Kyoto and Keio students will present their final result of theirfield works followed by the discussion.

We invite a guest speaker Prof. Yunita Winarto. from Departmentof Anthropology , University of Indonesia.

We invite a guest speaker from National University of Laos. Prof.Phouphet is going to talk about the trade liberalization in Laos,which is also a very hot topic in Japan.

We invite a guest speaker from Jakarta Indonesia, talking aboutthe digital preservation of world heritage, focusing on theBorobudur Temple (Indonesia). Borobudur Temple is just re-openedin November 2011 from the long-term restoration after theearthquake damage. This session is the first workshop of theseries named "AGORAsia", jointly organized with UNESCO, SOI Asiaand CONNECTAsia. http://connectivity.connect-asia.org/2011/11/1/agorasia/

As a part of this program, this weekend, 3 Keio Universitystudents are visiting Kyoto and 3 Kyoto University students arevisiting Tokyo/Yokohama to do their field research. In thissession, visiting students in each campus will present the resultof their field works during the weekend.

Two researchers from Kyoto University will present their recentworks followed by the discussion among participants. Firstpresentation is about the social welfare in Thailand, and thesecond presentation is "Gender and Islamic Piety: The Emergenceof Muslim Women Political Leaders in the Direct Local HeadElection ".

2 researchers in Keio University introduces their field orientedresearches both in Philippines followed by the discussion amongstudents. First presentation is "Detainees Insecurity inMandaluyong Jail (Philippines)". The second presentation is"Children in Disaster Prone Areas: Their Insecurities andPotentials as Active Agents in Disaster Management (CaragaRegion, Philippines in Focus)". Both researches are heavilycontributed by a long-term field works.

Prof. Nakamura from Kyoto University will introduce the newacademic area called "Field Informatics".

In this session, we invite Mr. Gred Dalziel, PhD candidate ofKeio University to talk about this recent research about "Rumor",as an interesting example of field oriented research.

In this session, we invite Mr. Tsuchiya , PhD cancdidate of KeioUniversity, to talk about a very interesting tool to support yourfield work called "Field Explorer". He is the developer of thistool as well as a user of this tool for his own field research inVietnam. He will give us an introductory session about the tool,and how the field research is supported by ICT.

Prof. Umegaki of Keio University will talk about what is theresearch in Asia and what is the research about Asia ?

Four "architects" of this joint course will introduce thestudents to its overall goal, and the system of computer andhuman networks which supports it.