17:00 – 20:00

Welcome Dinner
Venue: The Oven American Buffet (For details please click here)

08:30 – 14:00

08:45 – 09:00

09:00 – 10:00

Registration

Opening remarks

Session 1: Business, Humanities, and Social Science
Chair: Chowdhury Mahbubul Alam (Fukuoka Women’s University)

1.1 Socio-economic Development in Bangladesh: Findings from Long-Term Panel Data and a Glance Ahead
by Mohammad Abdul Malek, Aiko Kikkawa, Abdul Kalam Azad, Yasuyuki Sawada (Tsukuba University)

1.2 Historical Background of Social Business Enterprises in Bangladesh
by Sufia Khan (Nanzan University)

1.3 Does Board Structure Matter in CSR Spending of Commercial Banks? Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Economy
by Bishnu Kumar Adhikary and Ranjan Kumar Mitra (Doshisha University)

1.4 Collateral in SME Lending: Evidence from an Emerging Economy
by Sadia Noor Khan

10:00 – 10:15

Coffee break

10:15 – 11:00

Session 2: Agricultural science
Chair: Tofael Ahamed (University of Tsukuba)

2.1 Assessing Damaged Agricultural Lands by Recurrent Tropical Cyclones in Coastal Region of Bangladesh
by Md. Shamsuzzoha, Ryozo Noguchi, and Tofael Ahamed (University of Tsukuba)

2.2 Investigating the effect of climate change on food loss and food security in Bangladesh
by Mohammad Saiful Islam, Kazunobu Okubo, AHM Saiful Islam, and Masayuki Sato (Kobe University)

2.3 Introducing a damage-based crop insurance system and yield prediction algorithms for future flash flood-affected farmers: A multidisciplinary approach
by Md. Monirul Islam, Kiyokazu Ujiie, Ryozo Noguchi, and Tofael Ahamed (University of Tsukuba)

11:00 – 11:15

Coffee break

11:15 – 12:30

Session 3: Medical, Pharmaceuticals, and public health
Chair: S.M.A Hakim Siddiki (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

3.1 Effect of enamel matrix derivative on avulsed tooth treatment
by Md Riasat HASAN (Hokkaiido University)

3.2 Dentin-bonding efficacy of two new dental bonding agents
by Arefin Alam, Abu Faem Mohammad Almas Chowdhury, Monica Yamauti, Hidehiko Sano (Hokkaido University)

3.3 Catalysis in Fine Chemical Synthesis: Industrial Prospects in Bangladesh
by S. M. A. Hakim Siddiki (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

3.4 Future aspects of cancer immunotherapy in Bangladesh
by Tania Afroj (Kyoto University)

3.5 A Simplified Analytical Model to Evaluate Hospital Preparedness for Earthquake Emergency Response
by Md. Shakhawat Hossain, Fahmida Alam Bintu, Md. Zillur Rahman, Md. Khairul Islam, ASM Maksud Kamal, Abrar Hossain

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch break and general meeting

13:30 – 15:00

Session 4: Natural sciences, Engineering and ICT
Chair: Nazmul Ahsan (The University of Tokyo)

4.1 25 years of experience & recent activity in photonics-A MEMS-based widely tunable VCSEL for SS-OCT
by Mohammed Saad Khan (Santec Corporation)

4.2 Potential of desiccant-assisted hybrid air-conditioning for cold storage of agro commodities in Bangladesh
by Jubair A. Shamim (University of Tokyo)

4.3 The Quest for Sustainability in Energy and Electricity Sectors of Bangladesh
by Jubair Sieed (University of Tokyo)

4.4 Recent development in display technology and its industrial perspective in Bangladesh
by Mehadi Aman (Sharp Corporation)

4.5 The role of semiconductor chips in modern civilization and opportunities for Bangladesh
by Mahfuzul Islam (Kyoto University)

4.6 Shear wave velocity estimation using horizontal-to-vertical analysis in the Sylhet Basin in Bangladesh
by Atikul H. Farazi, Md. Shakhawat Hossain, Yoshihiro Ito, José Piña-Flores (Kyoto University)

15:00 – 15:15

Coffee Break

15:15 – 16:00

Panel discussion
Moderator: Mohammad Abdul Malek (University of Tsukuba)

Panelists:
Chowdhury Mahbubul Alam (Fukuoka Women’s University)
Tofael Ahamed (University of Tsukuba)
S.M.A Hakim Siddiki (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Nazmul Ahsan (The University of Tokyo)

16:00 – 16:45

Concluding session
Moderator: Sharifu Ura (Kitami Institute of Technology)

Formal Declaration of NBRJ
by Khondaker Mizanur Rahman (Nanzan University)

Concluding remarks
by H.E. Mr. Shahabuddin Ahmed, The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to Japan