Keynote Speakers

Prof. Dr. Kokyo Oh is a senior researcher in Center for Environmental Science in Saitama, Japan. He obtained Ph.D. degree (soil science) in 1995, and was honored as a research fellow by Japan Science and Technology Agency (STA) from 1997 to 1999. His research areas include soil science, environmental conservation, environmental chemistry and biology, and environmental agronomy. He has published more than 200 major academic papers, has presided over and participated in more than 100 scientific research fund projects, and has been invited to be the chairman of more than 20 international conferences.

 

Makoto Usami is Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy at Kyoto University, Vice-Dean of the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, and Councilor of the university. Before joining the faculty, he has been Professor of Law and Philosophy at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (2008–2013), Professor of Jurisprudence at Chukyo University (2002–2004), and a visiting scholar at Harvard University (1997–1999). He has taught at several leading universities in Japan, including Doshisha University, Hokkaido University, Keio University, Nagoya University, Ritsumeikan University, University of Tokyo, and Waseda University. He also currently serves as a visiting professor at Kochi University of Technology. Prof. Usami was educated at Nagoya University (M.A. in Law, the highest honor in law, 1991; B.A. in Law, the highest honor in law, 1989), and received his LL.D. degree from the same university in 1996. He was elected Vice President of Public Policy Studies Association, Japan (2010–2012) and has served as President of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Japan since 2018. He also holds membership in the Science Council of Japan, Council of the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy, Executive Council of Japan Law and Economics Association, and Council of PPSAJ, among others.