Joint Conference February
2 & 3, 2009
City,
Culture & Society:
Pursuing
Global Inclusive Society and Reinventing Urban Culture
Beginning with lunch meeting, Karageusian Room
Prof. Masayuki Sasaki (Director, URP) : Opening speech
Professor Danny Samson, Director, Foundation for Sustainable Economic Development (local host)
Presenters:
Participants from OCU:
Mr. Koichi Suwa (URP)
Mr. Taku Fukumoto (URP)
Mr. Junichi Kondo (URP)
Then we move to
Social
Inclusion Conference
Timetable
Meet from 6.30 at The
Monday evening
6.30 Introductions and briefing
6.45 Worksheet 1
7.45 Group reports
8.0 Worksheet 2
8.45 Group reports
9.0 Conclude Day One
Tuesday
8.30 Reflections on Monday evening
8.45 Worksheet 3
9.35 Worksheet 4
10.55 Morning Tea
11.25 Group reports
12.00 Worksheet 5
1.00 Lunch
1.45 Worksheet 5 continues
2.15 Group reports on social inclusion
2.45 Dotting
3.00 Afternoon tea
3.30 Uni representatives respond
4.00 Final discussions, where to from here?
4.30 Close
Social
Inclusion Conference
February 2009
Social
Inclusion Conference
Worksheet
1
Information
Exchange
(Mixed
groups including two University Representatives per group)
Purpose:
To
brief the table group
on the origins of the Urban Plazas Project and its achievements so far in
Step One
The Uni
Reps at each table brief the table group on the origins, achievements so far in
Step Two
The table
group then answer the question – What we understand the Urban Plazas Project to
be about and how it could benefit the Western Region. (40 Minutes)
Step
Three
Table Group
reports (15 minutes – 5 groups x 3 mins each)
Social
Inclusion Conference
Worksheet
2
Purpose: To begin the creation of an agreed definition
of eSocial Inclusionf.
Step One
Table
Groups discuss - What does your group understand by the term gsocial
inclusionh? Prepare a brief statement and identify some examples from your own
knowledge and experience in the Western Region. (45 minutes) Each group to choose a representative to
work with other group representatives on the integration of the group reports
to create a common definition of eSocial Inclusionf.
Step Two
Table Group
reports (15 minutes – 5 groups x 3 mins each)
End of Day
One.
Representative
from each group to work together to produce an agreed/integrated statement to
be reported back on Tuesday morning.
Social
Inclusion Conference
Worksheet
3
Purpose: To agree on a working definition of Social Inclusion
Step One
Presentation of the work of the group that drafted an integrated definition of Social Inclusion (20 minutes)
Step Two
Plenary discussion toward agreement (30 minutes)
Social Inclusion Conference
Worksheet
4
(New
mixed groups plus one group of university representatives)
Purpose: to share our hopes for how the Western Region will develop over the next decade.
Step One
As a group discuss and record your ideas as
to what the region would be like in 10 years time if it were the most socially
inclusive in the country. Address all aspects of life which the group
members think are important. Build
on incidents or moments in your experience when people in this region have
acted in ways which demonstrate your best hopes.
At the same
time, university representatives discuss and record their best hopes for how
the universities will be contributing to the community of the Western Region in
2019. (80 minutes)
Step Two
Groups report on their visions for the Western Region (25 minutes, 5 groups x 5 minutes)
Social Inclusion Conference
Worksheet
5
(The new mixed groups, but
with University representatives included)
Purpose: To examine current social
inclusion activities in the Western Region
Step One
Groups discuss: Given our visions of what we hope for, what are the socially inclusive
activities going on in the Western Region already which we can celebrate and
extend?
What are
the things which foster exclusion that we need to overcome?
What entirely new things could we do that will promote social inclusion in the Western Region? (90 minutes)
As you prepare your group report produce separate pages for the activities
which:
Step Two
Group
Reports (30 minutes, 5 groups x 6 minutes)
Social
Inclusion Conference
Worksheet
6
Purpose: to establish which activities are most strongly supported by the group and how the universities could contribute in the future.
Step One
The group reports will be clustered under the three categories;
Each person will have 5 coloured dots to place on the activities which they think will best promote social inclusion in the Western Region. At least one should be placed on each of the three categories. (20 minutes)
Step Two
In plenary session the university representatives will respond to the results of the ranking of activities and indicate how the universities could help the Region foster social inclusion. (40 minutes)