International Colloquium on“Innovations and Digital Tools in International Peace, Security, and Development: Emerging Practices and Future Trends”

International Colloquium on“Innovations and Digital Tools in International Peace, Security, and Development: Emerging Practices and Future Trends”

 

Date: March 14, 2023 (Tuesday): 10:00-13:00

Place: Mercury Tower Conference Room, 7th Floor, East Campus*

Objective：

This colloquium aims at (a) taking stock on the status of digital transformation in the area of international relations, with a particular focus on peace, security, and development, (b) identifying opportunities and challenges associated with the alternative approaches to international relations, and (c) discussing implications and proposals for academic research and higher education.

Panelists ：

・Jeffrey Lewis, Director, East Asia Nonproliferation Project, Middlebury Institute of International Studies

・Toshi Nakamura, CEO and Co-Founder, Kopernik; Lecturer, Hitotsubashi University

・Martin Waehlisch, Team Leader, Innovation Cell, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, United Nations

 

Program (held in English with simultaneous translation)：

10:00     Introduction

Opening by Nobumasa Akiyama, Professor, Graduate School of Law/Director, Center for Global Online Education (C-GOE)

 

10:20-11:30 Part I: Digital Tools and Other Innovations in Practice

・New Digital Tools for Studying Arms Control, Disarmament and Nonproliferation

Jeffrey Lewis, Director, East Asia Nonproliferation Project, Middlebury Institute of International Studies

・Kopernik’s activities to foster innovation in international development

Toshi Nakamura, CEO and Co-Founder, Kopernik; Lecturer, Hitotsubashi University

・Innovation for UN Peace and Security Efforts

Martin Waehlisch, Team Leader, Innovation Cell, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, United Nations

Moderated by Yukako Tanaka-Sakabe, Assistant Professor, C-GOE

 

＜15-minute break＞ Participants will have an opportunity to try VR experiences

 

11:45-12:45         Part II: Understanding New Tools and Future Trends

・The global state of play in the use of digital and other emerging techniques relating to international peace and development issues

・Merits and demerits of these new tools and how to supplement them

・Skills and experiences to navigate the digitalized world of international relations

・Requirements for instructors and students in higher education

・Q and A

Moderated by Sumie Nakaya, Assistant Professor, C-GOE

 

12:45-13:00　Closing

 

*The event will be recorded for release with Japanese translation at a later stage.

*by Center for Global Online Education/Global Governance Research Center/Global Leaders Program, Faculty of Law