SEE DETAILED SCHEDULE HERE
PRECONFERENCE ACTIVITIES Thursday Sept. 17, 2009
13:00-16:00 | FREE SYMPOSIUM
Environmental Education Today: The Road of Learning Leads to the World Kumamoto Gakuen University, Building 14 Takahashi Morio Hall (All Conference-Goers Welcome, no registration required) | |||||||
17:00-21:00 | Conference pre-registration
Kokusai Koryu Kaikan (Kumamoto International Center), downtown across the street from bus center |
Day 1 Friday Sept. 18, 2009
8:00-16:00 | ON-SITE Registration
Kumamoto Gakuen University, Takahashi Morio Hall | |||||||
9:00-10:15 | KEYNOTE 1 and OPENING CEREMONY
The Past, Present, and Future of Intercultural Communication Competence Study Prof. Guo-ming Chen South China University of Technology, China University of Rhode Island, USA Building 14 Takahashi Morio Hall | |||||||
10:15-10:30 | COFFEE BREAK | |||||||
10:30 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1 Building 14 | |||||||
-12:00 | 1A | 1B | 1C | 1D | 1E | 1F | 1G | 1H |
12:00-13:20 | LUNCH | |||||||
13:20-14:20 | KEYNOTE 2
Discourse at Work: Children in China, Belgium, Lebanon, and the United States Talk about Careers Prof. Patrice M. Buzzanell Purdue University, USA Building 14 Takahashi Morio Hall | |||||||
14:30 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2 Building 14 | |||||||
-16:00 | 2A | 2B | 2C | 2D | 2E | 2F | 2G | 2H |
16:00-16:15 | COFFEE BREAK Building 14 | |||||||
16:15 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3 Building 14 | |||||||
-17:45 | 3A | 3B | 3C | 3D | 3E | 3F | 3G | 3H |
18:00-19:00 | PAST PRESIDENTS' PANEL: "Everything you wanted to know about intercultural communication"
Kumamoto Gakuen University Cafeteria |
Day 2 Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009
8:00-16:00 | Registration | |||||||
9:00 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4 Building 14 | |||||||
-10:30 | 4A | 4B | 4C | 4D | 4E | 4F | 4G | 4H |
10:15-10:30 | COFFEE BREAK Building 14 | |||||||
10:30-12:00 | KEYNOTE 3 Building 14
English as THE Global Language: Creating World Citizens through English and Intercultural Communication Prof. Michael Prosser Shanghai International Studies University, China University of Virginia, USA Building 14 Takahashi Morio Hall | |||||||
12:00-13:20 | LUNCH and SPECIAL CONCERT OF JAPANESE DANCING | |||||||
13:20-14:20 | KEYNOTE 4
Intercultural Dialogue through International English Prof. Song Li Harbin Institute of Technology, China Building 14 Takahashi Morio Hall | |||||||
14:30 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS 5 Building 14 | |||||||
-16:00 | 5A | 5B | 5C | 5D | 5E | 5F | 5G | 5H |
16:00-16:15 | COFFEE BREAK Building 14 | |||||||
16:15 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS 6 Building 14 | |||||||
-17:45 | 6A | 6B | 6C | 6D | 6E | 6F | 6G | 6H |
Day 3 Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009
8:00-16:00 | Registration Building 14 | |||||||
9:00 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS 7 Building 14 | |||||||
-10:30 | 7A | 7B | 7C | 7D | 7E | 7F | 7G | 7H |
10:30-10:45 | COFFEE BREAK Building 14 | |||||||
10:45-11:50 | KEYNOTE 5
Can Japanese Culture be Translated?: The Case of Musashi Miyamoto’s The Book of Five Rings Prof. Masahiro Hori Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan Building 14 Takahashi Morio Hall | |||||||
11:50-13:20 | LUNCH | |||||||
13:20 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS 8 Building 14 | |||||||
-14:50 | 8A | 8B | 8C | 8D | 8E | 8F | 8G | 8H |
14:55 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS 9 Building 14 | |||||||
-16:25 | 9A | 9B | 9C | 9D | 9E | 9F | 9G | 9H |
16:25-16:40 | COFFEE BREAK Building 14 | |||||||
16:40-17:50 | KEYNOTE 6 and CLOSING CEREMONY Building 14
Globalization: Whither, Whether, and Why? Prof. L. Brooks Hill Trinity University, USA Building 14 Takahashi Morio Hall | |||||||
18:30-21:00 | Banquet (Hotel Nikko Kumamoto) |
Day 4 Sept. 21, 2009 Post-conference activities (optional)
- Day tour of Mt. Aso volcano including lunch 7000 yen
- Overnight tour of Mt. Aso volcano including lunch, dinner, hotel and hot springs 17000 yen
Both of these tours include early evening drop-offs at Kumamoto Airport and Kumamoto Station
- 1/2 day guided walking tour of Kumamoto City, Castle and Fujisaki Shrine with volunteer guides
free but you will need to pay 500 yen if you want to go inside the castle