MC : Takeshi Fujisawa, Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration. Kwansei Gakuin University

Speaker: Yoshikazu Mikami, Professor, Department of Media Presentation, Faculty of Studies on Contemporary Society, Mejiro University
The Washington Post's digital business strategy until the purchase by Jeff Bezos ---Why did the New York Times succeed and the Washington Post failed--
*Commentator : Hiroki Akagawa, The Make-up Dept., Bureau of Advertising, The Yomiuri Shimbun

Speaker : Jun Nakamura, Visiting Professor, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Graduate Program in Business Architecture, Research Center for Social and Industrial Management Systems
Global management challenge in the age of market diversity - through proposed framework
*Commentator : Yoji Taniguchi, Dean, Faculty of Economics, Chuo University

Speaker: Masayuki Furusawa, Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Osaka University of Commerce.
A study on the utilization of the Nikkeijin for the business management of Japanese corporations in Brazil: The potential of the Nikkeijin as boundary- spanners and HRM challenges
*Commentator: Atsushi Yashiro, Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University

Special Session
Guest Speaker: Satoshi Tsuchida, ISS (International Space Station) Flight sub-director, Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation (JAMSS)
Stage of Operations: Outer Space, who works together with global partner on a global basis