Background and Objectives

• Background and Objectives

Opening Session

• Opening Remarks by Kyoko Nishikawa, Senior Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports,
  Science and Technology, Japan
• Opening Remarks by Seiji Kihara, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan

 Executive Summary

Keynote Speech

• “Is African education well placed to benefit from global economic opportunities?”
  Kilemi Mwiria
  Former Assistant Minister of Education, Kenya

• “Reciprocal Relations between Globalization and Education in Asia”
  Angela W. Little
  Professor Emerita, Institute of Education, University of London

•  Questions and Answers with Keynote Speaker

Panel Session

    “Impacts and Challenges of Globalization concerning Education in Developing Countries”
    “Japan’s Education Cooperation in a Globalized/Global Society”

• Moderator:

• Kazuo Kuroda
  Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies /
  Director, Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education, Waseda University

• Panelists:

• Fernando Palacio

  Researcher, Center for Research in International Cooperation and

  Educational Development (CRICED), University of Tsukuba

• Keiko Mizuno

  Senior Advisor (Education), JICA /

  Education Policy Advisor to Ministry of Education and Sports, LAO PDR

• Anshul Sonak

  Regional Education Director (Asia Pacific), Corporate Affairs Group, Intel Corporation

• Panel Session, Questions and Answers Session

Concluding discussions

• Concluding Discussions by Keynote Speakers and Panelists with Moderator