Symposium
“Understanding Diverse Information Communities”
IISE and the Next-Generation Information Society Subcommittee of the InfoSocionomics Society cosponsored the symposium entitled “Understanding Diversifying Information Society”. Rainy weather did not dampen the spirits of many experts and interested participants who engaged in lively discussion.
The subcommittee of the InfoSocionomics Society collected papers for this symposium from both inside and outside the subcommittee. Twelve papers which passed referee process were presented at the symposium.
The guest speaker Mr. Botaro Hirosaki (Senior Executive Vice President, NEC Corporation) gave a lecture on the “Diversity of Innovation”. In addition, a panel discussion on the theme of “Understanding Diverse Information Communities” by Dr. Shumpei Kumon (The New Institute for Social Knowledge and Collaboration: Kumon Center, Tama University/President, the InfoSocionomics Society), Dr. Jiro Kokuryo (Keio University/Vice President, the InfoSocionomics Society) and Mr. Kan Suzuki (Member of the House of Councillors, the National Diet of Japan).
The hall filled by the audience.
Guest speaker Mr. Botaro Hirosaki,
Senior Executive Vice President of
NEC Corporation, giving his lecture.
Mr. Tetsuro Goto, President of IISE giving activities report
Panel discussion
Speakers and program:
10:30 Opening remark by Masakazu Ohashi (Professor, Chuo University/Vice
President, InfoSocionomics Society)
10:35 Short paper presentation
”What We Learned by Managing the Blog Site for Mr. Shigeru Ishiba, Minister
of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries”
Presenter: Mitsuteru Tashiro (NIFTY Corporation/Advanced Institute of Industrial
Technology)
10:50 Research presentation session – Part 1
”Characteristics of Technological Development in Communication Infrastructure
Network and Problem-Solving Techniques for Technological Management”
Presenters: Koichi Kuratani (Waseda University), Akira Fujimoto (Nippon COMSYS
Corporation) and Masakatsu Hirai (Nippon COMSYS Corporation)
”A Study of Tele-working Community Development and Strategies for Regional
Vitalization”
Presenters: Masato Toyokawa (Waseda University) and Makoto Osajima (Waseda University)
”Computer Games as the Unique Cyberspace Infrastructure – Between
Real-Money Trade and the Economic System”
Presenter: Akito Inoue (Center for Global Communications, International University
of Japan)”New Walls in the Internet in the Arab-Islamic Sphere and Information-Savvy
Arabs”
Presenter: Tatsuya Yamamoto (Nagoya University of Commerce and Business)
”Simultaneous Changes in National Politics and Nationalistic Confrontations
among Japan, Korea and China in their Shift to an Information Society”
Presenter: Motoaki Takahara (Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion
of Science)”
12:30 Lunch break (60 minutes)
13:30 Lecture entitled the “Diversity of Innovation”
by the guest speaker Mr. Botaro Hirosaki, Senior Executive Vice President, NEC
Corporation
14:00 Activity report: Objectives of the Next-Generation Information
Society Subcommittee and Discussions to Date presented by Tetsuro Goto (President,
IISE) and Masahiko Shoji (Secretariat, the InfoSocionomics Society)
14:20 Break (10 minutes)
14:30 Research presentation session – Part 2
”An Analysis of Foreign Media Reporting on Japanese Official Development
Assistance (ODA) – A Case in Vietnam”
Presenters: Masato Togawa (Utsunomiya University) and Atsunobu Tomomatsu (Utsunomiya
University)
“The new Youth Internet Regulation Act and the Policy-making in Information
Society – Three-way Coordination of Governments, Markets and Communities
for Safety and Security of the Internet”
Presenter: Masahiko Shoji (Center for Global Communications, International University
of Japan)
”Recursive Modernization in Sociological Theory and Significance of Computerization
of Information”
Presenter: Kensuke Suzuki (Center for Global Communications, International University
of Japan
15:30 Break (10 minutes)
15:40 Research presentation session – Part 3
“Diversity of Codes and Languages in the Information Society: How Political
Dynamics Affect Multi-Lingual Software Development”
Presenter: Keisuke Kamimura (Center for Global Communications, International University
of Japan)
”Division and Inequality in Global Governance: Languages and Politics of
Wikipedia”
Presenter: Tomoaki Watanabe (Center for Global Communications, International University
of Japan)
Introduction to the Theory of the ”Diversity of Information Communities”
Presenter: Izumi Harada (IISE)
”Interactions inside the Globalization and the Worldwide System”
Presenters: Yasuhide Yamauchi (The New Institute for Social Knowledge and Collaboration;
Kumon Center, Tama University) and Mitsuhiro Maeda (Johns Hopkins University)
17:00 Break (15 minutes)
17:00 Panel discussion: “Understanding Diverse Information
Communities”
Panelists: Dr. Shumpei Kumon (The New Institute for Social Knowledge and Collaboration:
Kumon Center, Tama University/President, the InfoSocionomics Society)
Dr. Jiro Kokuryo (Keio University/Vice President, the InfoSocionomics Society)
Mr. Kan Suzuki (Member of the House of Councillors, the National Diet of Japan)
