Monday, 21 June

8:00-9:00	REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
9:00-9:25	CONFERENCE OPENING
9:25-10:00	PLENARY SPEAKER - Jan Nederveen Pieterse
10:00-10:35	PLENARY SPEAKER - Seung Kuk Kim
10:35-11:10	PLENARY SPEAKER - John Hobson
11:10-11:25	COFFEE BREAK
11:25-12:10	TALKING CIRCLES

12:10-13:15	Parallel Sessions
	12:10-12:40		12:45-13:15
Room 1	Establishing Academic Partnerships in China: Bachelor and Master Degrees Dr. Robert Frail, English and Communication, Fujian Hwa Nan Women's College, Fuzhou, China Overview: The session presents a step-by-step analysis of the risks and responsibilities when linking up with a partner school in China Stream: Social Perspectives		Christian Values in a Democratic Society: Toward an Ideal Community Prof. Mokgethi Motlhabi, Department of Systematic Theology and Theological Ethics, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa Overview: The paper rejects the notion of distinctively Christian democratic values and sees these as part of general human values. Democratic values are seen as the basis for an ideal community. Stream: Social Perspectives
Room 2	A Study of the Generation Y in China: How are Their Attitude and Behavioral Patterns in Work and Geographical Mobility Suitable for the Current Global Working Environment Dr. Hong-kin Kwok, Department of Sociology & Social Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China Overview: This article examines how the attitude and behavioral pattern in work and geographical mobility of the “Generation Y” are suitable for the working demand of the current global working environment. Stream: Cultural Perspectives		The Territorial Shifts of the Current Automotive Industry: Rise of the BRIC Countries Lukas Mohelsky, Office of National R&D Evaluation and Coordination, The University of Economics in Prague, Czech Republic, Seoul, South Korea Overview: The analysis of the recent car production statistics proved significant shifts of country's importance in favour of the BRIC countries and at the expense of the Triad. Stream: Economic Perspectives
Room 3	South Korea’s Democratization in Global Perspective Prof. Steven Hugh Lee, Department of History, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Overview: A comparative examination of Korea's democratization process in the 1980s and 1990s. Stream: Political Perspectives		Re-Globalizing the Banana: A Case Study from the Western Hemisphere Dr. James Wiley, Department of Global Studies and Geography, Hofstra University, Hempstead, USA Overview: This paper examines the impacts of contemporary globalization processes and the changing institutional framework that facilitates them on the banana idustries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Stream: Political Perspectives
Room 4	Immigrant Social Capital and Hybridization of Nation State: The Case of Poland Prof. Elżbieta Budakowska, IPSiR Department of Sociology of Social Changes, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland Overview: Contemporary global migrations are constantly increasing so the future of the nation states is very much related to the nature of those movements and population changes resulting from them. Stream: Cultural Perspectives		Globalization and Nation Branding: The Case of “Brand Korea” in Singapore Leng Leng Yeo, Graduate Department of Language and Society, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan Overview: In this paper, glocalization is considered as a global strategy to “Brand Korea” in Singapore and is examined in New Globalization. Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 5	A Comparative Evaluation of the Peace in Hegemonic and Pluralistic Discourses Seyed Javad Emamjomehzadeh, Political Science Department Faculty of Administrative Science and Economics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Mohammad Nonejad, Political Science Department, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of) Overview: The session comparatively analyzes the two main discourses concerning peace including hegemonic and pluralistic. Stream: Political Perspectives		Reading Culture's Turning Points: The Case of Vietnam Dr. Noel Murray, Argyros School of Business & Economics, Chapman University, Orange, USA Overview: The paper employs text analysis of key literary texts to identify cultural turning points at key junctions of Vietnam's history. Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 6	GARDEN SESSION - Jan Nederveen Pieterse

13:15-14:00	LUNCH

14:00-15:40	Parallel Sessions
	14:00-14:30		14:35-15:05			15:10-15:40
Room 1	Heterogeneous Urban Consumption Space: The Design Aesthetics of BELLAVITA Department Store in Taipei City Xinyi District Lin Chang-Rong, Yang Yu-Fu, Graduate School of Design Doctoral Program, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan Overview: Through text analysis and case study, the analysis of urban experience and design aesthetics, this article speculates on Taipei as a theorization of heterogeneous consumption space. Stream: Holistic and Theoretical Perspectives		Memetics and Globalization Dr. Randall Groves, Arts and Sciences, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, USA Overview: This paper examines the movement of ideas and practices between cultures using the relatively new theoretical approach known as memetics. Stream: Holistic and Theoretical Perspectives			Local Crimes, Global Genres: Reading Detective Fiction Prof. Gilberto Gómez-Ocampo, School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Japan Overview: A study of why crime fiction, a cultural import in Latin America and Japan, became an important literary genre expressive of cultural dynamics of these otherwise distant and different areas. Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 2	Global Economic Growth with National Congested Public Goods and Fiscal Policies: An International Trade Model with Capital Accumulation and Labor Supply Zhang Wei-Bin, Graduate School of Management; School of International Management, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan Overview: This paper proposes a global growth model with capital accumulation and national public goods. We analyze global economic growth with different national fiscal policies. Stream: Economic Perspectives		Understanding the Continuing Global Economic Crisis Prof. Adam J. Savage, College of Business Administration, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Hawally, Kuwait Overview: Twelve compelling reasons mean the worst of our continuing global economic crisis is yet to come. Stream: Economic Perspectives			Exposing the Tools and Enablers of Offshore Secrecy and Tax Abuse: A Call for Vigilance in South Africa Prof. Annet W. Oguttu, Department of Mercantile Law, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa Overview: Exposing offshore secrecy and tax abuse. A survey of national and international measures to crackdown on offshore secrecy and calling for vigilance in South Africa. Stream: Economic Perspectives
Room 3	South Korean Civic Engagement in the 21st Century: Caught Between National Constraints and Global Aspirations Dr. Wiebe Nauta, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands Overview: Examination of South Korean civic engagement, caught between national constraints by the state and global civic aspirations Stream: Political Perspectives		The Management of Ethnicity in African in an Era of Globalization Amal Madibbo, Sociology, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada Overview: This paper explores the relationship among ethnicity and identity and examines how identity relates to conflict in a globalized world. Stream: Social Perspectives			Communication Crises between Education and the Globalized Work World: The Case of Kuwait Dr. Hiroaki Izumi, Executive and Department of Business Administration College of Business Administration, Gulf University for Science & Technology, Mishref, Kuwait Overview: Communication is in a growing global crisis created by lack of precision in terminology. The example of Kuwait shows how this came about and how it can be resolved. Stream: Social Perspectives
Room 4	Failings of Globalization, Solutions, and Difficulties of Balancing Cultural Identity in Mainstream Culture: Later Generations of Asian-Americans and Hardship of Finding Their True Roots Imsook-Claire Lee, Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, USA Overview: This paper will examine Asian-American societies and their reconstruction of contemporary culture in view of the radical social issues of globalization. Stream: Cultural Perspectives		Religion on Stage: The Yajna-Sacrifice in Transcultural Public Spheres Silke Bechler, Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies Karl Jaspers Centre, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Overview: New media and technologies change form and content of traditional rituals and bring them from a socially limited context to new transcultural public spheres. Stream: Cultural Perspectives			The Exclusion and Inclusion of Japanese Manga in Taiwan: A Historic Narratology of Culture Image Expression Chin Chia Tsai, Graduate School of Design, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Taiwan Overview: This research devotes itself to the theme of “ Japanese manga in Taiwan ” to describe the expressive context of Taiwan manga’s culture images under the influence of cross-cultural communication. Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 5	The Impact of Globalization on Women’s Lives: The Case of Transnational Canadians Dr. Rina Cohen, Department of Sociology, Prof. Guida C. Man, School of Social Sciences Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, Dr. Nancy Mandell, Department of Sociology, Dr. Tania Das Gupta, Atkinson School of Social Sciences, Dr. Ann Kim, Department of Sociology, Dr. Min-Jung Kwak, Department of Geography, York University, Dr. Samuel Noh, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Dr. Wansoo Park, Dr. Sung Hyun Yun, School of Social Work, University of Windsor, Windsor, Prof. Eunjung Lee, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Overview: The objective of this colloquium is to discuss the impact of globalization and migration on women’s work, quality of life and family relations. Stream: Social Perspectives
Room 6	GARDEN SESSION - Seung Kuk Kim					Ecotourism Management: A Case Study of Khao Pu–Khao Ya National Park, Thailand Dr. Chetsada Noknoi, Wannaporn Boripunt, Sutee Ngowsiri, Saranya Itsararuk, Economics and Business Administration Faculty, Thaksin University, Muang, Thailand Overview: The objectives of the study were to study ecotourism characteristics, ecotourism management guidelines as well as the result of ecotourism management of Khao Pu – Khao Ya National Park, Thailand. Stream: Environmental Perspectives

15:40-15:55	TEA BREAK

15:55-17:00	Parallel Sessions
	15:55-16:55		16:30-17:00
Room 1	Global Ports, Cultural Portals, and Green Possibilities: The Relationship between Political Culture and Green Port Initiatives Prof. Nancy E. Wright, Political Science, Long Island University-Brooklyn and The City University of New York, New York, USA Overview: Is the future of green port initiatives tied more closely to forces of globalization, or to local and national political cultures? The simulation described below responds to this question. Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 2	The Privatization of War: Global Security and Private Military Firms Dr. Regina E. Rauxloh, School of Law, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK Overview: This paper discusses the rapid growth of private military fims and the impact they have on global security and global justice. Stream: Political Perspectives		Australia’s Embassy in Pyongyang (1975): A Diplomatic Failure Prof. Graeme S. Mount, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada Overview: For six months in 1975, Australia had an embassy in Pyongyang, the first ally of the United States to do so. North Korean policy terminated this attempt at bridge-building. Stream: Political Perspectives
Room 3	Cross-Cultural Experiences and Studying Social Policy Liz Ross, Insitute of Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Overview: The paper will examine the value of cross-cultural study experiences to international students studying social policy in the UK and draw on a small exploratory study of Korean students. Stream: Social Perspectives
Room 4			The Economic Impact of the Olympics: Beijing Games Thomas C. Blair, Graduate School of Design, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology & National Cheng Kung University, Douliou, Prof. Shang-chia Chiou, Department of Architecture and Interior Design, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Yun lin, Dr. Kuo-Hsiang Chen, Dr. Meng-Dar Shieh, Department of Industrial Design, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan Overview: This paper focuses on the tourism effects of the Olympic Games. We will explore the effects between China’s economic reform and the Beijing Olympics. Stream: Political Perspectives
Room 5	No Ordinary People: Race, Gender, and Social Justice in African American Religion Dr. Juan Floyd-Thomas, Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Dr. Anthony Pinn, Department of Religious Studies, Rice University, Houston, Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas, Graduate Department of Religion Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA Overview: Through interdisciplinary explorations of Black religion through the last half century, this workshop panel investigates various sociocultural issues as they impact the development of African American religious thought and experience. Stream: Economic Perspectives
Room 6	GARDEN SESSION - John Hobson

Tuesday, 22 June

8:00-9:00	REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
9:00-9:35	PLENARY SESSION - Li Peilin
9:35-10:10	PLENARY SESSION - Min Gong
10:10-10:45	PLENARY SESSION - Shantong Li
10:45-11:20	PLENARY SESSION - Hyun-Chin Lim
11:20-11:35	TEA BREAK

11:35-12:40	Parallel Sessions
	11:35-12:05		12:10-12:40
Room 1	Globalization Mitigated: Applying Basic Human Rights to Protect Basic Human Needs Dr. M. Raymond Izarali, Criminology and Philosophy, Wilfrid Laurier University - Brantford Campus (Laurier Brantford), Brantford, Canada Overview: Economic globalization has both pros and cons but arguments on the subject have largely been polarized. My aim is to constrain globalization with basic human rights, as a middle-ground. Stream: Holistic and Theoretical Perspectives		The Impact of Globalization on Education in the Asia-Pacific Region Prof. Nicholas Pang, Department of Educational Administration and Policy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Overview: This paper aims to investigate how globalization has been affecting education in the Asia-Pacific region and how states in this region have been responding to the challenges arisen from globalization. Stream: Social Perspectives
Room 2	The Impact of the Changing Balance of Power and the Rise of the BRIC Countries on the New Shape of the International Monetary and Financial Architecture Gokhan Ozkan, Department of International Relations Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Yalova University, Yalova, Turkey Overview: The BRIC countries came out of the financial crisis more influential economically and politically, which had many reflections on the restructuring process of international monetary and financial system. Stream: Political Perspectives		Social Capital and Support for Democracy in East Asia Aie-Rie Lee, Political Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Yong U. Glasure, School of Business, University of Houston-Victoria, Victoria, USA Overview: This paper examines the causal antecedents of social capital and its consequences on support for democracy in East Asia. Stream: Political Perspectives
Room 3	The People’s Republic of China’s Growing Resource Appetite: Causes, Manifestations and Implications Dr. Francis Schortgen, Department of Political Science, Mount Union College, Alliance, Dr. Tony Frye, Department of Social Sciences, Piedmont College, Demorest, USA Overview: This paper provides a political/economic contextualization of the contemporary China discourse, particularly related to China’s internationalization and natural resources quest Stream: Political Perspectives		National Citizens in Global Crises: Political Communication and Meaning Making in Large-Scale Consular Emergencies Karen Tindall, Political Science Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Overview: This study considers communicative and symbolic challenges faced by political leadership and foreign ministries in managing large-scale consular emergencies, and identifies a number of competing and complementary narratives. Stream: Political Perspectives
Room 4	Taipei Urban Consciousness in Films after the Millennium Lin Chang-Rong, Yang Yu-Fu, Graduate School of Design Doctoral Program, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan Overview: Learning from the examples of the shaped city image in films, this study probes into Taipei's urban consciousness, and illustrates the meaning of urban space reconstruction and social relative dialectic. Stream: Cultural Perspectives		An Investigation on the Current Situation of the Craft Industry Revitalization in the 921 Earthquake Reconstruction Area in Taiwan Chiu–Hsueh Liu, The Department of Applied Art and Design, TOKO University, Pu-Zih, Prof. Shyh-Huei Hwang, Department of Creative Design, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Taiwan Overview: This paper reports an investigation of the craft industry revitalization of the 921 Earthquake Reconstruction Area in Taiwan. Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 5	GARDEN SESSION - Li Peilin
Room 6	GARDEN SESSION - Min Gong

12:40-13:20	LUNCH
13:20-14:05	TALKING CIRCLES

14:10-15:15	Parallel Sessions
	14:10-14:40		14:45-15:15
Room 1	The Extent of Pesticide Exposure on Migrant Workers and its Affect on Psychometric and Psychomotor Skills Emiel Owens, College of Education, Holim Song, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas Southern University, Houston, Patricia A. Smith, Educational Leadership and Counseling, Prairie View A&M University, USA Overview: The purpose of the present study is to examine the impact of pesticide exposure and its effect on psychometric and psychomotor skills of migrant workers Stream: Environmental Perspectives		Tokyo’s Contested Alleyways: The Role of the Roji in Understanding Globalisation, Attachment and the Social Construction of Place Dr. Heide Imai, Department of Architecture Faculty of Engineering, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan Overview: The study of the alleyway roji presents a unique opportunity to understand the pressures of globalisation on ordinary places at the micro level, focusing on the case of contemporary Tokyo. Stream: Environmental Perspectives
Room 2	Balanced Scorecard as an Evaluation Tool for Product Service System Strategy Development Tsang-Jie Jiang, Prof. Ding-Bang Luh, Dr. Shiann-Far Kung, Institute of Creative Industry Design, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan Overview: This research aimed to explore the applicable servitization strategies and the key elements of implementation for Taiwan 2.5 industries. Stream: Economic Perspectives
Room 3	The New Management Imperatives for a Global Business: Aligning Management Practices with New Demands for Success Charles Nyoka, Finance, Risk Management and Banking, University of South Africa, PRETORIA, South Africa Overview: Management imperatives have evolved over time from the systems approach ,to the behavioural approach. A new approach is now required for one to remain relevant to the practice. Stream: Economic Perspectives		Going International: A Strategic Management Perspective Prof. Daeil Nam, Management, The Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies, Malvern, USA Overview: Top management team characteristics and internationalization Stream: Economic Perspectives
Room 4	From “Principled Exclusion” to “Pragmatic Engagement”: A Paradigm Shift in US Foreign Policy toward Myanmar Dr. Patrick Strefford, Department of International Relations, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan Overview: In 2009, the US administration began a new policy of engaging Myanmar after thirty years of sanctions and enforced international isolation Stream: Political Perspectives		Sino-African “Solidarity”: The Global Politics of Agency in the Developing World Dr. Vera Leigh Fennell, Department of Political Science, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA Overview: What would Third World agency look like? This paper explores China’s relationship with several African states in the current era of “harmonious rise” . Stream: Political Perspectives
Room 5	Japan's FTAs As Tools for Achieving a Firm's Commercial Interests: Do Japanese Corporations Need a Region-Wide Trade Liberalization Treaty? Anna Jerzewska, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Overview: I discuss value-added benefits of different levels of FTAs and the potential function of a region-wide FTA in East Asia from the Japanese companies' perspective. Stream: Economic Perspectives		Generative Sectors in the Rising Economies and Globalization Dr. Kyoung-Ho Shin, Department of Psychology and Sociology, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, USA Overview: The role of generative sectors of steel, shipbuilding, and shipping industries for the rise of South Korea in the global economy Stream: Economic Perspectives
Room 6	GARDEN SESSION - Shantong Li

15:15-15:30	TEA BREAK

15:30-16:35	Parallel Sessions
	15:30-16:00		16:05-16:35
Room 1	Finding Fault for Different Reasons: A Media Word Analysis Concerning the Coward Teacher Bruce Kuiper, Communication, Dordt College, Sioux Center, USA Overview: How different cultures reacted to the story of a cowardly teacher and how this difference can inform the way we analyze media effects. Stream: Cultural Perspectives		Transborder Brides: Female Migration and Transnational Homemaking Sohyun Lee, Department of Spanish and Hispanic Studies, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, USA Overview: This is a study of the complex sociocultural interactions and negotiations involved in transnational marriages through a critical analysis of the documentary Cowboy del amor (Michele Ohayon, 2005). Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 2	Causality Analysis of Dry Bulk Cargo Freight and BRIC Economic Growth Dr. Chien-wen Shen, Department of Business Administration, National Central University, Jhongli City, Chih-Hsin Lo, Department of Logistics Management, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Overview: This study investigates whether there are causal relationships between the dry bulk cargo freight and the gross domestic product of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries. Stream: Economic Perspectives		Macroeconomic Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Outflow of Singapore Jerome Kueh, Chin Hong Puah, Department of Economics Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Malaysia Overview: The paper considers the role of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) outflow which has become significant and essential for sustainable economic growth in Southeast Asia region particularly Singapore. Stream: Economic Perspectives
Room 3	Understanding the Nature of Insurgency Warfare and Searching for a New Paradigm for Counterinsurgency Dr. Minwoo Yun, Social Science, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, USA Overview: Despite the importance of insurgency warfare, its the nature seems misperceived. This theoretical argument suggests a new paradigm to understand its nature and to deal with it. Stream: Holistic and Theoretical Perspectives		“Sacred Reproductions”: Rethinking Tsurumi’s Tenkō in the Context of the Global Marketplace Joseph Blessin, independent, Montreal, Canada Overview: By recasting Shunsuke Tsurumi's notion of conversion (tenkō) I will consider links between copyrights/reproduction of images and the reproduction of mental images in the formation of cultural beliefs Stream: Holistic and Theoretical Perspectives
Room 4	Postcolonial Asia: Modernities, Eurocentrism, and Globalism Jongtae Kim, Department of Sociology, The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, USA, Prof. Jin-Ho Jang, School of General Studies, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Prof. Jonghwa Shin, Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies, Prof. Suho Park, Duksung Women’s University, South Korea, Jae-Kyun Kim, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Overview: This colloquium discusses various aspects of Asian societies in the context of postcolonialism, which focuses on various issues on modernities, Eurocentrism, and, eventually, globalism. Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 5	Chiayi Alishan and Taiwan's Traditional Architecture and Craftsmen Pei-Chi Su, Graduate School Of Design Doctoral Program, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan Overview: The purpose of this study was to construct the origins of Taiwan's traditional architecture and the context of craftsmen. Stream: Cultural Perspectives		War and Conflict in the Contemporary World: At a Crossroads Dr. Minwoo Yun, Department of Police Administration, Hansei University, Goonpo, South Korea Overview: The paper tries to understand the nature of tribes, networks, the 5th generational warfare, insurgency, terrorism, and crimenature. To understand this trend, it suggests effective strategies in this new fight. Stream: Political Perspectives
Room 6	GARDEN SESSION - Hyun-Chin Lim

Wednesday, 23 June

8:00-9:00	REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
9:00-9:35	PLENARY SESSION - Shujiro Yazawa
9:35-10:10	PLENARY SESSION - Arun Kumar
10:10-10:45	PLENARY SESSION
10:45-11:00	TEA BREAK

11:00-12:40	Parallel Sessions
	11:00-11:30		11:35-12:05			12:10-12:40
Room 1	Toward Extended Network of Anchors to the Global Economy: The Case of Israel Prof. Baruch A. Kipnis, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel Overview: Impact of a network of cities strategy on the command of a first city and on the evolution of secondary anchors to the global economy. Stream: Economic Perspectives		Cremation and Globalization: The Case of South Korea Dr. Chang-Won Park, Centre for Death and Life Studies, Durham University, UK Overview: This paper examines the globalization of cremation with particular reference to the Korean case. Stream: Cultural Perspectives			Glocalization of the "World as One" Cosmopolitan Community: Recreation of U.S. MAAG and Culture Confusion in the "Neo-Taichung" Kuo-Liang Chang, Taichung, Jui-Yang Kao, Graduate School of Design, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Prof. Shang-chia Chiou, Department of Architecture and Interior Design, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Yun lin, Taiwan Overview: Based on documentary review and depth interview, this article aimed to recreate the culture heritage and culture confusion from cosmopolitan community of "Neo-Taichung" Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 2	Global Inequality: Patterns and Dynamics Bettina Mahlert, Institute for World Society Studies, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany Overview: A genuinely sociological perspective on global inequality is proposed which draws on the concept of functional differentiation. Stream: Holistic and Theoretical Perspectives		The Mimicry of Men: Post-Colonial Masculinities in Fiji Geir Henning Presterudstuen, Social Change and Social Justice Research Centre College of Arts School of Social Science, University of Western Sydney, Camperdown, Australia Overview: Ethnographic and historical evidence is used to discuss contemporary Fijian men’s performances as social constructs negotiating colonial notions of masculinity. Stream: Holistic and Theoretical Perspectives			Young Adults and Their Journeys to Citizenship: A Comparison of UK and Japanese Students Dr. Chris Gifford, Dr. Andrew Mycock, Division of Criminology, Politics and Sociology Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK, Junichi Murakami, Faculty of Letters, Kokushikan University, Kokushikan, Japan Overview: A comparison of the citizenship of young adults in the UK and Japan including their rights, duties and identities and how these are affected by globalisation. Stream: Political Perspectives
Room 3	Cultural Authenticity in Global Literature: Authentic Depictions by an Insider Author and an Outsider Author Mi-Kyoung Chang, Language, Reading, and Culture Department, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA Overview: This study examines cultural authenticity in global literature. The two books written by an insider and an outsider are analyzed in terms of postcolonialism and power issues. Stream: Cultural Perspectives		Globalization and the Arts of the Bush Negro People of Suriname Dr. Herman Jiesamfoek, Arts Education School of Education, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, USA Overview: Globalization has with ferocious speed reached the living spaces of the Bush Negro people of Suriname and impacted attitudes toward their indigenous art practices. Stream: Cultural Perspectives			A Vision of Emerging Media in a Globalized World: Case Study on a Migrant Workers’ Television Project Dr. Hun Yul Lee, Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, USA Overview: A case study of Migrant Workers’ Television highlights the cross sections of media, migration, and globalization, proving the importance of minority media in global village. Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 4	Globalization and the Effects on Life Chances in Southern and Eastern Africa (SADC) Dr. Assata Zerai, University of Ilinois, Dr. Brian Dill, Erica Hill, Sociology Department, Dr. Bekisizwe Ndimande, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois, Champaign, USA, Dr. Clifford Odimegwu, Programme in Demography and Population Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, johannesburg, South Africa Overview: Research presentations will analyze original data to explore the intersection of nation, race, class, gender, and globalization and impacts on the experiences and agency of citizens in the SADC region. Stream: Social Perspectives
Room 5	The Impact of Modernization and Globalization on the Perception of Chinese Elderly towards Their Image and Status Xue Bai, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Sau Po Centre on Ageing, Prof. Nelson Chow, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Sau Po Centre on Ageing, Hong Kong, China Overview: This representation is based on the results of a study to look at the impact of modernization and globalization on how Chinese elderly people perceive their own image and status. Stream: Social Perspectives		Creation and Implementation of an International Teacher Education Program Dr. Shi Hae Kim, Carol Anderson, Teacher Education, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, USA Overview: An overview of issues involved in creating, adapting, implementing, and challenges related to an international math/science teacher certification program will be presented. Stream: Social Perspectives			Restructuring Teacher Education to Meet the Demands of Globalization Dr. Kay A. Smith, English Education, Utah Valley University, Orem, USA Overview: Teacher education programs must restructure to meet the demands of goblalization. Our role as educators become clear: we must rethink pedagogical strategies which address world good and social respect. Stream: Social Perspectives
Room 6	GARDEN SESSION - Shujiro Yazawa

12:40-13:25	LUNCH

13:25-15:05	Parallel Sessions
	13:25-13:55		14:00-14:30		14:30-15:00	14:35-15:05
Room 1	Health Professions as a National Industry: Framing of Controversies in Nursing Education and Migration in the Philippines Dr. Leah E. Masselink, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA Overview: Findings from case studies examining the politics of nursing education and migration policy-making in the Philippines, the largest source country of nurses for the global market. Stream: Social Perspectives		Integrating Indigenous Knowledge Systems to Address HIV and AIDS in South Africa Prof. Nomalungelo Goduka, Research Chairs Initiative - Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa Overview: African women and youth who live with HIV and AIDS live in isolated, sparsely populated rural areas lacking infrastructure and with high rates of unemployment and poor skills training. Stream: Cultural Perspectives			Vision for Multi-Culture Education Yang-Seok Fred Yoo, Department of General Education, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea Overview: This paper reflects on the effects of globalization and societal heterogeneity and proposes a vision for multi-cultural education specifically changes to the present national educational curriculums. Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 2	Some Possible Long-Term Implications of the Current Crisis for the Economy of Poland Dr Karolina Nessel, Tischner European University in Krakow, Krakow, Poland Overview: What happens to the Polish economy if the crisis is not just a business cycle phenomenon but a structural change and Asia becomes the permanent engine of the world economy? Stream: Economic Perspectives		Understanding the Societal Mechanisms of Industrial Ecosystems: Building Bridges between Industrial Ecology and Industrial Districts Mr Sukjin Yoon, Dr. Khalid Nadvi, Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, UK Overview: This paper seeks to explore the dynamics of industrial districts affecting initiatives to improve environmental performance of clustered firms by drawing on evidence from Ansan and Ulsan, South Korea. Stream: Economic Perspectives			The Effects of Trade on Unemployment: Evidence from 20 OECD Countries Jaewon Kim, Department of Economics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden Overview: This study empirically investigates the effect of trade on the aggregate unemployment rate in the presence of labour market institutions. Stream: Economic Perspectives
Room 3	The Fall of the Japanese Language? Literary Anxiety in the Age of English Asako Nakai, The Graduate School of Language and Society, Kunitachi, Dr. Yuri Yoshino, Prof. Yeounsuk Lee, The Graduate School of Language and Society, Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Dr. Katsura Sako, Keio University, Dr. Jiang Li, Meiji University, Prof. Keisuke Kasuya, The Graduate School of Language and Society, Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Japan Overview: In this colloquium we discuss how the dominance of English affects local languages as literary media, focusing on the recent controversy of “the fall of Japanese language.” Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 4	Dating Patterns and Practices in Nigeria in the Era of Globalization Prof. Dimeji Togunde, Department of Anthropology/Sociology and Ethnic Studies Program, Albion College, Albion, Prof. Sylvester Osagie, Division of Business & Engineering, Penn State Altoona, State College, Jacob Rinkinen, Department of Chemistry and Department of Anthropology/Sociology, Albion College, Albion, USA Overview: This paper seeks to understand dating patterns and practices among Nigerian undergraduate students in the era of globalization. It investigates the patterns, avenues, and motivations for dating. Stream: Cultural Perspectives		Glocalism and Transnationalism in Korean Break Dancers’ B-Alive Sandra Lee, Department of Theatre, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, USA Overview: See below Stream: Cultural Perspectives			The Ways of Tea: From One to Many Dr. Alexandre A. Avdulov, Department of Modern Languages and Classics, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada Overview: Analysis of the gradual globalization of Chanoyu, the ancient Japanese tea ceremony tradition, and its prospects. Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 5	Garden Session - Arun Kumar				Grobalization and Glocalization in Transnational Corporations Dr. Stefan Litz, Department of Business Administration, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada Overview: This paper investigates internal globalization processes in Transnational Corporations applying Ritzer's (2004) conceptual distinction between grobalization and glocalization. Stream: Economic Perspectives
Room 6	Garden Session				Analyzing Competing Visions of Another World: Alternatives to Globalization Dr. Mi Park, Assistant Professor in Sociology Department, Dalhousie Unversity, Halifax, Canada Overview: It analyzes competing visions of anti-globalized world envisioned by activists in the anti-neoliberal globalization movements around the world. Capitalism Stream: Political Perspectives

15:05-15:20	TEA BREAK

15:20-16:25	Parallel Sessions
	15:20-15:50	15:55-16:25
Room 1	Globalization and the World Game: Mapping the Global Football Field Prof. Richard Giulianotti, School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK Overview: This paper maps the 'global field' within world football, drawing in particular upon socio-cultural theories of globalization. Stream: Cultural Perspectives	Constructing Transnational Identities by Non-Transnationals: The Case of Non-Mobile Korean Immigrant Women and their Transnational Identities Daehoon Han, Department of Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA Overview: This study examined how non-transnational immigrants develop and negotiate transnational identities through focusing on mechanisms and strategies of creating multiple "imagined" communities. Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 2	Globalization and Development: Four Paradigmatic Views Prof. Kavous Ardalan, School of Management, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, USA Overview: This paper discusses the role and nature of globalization and development from four diverse points of views. Stream: Holistic and Theoretical Perspectives	Labor Unions in Korea in the Neoliberal Era: Hybridization of Industrial Unionism and Enterprise Unionism Taekyoon Lim, Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA Overview: This study examines labor relations in Korea in the neoliberal era and finds a hybridization of the formal rise of industrial unionism and the persistent enterprise-union centrism. Stream: Political Perspectives
Room 3	Interfaith Dynamics in Zimbabwe: Pre-Colonial, Colonial and Post-Colonial Times Prof. Paul Gundani, Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa Overview: The paper interrogates and characterises dynamics of interfaith relations in Zimbabwe from pre-colonial to the post-colonial times. Stream: Cultural Perspectives	Women’s Struggle against Neoliberalist Globalization in South Korea: Focusing on the Protest against the Korea-US Free Trade Aagreement Huikyong Pang, Communication Department, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA Overview: Exploring the relationship between neoliberalism and South Korean women, this paper examines how they came to be the giants of the protests against capitalist globalization. Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 4	An African Perspective on the Globalization of Gender: The Case of Nigeria Fatai Ayisa Olasupo, Department of Local Government Studies Faculty of Administration, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Overview: The gender issue in governance has been with some of African cultures from time immemorial as distinct from the version of the United Nations. Stream: Cultural Perspectives
Room 5	Marketing, Ownership Structures, and Firm Value: Evidence from the Emerging Chinese Market Min Chung Kim, Yip Sai Chung Leslie, Management and Marketing Department, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Yuanqin Li, Department of Accounting School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China Overview: Marketing's impact on emerging China stock market Stream: Economic Perspectives	Who Cares about Globalization? Dr. Edward Feasel, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo, USA Overview: This study is an examination of individual attitudes toward globalization and their relation to personal and country characteristics utilizing survey data from Gallup International's World Poll. Stream: Economic Perspectives
Room 6	The Globalization of Basic Mathematics Curriculum: Improving Student Computational Skills Dr. Shi Hae Kim, Carol Anderson, Teacher Education, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, USA Overview: This session reports on the results and implications of using a Korean developed system to increase mathematics achievement for grades K-16 in the United States. Stream: Social Perspectives

16:30-17:00	CONFERENCE CLOSING