Main Theme Concept
The 6th GIAC is held with the title of “Linking Science and Society: action-oriented andinclusive approaches to face poverty”. The GSS Program focuses on nurturing leading
doctors who are equipped with the capacity to solve real world problems using deep scientificknowledge and the ability to transcend disciplinary borders. As GSS Programs provide theopportunity of learning on the real world problems based on its four pillars namely; natural
disasters & catastrophes, man-made disasters & accidents, regional environmental changes
and food security, poverty can be viewed as one of causes or effects common to these fourpillars –for example, poverty can contribute to vulnerability to disasters or disasters cancontribute to poverty. Against this background, the role of scientists in confronting poverty
has been proposed as a central topic of the GIAC 2016. Poverty is often defined in terms oflow income, organizations like the World Bank measure poverty by the number of people
whose income or consumption fall below a given threshold, for example, less than US$1.25
a day. Globally, around 1 billion people live below this threshold. Nevertheless poverty isfundamental problem in global society, poverty is not deal with central issue in GSS, thoughpoverty is highly complicated problem related several issues globally as well as locally.
Therefore, 6th GIAC conference aims to identify action-oriented, inclusive, top-down andbottom-up strategies/actions to confront the poverty. The conference will particularly
stimulate discussions on the root causes of persistent poverty and how scientists and society
can be linked towards innovative solutions for the poverty.

Day 1: Tuesday, January 24th, 2017
Opening session
Opening Session Schedule
9:30-9:35
Opening Remarks
GSS Student Association Executive Committee, President
Kensuke Otsuyama
9:35-9:40
Concept of 6th GIACGSS Student Association Executive Committee, Vice-president
Genta Nakano
9:40-9:50
Introduction of GSS Program
Coordinator of GSS Program, Professor and Director, Disaster
Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University
Prof. Kaoru Takara
9:50-10:00
Review of GSS Curriculum activity
Director of GSS Unit, Professor and Vice Director, Research Institutefor Sustainable Hemisphere. Kyoto University
Prof. Masato Shiotani
10:00-10:40
Keynote speech 1 Top-down approach to face poverty
Science Based Public Policy for Poverty Alleviation and Resilience
Senior fellow, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Dr. Allen L. Clark1

10:40-11:20

11:20-12:00
12:00-13:00

Keynote speech 2 (Bottom-up approach to face poverty)
Identifying Affordable Technologies that Works for the Poor
CEO, Non-governmental organization Kopernik
Mr. Toshihiro Nakamura
Preview of Poster Presentation by Student Presenters
Lunch

Workshop 1 “Linking Science and Society to face the poverty”
13:00-13:05
13:05-13:20

13:20-13:35
13:35-14:30

14:30-14:45

Introduction of workshop
Talks on the linking science and society 1
General director, Non-governmental organization Community Road
Empowerment
Dr. Yoshinori Fukubayashi
Talks on the linking science and society 2
Assistant professor, GSS, Kyoto University
Dr. Mika Shimizu
Discussion on problem identification and analysis
Participants in each group should engage in brainstorming and mind
mapping sessions to determine, identify and analyze one concrete
problem related to poverty and its consequences.
The problem should be identified and analyzed in term of:• What, Who, Where, When and why• What factors associated with it• Causes and effects
Break<Session 1> Poverty and “Disaster”
14:45-14:50
14:50-15:05
15:05-15:20
15:20-15:35

15:35-15:50
15:50-16:15
16:15-16:30
16:30-18:00

Session introduction“Top down” Group student presentation“Bottom up” Group student presentation
Expert intervention
Project Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Schoolof Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Dr. Akiyuki Kawasaki
Integration of top down approach and bottom up approach
Open discussion, how science can contribute to the society?
Break
Poster presentation session2Poster Presentation Session
NameSeeraGeorgina
Ryosuke
Nakamura
HarukaUeda
YukikoTateyama

Graduate
Year Poster title
SchoolAsianand L1
Obesity is the New Malnutrition in Central Uganda
African Area
Studies
Agriculture
L2
Does logging impact silicon cycling in a lowland
tropical forest?
Agriculture
L2
What Is Food Education?
Medicine

L2

ChikaraOkada
ShinomiTakahashi

Agriculture

L2

Medicine

L2

Ayako
Kohno

Medicine

L3

Sajid
Engineering
L3
Nisar
Var
Elif Global
L3
Berna
Environmental
Studies
WenlongEngineering
L4
Wang
Van Tien Engineering
PhamKarlina
Engineering
Mei
Nakazawa
Naoko
KimuraL4
L4Asianand L4
African AreaStudies
GlobalL5
EnvironmentalStudies

Socio-epidemiological study on risk factors of noncommunicable diseases among adult population inrural Zambia
The Seed Road: How GM seeds have created the actor
network?
Perception towards diabetes among community
dwelling diabetes/non-diabetes Japanese elderly; aqualitative study
A Mixed-method Study Protocol on the Prevalence ofChild Marriage in Malaysia and their Mental andReproductive Health
Revolutionizing Global Healthcare by use of Smart
Robotic Technologies
Cherish or Perish : “Unique Vernacular Architecture in
Trabzon, Turkey”Toxicity identification evaluation of neuroactive
insecticides in waste water with multi-parameter
genetic profiling using zebrafish
Integrated computer simulation models for two hugelandslides induced by rainfalls in Kii Peninsula, Japan.
Low Flow Forecasting with Recession Analysis
Approach
HIV/AIDS awareness and subsistence activities offemale-headed households in banana farming area ofsouthwestern Uganda
Map tool development with etymological analysis ofplace-names: for raising awareness of local resources
and their ecosystem services

3Day 2: Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
<Session 2 Poverty and “Food security”>
9:00-9:05
9:05-9:20
9:20-9:35
9:35-9:50

9:50-10:05
10:05-10:30
10:30-10:45

Session introduction“Top down” Group student presentation“Bottom up” Group student presentation
Expert intervention
Assistant Professor, Division of Natural Resource Economics,
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Dr. Hart Nadav Feuer
Integration of top down approach and bottom up approach
Open discussion, how science can contribute to the society?
Break<Session 3> Poverty and “Health”
10:45-10:50
10:50-11:05
11:05-11:20
11:20-11:35
11:35-11:50
11:50-12:15
12:15-13:30

Session introduction“Top down” Group student presentation“Bottom up” Group student presentation
Expert intervention
Senior Economist, World Bank Group
Caryn Bredenkamp
Integration of top down approach and bottom up approach
Open discussion, how science can contribute to the society?
Lunch<Session 4> Poverty and “Education”
13:30-13:35
13:35-13:50
13:50-14:05
14:05-14:20

14:20-14:35
14:35-15:00
15:00-15:15

Session introduction“Top down” Group student presentation“Bottom up” Group student presentation
Expert intervention
Asssociate Professor, School of Human Science and Environment,University of Hyogo
Dr. Miki Inui
Integration of top down approach and bottom up approach
Open discussion, how science can contribute to the society?
Break4

<Workshop 2> Problem solving: As scientists what kind of action
can we take?
15:15-15:20
15:20-16:00
16:00-16:45
16:45-16:50
16:50-17:15

Introduction of the session
Group work
Group presentation
Wrap-upFeedback to the GSS students
Honorary professor, Human geography and planning, Utrecht
University, the Netherlands
Dr. Hans van Ginkel

Review session
17:15-17:30
17:30-17:35
17:35-17:45

Feedback to the GSS students
All the GSS International Advisers, Experts, GSS program Professors,
GSS-Specific Faculty members and GSS students
Presentation and poster session awards
Closing remarks

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