Date & Time: Saturday, June 25, 2016, 14:00-17:00
Venue: Osaka University of Commerce, Network Lecture Room

Theme: Transcultural Management and English-language Ability

Schedule:
14:00-14:05 Opening Remarks
Masayuki FURUSAWA, Osaka University of Commerce

14:05 -14:50
Speakers: Tetsuya KAGATA, Osaka Kyoiku University and Takaaki MORIOKA, Osaka University of Commerce
Topics: The Reform of English Education in Japan: Issues, Policies, Achievement, and Prospects for the Future

15:00-15:45
Speaker: Hiroaki NISHIMURA, Yanmar Co., Ltd. (a former general manager of Panasonic)
Topics: A Retrospect of Transcultural Management and English-language Training at Panasonic: Its Transition, Achievement, and Prospects for the Future

15:55-16:55
<Panel Discussion and Q & A>
Coordinator: Kenichi YASUMURO, Osaka University of Commerce
Commentators: Takeshi FUJISAWA, Kwansei Gakuin University and Akio YAMAMOTO, Meiji University (Kajima Corporation)

16:55-17:00 Closing Remarks
Emiko MAGOSHI, President of the Transcultural Management Society (J. F. Oberlin University)