Abstract
The First Conference of the Society of Kyosei Studies was held on March 21, 2023, at Rissho University in Tokyo. This paper describes the processes leading up to hosting the conference, details of the conference program and the purpose thereof, general principles behind conference management, and points for improvement from the perspective of the three directors who took the lead in conference management. Furthermore, the paper investigates the challenges that arise when viewing the Society’s conference itself as a practice for Kyosei (human coexistence).
The greatest significance of this conference was to host the first in-person meeting for many Society members, to
build new relationships and start new dialogs. Open topic reports and roundtable discussion categories were arranged
for holding research and practice exchanges. Moreover, the latter served to build on the commonality of activities and
conceptual relationships that already existed among the members and expand these to a wider circle in the Society of
Kyosei Studies.
However, with regard to preparation and management, a constant challenge was how to provide a thorough
response to diverse needs that were brought up in connection to the Society’s conference with a limited timeframe
and resources. This paper reviews this situation from the perspective of Kyosei, which aims to simultaneously achieve
both respecting for diversity and ensuring cohesiveness, and it organizes a conceptual approach that will be necessary
for future conference management.
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