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Opening Remarks:

Mr. Shinichi Hasegawa, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Welcoming Address:

Prof. Hans van Ginkel, Rector, UNU

Presentation of the Report “A Fair Globalization: Creating Opportunities for All”:

Mr. Rolph van der Hoeven, Manager,Technical Secretariat, World Commission on the Social

   Dimension of Globalization

Comments by:

Prof. Toshiaki Tachibanaki, Kyoto University

Coffee Break

Round Table I: Conceptual Issues of the Social Dimension of Globalization

Chaired by:

Prof. Kazuo Takahashi, International Christian University; Visiting Professor, UNU

Prof. Hans van Ginkel, Rector, UNU

Mr. Rolph van der Hoeven, Manager, Technical Secretariat, World Commission on the Social 

   Dimension of Globalization

Prof. Toshiaki Tachibanaki, Kyoto University

Lunch Break

A Business Perspective:

Mr. Taizo Nishimuro, Chairman of the Board, Toshiba Corporation

A Labour Perspective: 

Mr. Shigeru Nakajima, Executive Director, International Affairs Dept., Japanese Trade Union

   Confederation (RENGO); Workers’ Member of ILO Governing Body

Globalization, Global Governance and the United Nations System:

Prof. Yozo Yokota, Chuo University; Special Adviser to the Rector, UNU

Comments by:

Prof. Takeo Uchida, Chuo University; Visiting Professor, UNU

Ms. Kimie Iwata, Corporate Officer, Director, General Manager of CSR Department, Shiseido Co., Ltd.

Round Table II: Roles of Civil Society, Business and the United Nations System in the Management of the

   Social Dimension of Globalization

Chaired by:

Prof. Hans van Ginkel, Rector, UNU

Mr. Rolph van der Hoeven, Manager, Technical Secretariat, World Commission on the Social 

   Dimension of Globalization

Mr. Shigeru Nakajima, Executive Director, International Affairs Dept., Japanese Trade Union

   Confederation (RENGO); Workers’ Member of ILO Governing Body

Prof. Yozo Yokota, Chuo University; Special Adviser to the Rector, UNU

Prof. Takeo Uchida, Chuo University; Visiting Professor, UNU

Ms. Kimie Iwata, Corporate Officer, Director, General Manager of CSR Department, Shiseido Co., Ltd.

Symposium “Wrap Up”: Conclusion and Conceptual Points: 

Prof. Kazuo Takahashi, International Christian University; Visiting Professor, UNU

Closing Remarks: 

  Prof. Hans van Ginkel, Rector, UNU