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The Center for the Advancement of Working Women (CAWW),
5-35-3 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014
Access: 3-min. walk from Tamachi Station on JR Yamanote Line,
1-min. walk from Mita Station (Exit A1) on Toei Asakusa Line
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Admission is free but please register by e-mail or fax R.S.V.P. by May 28, 2009
FAX: +81(0)3-3222-5420
International Symposium
Imploding Populations – Global and Local Challenges of Demographic Change
June 2 - June 4, 2009
Only a few decades ago, the dramatic population growth during modern industrialisation was routinely referred to as “population explosion.” In our day, however, the industrialised world has entered a phase of “population implosion.” Constantly low fertility levels, demographic ageing and impending population decline are shaking established convictions about limitless growth. This conference provides a forum to compare current demographic trends in industrialised countries with a focus on Japan and Germany, analyzes the resultant social, economic and political challenges both at national and local levels, and examines countermeasures that have been implemented or are under discussion.
Simultaneous translation (English / Japanese)
For last minute updates to the program, please download the program pdf-file below
Presentations
Day 1 June 2nd (Tuesday)
10:00–
Registration
10:30–10:40
Opening Address
Florian Coulmas
10:40–11:25
Keynote Speech I: Flexible Labour Markets, Weak Family Ties and the Socialisation of Reproduction
Wolfgang STREECK (Director, MPI for the Study of Societies, Cologne)
11:25–12:10
Keynote Speech II: Challenges to the Demographic Trilemma of Low Fertility, Ageing and Depopulation
Shigemi KONO (Professor emer., Reitaku University)
12:10–13:10
Lunch Break
PART I: CHALLENGES OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE IN JAPAN IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
(presentation of 30 minutes each, followed by 10 minutes of discussion)
13:10–13:50
The Demographic Future of Europe
Reiner KLINGHOLZ (Berlin Institute for Population and Development)
13:50–14:30
Policy Responses to Very Low Fertility in Japan in a Comparative Perspective
Makoto ATOH (Waseda University)
14:30–15:00
Coffee Break
15:00–15:40
Demographic Changes in Japan: Economic Globalization and Changes in Family Formation
Shigesato TAKAHASHI (National Institute for Population and Social Security Research)
15:40–16:20
Socio-Economic Inequality in an Ageing Society: Japan
Sawako SHIRAHASE (Tokyo University)
16:20–16:30
Short Break
Panel 3: Intranational Patterns of Demographic Change: Germany and Japan
Ralph Lützeler
16:30–17:10
Demographic Change and Challenges in Germany from a Regional Perspective
Franz-Josef KEMPER (Humboldt-University, Berlin)
17:10–17:50
Recent In-Migration to Peripheral Regions of Japan in the Context of Incipient National Population Decline
Yoshitaka ISHIKAWA (Kyoto University)
Day 2 June 3rd (Wednesday)
PART II: SPECIAL ASPECTS OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE: THE LOCAL PERSPECTIVE
9:30–10:45
Panel 1: Demographic Changes and Intra-Urban Disparities
Klaus Peter STROHMEIER (Ruhr University of Bochum)
Ralph Lützeler
10:45–12:00
Panel 2: Regional Development in Shrinking Rural Environments
Stephan BEETZ (University of Applied Sciences, Mittweida)
Volker Elis
12:00–13:15
Panel 3: International Migration of Caregivers
Mireille KINGMA (ICN International Council of Nurses, Geneva)
Jens FRIEBE (German Institute for Adult Education, Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning)
Gabriele VOGT (University of Hamburg)
13:15–14:30
Lunch Break
14:30–15:45
Panel 4: Intergenerational Communication
Caja THIMM (University of Bonn)
Peter Backhaus
16:15–17:30
Panel 5: Silver Employment
Christiane HIPP (Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus)
Florian Kohlbacher
17:30–18:45
Panel 6: Silver Markets
Uwe KLEINEMAS (University of Bonn)
Florian Kohlbacher
Day 3 June 4th (Thursday)
10:00–11:15
Panel 7: Housing the Elderly
Ursula KREMER-PREISS (Kuratorium Deutsche Altershilfe, Cologne)
Maren Godzik
11:15–12:30
Panel 8: Adult Guardianship
Makoto ARAI (Tsukuba University)
Junko Ando
13:45–15:00
Panel 9: Childcare and Low Fertility
Karsten HANK (University of Mannheim)
Barbara Holthus
15:00–16:15
Panel 10: Ideas and Interests in Pronatal Policies
Tuukka TOIVONEN and Martin SEELEIB-KAISER (Oxford University)
Axel Klein
16:15–16:45
Coffee Break
16:45–18:00
PART III – PANEL DISCUSSION: GREY OR SILVER? CHALLENGES AND THE FUTURE OF AGEING SOCIETIES
Florian Coulmas
Gertrud BACKES (Director, Centre of Ageing and the Society, University of Vechta)
18:00
End of Conference
Day 2 June 3rd (Wednesday)
15:45–16:15
Coffee Break
Day 3 June 4th (Thursday)
12:30–13:45
Lunch Break
Day 1 June 2nd (Tuesday)
Panel 1: Demographic Change in Europe and Japan in Contrast
Axel Klein
Panel 2: Demographic Change and the Family in Japan
Peter Backhaus