Programme

This page provides details of featured presentations, the conference schedule and other programming. For more information about presenters, please visit the Speakers page.


Conference Outline

Sunday, May 11, 2025Monday, May 12, 2025Tuesday, May 13, 2025Wednesday, May 14, 2025Thursday, May 15, 2025Friday, May 16, 2025

Location: The Public Red Akasaka, Tokyo

17:30-19:30: Welcome Reception | The Public Red Akasaka
This is a free event open to all registered delegates

Location: Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo

11:30-12:30: Conference Check-in | Main Room (4F)

12:30-12:35: Announcements | Main Room (4F) & Online

12:35-13:00: Welcome Addresses & Recognition of IAFOR Scholarship Winners | Main Room (4F) & Online
Joseph Haldane, IAFOR, Japan

13:00-14:30: Panel Presentation | Main Room (4F) & Online

14:30-14:50: Coffee Break

14:50-15:15: Keynote Presentation | Orion Hall (5F)
15:15-15:40: Q & A Session | Orion Hall (5F)

15:45-16:10: Keynote Presentation | Orion Hall (5F)
16:10-16:25: Q & A Session | Orion Hall (5F)

16:25-16:40: Conference Photograph

16:40-17:00: Extended Coffee Break | Subaru (5F)

17:00-18:00: Conference Poster Session 1 | Orion Hall (5F)

Location: Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo

09:15-09:45: Conference Check-in | Subaru Room (5F)

09:45-10:45: Panel Presentation | Orion Hall (5F) & Online

10:45-11:00: Coffee Break

11:00-12:30: The Forum | Orion Hall (5F)

12:30-14:00: Lunch Break

14:00-15:00: Haiku Workshop | Orion Hall (5F)
Hana Fujimoto, Haiku International Association, Japan
Emiko Miyashita, Haiku International Association, Japan

15:00-15:30: Extended Coffee Break | Subaru (5F)

15:30-16:30: Conference Poster Session 2 | Orion Hall (5F)

19:00-21:00: Conference Dinner | Shunju Tameikesanno
This is a ticketed event

Location: Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo

08:30-09:30: Conference Check-in (7F)

09:30-11:10: Onsite Parallel Session 1

11:10-11:25: Coffee Break

11:25-12:40: Onsite Parallel Session 2

12:40-12:55: Coffee Break

12:55-14:35: Onsite Parallel Session 3

14:35-14:50: Coffee Break

14:50-16:30: Onsite Parallel Session 4

16:30-16:45: Coffee Break

16:45-18:25: Onsite Parallel Session 5

Location: Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo

08:30-09:30: Conference Check-in (7F)

09:30-11:10: Onsite Parallel Session 1

11:10-11:25: Coffee Break

11:25-12:40: Onsite Parallel Session 2

12:40-12:55: Coffee Break

12:55-14:35: Onsite Parallel Session 3

14:35-14:50: Coffee Break

14:50-16:30: Onsite Parallel Session 4

16:35-16:50: Onsite Closing Session | Room 701 (7F)

Location: Online via Zoom

08:55-09:00: Message from IAFOR

09:00-09:40: Keynote Presentation | Online

09:40-11:20: Online Parallel Session 1

11:20-11:30: Break

11:30-13:10: Online Parallel Session 2

13:10-13:20: Break

13:20-15:00: Online Parallel Session 3

15:00-15:10: Break

15:10-16:50: Online Parallel Session 4

16:50-17:00: Closing Message from IAFOR

The above schedule may be subject to change.



Featured Presentations

To be announced

  • Turning the Faucet to Full: Expanding the Use of Bormann’s Symbolic Convergence Theory (SCT) in Asian Humanities, Social Science, and Cultural Studies Research
    Turning the Faucet to Full: Expanding the Use of Bormann’s Symbolic Convergence Theory (SCT) in Asian Humanities, Social Science, and Cultural Studies Research
    Keynote Presentation: Thomas G. Endres

Featured Speakers

To be announced


Conference Programme

The draft version of the Conference Programme will be available online on April 07, 2025. All registered delegates will be notified of this publication by email.

*Please be aware that the above schedule may be subject to change.


Important Information Emails

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Previous Programming

View details of programming for past ACAH conferences via the links below.

Turning the Faucet to Full: Expanding the Use of Bormann’s Symbolic Convergence Theory (SCT) in Asian Humanities, Social Science, and Cultural Studies Research
Keynote Presentation: Thomas G. Endres

Humans are storytellers and scholars – whether they be from the arts and humanities, the social sciences, or cultural studies – need the means to assess and interpret the symbolic narratives found within communities. Over the past two decades, a faucet has been turned on low, and a small stream of Asian scholars have started to use Ernest Bormann’s Symbolic Convergence Theory (SCT) as their theory and method of choice. The flow of research – examining heroes, villains, settings, and plotlines – has been slow but steady; now, in this address, SCT expert Thomas G. Endres plans to turn the faucet to full. In sharing both the body of work done throughout Asia and his own studies, which range from rhetorical analysis to quantitative research, both emerging and established scholars can assess SCT’s utility as an insightful tool. Hopefully the steady stream of this theoretical framework will expand, as SCT is further applied across a variety of Asian Pacific publications and presentations.

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