Hokkaido University's Educational Innovation Organization and Creative Office Cue Co., Ltd. will be holding the event "Forest, Bear, and People" Conference Vol. 1, "All About Bears, Digging Deeper."
We who live in Sapporo are surprisingly unaware of the distance we should be keeping from bears.
In this town located near the mountains, how can we coexist with bears?
In this event, we will welcome Shinya Kono from Oklahoma as the moderator and have in-depth discussions with guests from various backgrounds related to bears.
Let's think together about how we can coexist with bears.
[Event Overview]
Date and Time: Saturday, July 18, 2026, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Doors open at 9:50 AM)
Location: Conference Room 1, 1st Floor, Hokkaido University Conference Hall (Kita 8 Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo)
Participation fee: Free
Capacity: 100 people each for Part 1 and Part 2
*Registration will close once the maximum number of participants is reached, so please apply as soon as possible.
Organizers: Hokkaido University Educational Innovation Organization, Creative Office Cue Co., Ltd.
Inquiries: coedu@academic.hokudai.ac.jp (Educational Promotion Division, Academic Affairs Department, Hokkaido University)
【program】
■Date and time: Saturday, July 18, 2026
[Part 1]
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM (Capacity: 100 people)
● Screening of "Theatrical Version: Bears and Democracy"
●Post-show talk (Shinya Kono from Oklahoma x Nao Ikushima, director of "Bears and Democracy")
[Part 2]
13:15 - 15:00 (Capacity: 100 people)
● Panel Discussion
"What's everyone doing about the bear?"
<Panelists> (in no particular order)
- Yasuo Tamaki (Leader of the Brown Bear Control Team, Sapporo Branch of the Hunting Association)
Mizue Tsuchida (Yamanokaisha Co., Ltd.)
・Hitoto Sakata (Director of Environmental Symbiosis, Environmental City Promotion Department, Environment Bureau, City of Sapporo)
- Tetsuya Aiko (Professor, Hokkaido University / Member, Sapporo Brown Bear Basic Plan Promotion Council)
- Takako Ikeda (Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Hokkaido University / Member of the Sapporo Brown Bear Basic Plan Promotion Council)
<Moderator>
Shinya Kono, Oklahoma
For more details, please click here. *This will take you to the Hokkaido University Educational Innovation Organization website.
