Conference Materials

IR/PS and its research centers host conferences and workshops on a variety of Pacific region topics annually. Many of the sessions are open to all interested community members, and presentations and papers are viewable online.

Immigration at the National and Local Level in Japan

May 6 - 7, 2011

This conference will feature leading academics from Japan, Brazil, Australia and the United States. The project’s objectives are to examine immigration policy in Japan in a comparative approach with the United States.

The Rising: How Will Japan Recover from the Disaster?

May 4, 2011

Six weeks after the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, UC San Diego's IR/PS hosted a town hall meeting to discuss possible future trajectories of post-Earthquake Japan.

Solving the Climate Change Problem: Technology, California, and the Emerging Markets

October 10, 2009

The conference reflected a renewed effort at UC San Diego to understand how technology can help fix problems such as global warming and insecure energy supplies.

Visit the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies and the Global Information Industry Center web sites for information on recent conferences and workshops.