Conference Program

Saturday, July 22, 2006 Program

09:20

Opening Registration

10:00 - 10:10
  • Opening movie
  • Greetings from Organizer
    • Opening Address by Nami TAKENAKA, Chairperson, Prop Station

10:10 - 10:30
  • A Special Video Message from Prime Minister Junichiro KOIZUMI
    • "Universal" Initiatives by Challenged Delegates from respective countries.

10:30 - 11:20
  • Minister's Session on Universal Society
10:30 - 10:40
    • Mr. Jiro KAWASAKI, Minister, Health, Labor and Welfare
10:40 - 10:50
    • Mr. Sadakazu TANIGAKI, Minister of Finance
10:55 - 11:10
    • Ms. Kuniko INOGUCHI, Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs
10:10 - 11:20
    • Mr. Taro ASO, Minister, Foreign Affairs (Video Message)

11:20 - 11:30
  • Video Message
    • Ms. Mitsuyo OHIRA, Lawyer

11:30 - 12:50

LUNCH BREAK

12:50 - 14:50
  • Speeches by Guest Speakers
12:50 - 13:30
    • "Universal Society for People with Disabilities"
      • Mr. John D. KEMP, President, U.S. International Council on Disability, Lawyer, PPSV
13:30 - 13:50
    • "Goal in Sight"
      • Ms. LENA MARIA Klingvall, Challenged Singer from Sweden.
13:50 - 14:10
    • "Road to a Universal Society "
      • Mr. Suporntum Mongkolsawadi, Principal, The Redemptorist Vocational School for Disabled, Pattaya, Thailand
14:10 - 14:30
    • "An Entrepreneur on Bed"
      • Mr. Hiroyuki KAWAMOTO, Representative, Wake-Do, Kyoto, Japan
14:30 - 14:50
    • "Encounter, Mutual Support"
      • Ms. Rie KUBO, a Creative Picture Book Writer
      • Mr. Susumu KAWABATA, President, Ion Cosmetics Co., Ltd.

14:50 - 15:30

  • KOBE Session:  11 years since the great Earthquake
    "Achieving the Most Universal City in the World"
    • Mr. Tatsuo YADA, Mayor, Kobe City
    • Mr. Kozo IWATA, President, Rock Field Co., Ltd.
    • Mr. Kazuhiko YAZAKI, President, Felissimo Corporation

15:30 - 15:45

  • Nationwide Initiatives for Promoting Web Accessibility Program
    Announcing awarding of Ac+C'04 Web Accessibility Works.
    • Awarding Ceremony on October 31, 2006 at Tokyo International Forum.
    • Awarded by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Public Management,
    • Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, Minister of Education, Sports, Culture, Science and Technology.

15:45 - 16:30

  • What Coalition Parties' Universal Project Team aims at:
    • Mr. Kazuo KITAGAWA, Minister, Land, Infrastructure and Transport (video conference)
    • Ms. Toshiko HAMAYOTSU, Member, the House of Councilors, Vice Chair, Coalition Parties' Universal Project Team
    • Ms. Yukiko SAKAMOTO, Member, the House of Councilors, Member, Coalition Parties' Universal Project Team

16:30

Closing of CJF2006

17:00–19:00

Communication Party

Enjoy Communication Party with enchanted voices of Ms. Lena Maria Klingvall.

A Special Message from H. E. Ambassador Mikael LINDSTROM, Embassy of Sweden, Tokyo

A Special Message from H. E. Ambassador Suvidhya SIMASKUL, Royal Thai Embassy, Tokyo