------- Apologies for x-posting --------- Notice! Abstract Submission Deadline Extended (until June 29) The 5th International Conference on Social Enterprise in Asia will be held from 21 to 23 September, Osaka, Japan. Abstract submission is now open! https://www.icsea2018.jp/index.html Main Theme; Social enterprise and social economy in Asia: Inclusive local community and global civil society Call for Abstracts The organizing committee is now accepting abstract submissions for the ICSEA (International Conference on Social Enterprise in Asia). Abstracts of the research should be connected to any of the sub themes of the conference: “Social Enterprises and Social Entrepreneurship in Asian context,” “Conceptions and Models of Social Innovation,” “Social Innovation in various services or settings: social welfare, health, education, environmental protection etc,” “Social Finance & Impact Investment and other new initiatives,” “Cross-sector Collaboration, Public, private partnership (PPP),”and “Social Impacts of SE and their Measurement.” Abstracts for paper and poster should: • be about 300words. be under 500 words. • be sent by Registration Page (fill in biographical details). Submission process STEP 1 Complete the form of Registration Page by June 29, 2018, and await announcement of accepted presentations. STEP 2 Pay for the conference fee and upload the full paper (should be 5000 to 8000words in the length) by August 20, 2018. Registration Fee Early Bard 25,000 JPY Early Bard (Student) 10,000 JPY Normal 35,000 JPY Normal (Student) 15,000 JPY The fee will include conference materials, lunch, and dinner for two days. Important Dates Submission Deadline May 30 --> June 29, 2018 Early Bard Registration Deadline June 20 --> July 20, 2018 Registration Deadline July 20 --> August 20, 2018 Full paper Deadline August 20, 2018 Organized by The Research and Development on Regional Information Institute in Ritsumeikan University (RDIRI) (Host) CIRIEC Japan (Japan branch of the Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche et d’Information sur les Entreprises Collectives, International Centre of Research and Information on the Collective Economy) (Co-Host) Supported by Ibaraki City Social Welfare Council Japan Institute of Co-operative Research The Japan NPO Research Association (JANPORA) The Japanese Society for Co-operative Studies =============================== Masanari Sakurai (PhD) Professor, Department of Policy Science RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY ================================