COVID-19 PROTOCOLS:
Face masks and hand sanitizers will be available at the event facilities. Stanford strongly recommends COVID vaccinations and boosters for all attendees as well as masking in crowded settings. Visit Stanford Health Alerts for the most current guidance and restrictions due to COVID-19.
SPEAKERS
Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Columbia University
Consul General of Japan in San Francisco
INTRODUCERS
Laurence Bates (IUC ’85)
Member of the Board of Directors, Managing Executive Officer and General Counsel (Retired), Panasonic Corporation
​
Bruce Batten
Resident Director, IUC​
​
Taranee Cao (IUC ’19)
Instructor in Japanese Language and Linguistics, Earlham College
​
David Evans (IUC ’79)
Former Professor of Linguistics and Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University; Founder, CEO, and Chief Scientist, Clairvoyance Corporation
​
Andy Hazelton (IUC ’05)
Sr. Manager, Vison Engineering, Intuitive Surgical
​
​
SPEAKERS
Stephen M. Alpert ’79
Mary Brinton ’78
Albert Chu
Gerald Curtis ’65
Rosaley Gai ’22
Fumiaki Ikeno
Indra Levy
Sarah Lubman ’85
Alan Poul ’75
Ariel Stilerman ’09
Kurt Tong ’86
Kiyoteru Tsutsui
ADDITIONAL SESSIONS
FILM SCREENING AND Q&A
MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS
OCTOBER 6, 2023 | 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
​Join us for a special screening of Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Q&A with Alan Poul '75 who was both an actor and associate producer on the film. This session is in conjunction with his presentation on Saturday at the Interpreting a Changing Japan symposium, where he will share more of his experiences working as a producer in Japan, most recently with the hit series Tokyo Vice.
LUNCH & WORKSHOP
TEACHING JAPAN IN THE AGE OF AI
OCTOBER 7, 2023 | 12:40 PM - 1:40 PM PDT
Are you an IUC alum currently grappling with the sudden changes wrought on the teaching profession by the advent of generative AI? Together we will discuss the challenges presented by ChatGPT for student learning and assessments; discuss best practices for talking to students about the use of AI; and brainstorm course assignments that effectively hone critical thinking skills in an age when take-home essays and online discussion posts can be undetectably produced by AI.