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30 May 2019

Global creative Industries Programme and the Asian Studies Association of Hong Kong Present:

International Forum
CULTURAL POWER, BUSINESS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN EAST ASIA

May 30th 2019, 9a.m. - 5p.m.
CPD-LG.34, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

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Programme
09:00 - 09:30
Welcoming Speech
Professor Richard Y. C. WONG, Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong
Ms. Mari TAKADA, Consul (Political/Economic Affairs), Consulate-General of Japan in Hong Kong
Dr. John D. WONG, Acting Head of the School of Modern Languages of Cultures, The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Max Wai-lun WONG, Director of Global Creative Industries Programme, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Dixon Heung-wah WONG, President of The Asian Studies Association of Hong Kong

09:30 - 10:30
Keynote Speech: Change and Reform of Public Utilities in Japan: Focusing on Cultural Background and Management in the Railway Industry
Professor Fumitoshi MIZUTANI, Vice-President of Kobe University

10:30 - 11:30
Special Lecture: Contents and Labelling―Invention of 'Japan heritage’
Professor Yoshihiko SHIRATORI, Professor in Faculty of Letters, Kobe University

11:30 - 12:30
Panel Discussion

14:30 - 14:40
A Short Keynote Speech: Talking about Cultural Power in the Age of Culture in Asia
Professor Tamotsu AOKI, Former Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan

14:40 - 16:00
Panel Discussion
Chaired by Dr. Yutaka MINO, Director General, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art

16:00 - 16:30
Introduction to Aoki Forum
Professor Kiyomitsu YUI, Kobe University

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