Symposium

The 4th International Symposium of Baby Science  -Child Care Based on Brain Science-

Date&Location: Sunday, 27 - Monday, 28 November 2005, Tokyo Sankei Plaza Sponsorship: The Sankei Shinbun, the Japanese Society of Baby Science Registration: http://www.sankei-kansai.com/event/baby06/index.html (Japanese)

Sunday, 27 November 2005, Tokyo Sankei Plaza

09:00 Registration 09:30 Opening remarks Yukuo Konishi (President of The Japanese Society of Baby Science) 09:45 SESSION 1 Session Topic: Findings from the cohort studies in Japan Session Chair: Nobuko Uchida (Ochanomizu University) Lecture: Hiroshi Satoh (Tohoku University) Noriko Nishimura (The NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute) Masumi Sugawara (Ochanomizu University) Masatoshi Kawai (Mukogawa Women's University) 11:45 Break 12:00 Discussion Hiroshi Satoh, Noriko Nishimura, Masumi Sugawara, Masatoshi Kawai, Nobuko Uchida 12:45 Lunch Time 13:45 SESSION 2 Session Topic : Findings from the cohort studies in the world Session Chair : Noboru Kobayashi (The University of Tokyo) Special Lecture 2-1 "Is Child Care a Risk Factor for the Cognitive and Social Development of Children?" Sarah L. Friedman (National Institute of Child Hearth and Human Development) Special Lecture 2-2 "Mind, Brain, and Education: Cycles of learning and development" Kurt W. Fischer (Harvard University) 15:15 Discussion 16:00 Closing Address

Monday, 28 November 2005, Tokyo Sankei Plaza

08:45 Registration 09:00 SESSION 3 Session Topic : Reports from Asian Countries Session Chair : Yoichi Sakakihara (Ochanomizu University) Lecture: Zulkifuli Ismail (University Kebangsaan Malaysia) Watcharee Tantiprabha (Chiangmai University, Thailand) Wo Xi-ru (Peking University, China) Yoko Niwa (Ikuji-bunka Kenkyusyo, Japan) 11:15 Discussion Zulkifuli Ismail, Watcharee Tantiprabha, Wo Xiru, Yoko Niwa, Yoichi Sakakihara 12:00 Closing Address

The 4th Public Symposium of Baby Science

Date&Location: Monday, 28 November 2005, Tokyo Sankei Plaza Wednesday, 30 November 2005, Osaka IMP Hall   Sponsorship: The Sankei Shinbun, The Japanese Society of Baby Science   Registration: http://www.sankei-kansai.com/event/baby06/index.html (Japanese)

Monday, 28 November 2005, Tokyo Sankei Plaza   Child Care Based on Brain Science - Findings from the Cohort Studies

12:30 Registration 13:00 Opening remarks The Sankei Shimbun Yukuo Konishi (President of the Japanese Society of Baby Science) 13:10 Special Lecture: "How Children Develop and Learn" Kurt W. Fischer (Harvard University) 14:10 Special Lecture: "Is Child Care a Risk Factor for the Cognitive and Social Development of Children?" Sarah L. Friedman (National Institute of Child Hearth and Human Development) 15:10 Break 15:30 Talk, Question & Answer Chairman : Hideaki Koizumi (Hitachi, Ltd.) Designated comments : Yukuo Konishi (Tokyo Women's Medical University) Kurt W. Fischer Sarah L. Friedman 16:30 Closing Address

Wednesday, 30 November 2005, Osaka IMP Hall   -- Child Care Based on Brain Science --

12:30 Registration 13:00 Opening remarks The Sankei Shimbun Yukuo Konishi (President of the Japanese Society of Baby Science) 13:10 Special Lecture: "Learning and Development of Babies and Robots" Minoru Asada (Osaka University) 14:10 Symposium: "Child Care in Asian Countries" Zulkifuli Ismail (University Kebangsaan Malaysia) Watcharee Tantiprabha (Chiangmai University, Thailand) Wo Xi-ru (Peking University, China) 15:10 Break 15:30 Discussion Chairman : Yukuo Konishi Zulkifuli Ismail, Watcharee Tantiprabha, Wu Xiru 16:30 Closing Address