Coordinator
Prof. Naoko Irie
Professor, Kanagawa University Faculty of Human Sciences

Lecturer brief history

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Born in 1945

Completed Doctoral course at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of EducationS

Professor at Kanagawa University, Faculty of Human Sciences

Specialty: Educational theories for adult females

Major publications: P. Clanton, "Developing Adult Learning" (Joint translation, Otori Shobo, 1999)

"The Direction of Gender Politics" (Jointly authored, Keiso Shobo 2001)

"For People Learning the Theories of Lifelong Learning" (Jointly authored, Sekai Shisousha, 2004)

P. Clanton, "Building Adult Learning" (Supervised translation, Otori Shobo, 2004)

E. Hayes, D. D. Flannery, "Adult Female Learning" (Supervised translation, Otori Shobo, 2009)

Panelist
Prof. Yi Byung Jun
Professor, Department of Education, Pusan National University

Lecturer brief history

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Education

Institution	Dates Attended	Degree	Field/Area
University of Muenster/Germany		Ph.D.	Adult Education
University of Muenster/Germany		M.A.	Adult Education
Sung Kyun Kwan University		B.A.	Education

Professional Experience and Appointments

Pusan National University	Pusan, Korea	Professor	2001.2 -- now
Bielefeld University	Germany	Guest Professor	Since 2010
Friedrich-Evert- Foundation	Germany	Invited researcher	2001.6 - 9
Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training	Seoul, Korea	Researcher	1997.11-2000.2

Research

2008-2010

Education for sustainable development project

2003--2009

Regional Human resource development project

2003-2009

Lifelong learning city project

2003-2005

Educational program development of Museum/Memorial

2004-2005

Modelproject of culture-& arts education of Ministry of culture

Research Service

2008-2009

Competency Plan for regional Development, Ulju City

2008-2009

Development of Korean style cultural competence, Korean Research Foundation

2007-2008

Cultural competence research, Korean Research Foundation

2007

Development of Job training program for senior, Ministry of Labor

2007

Medium- and long-term plan development of Lifelong education, Pusan city government

2004

Foundation and management research of Human Resource Development Center

2004

Long-term fundamental planning of lifelong learning city

2003

Fundamental planning of regional human resource development

Visiting Lecture

• 2011 : Muenchen University (Germany) in request
• 2010 : Bielefeld University (Germany)
• 2010 : Kyoto University (Japan)
• 2010 : Ochanomizu University (Japan)
• 2010 : Kansai University (Japan)

Panelist
Ms. Elena Fedyashina
Executive Director, Non-profit partnership "The Committee of 20"

Lecturer brief history

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Elena Fedyashina -- Executive Director of the Committee of 20, an association of the most successful Russian businesswomen, whose mission is to help women-leaders increase their success and be recognized as an influential power in the economic development of the country.

At present she also coordinates the launch of the new Network "Leadership without Boundaries" bringing together top-corporate women.

Ms. Fedyashina initiated and implemented numerous highly successful projects aimed at providing Russian business women with opportunities to learn best practices, develop their skills and expand their business and personal links.

Being involved in the international business associations since 1995 she has instituted and directed such major projects as

The First and Second Russia -- US Women Business Leaders' Summits held in April 2002 and May 2004 in Moscow; International Conference for Women in Banking and Finance (2008); International Forums "Female Leadership Without Boundaries" (2009,2010)

Mentoring Program for growing women entrepreneurs from the regions of Russia;

Mentoring Program for top corporate women;

Women Business Exchange Program;

Monthly meetings for women in business and professionals (with more than 250 regular attendees);

Professional and public outreach networking events;

Yearly surveys on the role of women in business in the economic development of Russia;

Educational programs for high-school and MBA students; and postgraduates;

Trainings for growing entrepreneurs and professionals.

Ms. Fedyashina is active in the international women's movement, attending, moderating and speaking at major conferences that have included Business Women's Network Summits in Washington DC; Vital Voices' Forums in Reykjavik and Kiev (Ukraine)(2007); Business Conference in Spain; 10th and 12th APEC Meetings of Women Leaders in South Korea and Australia (2005, 2007); the Women's Forum in Deauville (France)(2007, 2008); World Forums of The International Alliance of Women (2006, 2007,2008,2009); Global Summits of Women (2008,2010), Uniglobal Research Conference (London, UK 2008); Center for Corporate Diversity (Norway, 2009); lecturing at Simmons Business School ( USA, 2009), etc.

She has numerous publications in the international press dedicated to women entrepreneurship and leadership.

Professional background: University lecturer; business consultant and trainer with expertise in linguistics, psychology, effective communications and cross-cultural studies; leadership (with focus on women leadership); business development and valuation; time management.

Worked as consultant and interpreter for the World Bank (1994-1999) being involved in organization and supervision of 34 seminars conducted by the Economic Development Institute. She is certified in Real Estate Appraisal and Business Development and Valuation.

Panelist
Dr. Patrice Braun
Deputy Director & Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Regional Innovation & Competitiveness (CRIC)

Lecturer brief history

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Dr Patrice Braun has a PhD in regional network innovation underpinned by information and communication technologies (ICT). She also holds a Masters by Research on the use of the Internet for environmental community informatics. Her work focuses on mainstreaming and strengthening women in the knowledge economy, in both developed and developing economies, with an emphasis on ICT-enabled skills development, green entrepreneurship and sustainable development practices.

Patrice holds the position of Deputy Director and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Regional Innovation & Competitiveness (CRIC) at the University of Ballarat. She is also spearheading the development of an Asia-Pacific Centre for Women & Technology, one of ten globally networked centres to mainstream women in the knowledge economy. Prior to joining the University of Ballarat, Patrice held positions at Swinburne University of Technology and James Cook University as an Educational Development Adviser designing flexible ICT-based learning solutions for industry and academia. Patrice is an action researcher. Her research and consultancy philosophy is to work with rather than on people towards shared and action-oriented outcomes. She has collaborated with government and industry, both in Australia and abroad, on research, policy development, eLearning strategies for industry innovation, and small business skills development.

Patrice is a regular speaker as APEC forums and was the Australian Focal Point for a 5-year APEC-wide project (2005-2009) on Women's Participation in the Knowledge Economy. She is on the Steering Committee of the International Taskforce for Women and Technology (ITF); a regional champion for the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UNGAID); a consulting expert with the UK-based Centre for Women's Enterprise & Employment; on the Advisory Board of the Latin American Centre for Women & Technology and the National Education & Employment Foundation; and a Fellow of AMI Education Academic Panel.

Panelist
Ms. Takako Hagiwara
General Manager Diversity Development Department Corporate Human Resources Division Sony Corporation

Lecturer brief history

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Joined Personnel Department of Sony Corporation April 1984, immediately after graduating from Keio University majoring in Law.

After several years of various fields in Personnel Department, such as recruiting, and International Human Resources, transferred to Sony-Tektronix, Inc. as a marketing manager, Supplies for color printers. Returned to Sony Corporation in 1996, and after several experiences as corporate staff, Corporate Human Resources, and management experiences, promoted to General Manager of Human Resources Development Dept., Corporate Human Resources in 2006. Current position since February, 2008.

Work Experience

February, 2008 to present

General Manager, Diversity Development Dept.,
Corporate Human Resources, Sony Corporation

August, 2006

General Manager, Human Resources Development Dept.,
Corporate Human Resources, Sony Corporation

April, 2002

General Manager, Human Resources Development,
Network Applications& Communication Service Group, Sony Corporation

April, 1998

Manager, Human Resources Management and Development
Network Applications& Communication Service Group, Sony Corporation

April 1997

HR Development Staff, Corporate Human Resources Dept. Sony Corporation

April 1996

Organization Design & Development Staff, Corporate Strategy Dept. Sony Corporation

October, 1993

Marketing Manager, Supplies of Color Printer
Sony-Tektronix, Inc. (JV of Sony and Tektronix)

January, 1985

Human Resources Staff, International Human Resources Dept., Sony Corporation

April, 1984

Human Resources staff, Recruiting Dept., Sony Corporation

Work Experience

graduated from Keio University

Bachelor of Art, major in Law

Panelist
Prof. Kenji Miwa
Professor, Ochanomizu University Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences

Lecturer brief history

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Education

March 31, 1981: Graduated University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law

March 31, 1983: Completed Master's Course at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Education with concentration in Educational Administration

March 31, 1990: Completed Doctoral Course at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Education with concentration in Educational Administration

March 17, 1993: Ph.D. (Faculty of Education) (University of Tokyo)

Career Profile

April 1, 1991

Assistant lecturer, assistant professor at Tokai University Research Institute of Educational Development (until March 1996)

April 1, 1996

Assistant Professor at Sophia University, in the Faculty of Humanities, Department of Education

April 1, 1999

Assistant Professor at Ochanomizu University Faculty of Letters and Education, in the Department of Human and Social Sciences, Educational Sciences Course

February 1, 2001

Professor at Ochanomizu University Faculty of Letters and Education, in the Department of Human and Social Sciences, Educational Sciences Course

April 1, 2005 to March 2008

Principal of Junior High School of Ochanomizu University (concurrent position)

April 1, 2007 to now

Professor at Ochanomizu University Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, in the Human Sciences Division

Social Activities

(Academic Societies)

Director, The Japan Society for the Study of Adult and Community Education (Executive Secretary in FY1995-96, Vice-chairman in 2008-09)

(Council memberships, etc)

Expert Member of the 3rd and 4th Tokyo Metropolitan Government Division of Lifelong Learning Councils (July 2000 -- February 2003)

Cooperated in surveys of educational movies for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

(April 2003 to present)

Member of MEXT project to promote comprehensive support for lifelong planning for women (April 2008 to present)

Promoter of the Ochanomizu University Global COE (Science of Human Development for Restructuring the "Gap-Widening Society") (2008 to present)

(Publications)

Kenji Miwa, "Nurturing Adult Learning," Otori Shobo, 2009

Kenji Miwa, "Theory and Application of Lifelong Learning," The Society for the Promotion of the Open University of Japan and others, 2010