OSAKA UNIVERSITY UNESCO Chair in Global Health and Education (GHE) Kick-off Symposium and Work-Shop

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OSAKA UNIVERSITY UNESCO Chair in Global Health and Education (GHE) Kick-off Symposium and Work-Shop

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OSAKA UNIVERSITY UNESCO Chair
in Global Health and Education (GHE)
Kick-off Symposium and Work-Shop

Date: Friday, May 10, 2019

Venue: Co-Creative Innovation Building 2F, Suita Campus, Osaka University

Program:

Part 1.

09:30-	Registration
10:00-10:15	Opening Opening Remarks by Dr. Shojiro NISHIO (President, Osaka University) Opening Speech by Mr. Fumiyasu HIRASHITA (Deputy Director-General for International Affairs, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT); Senior Deputy Secretary-General, Japanese National Commission for UNESCO) Video letter from Coordinator of Health Promotion, World Health Organization (WHO)
10:15-11:25	Keynote Speech Prof. Didier JOURDAN (The University of Clermont Auvergne UNESCO Chair (GHE) Chair holder; Head of the WHO Collaborating Center for Research in Education and Health) Ms. Li Hong-yan (UNESCO Beijing, National Programme Officer) Prof. Hiroki NAKATANI (Invited Professor at Osaka University Post Graduate School of Medicine; Chair, Board of Directors, Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund); Member, Executive Board, WHO) Prof. Hiroyasu ISO (Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University)
11:25-11:35	Overview of Osaka University’s UNESCO Chair GHE by Prof. Beverley YAMAMOTO
11:35-11:50	(Group Photo & Short Break)
11:50-12:15	Q&A session
12:15-12:20	Closing Remarks by Prof. Genta KAWAHARA (Executive Vice President of Global Engagement and Student Support, Osaka University)
12:45-14:15	Luncheon party (on campus)

Part 2. 14:30-17:30

Venue: Icho-Kaikan Building, Large Meeting Room

WORK-SHOP (Open)

OSAKA UNIVERSITY’s UNESCO Chair
Supported by Japanese Consortium for Global School Health Research and WHO Association of Japan
Health Promoting School
~Lessons Learnt from Japan/Asian Countries~ (tentative)

Moderator:

Beverley YAMAMOTO

(Chair Holder, Osaka University’s UNESCO Chair; Professor, Osaka University)

Jun KOBAYASHI

(Chairman, Japanese Consortium for Global School Health Research; Professor, Ryukyu University)

Invited Experts:

Cambodia

Ms. Hun Jeudyla

(Vice-Chief of Planning and Research Office, Department of School Health, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport)

China

Ms. Li Hong-yan

(National Programme Officer, UNESCO Beijing)

Japan

Dr. Sachi TOMOKAWA

(Associate Professor, Department of Sports and Sciences (School Health), Faculty of Education, Shinshu University)

Korea

Prof. Eun Nam Woo

(Global Health Center, Yonsei University)

Lao PDR

Dr. Kethsana Kanyasan

(Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, National University of Laos)

Philippines

Dr. Ernest R. Gregorio, Jr.

(Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Education, College of Public Health, University of Philippines Manila)

Thailand

Dr. Pimpimon ThongThien

(Professor, Faculty of Tropical medicine, Mahidol University)

A casual social gathering will be planned from 18:30 (Optional. Please pay your own bill.)