@article{7547f124647747158a3b142e661fb2f5,
title = "Japan's first national intergenerational conference: The story behind the planning",
author = "Satoru Yajima and Matthew Kaplan and Masataka Kuraoka and Atsuko Kusano",
note = "Funding Information: At the same time, there were familiarities with how GU and intergenerational networks in other countries reported success in organizing large, multifaceted conferences as a strategy for helping intergenerational specialists find common ground and an enhanced commitment for working together. With these successes in mind, organizers from JIUA together with a small group of international colleagues decided to hold an international conference in Japan in August 2006. JIUA, Penn State University, and Shin-shu University formed a conference planning team to organize Japan{\textquoteright}s first national conference that would include international experts as well as local professionals and students. They received support from the Center for Global Partnership at Japan Foundation (New York office), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and the Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition {\textquoteright}70. (For more information about JIUA and its beginnings, see Kusano [2009], in this issue.) The conference planning team focused on the development of a meeting to reflect the breadth of intergenerational work (programs, policies, and research) in Japan in terms of geographic location, setting, program approach, and in multidisciplinary backgrounds of those who plan, implement, and study intergenerational programs. A secondary goal was to introduce intergenerational models and ideas emanating from other countries that have not received much exposure in Japan.",
year = "2009",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1080/15350770802628786",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "7",
pages = "4--16",
journal = "Journal of Intergenerational Relationships",
issn = "1535-0770",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "1",
}