On 29 October 2004, the first conference for the establishment of a Postsecondary Education Program Network of Japan was held at Tsukuba College of Technology. The purpose of this meeting was to promote collaboration among postsecondary educational institutions serving deaf men and women in Japan and to establish a supporting system for students who are deaf and hard of hearing. The meetings were attended by 12 delegates from 11 institutions from across Japan. In addition, six faculty and staff people from TCT attended the sessions.
It was resolved that PEPNet-Japan will hold a conference regularly and share information regarding developments at partner institutions. Delegates also toured TCT, and exchanged information regarding strategies to support deaf and hard of hearing students.
Attendees
- Mr. Matsuzaki, Jyo : Miyagi, Sendai Support Center for deaf and hard of hearing students
- Ms. Kuraya, Keiko: Kanto Support Center for deaf and hard of hearing students
- Mr. Ito, Akinori: Disability Services, The University of Tokyo
- Mr. Ohta, Haruyasu: Shizuoka Fukushi University
- Mr. Kanazawa, Takayuki: Gunma University
- Mr. Iwata, Yoshio: Aichi University of Education
- Mr. Ohizumi, Hiroshi: Nihon Fukushi University
- Ms. Tsuchihashi, Emiko: Doshisha University
- Mr. Tanaka, Yoshinori: Hiroshima Univerisity
- Mr. Takahashi, Nobuo: Ehime University
- Ms. Harada, Mifuji: Ehime University
- Mr. Ohta, Tomio: Fukuoka University of Education
- Mr. Ishii, Yasunobu: PEN project officer from The Nippon Foundation
- Ms. Tsutsui, Tomoko: PEN project officer from The Nippon Foundation
Attendees from TCT
- Mr. Ohnuma, Naoki: The President of TCT
- Mr. Kobayashi, Tsunehiro: Director of Center on Higher Education for the Hearing and Visually Impaired
- Mr. Nemoto, Masafumi: Manager of Hearing Impairment Working Group; Counseling/ Support Room for Post-secondary Education of Students with Hearing and Visually Impaired
- Mr. Kobayashi, Masayuki: Manager of the Division of Research on Support for the Hearing and Visually Impaired, Center on Higher Education for the Hearing and Visually Impaired
- Mr. Sumihiro, Kawano: Assistant professor, Information science
- Ms. Mayumi, Shirasawa: Assistant professor, Center on Higher Education for the Hearing and Visually Impaired
