A symposium entitled “Diversity of Information Society and Organizational Adaptation” was held on two dates. Cosponsored by the Next-Generation Information Society Subcommittee of the InfoSocionomics Society and IISE. Several participants attended the symposium online and joined the discussion from outside the venue through Upstream and Twitter.

In conjunction with the symposium, the Next-Generation Information Society Subcommittee had called for the submission of short papers on the “diversity in information society and organizational adaptation”. The competition was open to those outside the Subcommittee. Several papers which passed referee process were presented at the symposium.

First Session:
Date: February 6, 2010, 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Place: Kyoto University Tokyo Office (Shinagawa Intercity 27F)

Reports presented:
”International Politics of the Internet: Hegemony or Global Governance?”
Yasuhide Yamauchi (The New Institute for Social Knowledge and Collaboration: Kumon Center, Tama University)

”Practice Report on the Global Internet Governance in Japan”
Shuji Arima (Tottori University, Graduate School)

”Study of a Community Network System in the Digital-Business Style”
Yoshio Ito (Tottori University Graduate School)

Critique:
Shunpei Kumon (The New Institute for Social Knowledge and Collaboration: Kumon Center, Tama University; Chairman, the InfoSocionomics Society)

Second Session:
Date: Saturday, March 6, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Place: Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan

Invited lecture “Age of Multistakeholderism”
Masahiro Sato (Financial Services Agency)

Reports presented:
”User Creative Network”
Akito Inoue (Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan)

”Reception of Twitter in the U.S. and China and the Diversity of Information Society”
Masahiko Shoji (Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan)

”Innovation by Large Businesses in Diverse Information Society – Toward a Japanese-style Open Innovation”
Izumi Harada, Chief Fellow (IISE)

”A Lesson from Denmark, an Advanced ICT User Nation – Use of Information Technology by Government, Healthcare and Education”
Noriko Inokari (Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan

”Role of Multi-stakeholder Governance in the Network Neutrality”
Tomoaki Watanabe (Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan)

”A Comparative Study of the Nationalism in Japan, Korea and China and Its Changes by a Shift to Information Society” Motoaki Takahara (Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
”An Ecosystem of information and knowledge: Concept and Definition”
Yasuhide Yamauchi (The New Institute for Social Knowledge and Collaboration: Kumon Center, Tama University)

Critique:
Shunpei Kumon (The New Institute for Social Knowledge and Collaboration: Kumon Center, Tama University; Chairman, the InfoSocionomics Society)