We will operate 6 symposiums and 1 joint symposium in the conference. All of them will be run with partners, the other Management related Academies in Japan, and have specific topics reflecting the partners' research focuses.

September 2^nd

14:20 to15:50 (90min.)

Plenary Symposiums

Symposium I Room: 1011
Organizer	:	The Academic Association for Organizational Science
Theme	:	Revitalization efforts by manufacturing and energy industries in Japan after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011
Coordinator	:	Toshihiro Kanai , Professor of Kobe University, Japan
Presentation 1	:	Takeo Kikkawa , Professor of Hitotsubashi University, Japan
		The Japanese Energy Industries after Fukushima Disaster
Presentation 2	:	Takahiro Fujimoto, Professor of University of Tokyo, Japan
		Overcoming Crises by Capability Building - Some Cases of Japanese Manufacturing Sites, or "Genba"

Symposium II Room: 1012
Organizer	:	Japan Society of Human Resource Management
Theme	:	Issues on Expatriate Management from Comparative Perspectives
Presentation 1	:	Chris Brewster, Professor of International Human Resource Management at Henley Business School, University of Reading. UK
		"Comparative Perspectives on Expatriate Management from Europe"
Presentation 2	:	Rosalie Tung, Professor of International Business at Simon Fraser University, Canada.
		"Comparative Perspectives on Expatriate Development and Appraisal"
Presentation 3	:	Mitsuhide Shiraki, Professor of International Human Resource Management at Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Japan.
		"The development and appraisal of Japanese expatriates in Asia"

September 3^rd

11:00 to12:30 (90min.)

Plenary Symposiums

Symposium III Room: 1011
Organizer	:	Japan Scholarly Association of Asian Management
Theme	:	"Business Ecosystems in Newly Developing Countries and Base of the Pyramid (BOP) -Focusing on the Case of CARD MRI, Philippine NGO-"
Moderator	:	Takabumi Hayashi, Professor of kokushikan University, Japan
Presentation 1	:	Chie Iguchi, Associate Professor of International Business, Keio University, Japan
		"How to Create Business Eco-Systems for Poverty Reduction – The Case of the Philippines-".
Presentation 2	:	Takuto Motomura, CEO of Granma Inc.Japan
		"Our Strategy to construct business eco-systems to alleviate poverty".
Presentation 3	:	M.J.Ruiz, President, MicroVentures, Philippines.
		"Local Value Chain Strategies to develop local business eco-systems".

Symposium IV Room: 1012
Organizer	:	Japan Association for the Comparative Studies of Management
Theme	:	"The Comparison of Emerging Market Multinationals：Reviewing from Japanese Perspectives"
Moderator	:	Hiroshi TANAKA, Professor of Ritsumeikan University
Keynote speaker	:	Peter J. Williamson, Prof. of Judge Business School and a fellow of Jesus College, University of Cambridge. UK
		"The Comparison of Emerging Market Multinationals Revisited"
Discussant	:	Ryoji Nakagawa, Professor of Ritsumeikan University, Japan
		"On Chinese Emerging Multinationals"
	:	Shizuko Kato, Professor of Meiji University, Japan
		"On Russian Emerging Multinationals"

15:30 to17:00 (90min.)

Plenary Symposiums

Symposium V Room: 1011
Organizer	:	Japan Accounting Association
Theme	:	IFRS Adoption: Lessons from Korea and Taiwan
Moderator	:	Akihiro Noguchi, Professor of Nagoya University
Presentation 1	:	Tien-mu Huang, Adjunct Professor of Soochow University, Taiwan. Vice Chairman, T. Huang of Financial Supervisory Commission,
	:	IFRS Adoption in Taiwan
Presentation 2	:	Jongsoo Han, Professor of Accounting, Ewha Womans University, Vice President, Korean Accounting Association.
	:	IFRS Adoption in Korea
Commentator 1	:	Takashi Hashimoto Aoyama Gakuin Univ., Professor of Accounting
Commentator 2	:	Tokuei Sugimoto Kwansei Gakuin Univ., Professor of Accounting

Symposium VI Room: 1012
Organizer	:	Japan Academy of International Business Studies
Theme	:	Revision and Transformation of Japanese MNEs and Japanese Management Systems
Moderator	:	Chie Iguchi, Associate Professor of International Business, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University, Japan.
Presentation 1	:	Fabian J. Froese, Professor of Human Resource Management, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany.
		"HR Challenges for Japanese MNEs"
Presentation 2	:	Ishtiaq Pasha Mahmood, Associate Professor of International Business,National University of Singapore, Singapore.
		"Innovation in the New World Order: From Classical to Frugal innovation"
Presentation 3	:	Tetsuya Usui, Associate Professor of International Marketing, Faculty of Law, Nihon University, Japan.
		"Supply Chain Transformations for Japanese MNEs"

Joint Symposium for International Management,
Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour Tracks

Theme	:	Global Staffing: Current Developments, Challenges and Directions for Future Research
Chair and     Discussant	:	Allen Engle
Presenter 1	:	Peter J. Dowling, LaTrobe University, AUSTRALIA
		"Emerging Challenges and Threats for the International HRM Function in MNEs"
Presenter 2	:	Yvonne McNulty, Singapore Institute of Management University, SINGAPORE
		"Extending the Construct Development of Corporate Expatriation for Research and Practice in Asia"
Presenter 3	:	Michael J. Morley, University of Limerick, IRELAND
		"On Coping, Competence and Capacity Building: The Nature and Role of Expatriate Cross-Cultural Training among Recently Internationalised Irish MNCs"
Presenter 4	:	Nealia S. Bruning, University of Manitoba, CANADA
		"Expatriate's Core Self Concepts and Their Effectiveness: Are There Consistent Relationships?"