carolina
・The Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Pollution on Children's Human Capital Formation:
the Case of Indonesia

・Japan's Pension Reform, Labor Market Responses, and Savings

Session 2 “International Conference on Particle Physics”
・Activities of Kobe University Particle Physics Group, ATLAS

・Activities of Hawaii University Particle Physics Group, BELLE・MPGD development in Kobe University
・LZ Dark Matter Search

・XMASS, NEAWGE Dark Matter Search・Neutrino Physics at University of Hawaii

For Registration and Inquiry
Kobe University Office of the Americas

http://www.office.kobe-u.ac.jp/ipiep/oa/registration_oaen/registration.html
E-mail : intl-relations@office.kobe-u.ac.jp

Kick Off Symposium for Honolulu Office of Kobe University
Date: 30 June 2016 9:00 ‐ 17:20
Venue: JAIMS (Japan-America Institute of Management Science)
6660 Hawaii Kai Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96825
9：00－9：50

Opening Ceremony(Venue: Hideto Kono Seminar Room)
Moderator: Mr. Ken SHIRAI, Head of International Affairs Planning Division
Kobe University
9:00－9:10 Welcome and Opening SpeechProf. Hiroshi TAKEDA, President of Kobe University
9:10－9:20 Opening Addresses
Mr. Kazunari KOKUBUN, Head of Office, Hawaii Representative Office,FUJITSU
9:20－9:35 Introduction of Kobe University – International collaboration
Prof. Ken-Ichi SHIMOMURA, Director, Office of the Americas
9:35－9:50 Introduction of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Mr. Justin LAU, Admissions Counselor, Office of Admissions, University ofHawaiʻi at Mānoa

Session 1: “International Conference on

Session 2: “International Conference on

Applied Econometrics”

Particle Physics”

10:00‐17:20

10:00‐17:00(Venue: Hideto Kono Seminar Room)(Venue: Mid-sized Classroom)

10:00-10:05

10:00-10:10

Opening remarks for Keynote SpeechOpening remarks for the session

Prof. Tamotsu NAKAMURA

Assoc Prof. Kentaro MIUCHI

Graduate School of Economics, Kobe

Graduate

UniversityUniversity

10:05-11:00

10:10-11:00

Keynote Speech(Chair: Assoc Prof. Kentaro MIUCHI)

SchoolofScience,

Kobe

Title of the presentation: “InternationalFinancial

Integration

andCrisis

Presentation1Contagion”“Activities of Kobe University Particle

Prof. Michael B. DEVERUEX

Physics Group, ATLAS”

University of British Columbia

Prof. Hisaya KURASHIGE
Organization for Advanced and Integrated
Research, Kobe University
11:00-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15-12:00

11:15-12:00

1.“Economic Analysis of Inequality”(Chair: Assoc Prof. Kentaro MIUCHI)(Chair: Prof. Tamotsu NAKAMURA)
Presentation1

Presentation2“Multinationals and Regional Inequality“Activities of Hawaii University Particlein China”

Physics Group, BELLE”

Assoc Prof. Theresa GREANEY

Prof.

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Gary

VARNER,Universityof

12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:50

13:30-14:10

2. “Applied Microeconometrics”(Chair: Prof. Hisaya KURASHIGE )(Chair: Prof. Kenji TAKEUCHI, Graduate
School of Economics, Kobe University)

Presentation3“MPGD development in Kobe University13:30-14:15

Assoc Prof. Atsuhiko OCHI

Presentation2

Graduate“CoalAbundanceandEconomic

SchoolofScience,

Kobe

University

Transformation: Empirical Evidence fromthe Counties in China”
Assoc Prof. Xiaoping HE,
Xiamen University

14:15-15:00

14:10-14:50

Presentation3(Chair: Prof. Hisaya KURASHIGE )“TheConsequences

ResidencyofRestriction:

Sex

OffenderEvidence

fromPresentation4

North Carolina”“LZ Dark Matter Search”

Assis Prof. Songman KANG,

Prof. Daniel AKERIB

Hanyang University

SLAC, Stanford University
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-17:00

15:30-16:10

3. “Population Economics”(Chair: Assoc Prof. Atsuhiko OCHI)(Chair: Prof. Shigeyuki HAMORI,
Graduate School of Economics, Kobe

Presentation5University)“XMASS, NEWAGE Dark Matter Search”
Assoc Prof. Kentaro MIUCHI

15:30-16:15

Graduate

Presentation4

University

SchoolofScience,Kobe“The Effects of Early-Life Exposure toPollution on Children's Human Capital

16:10-16:50

Formation: the Case of Indonesia”(Chair: Assoc Prof. Atsuhiko OCHI)

Assis Prof. Margaret TRIYANA
Nanyang Technological University

Presentation6“Neutrino

PhysicsatUniversity

16:15-17:10

Hawaiʻi”

Presentation5

Prof. John G. LEARNED“Japan's Pension Reform, Labor Market

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Responses, and Savings”
Prof. Sang-Hyop LEEofUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa17:10-17:20

16:50-17:00

Closing remarks

Closing remarks

Prof. Tamotsu NAKAMURA

Prof. Hisaya KURASHIGE

Graduate School of Economics, Kobe

Organization for Advanced and Integrated

University

Research, Kobe University

18:00-20:00 Gala Dinner at Cafeteria, JAIMS