Date: 10-11 March 2026
Language: English
Venue:
Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Campus, Soshikan Conference Room
Organizer:
Institute for Legal Systems in Comparative Law at Ritsumeikan University
Co-Organizer:
Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (Rule of Law Programme Asia)
Sponsor:
Civil Dispute Resolution Research Fund, Eugusa Foundation for International Cooperation in the Social Science
The Foundation for Research in Civil Dispute Resolution, Shiho Kyokai, Peace Education and Research Institut of Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University
Research Office at Ritsumeikan University, Institute of Humanities, Human and Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
Research Center for Legal and Political Infrastructure
Registration
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Program
10 March 2026 (Tuesday)
| 09:30 Opening Ceremony |
| Flautist: Akiko Hatsuda Moderator: Prof. Dr. Masahisa Deguchi (Ritsumeikan University) |
| 10:00 Session 1: “Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in the Korean Judiciary: Challenges and Prospects.” as Japan-Korea Diplomatic Relations 60th Anniversary Commemorative Special Lecture |
| Moderator: Prof. Kimio Yakushiji (Ritsumeikan University) Speaker: Justice Kim Hyungdu (The Constitutional Court of Korea) |
| 10:30 Discussion |
| Prof. Dr. Masato Ichikawa (Ritsumeikan University) Prof. Dr. Christoph Hurni（President of the First Civil Division at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court) Prof. Dr. Ian S Forrester, Former Justice of the General Court of the European Union |
| 11:25 Session 2: “The Italian Supreme Court: Structural and Procedural Challenges in the Age of AI” as Japan-Italie Diplomatic Relations 60th Anniversary Commemorative Special Lecture |
| Moderator: Prof. Tsukasa Mihira (Kyoto University) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Remo Caponi (Justice of Italian Supreme Court) |
| 11:55 Discussion |
| Prof. Dr. Sheng-Lin JAN (National Taiwan University, Former Justice of the Taiwan Constitutional Court) Prof. Dr. Katsuya Uga (Former Justice of the Supreme Court in Japan) Prof. Dr. Álvaro Pérez Ragone (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) |
| 14:40 Session 3: “Digital Justice in Switzerland and the use of AI at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court” |
| Moderator: Prof. Rieko Kitamura (Ritsumeikan University) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christoph Hurni （President of the First Civil Division at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court) |
| 15:10 Discussion |
| Prof. Dr. Antonios Karaiskos (Ryukoku University) Dr. Apipong Sarnatikasem (Judge of Court of Appeal in Thailand) |
| 15:45 Session 4: “Supreme and Constitutional Courts with Human Face” |
| Moderator: Prof. Dr. Philipp Reuss (Göttingen University) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Álvaro Pérez Ragone (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) |
| 16:15 Discussion |
| Prof. Jeffrey Lubbers (Amerikan University) Prof. Dr. Omi Hatashin (Yasuda Women University) |
| 16:50 Session 5: TBD |
| Moderator: Dr. Apipong Sarnatikasem (Judge of Court of Appeal in Thailand) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael Johannes Pils (Taylor Wessing) |
| 17:20 Discussion |
| Prof. Dr. Antonios Karaiskos (Ryukoku University) Prof. Dr. Zhixun Cao (Peking University) |
| 17:40 End |
11 March 2026 (Wednesday)
| 09:30 Greeting |
| Melanie Saxinger (Deutsche Generalkonsulin in Osaka und Kobe) |
| 09:40 Session 6: “The Use of AI in the Justice System – Making High Level Court Decisions Accessible to Citizens” |
| Moderator: Prof. Dr. Zhixun Cao (Peking University) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Philipp Reuss (Göttingen University) |
| 10:10 Discussion |
| Justice Kim Hyungdu (Constitutional Court of Korea) Dr. Apipong Sarnatikasem (Judge of Court of Appeal in Thailand) |
| 10:45 Session 7: “Digitalization and the Use of AI in the Taiwanese Judiciary” |
| Moderator: Prof. Dr. Christoph Hurni (President of the First Civil Division at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sheng-Lin JAN (National Taiwan University, Former Justice of the Taiwan Constitutional Court) |
| 11:15 Discussion |
| Prof. Tsukasa Mihira (Kyoto University) Prof. Dr. Philipp Reuss (Göttingen University) |
| 11:35 Lunch Meeting |
| Moderator: Prof. Dr. Masahisa Deguchi (Ritsumeikan University) Presentation by Yasuhiro Fujioka “John Lennon plagiarized numerous Chuck Berry compositions, Come Together being the prime example. He lost the court case and said sorry !” |
| 13:30 Session 8: “The U.S. Supreme Court–Still Operating in the Analog Age” |
| Moderator: Justice Kim Hyungdu (The Constitutional Court of Korea) Speaker: Prof. Jeffrey Lubbers (Amerikan University) |
| 14:00 Discussion |
| Prof. Dr. Katsuya Uga (Former Justice of the Supreme Court in Japan) Prof. Dr. Antonios Karaiskos (Ryukoku University) |
| 14:35 Session 9: “Digitalization of Court Proceedings in Thailand” |
| Moderator: Prof. Dr. Omi Hatashin (Yasuda Women University) Speaker: Dr. Apipong Sarnatikasem (Judge of Court of Appeal in Thailand) |
| 15:05 Discussion |
| Prof. Dr. Tsukasa Mihira (Kyoto University) Prof. Dr. Michael Johannes Pils (Taylor Wessing) |
| 15:40 Session 10: “Current trends of AI application in judicial areas and possible AI judges in China” |
| Moderator: Prof. Dr. Remo Caponi (Justice of Italian Supreme Court) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Zhixun Cao (Peking University) |
| 16:10 Discussion |
| Prof. Dr. Álvaro Pérez Ragone (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) Prof. Hiroshi Shimizu (Meiji University) |
| 16:45 Session 11: “Digitalization in the European Court of Justice” |
| Moderator: Dr. Apipong Sarnatikasem (Judge of Court of Appeal in Thailand) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Burkhard Hess (University of Vienna) |
| 17:15 Discussion |
| Prof. Jeffrey Lubbers (Amerikan University) Prof. Dr. Sheng-Lin JAN (National Taiwan University, Former Justice of the Taiwan Constitutional Court) |
| 17:35 End |
