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Born in Osaka， Tadao Ando trained himself in architecture and in 1969 established an architectural office， Tadao Ando Architect & Associates． His representative works include “Rokko Housing，” “Church of the Light，” “FABRICA：Benetton Art School，” “Pulitzer Arts Foundation，” “Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth，” “Chichu Art Museum，” “Omotesando Hills（Dojunkai Aoyama Apartment Building Reconstruction Plan），” “Punta della Dogana，” “Shanghai Poly Grand Theater，” and “Clark Art Institute．”
He received the Architectural Institute of Japan Prize for the “Row House in Sumiyoshi” in 1979； Ａlvar Aalto Medal in 1985； French Academy of Architecture Gold Medal in 1989；Japan Art Academy Prize in 1993； Asahi Prize and Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1995；Praemium Imperial Award in Honor of Prince Takamatsu in 1996； AIA Gold Medal and Kyoto Prize in 2002； Person of Cultural Merit in 2003； UIA（The International Union of Architects）Gold Medal and Legion d’Honneur （Chevalier） in 2005； Person of Environmental Merit in 2006； John F． Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Gold Prize， Shinpei Goto Award, and Order of Cultural Merit in 2010； Richard Neutra Award in 2012，Ordre des Arts et des Lettres（Commander）in 2013； Ordine della Stella d＇Italia （Grande Ufficiale） in 2015； and Isamu Noguchi Award in 2016．
He worked as the deputy chairman of the Reconstruction Design Council in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011， and presently serves as the Committee Chairman of “Momo-Kaki Orphans Fund-the Great East Japan Earthquake．”
He served as a visiting professor at Yale， Columbia， and Harvard Universities． He worked as a professor at the University of Tokyo from 1997 and became professor emeritus for the university in 2003．
His books include “Kenchiku wo Kataru” （Talking about Architecture）， “Rensen-renpai”（A Succession of Defeats）， “Kenchikuka Ando Tadao” （Architect Tadao Ando）， “Shigoto wo Tsukuru” （Creation of Jobs）， “TADAO ANDO Insight Guide-Ando Tadao to Sono Kioku” （Tadao Ando and His Memories）．”
In 2017， the exhibition “Tadao Ando : Endeavors” was held at the National Art Center，Tokyo， and a total number of over 300,000 people visited it.
The “Tadao Ando Exhibition 2018” took place at the Centre Pompidou， Paris， from October 10 to December 31， 2018．

Senior Fellow， GRIPS ALLIANCE， National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Tamotsu Aoki was born in Tokyo in 1938． He has studied cultural anthropology at the University of Tokyo (BA, MA) and Osaka University (Ph.D.). He has taught as a professor at Osaka University， the University of Tokyo， and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies（GRIPS）． He was the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the Director General of the National Art Center， Tokyo． Since this April， he is a Senior Fellow at GRIPS Alliance， in charge of the Cultural Policy Research Program．Since 1965， he has done fieldwork in Thailand and Sri Lanka．
He became a Buddhist monk at a Thai Buddhist temple in Bangkok from 1972 to 1973．Among his many books，there are“Bunka-ryoku no Jidai “（An Era of Power of Culture），“Girei no Shochosei” （The Symbolism of Ritual） and “Edward Hopper, Seijuku to Kyori”（Edward Hopper Silence and Distance）（2019）．

A Ph.D. in Economics from Johns Hopkins University Former Minister of Energy and Minister of Commerce of Thailand

Thai economist / technocrat， is known for his continuous involvement in the economic development of Thailand in many capacities， and in ASEAN and APEC affairs． He has worked on ASEAN and APEC affairs all along， being an initiator of AFTA and APEC Leaders Meeting； has been Chairman of Steering Committee and Vice Chairman of Mekong Institute Council， Chairman of Khon Kaen University Council， and is a TDRI Founding and Board Member． Also， he has been Chair of Thai National Committee for
PECC（TNCPEC）since August 2009 He was Minister of Energy， Minister of Commerce，Senator， and member of National Legislative Assembly and an advisor to several Thai PMs； worked as a Board member of National Economic and Social Development Board, Board of Investment， Bank of Thailand， Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand， and Insurance Commission． He also served as Chairman of Thai EXIM Bank．He is the Board Chairman of MFC Ass et Management Plc． And Ananda Property
Development Plc． and Brooker Group． And since January 2016， he has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of AIA Group Limited， Hong Kong．

Advisor，Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute

Mr．Shigeyuki Abe was born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1948．He received B.A. from Osaka University in 1970 and the East West Center scholarship enabled him to continue to study at the University of Hawaii．After obtaining Ph.D. in 1977 he joined the United Nations ESCAP as an Economic Affairs Officer．He returned Japan to follow an academic career．He taught at Kyoto Sangyo University，Kobe University，Kyoto University，and Doshisha University．He served as the director of Contemporary Asia Research Center as well．He is currently an adviser of the 21st Century Research Institute．Development Economics is his specialization；his current research includes regional integration，foreign direct investment，Chinese economy，and Asian social security issues．His main publications are Japan-Why It Works，Why It Doesn’t（1997），The Trade Investment Nexus（2000），and Emerging Developments in East Asia FTA/EPAs（2007）．