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PAC3 at JALT2001: A Language Odyssey (Day 1 of 3)

Speaker: Hundreds of speakers

Date: Friday, November 23rd, 2001

Time: 8:30 AM - 10:00 PM

Location: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka

Venue: Kitakyushu International Conference Center, Kitakyushu (5 minutes from Kokura Shinkansen Station) Link: How to get there

Description:

08:30 -- Registration opens
09:00 -- Programs start (200 meetings, presentations, workshops, colloquia)
09:00 -- Educational Materials Exposition opens
14:00 -- Opening Ceremony
- PAC - Asian Youth Forum student speeches. The main conference begins by listening to the voices of youth. College-aged young people from Thailand, Korea, Japan and other Asian countries who are taking part in an Asian Youth Forum to discuss language, culture and international understanding will address the 2,000 or so expected participants.
14:30 -- Opening Plenary Collaborative Speakers
- Sang-ho Han, Ph.D., Kyongju University & Robert Dickey, MPA JD, Kyongju University, representing KoreaTESOL: Collaborations in Foreign Language Medium Instruction
17:00 -- Collaborative Main Plenary Speakers
- David Nunan, Ph.D., University of Hong Kong & Arunee Wiriyachitra, Ph.D., Chiangmai University, representing ThailandTESOL: English as a global language: International perspectives and local understandings
18:00 -- Close Educational Materials Exposition.
19:00 -- End regular programs
20:00 -- End meetings/other events
20:00 -- Open Social Event
22:00 -- End social event