August 16 (Monday)

• Opening Speeches (9:30 - 10:00)
  • Mr. Mitsugu Saito, Mayor of Goshiki-cho
  • Mr. Toshitami Kaibara, Governor of Hyogo Prefecture
  • Mr. Osamu Sunao, Chair of Goshiki-cho Assembly
• Keynote Speech (10:00 - 10:40)
  Futures Studies and Sustainable Community Development
  Dr. Jim Dator, WFSF President, Univ. of Hawaii
• Keynote Lecture (10:50 - 11:40)
  Future-Oriented Studies and UNESCO
  Dr. Albert Sasson, Director, BPE, UNESCO, Paris
• Community Presentation (1) (11:40 - 12:00)
  Renewing Community in Awaji Island and Hyogo Prefecture
  Mr. Hiroshi Tsuji, Director, Planning Department, Hyogo Prefecture
• Nobel Laureate Lectures (13:00 - 15:00)
  
  • Some Remarks on the Human and Planetary Condition
    Dr. Jerome Karle, Nobel laureate, Chemistry, 1985
    U.S. Naval Research Laboratory for the Structure of Matter
  • The Impact and Promise of the Cognitive Revolution
    Dr. Theodore J. Voneida, Chairman, Dept. of Neurobiology,
    Northeastern Ohio University, representing Dr. Roger W. Sperry, Nobel laureate, Physiology or Medicine, 1981
• Community Presentation (2) (15:10 - 15:30)
  Japan's First Community-wide Medical Network System To Enhance Town People's Wellness in Goshiki-cho
  Mr. Mitsugu Saito, Mayor of Goshiki-cho
• Round Table (15:30 - 17:00)
  Renewing Community as Sustainable Global Village
  
  • Dr. Hisao Onoe, President of Shiga National University
  • Dr. Jim Dator, Univ. of Hawaii
  • Dr. Albert Sasson, UNESCO
  • Dr. Jerome Karle, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
  • Dr. Theodore J. Voneida, Northeastern Ohio University
  • Mr. Mitsugu Saito, Mayor of Goshiki-cho
  • Dr. Kaoru Yamaguchi, Nagoya Univ. of Commerce (Chair)

August 17 (Tuesday)

• Seminar 1 (9:00 - 12:00)
  Creating MuRatopia in the Information Age
  1. Theory of MuRatopia -- New Economic Paradigm in the Information Age
     Dr. Kaoru Yamaguchi, Nagoya University of Commerce
  2. Interconnecting Local Communities Globally: An Australian Perspective
     Dr. Tony Stevenson, Director, Communication Center
     Queensland Univ. of Technology, Australia
  3. The Centre of the Future Society: Prosperous Village
     Dr. Nandini Joshi
     Foundation for Constructive Development, India
• Seminar 2 (13:30 - 16:30)
  Creating Ecological Futures in America
  1. Toward Global Sustainable Villable -- A View from Wisconsin
     Dr. Belden Paulson, Center for Urban Community Development
     Univ. of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee, USA
  2. The Green Alternative in the United States
     Mr. Brian Tokar, Institute for Social Ecology, Vermont, USA
  3. Theory and Practice of Community Land Trust
     Dr. Michael LaFontaine, Director of the Community Land Trust Project, New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, Concord, USA
  4. An Introduction to the Study of the Future
     Dr. Howard F. Didsbury Jr.
     Director, Special Studies, World Future Society

August 18 (Wednesday)

• Seminar 3 (9:00 - 12:00)
  Renewing Community in the Pacific-Basin
  1. Community Development in China under Socialist Market Economy
     Prof. Qin Linzheng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
     Prof. Zhang Zerong, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences
  2. Governance in Korea and Community Development
     Dr. Yoon-Jae Chung, Chungbuk National University
  3. Renewing Community in the Pacific Basin: Micronesia in the 21st Century
     Dr. Dirk Ballendorf
     Micronesian Area Research Center, Univ. of Guam
  4. Community Development in Philippines
     Prof. Cesar Villanueva, Balayan Community Development Office
     Univ. of St. La Salle
• Seminar 4 (13:30 - 16:30)
  Creating Regional and Communal Cultures in Japan
  1. A Government-led New Community Movement in the Republic of Korea
     Dr. Tae-Chang Kim, Dean
     Graduate School of Public Administration
     Chungbuk National University
  2. Social Development with Foresight
     Dr. Terushi Tomita, Director
     Social and Economic Institute, Nihon Fukushi Univ.
  3. Community Cultures in Global Information Age
     Dr. Kazuo Mizuta, Kyoto Sangyo University
  4. Creating Regional Cultures
     Prof. Hiroyuku Niwa, Nagoya Cultural College

August 19 (Thursday)