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[SSJ: 10787] Invitation to The 8th GRIPS Student Conference, Sept. 3 (Tue)

From: Karin Hillen <karin@grips.ac.jp>
Date: 2019/08/16

Dear SSJ-Forum Moderator,



Greetings from GRIPS. I would be grateful if you could post the following event information to the mailing list.



Thank you very much and best regards,



Karin Hillen

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)



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We are happy to invite you to "The 8th GRIPS Student Conference", to be held on Tuesday, September 3, 2019. This year's theme is "Public Policy in a Changing World: Tackling Global Issues". We will have around 25 presenters from many universities around the world presenting their research.




Date & Time: September 3 (Tue), 09:00 ~ 18:00

Place: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Room 4AB&F (4F)

7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8677

Language: English

Charge: free

Registration: Please register online https://forms.gle/mZSEzCy5ow1wQDsKA, or send an email to studentconference@grips.ac.jp <mailto:studentconference@grips.ac.jp>




Conference Program (tentative) - full details and a complete list of speakers will soon become available on the student conference website:


http://www.grips.ac.jp/en/education/student_conference/8th_student_conference/



09:00~09:30 - Morning registration
09:30~10:20


Keynote Speech: "The Rise of China and Japan's Strategy in the Indo-Pacific Region", by Prof. Narushige Michishita, Vice President & Director of the Security and International Studies Program, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies


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10:40~12:20 Concurrent Morning Session Presentations by various student scholars in Japan and abroad on their research in international relations, development, macroecoeconomics, globalisation, environment, and social & public policy.

++++Break++++ 12:20~13:30 - Lunch break & afternoon registration

13:30~15:10 - Concurrent Afternoon Session

Presentations by various student scholars in Japan and abroad on their research in international relations, development economics and studies, security studies, macroeconomics, globalisation, environment, social & public policy, disaster management innovation & technology

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15:30~17:00 - Wrap-up Session

17:15~18:00 - Presenting certificates & networking reception



[About the Keynote Speaker]

Prof. Narushige Michishita is Vice President and Director of the Security and International Studies Program at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo. Previously, he has served as senior research fellow at the National Institute for Defense Studies, Ministry of Defense and assistant counsellor at the Cabinet Secretariat for Security and Crisis Management of the Government of Japan. He acquired his Ph.D. with distinction in International Relations from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University. A specialist in Japanese security and foreign policy as well as security issues on the Korean Peninsula, his works include: North Korea's Military-Diplomatic Campaigns, 1966-2008 (Routledge, 2010).


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For Access & Map to the GRIPS campus:

http://www.grips.ac.jp/en/about/access/

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The 8th GRIPS Student Conference Organising Committee

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku | Tokyo 106-8677 | Japan

Tel 81 (0)3 6439 6047 | Fax 81 (0)3 6439 6070

Email StudentConference@grips.ac.jp <mailto:StudentConference@grips.ac.jp>

Web http://www.grips.ac.jp/en/education/student_conference/8th_student_conference/



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