■Keynote Speakers:
・Mr. Shunichi Tokura (Commissioner, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan)
・Mr. Hiroyasu Matsuoka (President & CEO, TOHO CO., LTD.)
■Panel Discussion and Q&A :
・Dr. William Tsutsui (U.S. CULCON Vice Chair; Chancellor, Ottawa University) (Moderator)
・Mr. Shunichi Tokura (Commissioner, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan)
・Mr. Hiroyasu Matsuoka (President & CEO, TOHO CO., LTD.)
■Introductory Remarks/Moderator :
・Mr. Trevor A. Dawes (U.S. CULCON Panelist and Information Access and Sharing U.S. WG Chair; Vice Provost for Libraries and Museums and May Morris University Librarian, University of Delaware)
■Panelists:
・Ms. Aiko Doden (Distinguished Senior Fellow, The Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS)
・Ms. Emily Singley (Vice President, North American Library Relations, Elsevier)
・Dr. Yuko Takahashi (Japan CULCON Panelist and Information Access and Sharing Japan WG Chair; President, Tsuda University)
■Introductory Remarks/Moderator:
・Dr. Sheila A. Smith (Former Chair of U.S. CULCON; John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Studies, Council on Foreign Relations)
■Panelists:
・Dr. Mary Alice Haddad (CULCON Subnational Diplomacy U.S. WG member; Professor of Government, Wesleyan University)
・Ms. Lori Duggan Gold (Deputy Director for Operations and External Affairs, National Museum of Asian Art)
・Mr. Shin Koyamada (CULCON Subnational Diplomacy Japan WG member; Founder and Chair, Japan United States Sister City Association (JUSSCA))
・Ms. Jessyca Livingston (CULCON Subnational Diplomacy U.S. WG member; Executive Director, U.S. JET Programme Alumni Association (USJETAA))