1:00

 Doors open
  MC Mayu Kanamori
1:30-1:45 Opening Session
Koji Okamoto, Director General, Japan Cultural Centre, Sydney (The Japan Foundation)
Rawdon Dalrymple AO, Former Australian Ambassador
Kenzo Oshima, Japanese Ambassador
1:45-3:20 Session 1
‘Creative Transformation’ – Artistic Activities at the Australia-Japan Interface
Keynote Speaker (1)
Akira Isogawa, Fashion Designer (Live or Video to be confirmed)
  Artist Talks
Dr Riley Lee
Shakuhachi Player
Mitsuo Shoji
Ceramics
Arthur Tanaka
Film  
Yumi Umiumare
Butoh  
  Video Interviews
Dr Chiaki Ajioka (Curator of Japanese Art, AGNSW)
Dr Peter Eckersall (Specialist on Japanese contemporary theatre, University of Melbourne)
Associate Professor Hugh de Ferranti (Specialist on biwa, UNE)
Junko Morimoto (Writer/Illustrator)
  Discussion
(Convened by Professor Hugh Clarke, School of European, Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Studies, University of Sydney)
3:20-4:00 Intermission (Artists Archive Project)
4:00-5:45 Session 2
‘Personal Transformation’ – Global Cultural Flows and Identity
Keynote Speaker (2)
Tetsuya Wakuda (Restaurateur)
  Academic Talks
Dr Alison Broinowski
Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW / Faculty of Asian Studies, ANU
Professor Yoshio Sugimoto
School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University
Associate Professor Alison Tokita
School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University
  Video Interviews
Dr Peter Armstrong (Lecturer in architecture, University of Sydney, President of the Australian Sumo Federation)
Hugh Cann (Calligrapher)
Xiangdong Liu (Lecturer in Japanese language, UWS)
Isao Morimoto (Film Maker)
Tess de Quincey (Butoh Dancer)
  Discussion
(Convened by Professor Hugh Clarke)
5:45-6:30 Sake Barrel Opening Ceremony, Meet The Authors
6:30-7:00 Live Performances
Dancekool, Taikoz
   
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