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Friday 25 October, 2024

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:45 AM
Technology and Policy: Shaping Society and Identity
Pavillon R - R-R150
8:45 AM - 10:10 AM | 1 hour 25 minutes

CHAIR : James Tiessen Japan’s Strategic Quest for Leadership in Global Artificial Intelligence Landscape Scott Harrison, SFU David Lam Centre Abstract: Generative artificial intelligence (AI) hit the world by storm in 2023, completely sideswiping the years-long discussions about other transformative technologies like 5G. Even though Japan is often critiqued as having ...

L’évolution des relations politiques et économiques entre le Canada et le Japon au XXe siècle
Pavillon R - R-M160
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM | 1 hour

CHAIR: Carin Holroyd L’évolution des relations nippo-canadiennes à travers leurs représentations diplomatiques Kentalo Toujas-Kandachi & Samy Mesli, UQAM Abstract:  Les relations entre le Japon et le Canada se sont officialisées en 1889 avec l’ouverture du premier cons...

10:25 AM
Keynote: Leonard Schoppa / Creating Livable Society at the Local Level: How Population Decline and Civic Engagement Combine to Reshape Localities in Japan
Salle de reconnaissance D-R200
10:25 AM - 11:40 AM | 1 hour 15 minutes

Speaker: Leonard Schoppa, Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia. When Osaka hosted Expo1970, Japan had built its cities big and fast. Tokyo and Osaka were two of the world’s most populous cities, powered by large-scale industrialization and connected by a bullet train that moved faster than any train on the planet. Today, as Osaka prepares to host Expo2025, it calls for a “human-centered society” that...

11:45 AM
Lunch: Japan Foundation Chat
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM | 1 hour
1:00 PM
Keynote : Yuriko Yokoyama / 日本社会のジェンダー  性売買の歴史を手がかりに / Gender in Japanese Society: Considering from the History of “Sexual Commerce and Society"
Salle de reconnaissance D-R200
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes

Speaker : Yuriko Yokoyama, National Museum of Japanese History Introduction: Sachiyo KanzakiAbstract: Japanese society, ranked 125th on the gender gap index, is currently undergoing major turmoil. In the world of entertainment, politics and so on, the reality of ...

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