Call for Participation
「ディジタル・シルクロード」東京シンポジウム
Tokyo Symposium for Digital Silk Roads

Program　

〜Silk Roads and Digital Technology〜

Dec. 11 (Tue)Open Session at Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall, National Center of Sciences
●Japanese-English Simultaneous Translation
10:00Opening Ceremony
AM: Keynote Address
10:30Prof. Chie Nakane
Member of The Japan Academy / Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Former Chair for Japanese National Commission for UNESCO
“People along Silk Roads and their Socio-Cultural Interactions”
11:30Dr. Abdul Waheed Khan
Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO
“Opening up Opportunities to Explore New Digital Technologies for Establishing Digital Silk Roads”
　Review Address
11:50Prof. Zhanping Liang
Director General, Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China(ISTIC)
“Application of Digital Technologies in Cultural Heritage Preservation”
12:10Prof. Kapila Vatsyayan
President, India International Centre
“The Heritage and Multi Media Technologies”
<Lunch (Free Time)>
PM: Review Address
14:00Dr. Rosa Guerreiro
Programme Specialist, Division of Intercultural Dialogue, Culture Sector, UNESCO
“Introduction to UNESCO Silk Roads Activities”
14:20Ms. Kadicha Tashbaeva
Institute of History, National Academy of Sciences, Kyrgyzstan
“Petroglyphs as the Source of Information at the Great Silk Road”
14:45Prof. Takayasu Higuchi
Director, Research Center for Silk Roadology / Professor Emeritus, University of Kyoto
“Cultural Properties in Afghanistan”
<Coffee Break>
16:00Mr. Sergey Karpov
UNESCO Office in Almaty (Kazakhstan)
“The Outcomes of UNESCO's HeritageNet Project”
16:20Ms. Fatemeh Farahani
Iranian National Commission for UNESCO
“Using Information and Communication Technologies for Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Iran”
16:45Dr. Toshiro Kamiuchi
General Manager for Strategic Products Development Center, HITACHI, Ltd. / Visiting Professor of International Research Center for Japanese Studies and National Institute of Informatics
“DIS (Digital Image System) Technology and its Application to Digital Silk Roads Project”
Dec. 12 (WED)Special Session for Experts at Conference Room, National Center of Sciences　　
●English Only
New Aspects
AM：
  • Dr. Altion Simo : Gifu University
  • Prof. Pierre Lebigre : Ecole d'Architecture Paris val de Seine
  • Prof. Hideaki Ohba : University of Tokyo
  • Prof. Mitsuzane Okauchi : Waseda University
    <Coffee Break>
  • Dr. Surat Lertlum : Asian Institute of Technology
  • Mr. Sadatoshi Miura : Independent Administrative Institution National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
  • Prof. William I. Grosky : University of Michigan-Dearborn/NII
  • Prof. Vito Cappellini : Universita di Firenze
<Lunch (Free Time)>
PM：Poster Session
Dec. 13 (THU)Special Session for Experts at Conference Room, National Center of Sciences　　
●English Only
Future　Direction 
AM：
  • Dr. Kim H. Veltman : Maastricht McLuhan Institute
  • Dr. Wei Shi : Beijin Gehua Cultural Development Group
  • Prof. Entkhtuvshin Bat-Bold : International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Studies(IISNS), Mongolia
  • Mr. Teruo Nakano : Independent Administrative Institution National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo
    <Coffee Break>
  • Prof. Hideo Noguchi : Tsuru University for Inter-Cultural Studies
  • Mr. Edmond Moukala : UNESCO China Office
  • Dr. Suzanne Keene : University College London
  • Prof. Kinji Ono : National Institute of Informatics 
<Lunch (Free Time>
PM：
  • Prof. Mohand-Said Hacid : Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1
  • Prof. Isenbike Togan : Middle East Technical University
  • Dr. Sunil Goonasekera : University of Peradeniya
  • UNESCO Panel / Panel Session
17:20Remarks from Tokyo to Europe and Closing
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