Panel Facilitator - Dr.

Hiroshi Kakazu / Hiroshi KAKAZU, currently Director of the Okinawa Institute of Asian Business Research and Visiting Professor at the University of Guam. He received his Ph.D from the University of Nebraska. Since then, Kakazu has served as Visiting Research Fellow and Professor to the London School of Economics, the East-West Center (Fulbrighter), the University of Hawaii, the University of the Philippines (Japan Foundation). He has also worked in positions as Economist of the Asian Development Bank, Professor and Dean of the International University of Japan, Professor of Nagoya University, Vice Governor of the Okinawa Development Finance Corporation, Vice President of the University of the Ryukyus and Vice President of the Temple University of Japan Campus. He is the co-founder of the International Small Islands Studies Association (ISISA), Vice President of the International Scientific Council for Island Development (UNESCO-INSULA), Emeritus President of the Japan Society of Island Studies, and a member of the UNESCO panel of Experts on Culture and Tourism. He has authored six single-authored books in English and more than 100 articles on the Asia-Pacific economies for various academic journals. He received the 10th Asia-Pacific Book Award in 1998. Kakazu has served as Vice Chairman of the Okinawa Development and Promotion Council of the Cabinet Office of the Japanese government for ten years since 2003. (PhD) LSE ADB (UNESCO-INSULA) (ISISA) 6 3 (nissology)