08.00-08.30
Registration
09.00-09.15
Arrival of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
OPENING CEREMONY
Room: Grand Ballroom
MC: Surapeepan Chatraporn
09.15-09.40
Presentation of a report to HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
Bundhit Eua-arporn
– President of Chulalongkorn University
Opening address by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Room: Grand Ballroom
Moderator: Surapeepan Chatraporn
09.40-10.20
Sweets and the Joy of Life: A Short and Sweet Story of Indian Sweets
Asna Urooj
– University of Mysore
10.20-11.00
WAGASHI (Japanese Sweets) and Relations with Traditional Celebrations in Connection with WASHOKU as World Intangible Heritage
Kimiko Ohtani
– Nara Women’s University
11.00-13.00
Lunch break
SWEETS IN BUDDHIST MONASTERIES
Room: Grand Ballroom
Moderator: Chanika Thangjintawiwat
13.00-14.30
Food, Sweets, and the Buddhist Monastic Life
Hwang Soonil
– Dongguk University
What is the Best Flavour?: A Metaphor of Six Flavours in the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra
Han Jaehee
– University of Oslo
The Image of Sweets in Buddhist Narratives
Venerable Chongdok C. H. Park
– Joong-Ang Sangha University
‘Sweet’ Means Something ‘Delicious’ or ‘Sumptuous’ in the Vinaya
Kang Deagong (Beopjin)
– Visiting Researcher, Chulalongkorn University
14.30-15.00
Introduction of Sugar in Japan and the Physiological Background of the Joy of Sweetness
Takashi Yamamoto
– Kio University
15.00-15.15
Refreshments
LIVING WITH SWEET: HEALTH EFFECTS OF SUGAR
Room: Grand Ballroom
Moderator: Chanika Thangjintawiwat
15.15-16.45
Symposium
Taninee Sahakitrungruang
– Chulalongkorn University
Chatchalit Rattarasarn
– Ramathibodi Hospital
Wantanee Kriengsinyos
– Mahidol University