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Academics from the country's top schools to attend SES-PUP Conference at Waseda University in Tokyo

 


Academics from the country's top schools - UP Diliman, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, and the University of Santo Tomas, will be attending the first international conference organized by the Social Ethics Society (SES), the SES-PUP International Ethics Conference at Waseda University, an event initiated two years ago by the SES with Peace and Conflict Studies scholar Dr. Juichiro Tanabe of Waseda University. The Polytechnic University of the Philippines is a co-organizer. 

"The SES seeks to elevate local scholarship into global standards," says Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc, SES Chair. A total of 49 academics will be presenting papers, including faculty members from Toyo University, the University of Ankara, and Hiroshima University. Fr. Dexter Veloso, SES President, is elated to know that the Ethics conference is getting a lot of interest. The gathering will discuss Philippine Democracy, Climate Justice, AI in Education, Artificial Intelligence, and Global Poverty. 

The keynote speakers of the event are Dr. Rhee Maji (Dean, Center for International Education, Waseda University), Dr. Ian Clark Parcon (Associate Professor, Ateneo de Davao University), Dr. Juichiro Tanabe (Professor, Waseda University), Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc (Associate Professor, Ateneo de Davao University) and Dr. Napoleon Mabaquiao (Professor, De La Salle University). 

Faculty members from PUP, MSU-IIT, MSU-Marawi, the University of San Carlos, and Cebu Technological University - Argao, among others whose abstracts have been accepted, will also present papers. The conference will be held at the Center for International Education of Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan on September 5 & 6, 2025. Invitation letters for all approved abstracts will be sent by Waseda University soon. 

- Migs Mansueto, Secretariat 

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