Thursday, January 15

10:00-10:10　Opening Remarks
　　HANYU Jiro,Chairman, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation

10:10-10:30 　Introduction　
　　ISHI Hiroyuki , Professor, University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Chairman of the Project Committee

10:30-10:50　Keynote speech
　　ASATO Wako, Associate Professor of Sociology Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University,
　　Senior Research Fellow for the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

10:50-12:50
◆Session I: Issues on scheme under EPA

SUN Won Suk, Lecturer, Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University
　　“Has Japan opened labor market for nurses/careworkers?: reviewing EPA schemes”

GOTO Junichi, Professor, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University
　　“Rethinking Labor market in an ageing era and foreign workers”

Ada C. H. Cheng, Australian Nursing Home Foundation Ltd.
　　“Communication and management under multi-cultural settings: how to build up good working environment”

Moderator:　TAMURA Taro, Representative, Institute for Human Diversity Japan

(Question and Answers)

14:30-16:30
◆Session II: Dialogue with Sending Countries

HOSODA Naomi, Researcher, Center for Southeast Asian Studies Kyoto University
　 “Filipinos in Global Migration: From the Local Viewpoint”

Achir Yani Syuhaimie Hamid, Indonesian National Nurses Association, University of Indonesia
　　“Situation of nursing in Indonesia and migration”

Fely Marilyn E. Lorenzo, University of the Philippines
　　“Commencing Global Exchange of Health Human Resource: toward mutually beneficial relationship”

Moderator:　AKASHI Junichi, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba

(Coffee break)

16:45-17:15 　Discussion
Host: OGAWA Takeo,Professor, Graduate School of Health & Welfare, Yamaguchi Prefectural University

17:30-19:30 　Reception Dinners


Friday, January 16

10:00-12:00
◆Session III: Management of foreign nurses/careworkers from overseas experiences

CUI Lin Xiang, Tapei City Silver Community Service Association
　　“Introduction of foreign careworker and management: experience of trial and error”

Letticia Chua, Apex Harmony Lodge
　　“Education and Management”

Lim Swee Hia, Singapore General Hospital
　　“Striding forward together to improve the cross-cultural management for nurses in Singapore”

CAI Pei Zhen, Labor Bureau of Taipei City
　　“Protecting Foreign Workers: Problems and Role of Local Government in Taiwan”

Moderator:　IKEGAMI Kiyoko, Director, United Nations Population Fund Tokyo Office

(Question and Answers)

13:30-16:00
◆Session IV : Experience of Japan

YOSHIDA Mika, Special nursing home Seifuen
　　“How to cope well with Filipino careworkers in Japan”

TAKEUCHI Misako, Sodegaura Satsukidai Hospital
　　 “Collaborating with Foreign Nurses: from the Experience of Working with Vietnamese Nurses”

HARUHARA Kenichiro (AOTS)

Elsi Dwi Hapsari (Indonesian nurse)

Moderator: OGAWA Takeo

(Coffee break)

16:15-16:55　General Discussion 　　Host: ASATO Wako

16:55-17:00　Concluding Remarks
　　CHANO Junko, Executive Directors, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation