The JALT BizCom SIG's 3rd Annual Conference, Toyo University's Hakusan campus, September 8th & 9th 2018
Keynote Speakers
'Self-Access Study System for Businesspersons'
Hajime Terauchi - Takachiho Uni., Dean of Faculty of Commerce, and JACET President
'Global Innovation Studies' Open Innovation Ecosystem (GOIE) - an abundant source of global creativity for innovation in Japan'
Hajime Imamura - Global Innovation Studies Dept. Chair of the Department of Global
Innovation Studies", of the "Faculty of Global and Regional Studies at Toyo University
Plenary Speakers
'The research is clear: Happy workers do more and achieve more'
Stefan Nüsperling - NüWorks & Management 3.0: leading organizational change in Japan
'Introducing the NGSL & BSL: Tools for Business English Success'
Charlie Browne - Meiji Gakuin Uni., Dept. of English, Business English Corpus Based Word List Researcher (Sponsored by the JALT Vocab. SIG)
Featured Speakers
'Teaching English for the international workplace: meeting the challenges'
Evan Frendo - IATEFL BESIG Co-coordinator, based in Germany
'Upskilling Business Learners for the Future Workplace'
Dana Poklepovic - IATEFL BESIG Co-coordinator, based in Argentina
'Extensive Reading: What about business?'
Andy Boon - Toyo Gakuen University, Global Communications
'NowHow: making the most of every moment'
Adam Fulford - Fulford Enterprises CEO & NHK language consultant.
'Just Build It'
Andrew O’Brien - EFL Program Coordinator at Kyoritsu Hachioji, Event Coordinator at Diversity Dojo, President at West Tokyo JALT
'Begin with the end in mind – Defining the Objectives of A ‘Customized’ Course'
Lalitha Murthy - Freelance Consultant, Business English Trainer, based in India
'How Can You Build and Sustain Trust in Virtual Teams'
Valerie Honda - Cross cultural communication and international team and leadership development in industry and academia
'Training Staff Mindsets for Creativity and Innovation in the Workplace'
Rab Paterson - Award Winning Educator, Principle Instructor/Administrator, Social Media Marketer, Presentations/Business Skills Coach, Toyo University, UCL Institute of Education
'Applied Digital Literacy Skills: Equipping learners with 21st career skills'
Dan Ferreira - International Christian University & Doctoral candidate at Northcentral University (San Diego, California) and his research area is teacher development in e-Learning in higher education in Japan.