November 5-6, 2003
ANA Hotel, Tokyo

Conference Outline and Papers available on-line as PDF

- Conference Outline

(1) Session 1: November 5, Wednesday
"Changes in social structure as a result of the spread of IT"

Chaired by Prof. David Farber (Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Introductory presentations
Prof. Ryuichiro Matsubara (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences Advanced Social and International Studies, University of Tokyo, Japan)
Prof. Gary Marx (Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Mr. Christopher Gibson (Partner in the London office of Steptoe & Johnson, UK)

(2) Session 2: November 5, Wednesday
"The role of IT (and the Internet) in democracy"

Chaired by Prof. Taizo Yakushiji (Research Director, IIPS)

Introductory presentations
Dr. Younchung Chung (Senior Researcher, IT policy Department Team , National Computerization Agency, Korea)
Dr. Rachel Gibson (Deputy Director & Research Fellow, ACSPRI Centre for Social Research (ACSR), Australian National University, Australia)
Prof. Yoshiaki Kobayashi (Professor, Department of Law and Political Science, Keio University, Japan)

(3) Session 3: November 6, Thursday
"The spread of IT into new areas and its associated problems"

Chaired by Mr. Tomohiro Okamoto (Advisor, IIPS)

Introductory presentations
Prof. Hideyuki Tokuda (Chairperson/Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University, Japan)
Mr. Tomohiro Okamoto (Advisor, IIPS)
Prof. David Farber (Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

(4) Symposium: November 6, Thursday
"The IT Revolution and the Transformation of Society"

Chaired by Prof. Taizo Yakushiji

Summary reports
Prof. Ryuichiro Matsubara
Dr. Rachel Gibson
Prof. Hideyuki Tokuda
Prof. Gary Marx
Mr. Christopher Gibson
Prof. David Farber