2025 SNUAC-ASPOS Conference
Democracy, Community and Innovation in East Asia
Date: November 29, 2025 (10:00-17:00)
Venue: Otemon Gakuin University, Ibaraki Sojiji Campus, Academic Base, BSC206
Tentative Program
10:00 Opening remarks (Tatsuro NIIKAWA, Doshisha University)
10:05 Congratulatory remarks (Suk-ki KONG, SNUAC)
10:15-10:35 Keynote Session
Democracy and Capitalism in the East Asia: At the Age of Globalization and Digitalization in the 21st Century (Hiroo HARADA, Senshu University)
10:40-12:00 Session I: Democracy and Community in East Asia
Chair: Young-Choon KIM (UNIST)
Local Resilience Meets Care Democracy in East Asia (Suk-Ki KONG, SNUAC)
The Osaka Metropolis Plan and Competitive Federalism (Katsuyoshi OKUI, Otemon Gakuin University)
Prospects for Participatory Democracy in Neighborhood Communities: The Case of Japanese Neighborhood Associations (Tatsuro NIIKAWA, Doshisha University)
Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:20 Session II: Innovation and Local Community in East Asia
Chair: Katsuyoshi OKUI (Otemon Gakuin University)
Social Networks Matter? Investigating Digital and Carbon Readiness of Korean Social Entrepreneurs (Young-Choon KIM, UNIST)
Citizens Defending the Eco-Cultural Commons Against Hangang River Development: Social Cooperative Hangang, Saetgang Citizens’ Committee, and ‘Citizens’ Hangang (Joanne E. CHO, Social COOP Hangang)
Design and Implementation of a “Public Interest Capitalism-Based Deep Tech Ecosystem” in East Asia: A Case Study of Hong Kong (George Hara, DEFTA Partners & Hiroko Inokuma, Keio University)
Discussion
14:20-14:40 Coffee Break
14:40-15:10 Wrap-up Session
15:15 Closing remarks (Tatsuro NIIKAWA, Doshisha University)
15:30-17:00 Research Collaboration Meeting