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IBA Symposium 2011
"Asian Business Schools and Japanese Enterprises"

Time / Date: 13:00 – 16:00 / Sunday, November 6, 2011
Venue: Kwansei Gakuin University, Osaka Umeda Campus

A symposium on “Asian Business Schools and Japanese Enterprises” was held in response to a previous symposium on “Asian Business and Human Resource Development” in March 2011. A more detailed discussion took place regarding an alliance between Asian business schools and Japanese companies.

In addition to re-invited Asian business school deans from Brawijaya University in Indonesia and the S P Jain Center of Management in Singapore, we invited new guests from Thailand from Chiang Mai University and from Japan from ABEST21 (a Japanese business school accrediting organization) and the Graduate School of Innovation and Technology Management of Yamaguchi University, and executives also from companies based in the Osaka-Kobe area.

Program
Greeting
  Yoshitaka Kai (Dean and Professor / IBA, Professional Graduate School, Kwansei Gakuin University)
Opening Speech
"Collaboration with Asian Business Schools"
  Katsuhiko Okada (Assistant Dean and Professor / IBA, Professional Graduate School, Kwansei Gakuin University)
Presentation
"Toward Embodying Business School Alliance"

A. Seetharaman (Dean Academic Affairs and Professor / S P Jain Center of Management)
Gugus Irianto (Dean and Professor / Faculty of Economics and Business, Brawijaya University)
Kazuhiro Fukuyo (Professor / Graduate School of Innovation and Technology Management, Yamaguchi University)
Panel Discussion
"Asian Business Development through Cooperation between Asian Business Schools and Japanese Enterprises"
  Moderator: Katsuhiko Okada (Assistant Dean and Professor / IBA, Professional Graduate School, Kwansei Gakuin University)
  Panelists: A. Seetharaman (Dean Academic Affairs and Professor / S P Jain Center of Management)
    Gugus Irianto (Dean and Professor / Faculty of Economics and Business, Brawijaya University)
    Siriwut Buranapin (Head of Management Department and Associate Professor / Faculty of Business Administration, Chiang Mai University)
    Kazuo Fukuyo (Professor / Graduate School of Innovation and Technology Management, Yamaguchi University)
Closing Remarks
  Fumio Itoh (President / NPO ABEST 21; Advisor for Academic Affairs / Aoyama Gakuin)