List of Participants

Keynote Speakers

Mr Koïchiro MATSUURA

Former Director-General, UNESCO

Ms Lourdes ARIZPE (*Video Message)

Professor, National Autonomous University of Mexico

Session Chairs

Session 1

Mr Tomiyuki UESUGI

Director/Professor, Center for Glocal Studies (CGS), Seijo University, Japan

Session 2

Mr Michael D. FOSTER

Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Davis, USA

Session 3

Ms Noriko AIKAWA-FAURE

Former Director/Chief, The Intangible Cultural Heritage Section, UNESCO

Session 4

Mr Tim CURTIS

Section Chief, Intangible Cultural Heritage Section, UNESCO

Session 5

Mr Wataru IWAMOTO

Director-General, IRCI, Japan

Session Presenters

Session 1

Ms Hanhee HAHM

Professor, Department of Archaeological and Cultural Anthropology, Chonbuk National University, Republic of Korea

Ms Thi Hien NGUYEN

Vice Director, Center for Cultural Heritage, Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies, Viet Nam

Mr Minoru KOBAYASHI

Chief Senior Specialist, Traditional Culture Division, Cultural Properties Department, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan

Mr Youngjoon HA

President, Yeongsang Tug of War Presentation Society, Republic of Korea

Session 2

Ms Shubha CHAUDHURI (*Video Presentation)

Vice-President, International Association of Sound and Audio Visual Archives, India

Mr Deming AN

Researcher, Institute of Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, People's Republic of China

Mr Tomo ISHIMURA

Head, Audio-Visual Documentation Section, Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Japan

Mr Hiroyuki SHIMIZU Lecturer, Ibaraki Christian University / Former Curator of folklore, Hitachi City Museum, Japan

(Mr Hisakatsu MIZUNIWA President, Association for the Preservation of Hitachi Hometown Performing Arts, Japan)

Session 3

Ms Alexandra DENES

Lecturer, Department of Media Arts and Design, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Ms Hayley SAUL (*Video Presentation)

Lecturer, Department of Tourism and Heritage Studies, School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University, Australia

Mr Satoru HYOKI

Associate Professor, Department of Cultural History, Seijo University, Japan

Mr Seiichi NAKAJIMA

Lecturer, Seian University of Art and Design / Former Director, Nagahama City Hikiyama Museum, Japan

Session 4

Ms Janet Elizabeth BLAKE

Associate Professor, Department of Islamic Law, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran

Ms Cholponai USUBALIEVA-GRYSHCHUK (*Video Presentation)

Projects Coordinator/Researcher, Aigine Cultural Research Centre, Kyrgyzstan

Mr Vayalkara JAYARAJAN

Chairman Folkland, International Centre for Folklore and Culture, India

Mr Yiqi HA

The Fourth Generation Successor of Chinese Hashi-Style Kite

Session 5

Mr Shigeaki KODAMA

Associate Fellow, IRCI

Ms Saruul ARSLAN

ICH Specialist, Center of Cultural Heritage, Mongolia

Ms Alexandra DENES

Lecturer, Department of Media Arts and Design, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Ms Hanhee HAHM

Professor, Department of Archaeological and Cultural Anthropology, Chonbuk National University, Republic of Korea

Ms Thi Hien NGUYEN

Vice Director, Center for Cultural Heritage, Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies, Viet Nam

Agency for Cultural Affairs

Ms Yasue HAMADA

Deputy Director, Office for International Cooperation on Cultural Properties, Traditional Culture Division, Cultural Properties Department, Agency for Cultural Affairs

Organisers

Seijo University

Mr Junichi TOBE

President, Seijo University, Japan

Mr Tomiyuki UESUGI

Director/Professor, Center for Glocal Studies (CGS), Seijo University, Japan

Mr Masato OZAWA

Deputy Director/Professor, Center for Glocal Studies (CGS), Seijo University, Japan l

Ms Mari SHIBA

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Glocal Studies (CGS), Seijo University, Japan

IRCI

Mr Wataru IWAMOTO

Director-General IRCI, Japan

Ms Misako OHNUKI

Deputy Director-General, IRCI, Japan

Mr Yohei HAYASHI

Chief Officer, IRCI, Japan

Mr Shigeaki KODAMA

Associate Fellow, IRCI, Japan

Mr Goro HASEGAWA

Associate Fellow, IRCI, Japan