Prof. Patricia Uberoi (Institute of Chinese Studies Delhi), Prof. Emiko Ochiai (Kyoto University), Prof. Mary E. John (Centre for Women's Developmental Studies New Delhi), Song Yuanmeng (Kyoto University), Dr. Usha Chandran (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

The panelists will present papers on "Transforming Familialism: Changing Care Regimes and Gender Roles in 21st Century East Asia”, “Child Marriage: Reflections on India and China”, “The Resistance to State-Controlled Reproduction: Varieties of Media Responses to China's Two-Child Policy” and “Family as the Core: The Chinese Society Turning a Full Circle in the Twenty-first Century”.