Programm - Deutsches Wissenschafts- und Innovationshaus Tokyo

13:30-14:00	Opening Remarks Marijke Wahlers German Research and Innovation Forum Tokyo / Head, International Department, German Rector's Conference Professor Dr Ursula M. Staudinger Vice-President, German National Academy of Sciences / Vice-President, Jacobs University Bremen Dr Volker Stanzel Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Japan
14:00-15:00	Session 1: The Plasticity of Aging Chair: Professor Dr Hiroshi Shibata Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Human Arts and Sciences / President, Society for Applied Gerontology - Japan *More Years, More Life: The Plasticity of Aging* Professor Dr Ursula M. Staudinger Vice-President, German National Academy of Sciences and Vice-President, Jacobs University Bremen Redesigning Communities for Aging Well Professor Dr Hiroko Akiyama Institute of Gerontology, The University of Tokyo / Former Vice-President, Science Council of Japan Discussion
15:00-16:00	Session 2: The Economics of Aging Chair: Professor Dr Hidehiko Ichimura Graduate School of Economics and Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo *Demographic Change: Not a Disaster, but a Great Opportunity for Japan and Germany* Professor Dr Axel Börsch-Supan Director, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA), Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy *The Coming Age Storm: Are Japan and Germany in the Same Boat?* Professor Dr Naohiro Ogawa Director, Population Research Institute, Nihon University Discussion
16:00-16:30	Coffee Break
16:30-17:30	Session 3: Aging in a Company Setting / Aging in the Work Context Chair: Dr Florian Kohlbacher Head of Business and Economics Section, German Institute for Japanese Studies *Towards a Life-long Active Society* Professor Dr Atsushi Seike President, Keio University Challenges and Chances of Aging Workforces in Firms Professor Dr Uschi Backes-Gellner Department of Business Administration, University of Zurich Discussion
17:30-18:30	Session 4: Aging and Volunteering Chair: Professor Dr Masakazu Shirasawa Graduate School of Gerontology, J.F. Oberlin University Council Member, Science Council of Japan *Volunteering and Social Capital in the Aging Society* Professor Dr Naoto Yamauchi Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University *Patterns, Potentials and Limitations of Volunteering in an Aging Society: The Case of Germany* Professor Dr Marcel Erlinghagen Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen Discussion
18:30-19:00	Closing Remarks Professor Dr Florian Coulmas Director, German Institute for Japanese Studies Professor Dr Hiroko Akiyama Institute of Gerontology, The University of Tokyo / Former Vice-President, Science Council of Japan Professor Dr Ursula M. Staudinger Vice-President, German National Academy of Sciences and Vice-President, Jacobs University Bremen
19:00-21:00	Reception