Program
The Political Economy of Nation State Image Management at World Expos
Workshop Program:
Wednesday, Sept 3:
- Welcome, Visit and Guided Tour, Canadian Pavilion, World Expo 2025, Osaka
- Team Presentation, “Foundational Thoughts on The Expo Script,” Canadian Pavilion, World Expo 2025, Osaka
- Welcome, Visit and Guided Tour, Japanese pavilion, World Expo 2025, Osaka
Friday, September 5
10am - 12pm Panel I: Ways of World Expos (15 minutes each)
Welcome, Chair and Commentator: Hiroo Nakajima, University of Osaka
- Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Freie Universität Berlin, „Spectacle & Sensation: Nation Branding at World Expos, 1851-2025“
- Nick Cull, University of Southern California, “World Expos and Reputational Security”
- Matthew Asada, U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana & former Deputy Commissioner General, USA Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, “Intra-Event comparison of Expo 2020 Dubai and FIFA 2022 Doha: Lessons for Future Global Mega Event Hosts”
1-3pm Panel 2: Japan (15 minutes each)
Chair and Commentator: Tsutomu Himeno, Ex-Ambassador in Charge of Kansai
- Hiroo Nakajima, University of Osaka, “The International House of Japan: The De Facto Center of Intellectual Interchange in the Postwar Japan”
- Nobuyuki Nakamura, Kanda University of International Studies: “Germination of Public Diplomacy in the U.S.: Nicholas M. Butler and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace”
- Anri Kahata, Toyo University: “Japan’s Cultural Diplomacy in Expo’70”
- Nancy Snow, Nikkei Asia; Global Communications, KREAB Tokyo, “From Triumph to Tightrope: Osaka’s World Expos, 1970 to 2025”
4-6pm Panel 3: China and India (15 minutes each)
Chair and Commentator: Nick Cull
- Kaifeng Xiao, University of Osaka, “Internationalism or National Interest? Anglo-American Technical and Cultural Aid to China (1941–1945)”
- Barney Liu, Tsinghua University, Beijing, “Global China: Branding construction through world expos (2015-2025)."
- Di Wu, School of Political Science & International Relations, Shanghai Tongji University(title tbc)
- Sudarshan Rambadran, “India at World Expo: Past, Present and Future,” Stock Exchange Mumbai
Saturday, September 6
10am-12pm: Panel 4: Turkey (15 minutes each)
Chair and Commentator: Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Freie Universität Berlin
- Lesar Yurtsever, Freie Universität Berlin: “Turkey at the World Expo”
- Mihriban Akyol, Türkiye Brand Office,“Reputation by Design: Mega Events as Soft Power Instruments in Nation Branding”
12pm: Conclusion & Lunch
Afternoon, September 6:
- Welcome, Visit and Guided Tour, Wa! Germany Pavilion, World Expo 2025, Osaka
- Presentation and discussion of research results “The Expo Script,” at “Magazin,” German pavilion, World Expo 2025, Osaka
- Visit and Tour of the U.S. Pavilion