The Asian Conference on Education 2009
ACE 2009, Osaka, Japan 'Global Problems, Local Solutions'
The Asian Conference on Education was held on the weekend of October 24 and 25, 2009 and was a great success. More than 400 participants from 37 countries around the world congregated in Osaka for the inaugural conference on Education, and IAFOR's first event. IAFOR aims to make internationalization in the university world a reality by encouraging academics throughout the world to forge partnerships across boundaries of subject discipline, creed, and nationality. We were greatly encouraged to see the well-attended sessions challenge and inspire serious and challenging debate in a climate of mutual respect. We have every reason to hope that the conference will grow in the future, and are optimistic that the goals of IAFOR to facilitate and inspire closer links between peoples are being met.
We would like to thank the keynote speaker, the featured speakers, and each and every participant for making ACE 2009 a success. We would also like to thank our global academic affiliates for their role in the conference, as well as our sponsors and exhibitors, and last, but not least, the small team of volunteers who staffed the event.
Pictures of the event can be found in the sideshow below:
To download a PDF of the ACE 2009 Conference Programme click here.
To download a PDF of the ACE 2009 Conference Proceedings click here.
To download a PDF of the ACE 2009 Conference Programme click here.
To download a PDF of the ACE 2009 Conference Proceedings click here.
ACE 2009 Featured Speakers:
Professor Somnath Basu
Professor of Finance and Director of the California Institute of Finance
California Lutheran University
Professor Tien-Hui Chiang
Professor & Chairperson of the Department of
Education,
National University of Tainan,Tainan, Taiwan
National University of Tainan,Tainan, Taiwan
Secretary-General of the Taiwan Association of Sociology of
Education
Director of the Chinese Comparative Education Society, Taipei
Editor in Chief of the Journal of Comparative
Education
Professor Steve Cornwell
Professor Sue Jackson
Birkbeck, University of London
Mr Masayasu Kano
Principal, Tsukuba International School
Tsukuba City, Japan
Ms Eri Kudo
Head, Private Sector Fundraising - Japan
The United Nations World Food Programme
Japan Relations Office
Professor Michiko Nakano
Professor of Education and Director of the Distance Learning Centre
Waseda University, Tokyo
Professor Gary E. Swanson
Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence
Mildred S. Hansen Endowed Chair
Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Northern Colorado
Professor Rosario Torres-Yu
Professor of Literature, University of the Philippines
Former Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs (1993-1996) & Former Dean of the College of Arts and Letters (2000-2003)
Professor Kensaku Yoshida
Professor of English & Director of the Center for the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Former Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Studies
Sophia University, Tokyo
Professor Steve Cornwell
Professor of International & English Interdisciplinary Studies
Osaka Jogakuin College, Osaka
Co-Chair of the JALT 2009 Conference & Former Editor of the JALT JournalProfessor Sue Jackson
Pro-Vice-Master, Teaching and Learning
Professor of Lifelong Learning and Gender
The School of Continuing EducationProfessor of Lifelong Learning and Gender
Birkbeck, University of London
Mr Masayasu Kano
Principal, Tsukuba International School
Tsukuba City, Japan
Ms Eri Kudo
Head, Private Sector Fundraising - Japan
The United Nations World Food Programme
Japan Relations Office
Professor Michiko Nakano
Professor of Education and Director of the Distance Learning Centre
Waseda University, Tokyo
Professor Gary E. Swanson
Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence
Mildred S. Hansen Endowed Chair
Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Northern Colorado
Professor Rosario Torres-Yu
Professor of Literature, University of the Philippines
Former Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs (1993-1996) & Former Dean of the College of Arts and Letters (2000-2003)
Professor Kensaku Yoshida
Professor of English & Director of the Center for the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Former Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Studies
Sophia University, Tokyo
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