| 9:00- | Registration |
| 10:00-10:20 |
Opening, Welcome Prof. Yasuharu Suematsu(Director General, National Institute of Informatics (NII)) Mr. Hiroshi Nagano(Secretary-General, Japanese National Commission for UNESCO/Director-General for International Affairs, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Culture ) Mr. Kunio Sato(Director-General, Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO(ACCU)) Mr. Martin Hadlow(Director of UNESCO-Kabul and UNESCO-Baghdad) |
| 10:20-11:20 |
Keynote Speech "Culture Treasures in Afghanistan" Prof. Takayasu Higuchi(Director, Research Center for Silk Roadology/Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University) |
| 11:20-11:40 | Break |
| 11:40-12:30 |
Public Lecture "The Ruins and the Culture in Ancient Loulan Kingdom" Prof. Kazutoshi Nagasawa(Professor Emeritus, Waseda University/) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-14:30 |
Public Lecture "Intercultural Tourism along the Silk Roads" Mr. Doudou Diene(Special Rapporter to the UN High Commissioner in NY) |
| 14:30-15:00 |
Public Lecture "Challenges and Potentials for Sharing between the Network of Excellence ｆor Research and Education on Digital Silk Roads (NERE/DSR) and e-Culture Net" Dr. Kim H. Veltman(Scientific Director of Maastricht McLuhan Institute) |
| 15:00-15:30 |
Public Lecture "Nara, the Final destination of Silk Roads - the Road of GIGAKU (Masked Dance)" Prof. Minoru Senda(Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies) |
| 15:30-15:50 | Break |
| 15:50-16:20 |
Public Lecture "The Tangible Heritage of Cultural Asia" Mr. Barry Lane(Head of UNESCO/Tashkent) |
| 16:20-17:00 |
Overview of the Digital Silk Roads Project and Future Perspectives Prof. Kinji Ono(Professor & Executive Director of Research, National Institute of Informatics (NII)) |