1. Mie University e-Culture BOF in Cairns Takaharu Kameoka Executive Vice-President Mie University

2. Cultural Studies ? from University of Birmingham high level of international awareness regarding contemporary politics, economics, social issues and culture a wide variety of contributions to society

3. Mie University Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies Multidimensional Culture Cultural Complexity Comparative Literature Comparative Culture Intercultural Communication Crosscultural Exchange Cultural Dynamics Cultural Anthropology Cultural Structure Media and Technology Cultural Symbol Global Culture Comparative Ethnic Journal Image Set Nation and Society Interdisciplinary Research on Creation of Culture with Dynamics and Complexity Graduate School of Arts and Sciences The University of Tokyo

4. Mie University Why e-Culture in APAN ? APAN is a network infrastructure APAN has e-Science and Natural resource APAN is powerful in agricultural collaboration APAN has a Digital Asia Project Now we have to think about the contents on human dimensions So let’s open the doors of APAN to humanities, social science and arts etc., so called e-Culture.

5. Mie University Importance of Chronology (Timeline) Arrangement ｏｆ Politics, Economics, Social issues, Culture and International Events Construction of Each Chronology for Bird’s- eye View of Each Period

6. Mie University e-Culture in GIS (Spatial Layer) GIService GIScience GISystem e-Science Natural Resource Earth Monitoring Information Science Bioinformatics etc e-Culture Economics Politics Education Humanities Art etc

7. Mie University e-Culture should be connected to natural science Connected each other interdisciplinary research

8. Mie University Today’s presentations 1.Introduction of Mie University by Takaharu Kameoka 2.The new Center for International Exchange at Mie University by Makiko Hanami, Mie University 3.Two Features of Library, Mie University by Osamu Inoue, Mie University 4.“The challenges of the Information Management in Farm Businesses” by Tomohiro Uchiyama, Mie University 5.Encountering of Cultures by Masao Ishii, Mie University 6.Strategy against Environmental Problems in East Asia for Promoting e-Culture, -Viewpoint of Human Dimensions- by Hye-Sook Park, Mie University 7.Economy and Society in Southeast Asia by Shigeo Arai, Mie University 8.Presentation by Dr Kanchana Kanchanasut, director of intERLab, AIT

9. Mie University Discussion on e-Culture e-Culture or other suitable name ? For example, e-Arts ? What is covered by e-Culture ? What is the relationship between e- Science and e-Culture ?