Sunday, 16th December 9:30-10:00 Keynote Speech　Soichi Shinohara, Doshisha University 10:00-13:40 Session 3: Life and Labor in the New Economy "U.S. Immigration Policy and the Evolving Ethnic Composition of the Labor Force" Jose Z. Garcia, New Mexico State University "Gender and Work in the New Economy" Chitose Sato, University of Tsukuba 11:50-13:00 Lunch 13:00-13:40 Discussion 14:00-17:00 Session 4: Urban and Environmental Policy under the New Economy "The New Growth Theory and Urban Policy" Barry Bluestone, Northeastern University "The U.S. Environmental Movement after Bush: The Struggle to be Relevant" Christopher J. Bosso, Northeastern University "New Economy and Rising Income Inequality in Japan: With Special Reference to the Effect of Increased Female Labor" Akiko Oishi, Chiba University 16:30-17:00 Discussion 17:30-18:10 Concluding Session 18:10 Closing Remark　Akimasa Miyake, Dean, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Chiba University 18:30-20:30 Farewell Party at the Graduate Lounge, Second Floor of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences