<Day 1  July 31>

Opening Session

• Opening address / TOMONAGA Kenzo
• Briefing of the programs / HIRASAWA Yasumasa
• Keynote "Buraku Liberation Movement and International Solidarity" / TOMONAGA Kenzo

Session 1: The Social Mechanisms that Produce Minorities

• The Mechanism by which Minorities are Created / KUROKAWA Midori
• Nature and Forms of Affirmative Action in Some Selected Countries with special reference to India and Japan / Motial MAHAMALLIK
• The Paradox of Progress and the Intractability of Social Stratification: A Comparison of Minority Social Movements in the United States and Japan / John H. DAVIS, Jr.
• Discussion < Moderator: Hirasawa Yasumasa, Minutes: Joseph Hankins>

Session 2: Changing Identities of Minorities

• Learning About an Identity: Schools and Buraku Youth / Christopher BONDY
• What is our real name? Practice for multiple thoughts on Buraku Discrimination / TOMONAGA Yugo / MORI Maya
• The Identity and Social Relationships of Young Burakumin / UCHIDA Ryushi
  
• Discussion <Moderator: Kurokawa Midori, Minutes: Lee Kayoung>

<Day 2  August 1>

Session 3: The Role of the Minority Middle Class

• The Role of Leadership: The Case Paekjong in Korea / KIM Joong-Seop
• The Role of the Middle Class in Resolving Buraku Issues: The Case of the A Community / LEE Kayoung
• Discussion <Moderator: Uchida Ryushi, Minutes: Kumamoto Risa>

Session 4: Related Topics: Gender and Multiculturalism

• Social and Gender Equality: The Case of Buraku Women / Nehema K. MISOLA
• The Buraku Issue from the Perspective of Gender / KUMAMOTO Risa
• The Stakes of Japanese Multiculturalism / Joseph HANKINS
• Discussion <Moderator: Christopher Bondy, Minutes: Tomonaga Yugo>

Free Discussion / Moderator: HIRASAWA Yasumasa

Closing / TOMONAGA Kenzo