Conference Program (Updated on 17 April 2017)
   
May 18 (Thursday)  
   
Registration 09:20-09:40
   
Opening ceremony  
Chair: FUJIMURA, Manabu (Aoyama Gakuin University)  
Opening Address 09:40-09:45
MATSUMOTO, Shigeru (Aoyama Gakuin University)  
Welcome Speech 09:45-09:50
NAKAMURA, Mazuru (Department Head of Economics, Aoyama Gakuin University)  
Opening Remarks  09:50-10:00
BLASCO, Rafael (INIA-Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación)  
   
Session I. Consumers' concern over food safety  
Chair: YAMAMOTO, Masashi (Toyama University)  
Consumers and food risks 10:00-10:30
FREWER, Lynn (Newcastle University)  
Consumers' food safety concern over animal diseases  10:30-11:00
HAN, Doo Bong (Korea University)  
Genetically modified organism 11:00-11:30
HALLMAN, William K. (Rutgers University)  
Agricultural measures for reducing radionuclide contamination of agricultural products 11:30-11:50
KURIYAMA, Yasushi (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)  
Consumers' concern over radioactive contamination 11:50-12:20
MATSUMOTO, Shigeru (Aoyama Gakuin University)  
   
Lunch 12:20-14:00
   
Session II. International trade and food attributes  
Chair: BEGHIN, John (North Carolina State University)  
Trade and food credence attributes 14:00-14:30
BEGHIN, John (North Carolina State University)  
Consumer Reaction to Food Safety Standards on Imported Foods 14:30-15:00
OTSUKI, Tsunehiro (Osaka University)  
Toward a win-win integration in agriculture and food sector: perspectives from emerging Southeast Asia 15:00-15:30
FUJIMURA, Manabu (Aoyama Gakuin University)  
Environmental Efficiency & Productivity: Materials Balance Approach 15:30-16:00
HOANG, Vincent (Queensland University of Technology)  
   
Discussion  
All Participants excluding 1, 15, 17, 18, 20 and 21 16:00-16:30
   
   
May 19 (Friday)  
   
Session III. Culture and ethics  
Chair: MATSUMOTO, Shigeru (Aoyama Gakuin University)  
Food systems and food policy concerning organic farming 09:50-10:20
DIMITRI, Carolyn (New York University)  
Feasibility, viability, and desirability of local food production for local consumption 10:20-10:50
GIAMPIETRO, Mario (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)  
What are the factors influencing farmers’ demand for agricultural biodiversity: Evidence from Sri Lanka 10:50-11:20
WILSON, Clevo (Queensland University of Technology)  
Culture and ethics concerning food attributes 11:20-11:50
WERKHEISER, Ian (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)  
Do consumers and producers benefit from the labels of regional origin? The case of the Czech republic 11:50-12:20
BOŠKOVÁ, Iveta (Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information, Czech Republic)  
   
Lunch 12:20-14:00
   
Session IV. Marketing and Regulation  
Chair: JINJI, Naoto (Kyoto University)  
Marketing and regulation associated with food attributes 14:00-14:30
HAMLIN, Robert (University of Otago)  
GMO influence on consumer cognition 14:30-15:00
RODRIGUEZ, Anita (New Mexico State University)  
Consumer views of health-related food labelling: From front-of-pack logos to warning labels  15:00-15:30
ROOS, Gun (Consumption Research Norway / Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences)  
Healthier choices in food consumption behaviour 15:30-16:00
GINER, Céline (OECD)  
Private Regulation, Sustainability, and Tokyo 2020 Olympics 16:00-16:30
NAIKI, Yoshiko (Osaka University)  
   
Discussion  
All Participants excluding 1, 14, 16 and 18 16:30-17:00
   
Invited Dinner 18:00-19:30
Host: OSHIMURA, Tadashi (Vice President, Aoyama Gakuin University)  
      NAKAMURA, Mazuru (Department Head of Economics, Aoyama Gakuin University)  
   
   
May 20 (Saturday)  
   
Farewell Ceremony
Farewell Speech 09:50-10:00
MIKI, Toshikazu (President, Aoyama Gakuin University)  
   
Session V. Wrap up and policy discussion
Chair: NABESHIMA, Kaoru (Waseda University)
Keynote Speech: Global perspective of quality, functionality and safety of food and food supplements 10:00-10:30
AMAGASE, Harunobu, President of AIFN  
Panel Discussion 10:30-12:00
All participants excluding 13, 14, 18
   
   
List of Participants
   
 1. AMAGASE, Harunobu (The General Incorporated Association of International Foods & Nutrition))
 2. BEGHIN, John (North Carolina State University)
 3. BLASCO, Rafael (INIA-Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación)
 4. BOŠKOVÁ, Iveta (Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information, Czech Republic)
 5. DIMITRI, Carolyn (New York University)
 6. FREWER, Lynn (Newcastle University)
 7. FUJIMURA, Manabu (Aoyama Gakuin University)
 8. GIAMPIETRO, Mario (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
 9. GINER, Céline (OECD)
10. HALLMAN, William K. (Rutgers University)
11. HAMLIN, Robert (University of Otago)
12. HAN, Doo Bong (Korea University)
13. HOANG, Vincent (Queensland University of Technology)
14. JINJI, Naoto (Kyoto University)
15. KURIYAMA, Yasushi (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
16. MATSUMOTO, Shigeru (Aoyama Gakuin University)
17. MIKI, Toshikazu (President, Aoyama Gakuin University)
18. NABESHIMA, Kaoru (Waseda University)
19. NAIKI, Yoshiko (Osaka University)
20. NAKAMURA, Mazuru (Department Head of Economics, Aoyama Gakuin University)
21. OSHIMURA, Tadashi (Vice President, Aoyama Gakuin University)
22. OTSUKI, Tsunehiro (Osaka University)
23. RODRIGUEZ, Anita (New Mexico State University)
24. ROOS, Gun (Consumption Research Norway / Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences)
25. WILSON, Clevo (Queensland University of Technology)
26. WERKHEISER, Ian (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
27. YAMAMOTO, Masashi (University of Toyama)

 

 

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