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2014/07/22-24 Association for Urban Creativity: 3rd Conference in Osaka / International Symposium 'Inclusive Creative City and Cultural Diversity'

Association for Urban Creativity
the 3rd conference in Osaka
July 22nd-24th, 2014

for more details and updates: www.auc3rd.com
previous events since its establishment: projects/auc

July 22nd program / OCU International Symposium

9.00 - 18.00 Registration

9.15 - 9.30 Opening Remarks
Yoshiki Nishizawa, President of Osaka City University
Yoshio Kurano, Osaka International House, Osaka Prefecture
Kazuo Sumi, President, Commemorative Foundation for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition (Expo' 90)
Ryohei Yamanishi, Director, Osaka Museum of Natural History

9.30 - 10.30 Keynote Address "Nobel Award and Surprise of Nature"
Erling Norrby, Former Permanent Secretary, Swedish Royal Academy of Science

10.45 - 12.50 Creative City and World Heritage
Seiichi Kondo, Former Commissioner for Cultural Affairs
Francesco Bandarin, Assistant Director General for Culture, UNESCO
Xavier Greffe, Professor, University of Paris 1, Pantheon-Sorbonne
Paolo Perulli, Professor, University of Eastern Piedmont

12.50 - 13.50 Lunch

13:50 - 14:30 Keynote Speech: City and Culture
Seita Tanaka, Mayor of Yao City, Osaka: Creativity of Yao City

14.30 - 15.50 Plenary Session "Nature and City: Cultural Creativity and Networking Cities"
Marc Jeanson, Chief, Research Division, Natural History Museum of Paris
Moritoshi Inno, Professor and Director, Botanical Garden of Osaka City University:Local community and Botanical Garden
Minoru Tsukagoshi, Chief, Research Division, Osaka Museum of Natural History
Shinobu Fujita, Professor, Graduate School of Life Science, Osaka City University: Regenerating Community in Osaka Traditional House

16.00 -17.30 Science and City: Galileo Galilei, Goethe, Kimura Kenkado
Taiji Adachi, Emeritus Professor, Osaka Prefecture University and President of Osaka Municipal Universities Press [Session Chair]
Philippe Terheggen, Managing Director STM Journals, Elsevier
Hans Thomson, Professor, University of Zurich: Japanese Arts and Networking
Franz Hoffmann, Emeritus Professor, University of California, Irvine
Juichi Matsuyama, Professor, Osaka Gakuin Univ.

17.30 - 17.40 Closing Remarks
Masaki Abe, Professor, Director of Urban Research Plaza, Osaka City University

18.00 - 19.30 Reception


July 23rd program / AUC Conference 2014

9.00 - 18.00 Registration 

9.15- 9:30 Opening and Welcome
Andy Pratt, professor, City University London, Vice President of AUC

9.30 - 10.30 Opening plenary speech
Klaus R. Kunzmann, Professor emeritus, TU Dortmund University

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break 

11.00 - 12.30 Plenary Session: Creativity and Sustainability
Andy Pratt, Professor ,City University, London, [Session Chair]
Lily Kong, Professor, Vice President, National University of Singapore
Marisol Garcia, Professor, University of Barcelona 

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch / Board Meeting

14.00 - 15.30 Parallel Paper Sessions

Session A: Art and Resilient City
Chair: Luciana Lazzeretti (University of Florence)
Luciana Lazzeretti (University of Florence)
Asami Shikida (Hokkaido University) 
Masayuki Sasaki (Doshisha University)
Atsuko Maeda (Doshisha University)

Session B: City, Culture and Society and Cultural Diversity
Chair: Hiroshi Okano (Osaka City University)
Francesco Bandarin (UNESCO)
Andy Pratt (City University London)
Francois Colbert (HEC Montreal) 
Kay McArdle (Elsevier)

Session C: Culture and Creative Millieu
Chair: Montserrata Parajea-Estaway(University of Barcelona)
Montserrata Parajea-Estaway(University of Barcelona)
Takeo Nakatani 
Pedoro Costa (University Institute of Lisbon)

15.30 - 15.50 Coffee Break

15.50 - 17.20 Parallel Paper Sessions

Session D: Current issues in Japanese Cities
Chair: Toshio Mizuuchi (Osaka City University)
Naomi Uchida (Saitama University)
Yoshihiro Fujitsuka (Osaka City University)
Johannes Kiener (Osaka City University)

Session E: Creativity and the City
Chair: Volker Kirchberg (Leuphana University of Lüneburg)
Volker Kirchberg (Leuphana University of Lüneburg)
Jenny Mbaye (University of Cape Town)
Geuntae Park (University of Leicester)
Kaoru Watanabe (Kumamoto University)

Session F: Authenticity and Cultural Diversity
Chair: Shin Nagawa (Osaka City University)
Natsuko Akagawa (University of Western Australia)
Koichi Suwa (Osaka University)
Joost Coté (Monash University)

17.45 - 18.30 Concluding Remarks / Next AUC conference in NY
Sharon Zukin, Professor, City University of New York / 17.45-18.15
Masayuki Sasaki, Professor, Doshisha University / 18.15-18.30

18.30 - 19.30 AUC Reception


July 24th program / AUC Excursion

Nature and City: Cultural Diversity 
by Botanical Garden, Natural History Museum, UNEP and Expo '90
(Organized by Hiroshi Okano)

9.00 - 11.15 Exhibition and Workshop 
at Osaka Museum of Natural History, Nagai, Osaka City

11.30 Expo '90 Foundation・UNEP

15.00-17.30
Botanical Garden of Osaka City University at Katano City, Osaka Prefecture
Mayor of Katano City, Moritoshi Iino, Chiyomi Uematsu, Minoru Koi, Toshie Ihara

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