We received many applications for this conference. All of the applications were reviewed by the Conference Organization Committee as well as JASID Conference Organisation team on April 1. The screening results were sent to the applicants.

Sessions on industry, education, migrants and refugees, environment, culture and development, international cooperation, health and welfare will be held at the 24th JASID Spring Conference: 3 organized sessions, 5 roundtable sessions, 11 oral presentation sessions, together with a poster session and book talk.

Information

Submission of papers, registration, and the others are as follows.

Oral presenters (oral sessions / organized sessions)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website
3. Payment of the participation fee (by credit card only)
4. Participation at the Conference on the day

Poster presenters (poster sessions)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Payment of the participation fee (by credit card only)
3. Bring a A1 size printed poster with you to the conference venue
4. Participation at the Conference on the day

Organizers (organized sessions / roundtables)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website
3. Payment of the participation fee (by credit card only),
4. Participation at the Conference on the day

Chairs, facilitators, commentators, and the other participants

1. Online registration via the registration form on the Conference website
2. Payment of the participation fee (by credit card only)
3. Participation at the Conference on the day

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NOTE

*The following is the same as what has been sent to the presenters.

Oral presenters (oral sessions / organized sessions)

Your presentation should be 15-20 minutes. Prepare slides for your presentation. Follow the instruction of the session chair about the presentation time.

Poster presenters (poster sessions)

Prepare A1 size printed poster and bring it with you to the venue. Display panels will be available at the ground floor of the venue.

For organisers of planned sessions and roundtable sessions

Please inform your session participants to complete conference registration and upload abstract or paper via the online system. Complete the registration of your session by submitting A4 one-page abstract of your session that includes the names of chairperson, presenters, and commentators, and submit the file before May 14 (Sat) 23:59.

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Registration and Payment of the participation fee

Please check the conference website for the participation fee.

In principle, we only accept payment by credit card. Receipt will be available after your payment via the system. Registration deadline is May 14 (Sat).

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Program pages of the Conference website

The updated version of conference program is available at the conference website.

Please note that the start time of conference changed to 9:30 and the venue will be open for registration from 9:00.

＊Session format

All the sessions have one chairperson, two commentators, and two to four presenters in principle. Each session is for 120 minutes. A single presenter has 15-20 minutes for her/his presentation, 5 minutes for commentator, 3 minutes for the presenter to respond, and the remaining time for open discussion. Chairpersons / facilitators are expected to facilitate Q&A time. Please follow the instruction of the chair about presentation time if your session has five presenters.

＊Online sessions

One of the parallel sessions will be organised as online session at the conference. Those who can turn on camera are the chairperson, commentators, and presenters only.

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Conference venue

The conference venue is Akita City Cultural Creation Centre (). Please note it is not Akita International University campus.

Check the access to the venue from the conference website.

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Plenary session

Plenary session will be held on June 10, 17:00-19:15, on the theme of “The Role of Intergenerational Ties in Sustainability: What to Sustain, What to Revise, and What to Pass Across Generations?”. Please find more details about the plenary from the conference website.

The language used in this session is English.

For details, please see the conference website.

We look forward to your participation.

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The 24th JASID Spring Conference Organising Committee

Shogo KUDO
(Chairperson, Associate Professor, Akita International University)

• Hideki KAJI (Program coordination. Lecturer, Kochi University)
• Eri YAMAZAKI (Communication, Lecturer, Sophia University)
• Kyoko TAKAHASHI (Site operation, Adjunct Researcher, The University of Tokyo)
• Ayako MASUYA (Accounting, JICA Tohoku, Akita desk)

• Contact: jasid2023spring [at] (replace [at] with @)

Research Group: ”Innovation and Development for Solving Social Problems”　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

The research group (RG) on Innovation and Development for Solving Social Problems (IDSSP) was launched early 2022 with the objective of tackling common issues observed in the world and sharing solutions and lessons learned in the process of innovative approaches that can be applicable elsewhere.

We had several events in 2022.

We organized a roundtable session for the 23^rd JASID Spring Conference and invited two professors, one from Taiwan and another from Thailand, to share their experiences. Dr. Vincent Y. Chen at the Department of Leisure Management, Minghsin University of Science and Technology & Institute of Fisheries Science, National Taiwan University from Taiwan explained the application of AI for environmental protection in tourism development and Dr. Ariya Svetamra at the Department of Women’s Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University demonstrated the use of FPAR(Feminist Participatory Action Research) to cope with the issue of violence toward female migrant workers. This session was consisted of two parts, lectures, and discussions. In the latter part, participants expressed their opinions for these lectures and shared their own experiences. Both speakers and participants are from outside Japan and attended the session virtually. The session was facilitated by the Chairperson of this RG, Dr. Naoko Shinkai at the Department of Policy Studies, Tsuda University and the Vice-Chair, Dr. Pei-Hsin Hsu at Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.

After this, we had a small seminar with Dr. Chen to follow up some details on his project in July.

We also hosted a webinar, a research seminar on Business Innovation During the Crises: no trade-off between human rights and business performance in September, 2022. This seminar was co-organized with the Research Institute for Policy Studies, Tsuda University (TU-RIPS). We invited two guest speakers from Sri Lanka, Dr. Rukmal Weerasinghe, Professor, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, and the Chairperson of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, and Dr. Shirantha Heenkenda, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The Chairperson of this RG and the Director of TU-RIPS, Dr. Naoko Shinkai, made opening remarks and served as a facilitator

The details can be found from the websites below:

The seminar flyer:

The report of this seminar:

In 2023, we plan to have seminars and a session about innovation and development at the JASID conference. Since most of the RG’s members reside overseas, we will continue our activities virtually.

We appreciate your support and look forward to your participation.

Innovation and Development for Solving Social Problems
Representative: Naoko Shinkai, Tsuda University

Activity Report in the FY 2022

(Oct. 2021-Sept. 2022)

IDSSP (Innovation and Development for Solving Social Problems) was launched in January 2022 after its establishment was approved in the 32nd Annual Conference of JASID in Nov. 2021. This research group was created to provide a platform for researchers in the field of international development to exchange ideas and share knowledge on the process of solving social issues, which are commonly observed in the World, and conduct inter-disciplinary research on applicable innovations. Since half of our members reside outside of Japan, all activities have been conducted online.

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In Jan., 2022, a kick-off meeting was held and members were introduced. We also planned our activities for the financial year 2021-2022.

Between Feb. and April, 2022, we prepared for a round table session in the 23^rd Spring Conference of JASID. We chose guest speakers and topics, and communicated with guest speakers to organize our session.

In June 2022, a roundtable session, titled “Prospects in Innovation and Development for Solving Social Problems: Learning from Cases in Asia“, was held during the 23^rd Spring Conference of JASID. In this roundtable session, we discussed commonality and differences of social issues in Asia and the use of multifaceted approaches in problem-solving. We invited two guest speakers, Dr. Vincent Y-W Chen at the Department of Leisure Management, Minghsin University of Science and Technology and Technology & Institute of Fisheries Science, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, and Dr. Ariya Svetamra, Department of Women’s Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.

Dr. Chen presented on “The Application of AI Technology to Address SDG issues” and demonstrated the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to protect green sea turtles in Xiao Liuqiu island, Taiwan, and how to develop sustainable tourism and communities for nature conservation.

Dr. Svetamra presented on “Gendered Dynamics of Women Migrant Workers in Northern Thailand”, described the severe conditions, which migrant women in Northern Thailand had to face in their lives, and explained the application of FPAR (Feminist Participatory Action Research) to create their opportunities in the future. In the discussion session following two talks, participants shared the issues and knowledge in tourism development and international migration.

The vice representative, Dr. Pei-Hsin Hsu, and the representative, Dr. Naoko Shinkai, co-chaired this roundtable session.

 In July 2022, we had a research meeting with Dr. Chen to follow up on the issue of innovation and development from AI prospects.

In September 2022, a joint seminar, 2022 IDSSP-JASID research seminar/The 5^th TU-RIPS seminar on “Business Innovation During the Crises: no trade-off between human rights and business performance “was held.

This seminar was co-organized by IDSSP and the Research Institute for Policy Studies, Tsuda University. In this seminar, two professors from Sri Lanka, Dr. Rukmal Weerasinghe, Professor, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce and the Chairperson, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, and Dr. Shirantha Heenkenda, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka made presentations.

Dr. Weerasinghe provided a talk on the innovative business operations in Sri Lanka in a state of multiple crises, economic and financial crises, and pandemic, and illustrated how the right of employees was preserved.

Following the talk by Dr. Weerashinghe, Dr. Heenkenda made a speech and added the legal background of human rights in business in Sri Lanka and called attention to possible human rights risks during the crises. In the discussion session after two talks, we reviewed essential factors in leading and developing business in difficult times without sacrificing human rights.

In addition, we had a preparatory meeting with guest speakers and core members before each event and two supplemental research meetings with core members.

Innovation and Development for Solving Social Problems
Representative: Naoko Shinkai, Tsuda University

【The 2nd Announcement】

We received many applications for our conference this year. All the applications were reviewed at the Conference Organization Committee on March. 27, and all the decisions were sent to the applicants. We would like to ask the applicants to confirm it.

Seventeen sessions (community, education, children, development, NGO, SDGs, disaster, environment, society/economy etc.) will be held at the 23rd JASID Spring Conference: three organized sessions, seven roundtables, seven oral presentation sessions, together with a poster session and book talk.

Submission of papers, registration, and the others are as follows.

How to proceed

Oral presenters (oral sessions / organized sessions)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website, Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.), The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available
3. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
4. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available.
5. Pre-preparation (ZOOM), Participation at the Conference on the day
6. Participation at the Conference on the day

Poster presenters (poster sessions)

1. Download the form from the Conference website, Online registration and submission of your video directly to the Conference Executive Committee
2. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
3. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available, Pre-preparation (ZOOM), Participation at the Conference on the day
4. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available.
5. Participation at the Conference on the day

Organizers (organized sessions / roundtables)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website, Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.), The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available
3. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
4. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available.
5. Rehearsal (an option if you are not a chair), Participation at the Conference on the day
6. Participation at the Conference on the day

Chairs, facilitators, commentators, and the other participants

1. Online registration via the registration form on the Conference website
2. Payment of the participation fee (The link URL is sent after the registration.)
3. The program page, the online exhibition page, and ZOOM URL are available.
4. Pre-preparation (ZOOM)(It is necessary for you to participate in a rehearsal if you are not a chair.)
5. Participation at the Conference on the day

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NOTE

*The following is the same as what has been sent to the presenters.

＊Oral presenters (oral sessions / organized sessions)

Your presentation should be 20 minutes. When utilizing ZOOM, you are required to share your presentation with other participants (e.g. microsoft powerpoint). We do not provide proofreading services, therefore, you need to edit your paper by yourself.

＊Poster presenters (poster sessions)

Please send the following two materials directly to the Spring Conference Executive Committee.

(i) Abstract

One A4 page Please use the template (MS-Word) of Organized Session and Roundtable, which is available on the conference website. (No problem even if the content is the same as one of the applications).

(ii) 10 minutes narrated video

Please turn your PowerPoint presentation to a video.

• Format: MP4 　
• Duration: not more than 10 minutes (about 10 slides)

＊Registration and Payment of the participation fee

The participation fee is JPY 3,000, which can be paid only with a credit card. Paper receipts issued by the Secretariat are not available because the Conference is held online. Please refer to statements or the receipts issued when you make a payment online.

Chairs, and commentators have to register and make the payments by 23:59, Mon. May 16th, 2022.

Other participants have to register and make the payments by 18:00, Fri. June 17th, 2022.

Once you make the payment, the contents of the spring conference website will be available. That is why you cannot get a refund after you make the payment.

＊Program pages of the Conference website

The program pages include the final version of the conference program, proceedings, poster presentations, and ZOOM URL etc. After you register and make a payment of the participation fee, the links and the passwords are sent. Please make sure that the password is kept at hand. The final version of the conference program and the proceedings will be uploaded in mid/late May. ZOOM URL, ID, and password will be uploaded in the middle of early/mid June.

＊Online exhibition pages

The online exhibition pages will be provided. Some publishers open their website, where participants can purchase books at special discount prices. You can confirm order forms, contacts, and books. The online exhibition pages will be available in the middle of June. (Delivery services are available only in Japan.)

＊Video recording of sessions

All sessions will be recorded since there might be some possibilities that the network connection has some problems. After the conference, the movies will be provided on the conference website for a certain period (about two weeks are assumed after the movies are available online).

Those who can turn on their video are chairs, commentators, and presenters. Other participants cannot turn on their video. Please confirm portrait rights, copyrights, personal information protection on the registration form.

＊Time allocation of sessions

All the sessions have one chairperson, two commentators, and two to four presenters in principle. The sessions are limited to 120 minutes. A single presenter has 20 minutes for her presentation, the comment 5 minutes, the presenter 3 minutes, and the remaining time for discussion. Chairpersons / facilitators are expected to formulate Q&A.

＊Plenary session

The special session will be held in the afternoon on June 18th , 2022. The theme of the plenary session is “Do you know, we have already been doing SDGs.” In the plenary session, we invite the resident doers struggling to achieve the rebirth of Tagawa. Discussing together in a blunt and frank way, it would enable us to envisage development and global cooperation for the next generation.

All the sessions are held online.

For details, please see the conference website ().

We look forward to your participation.

 

• Contact: jasid2022spring [at] (replace [at] with @)

The 23rd JASID Spring Conference Executive Committee
Mayuko SANO (Executive Committee Chairperson, Professor, Fukuoka Prefectural University)
Yutaka HAYASHI (Secretariat, Associate Professor, Fukuoka University)

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Research Group: ”Innovation and Development for Solving Social Problems”　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

This research group (RG) was proposed last year to aim for discussing innovative approaches to tackle social problems, which are common in the world and need attention.

The research topic also reflects on the theme of the 31st JASID Annual Conference, organized by Tsuda University, which commemorated its 120th anniversary in 2020; “Time for Change: Innovation for Inclusive Society”.

Members consist of the Executive Chair, Professor Izumi Ohno and some Conference Executive Committee members of the 31st JASID Annual Conference, alumni of GSID, Nagoya University, and colleagues at JASID etc. The representative of this RG is Dr. Naoko Shinkai, Tsuda University and the Vice Representative is Dr. Pei-Hsin Hsu, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.

This RG was approved at the 32nd JASID Annual Conference, held in Nov. 2021. We had the first virtual member meeting in Jan. 2022. We talked about our research topic and exchanged views on related issues.

We plan to invite some guest speakers and hold virtual seminars. We are also planning a session at the JASID conference. Since most of the RG’s members reside overseas, the RG’s activities will be conducted virtually.

We appreciate your support and look forward to your participation.

Innovation and Development for Solving Social Problems
Representative: Naoko Shinkai, Tsuda University