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3. Parallel Session B: June 30, 13:00 – 17:30

Theme:
Knowledge Innovation towards Global Sustainability and Education

Sub-themes:

• Knowledge Innovation as a Trigger for Social Reform
• For Global Sustainability of the Next Generations – Education

With its chair (President Yuichiro Anzai of Keio University) and vice-chair (Rector Francesco Profumo of Politecnico di Torino) at the helm, Parallel Session B was held on the theme of ‘Knowledge Innovation towards Global Sustainability and Education’. The representatives listed below made presentations, which were followed by comments and question-and-answer sessions.

A total of eight representatives (below) made presentations in the first and second halves of the session.

President Kazuo Oike, Kyoto University	President Georges Molinié, Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV)

Pro-Rector Mary Ritter, Imperial College London	Chancellor Gene D. Block, University of California, Los Angeles	President Katsuhiko Shirai, Waseda University

Vice-Chancellor and President Ian Chubb, The Australian National University	Prof. Carlos Clemente Cerri, University of São Paulo	Vice President Weihe Xie, Tsinghua University

Following the presentations, the three representatives listed below made comments.

President Shin-ichi Hirano, Nagoya University	President Kiyokazu Washida, Osaka University	President Eiji Hatta, Doshisha University