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Day Two (Saturday, September 8)

9:00	Session 2: Science and Technology for International Development Co-Chairs Fumiko KASUGA Section Chief, Division of Biomedical Food Research, National Institute of Health Sciences, Japan Toshio YAMAGATA Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan 9:05- 9:35 "Implementation of Earthquake Safer Housing through Technological and Social Approaches" Kimiro MEGURO Director/Professor, International Center for Urban Safety Engineering (ICUS), Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan 9:35-10:05 "The Challenge of Climate Science" Antonio NAVARRA Director, Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Changes, Italy 10:05-10:35 "Infectious Disease: Surveillance and Control" Nobuhiko OKABE Director, Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan 10:35-10:50 Intermission 10:50-11:20 "Coal Consumption in China and Its Impact on Environment" Nobuhiro HORII Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kyushu University, Japan 11:20-11:50 "International Cooperation in Work Improvement" Toru ITANI Director, Labour Protection Department, International Labour Office (ILO) 11:50-12:20 Panel Discussion 11:20-12:25 Closing
12:30	Lunch
14:00	Session 3: Capacity Building and Governance Co-Chairs Takashi KUROSAKI Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan Akira SUEHIRO Prof. Dr., Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan 14:05-14:30 "Is Capacity a Constraint to Decentralized Public Service Delivery? Discourse and Reality: The Case of Pakistan" Sarfraz Khan QURESHI Chief Executive Officer, Innovative Development Strategies, Pakistan 14:30-14:55 "The Role of Local Government and Economic Development in Decentralization in China" Gangming YUAN Professor, Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, P. R. China 14:55-15:20 "Approach to Capacity Development and Improving Governance in the Developing World: A Comparative View from JICA’s Experience" Kyoko KUWAJIMA Group Director, Group I, Social Development Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan 15:20-15:40 Intermission 15:40-16:05 "Building a Non-governmental Channel of State Resource Distribution: A Case Study of the Social Investment Fund in Thailand" Shinichi SHIGETOMI Senior Research Fellow, Area Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan 16:05-16:30 "Improvement of Corporate Governance in Thailand: A Decade after the Crisis" Kanit SANGSUBHAN Director, Fiscal Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Thailand 16:30-16:55 "Legal Assistance and International Development Cooperation: The Experience and the Goal of the Center for Asian Legal Exchange, Nagoya University" Yuzuru SHIMADA Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan 16:55-17:20 General Discussion 17:20-17:25 Closing
17:30	Concluding Session Chair Masaru KONO Professor, Global Edge Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
18:00	Address Kiyoshi KUROKAWA Special Advisor to the Cabinet Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Former President, Science Council of Japan, Japan
18:30	Closing Address Norihisa DOI Vice-President, Science Council of Japan, Japan