Opening Remarks:

Prof. Tetsuro MORISHITA (Vice President of Sophia University for Global Academic Affairs)

Keynote Speaker:

Prof. Christina DAVIS　(Professor in the Department of Government, Director of the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University)

Commentator:

Prof. Yoshiko KOJO (Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University)

Commentator:

Mr. Noriaki ABE (Director, International Trade Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Moderator:

Daisaku HIGASHI(SIIR)

Opening Remarks I:

Prof. Takashi IROHARA (Vice President of Sophia University for Academic Affairs)

Opening Remarks II:

Prof. Ken AOKI (Director, Sophia Institute for Human Security)

Speaker:

Mr. Katsuhiko TAKAHASHI (Director, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Commentator:

Prof. Masayuki AKAHORI (Director, Center for Islamic Studies, Sophia University)

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Habiba SARABI (Member, Afghanistan Government Delegation for Peace Negotiation, former Vice Chairman of the High Peace Council of Afghanistan, former Governor of Bamyan Province, former Minister for Women’s Affairs)

Commentators:

Mr. Nadir NAIM （Former Vice Chairman of the High Peace Council of Afghanistan; Director, Kabul Institute for Peace）
Ambassador Kansuke NAGAOKA（Deputy Director-General, Bureau of Middle Eastern and African Affairs, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs）
Prof. Sari AUGUSTINE, S.J.（Professor, Faculty of Global Studies; Member, Board of Trustees, Sophia School Corporation）
Dr. Richard Ponzio (Director, Global Governance, Justice & Security Program, Henry L. Stimson Center)
Mr. Stephen Brooking (Head of Peace and Reconciliation, UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA))
Dr. Alistair Edgar (Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)

Opening Remarks:

Mr. Masao TORII (President, Sophia Alumni Association)
Prof. Takashi OKADA (Vice President of Sophia University for Academic Research)

Commentator:

Prof. Sali AUGUSTINE, S.J. (Professor, Faculty of Global Studies; Member, Board of Trustees, Sophia School Corporation)

Speakers:

Mr. Takaki IMAI　（President, Japan International Volunter Center）
Ms. Maki KATO (Board Member, Peace Village United)
Ms. Miyusa AISHIMA (Peace Winds Japan)

Opening Remarks:

Prof. Tadashi ANNO (SIIR)

Keynote Speech:

Prof. Kei NEMOTO (Professor, Faculty of Global Studies)

Opening Remarks:

Prof. Tsutomu SAKUMA, S.J. (Chancellor, Sophia School Corporation)

Commentator:

Prof. Makiko DEGUCHI (Director, Center for Global Education and Discovery, Sophia University)

Speaker:

Mr. Ryuichi KATO, Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency

Opening Remarks:

Prof. Shigeru NISHIZAWA (Vice President of Sophia University in Charge of High School–University Collaboration)

Commentator:

Prof. Yoshihiro OTO (Professor, Department of Journalism, Sophia University)

Speaker:

Ms. Yoshino OISHI (Documentary Photographer)

Speaker:

Prof. Izumi HIROBE (Professor, Meiji University)

Speakers:

Mr. Yu MURAKAMI (President, Peace Medical Servives)
Ms. Chiyoko FUJITA (Board Member, Peace Medical Services)
Ms. Kimino NAGAI (Karez Health and Educational Services)
Daisaku HIGASHI (SIIR)

Speaker:

Mr. Michitaka NAKATOMI (former President, Japan External Trade Organization)

Opening Remarks:

Tadashi ANNO (SIIR)

Part I:

“Will There Be a Revival of Multilateralism and Liberal International Public Sphere”

Speakers:

Yasuhiro UEKI (SIIR) “UN, Liberal Norms, and the Future of Multilateralism”
Yasuko TSURU (SIIR) “Governing the Arctic Ocean: Great-Power Rivalry or Multilateral Cooperation?”
Midori OKABE (SIIR) “International Cooperation in Border Management and the Liberal International Order”
Kazutoshi SUZUKI (SIIR) “The Evolution of Liberal Trading Order from the Standpoint of Multilateralism”
Daisaku HIGASHI (SIIR) “The Liberal International Order and Peace-Building”

Moderator:

Tadashi ANNO (SIIR)

Part II:

The World after Trump: Is a Revival of the Liberal International Order Possible?

Speakers:

Takeshi KISHIKAWA (SIIR) “The Future of Liberalism in the Chinese-Speaking World”
Kazuhiro MAESHIMA (SIIR) “The US and the Future of the Liberal International Order”
Yumi HIWATARI (SIIR) “Political Reforms and Security Policy in Japan”

Opening Remarks:

Prof. Tetsuro MORISHITA (Vice-President of Sophia University for Global Academic Affairs)
Mr. Masao TORII (President, Sophia Alumni Association)

Keynote Speech;

H.E. Maria Espinosa (Chairperson, 73rd UN General Assembly, former Foreign Minister and former Defense Minister of Ecuador)

Commentators:

Prof. Kayo TAKUMA (Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Prof. Makiko DEGUCHI (Director, Sophia Center for Global Education and Discovery)
Dr. Richard PONZIO (Senior Fellow and Director for Global Governance, Justice and Security, Henry L. Stimson Center)

Opening Remarks:

Prof. Toshiya HOSHINO (Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, former Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the UN)
Prof. Noel Morada (Professor, Queensland University; Director (Regional Diplomacy and Capacity Building) Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

Speakers:

Daisaku HIGASHI (SIIR)
Prof. Misako TAKIZAWA (Professor, J.F. Oberlin University)

Commentator:

Yasuhiro UEKI (SIIR)

Speakers：

Daisaku HIGASHI (SIIR)
Kazuhiro MAESHIMA (SIIR)

Moderator:

Mr. Makoto MIYAZAKI (Sophia Alumni Association)

Opening Remarks:

Mr. Masao TORII, President, Sophia Alumni Association

Special Guest Speaker:

Ambassador Ichiro FUJISAKI, Director, Nakasone Peace Institute

Guest Speakers:

Mr. Ken BABA (Senior Student, Sophia University)
Ms. Yuriko YATABE (Senior Student, Sophia University)

Remarks by the representative of the host organization:

Tadashi ANNO (SIIR)

Guest Speakers:

Prof. Jun IMANISHI (Graduate School of Public Policy, Tohoku University, former Chief of Protocol, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Ms. Yukie KITAGAWA (Staff member, Economic Partnership Division, Bureau of Trade Policy, Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

Special Guest Speaker:

Mr.Ibuki ONISHI (Deputy Director, Personnel Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Opening Remarks:

Prof. Tsutomu SAKUMA, S.J. (Chancellor, Sophia School Corporation)
Prof. Yoshiaki TERUMICHI (President, Sophia University)
Ms. Kaoru NEMOTO (Japan Director, United Nations Information Centre)

Keynote Speech:

Ms.Amina Mohammed (Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations)

Commentator:

Prof. Sali AUGUSTINE, S.J. (Member, Board of Trustees, Sophia School Corporation)

Opening Remarks:

Prof. Yoshiaki TERUMICHI (President, Sophia University)

Speaker:

Mr. Jun’ichi YAMADA (Executive Senior Vice President, JICA)

Commentator:

Prof. Sali AUGUSTINE, S.J. (Member, Board of Trustees, Sophia School Corporation)

Opening Remarks:

Prof. Toshiya Hoshino (Osaka University)
Mr. Greg Ralph (Minister Counsellor (Political) of the Australian Embassy, Tokyo)
Dr. Noel M. Morada (Director (Regional), Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect)
Prof. Sukehiro Hasegawa (Distinguished Professor of the Kyoto University of the Arts)

Background Briefing and Objectives:

Dr. Hiroshi Nishikai (R2P Network of Japan)

Session 1:

Vitalizing R2P in Japanese Context: Reconsideration of the ambivalent relation between R2P and HS (Chair: Prof. Toshiya Hoshino)

Speakers:

Dr. Daisuke Madokoro (The University of Kitakyushu)
Prof. Sachiko Ishikawa (Ritsumeikan University)
Mr. Kaitaro Nonomura (R2P Focal Point; Director, United Nations Policy Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan)

Session 2:

Implementing R2P in Japanese way: Reconsideration of Japanese praxis and role between the past and the future (Chair: Dr. Noel M. Morada)

Speakers:

Dr. Yukako Tanaka (Sakabe) (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Prof. Ai Kihara-Hunt (The University of Tokyo)
Prof. Tomonori Yoshizaki (Director, Policy Simulation, National Institute for Defense Studies; Visiting Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)