Keynote Speaker on the first day is Prof. Curtis Ho.

Curtis P. Ho is professor, department chair and graduate chair of the Learning Design and Technology department at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. He has been a UH faculty member for over 30 years teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in educational media research, interactive multimedia, web-based instruction, distance education, video technology, and computer-based education. He has taught courses in American and Western Samoa and Saipan, and was the first to offer a course statewide over the Hawai’i Interactive Television System.

Professor Ho received his Ph.D. in Educational Technology from Arizona State University where he served as instructional designer. He has consulted for public and private schools, financial institutions, and higher education. For several years he directed the Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support for the University of Hawaii’s Manoa campus. He has presented extensively at national and international conferences at locations including Beijing, Copenhagen, Eskisehir, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Lugano, Rome, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Melbourne, Montreal, Osaka, Panang, Taipei, Takamatsu, Tokyo, Toronto, and Vancouver.

Professor Ho was a principal investigator, co-principal investigator and project director for three US Department of Education grants totaling over 9.8 million US dollars. He is a co-organizer of TCC Worldwide Online Conference, a executive committee member of E-Learn, Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education, and is also past-president of the Pan Pacific Distance Learning Association, a chapter of the United States Distance Learning Association and of the Pacific Association for Communications and Technology, a chapter of the national Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

一日目の基調講演は、ハワイ大学教授の教育テクノロジー学部の教授カーティス・ホー氏です。E-learningの第一人者として知られているホー教授に新しく出てきたテクノロジー、そしてそれをどのように言語の教育、学習に応用すればいいかと言ったお話をしていただきます。

二日目は学術的なキーノートではなくて、日本の文化についてのキーノートとして、茶会の説明、及びデモンストレーションを行います。「心月会」という茶会のメンバー（山下弥生、切石恵美子、坂井美予、鈴木佳世、上田勝江）にお越しいただいて、茶会の歴史、流派、音楽、そして実践を行っていただきます。日本文化として茶道は禅宗の人まりとともに精神要素的な要素を広めて広がっていきました。

日本人の方でも正式な茶道の作法をご存知の方は少ないと思います。キーノートとしての茶道は茶の木の育て方、収穫方法と道具、たてかた、飲み方、歴史などをわかりやすく説明していき、数人の方に実際にデモとして茶道を経験していただきます。