January 12, 2010

11th IAVE Asia Pacific Regional Volunteer Conference Nagoya-Aichi 2007 Event Program Dec 7-11, 2007

IAVE IRC

The 11th IAVE Asia Pacific Regional Volunteer Conference took place from December 7-11, 2007 in Nagoya-Aichi, Japan. Over 400 people from all over the region took part. Countries and areas represented included Australia, Bangladesh, India, Korea (with over 100 delegates), the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Fiji, Mongolia, New Zealand and of course Japan.

Dec 7 (Fri)

11:00- Registration                                                                          
18:30-21:00 Opening ceremony                                                      


Dec 8 (Sat)
 
 

09:30-11:15 Plenary Session - Keynote Speeches                                                
11:15-12:00 Special Symposium in memory of Mrs. Kazuko Toyoda
12:00-12:05

Special presentation on the Bangladesh cyclone

12:05-13:15 Lunch
13:15-15:30 SF 1 Senior Citizen Volunteers: Baby-boomer Generation 

SF 3 Large-Scale Events: 'Korea World Cup & Universiade Games Volunteers' by Kang-hyun Lee, 'Sydney Olympics Volunteers' by David Brettell, 'Expo 2005' by Naohiko Suzuki, 'Society for the Physically Disabled Experience' by Soh Chee Keong

15:30-15:45 Break
15:45-18:00

SF 2 Corporate Volunteering: Makoto Imada, Akihiko Iwahara, Hyeon-sook Heo, Sarah Hayes

SF 4 Volunteering & Disaster Management: 
Nobuyuki Kurita, Hui-Fang Ouyang, Ken Joseph

18:30 Nagoya gourmet tour

Dec 9 (Sun)

09:30-10:00

Plenary Session
Youth Forum

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-12:00 Youth Forum
SF 1 Development of a new image of volunteering, Jack Steele
SF 2 The global corporate social contribution: Koichi Kaneda, Kiyoshi Fukuwatari, Hyeon-sook Heo, Chona Ignalaga
GIW 1: Grameen Bank by Sai Kurasawa
GIW 2: Service Learning in Korea by Nan-Joe Lee
GIW 3: Global Networking by Linda Taki
12:00-13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:45 SF 2 Promotion of CSR: 'NEC' by Hitoshi Suzuki, 'Fusion of business & CSR' by Eiko Ibuki
SF 3 Disabled People's Events: Keiko Goto, Yoshio Murakami
SF 4 Support & Rescue 
GIW 4 Fun Youth Volunteer Programs by Yoonae Park
GIW 5a 
Volunteers with cognitive disabilities by Moira Deslandes
GIW 5b
How volunteering builds the social capital of refugees and migrants: Case studies from Australia and Spain by Judith Miralles
GIW 6 Gawad Kalinga Initiative by Antonio Meloto
Youth Forum - SUNNY Korean Youth Volunteer Program 
14:45-15:15 Break
15:15-17:15 SF 1 Contributing to society with know-how: 'New encounters' by Nobuo Hazama, 'My volunteer story' by Takumi Kamiya, 'My career' by Sumio Tomioka
SF 3 Overseas examples: David Brettell, Chee Keong Soh, Naohiko Suzuki
SF 4 Support & Rescue contd.
GIW 7 Large-scale events management by Kang-Hyun Lee / Interpreting volunteer training for 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung by Ling-Ying Chou
GIW 8
'Youth Volunteerism in Taiwan' by Hui-Yuan Weng / 'Volunteer safety in Hong Kong' by Likie Pui Ki Lee
National reports
Youth Forum - GYSD in Taiwan
17:15-17:30 Break
17:30-20:30  Plenary Session

 

Dec 10 (Mon)

Day time Field visits                                                                            
19:00-21:00 Closing Ceremony - Farewell speeches, buffet dinner, performance

Dec 11 (Tue) 
  Optional Tour

Key
SF = Special Forum

  1. Senior Citizens Volunteering: Baby-boomer Generation
  2. Corporate Volunteering: Corporate Social Responsibility
  3. Large-scale Events Volunteer Arrangement
  4. Volunteering and Disaster Management

 

GIW = General Interest Workshop

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