Speakers

Center for Advanced Tourism Studies

Hokkaido University, Japan

Dr. Takayoshi Yamamura (PhD) is a Professor in the Center for Advanced Tourism Studies, Hokkaido University. He is one of the pioneers of contents tourism and anime-induced tourism studies in Japan. He has served as the Chair of several governmental advisory boards, such as the Meeting of International Tourism Promotion through Animation Contents of The Japan Tourism Agency. His recent works in English include War as Entertainment and Contents Tourism in Japan (with Philip Seaton, Routledge, 2022) and Contents Tourism and Pop Culture Fandom (with Philip Seaton, Channel View Publications, 2020).

Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation

Public Affairs Department, Media Affairs Section

Manager 

高雄捷運股份有限公司 公共事務處媒體事務組 經理

Caroline Chang joined the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation in 2007 and currently serves as the Manager of the Media Affairs Section under the Public Affairs Department. She has conducted the installation and promotional campaigns of international public art projects such as “The Dome of Light” at Formosa Boulevard Station.

She has led numerous large-scale projects, such as the annual Kaohsiung Metro Summer Anime Festival, and has implemented diverse marketing strategies to promote Kaohsiung Metro’s virtual mascot characters, including “Stationmaster Mikan”, “Light Rail Girls” and “KRT Girls”. By utilizing targeted marketing and media technology, she effectively communicates news topics and plans marketing strategies and brand licensing projects that redefine the public image of Kaohsiung Metro.

張珏瑋自2007年起任職於高雄捷運公司，現為公共事務處媒體事務組經理。曾執行多項國際公共藝術計畫的設置與行銷活動，包括美麗島站的「光之穹頂」等作品。

主導多項大型專案，如每年舉辦的夏戀高捷動漫季等，並以多元行銷策略推廣高雄捷運的虛擬代言角色，如「蜜柑站長」、「輕軌少女隊」與「高捷少女」。透過分眾行銷與媒體科技的運用，有效傳達新聞議題，規劃並執行品牌授權相關的行銷策略與專案，顛覆大家眼中熟悉的高雄捷運。

Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan

Taiwan ACG (Anime–Comics–Games) Society,

Dr. He-Lin Luo received his MFA from the Graduate Institute of

Transdisciplinary Art at the Taipei National University of the Arts

and his PhD from the Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia at National Taiwan University. In the field of cross-disciplinary curation related to anime, manga, and popular culture, he pioneered the exhibition approach known as “installation-documents.” His curatorial projects include GAME · NOT OVER · YET: Video Game Art Exhibition, Starting from Hatsune Miku – Contemporary Art and Idol Culture Exhibition, and When Comics Intervene in Society, among others.

His special honors include being selected as Curator of the Year by the Taiwan Art Gallery Association in 2012, Curator of the Year by the Taiwan Visual Arts Association in 2013, Annual Curator of the Danai Art Festival in both 2015 and 2016, Curator of the 20th Anniversary Exhibition of SLY Art Space in 2017, and Curator of the 10th Anniversary Memorial Exhibition for Bo Yang in 2018. He currently serves as the Chairperson of the Taiwan ACG (Anime–Comics–Games) Society.

Illustrator

I’m Mr. Dom, an illustrator whose work revolves around military themes. Although tanks, aircraft, and soldiers often appear in my drawings, my focus is not on war, power, or conflict. Instead, I’m drawn to the quiet and ordinary moments within military life—the ones that rarely appear in documentaries, news footage, or heroic narratives.

In my illustrations, soldiers may be waiting, repairing equipment, chatting with teammates, taking a break, or simply passing time. These subtle, human-scale moments form the rhythm of real military experience—slow, routine, sometimes boring, yet full of unspoken camaraderie.

Through a lighthearted, approachable, and sometimes cute visual language, I hope to remind viewers that soldiers are human first. They get tired, joke around, make mistakes, feel proud, and occasionally befriend a passing dog.

If this softer storytelling helps more people feel comfortable approaching military subjects—perhaps even supporting defense out of understanding rather than fear—then I believe illustration can become a quiet tool for peace.

Because in the end, it’s not the machines that define the military—it’s the people standing beside them.

我是 Mr. Dom，一名以軍事題材為主的插畫創作者。雖然畫面中常出現戰車、軍機或部隊配置，但我的創作並不著眼於戰爭本身，也不強調軍事的力量、威嚴或衝突。相反地，我更關心軍旅生活中的人，以及那些只有經歷過服役才能理解的細微時刻。

在我的作品裡，軍人可能正在等待、維修、整理裝備、聊天、開玩笑，或只是單純地站著——這些不起眼、卻構成日子本身的片段，是我最想描繪的軍事風景。

我希望透過柔和的線條、輕鬆的氣氛與帶有一點可愛幽默的視覺語言，讓觀眾看見：軍人也是人。

他們會累、會笑、會無言、會抱怨，也會在任務間隙跟路過的狗互動。

如果人們能因為這樣的畫面，而願意靠近軍事、理解軍隊、支持國防，那麼插畫或許也能是一種和平的語言——溫柔地提醒：

真正守護世界的不是武器，而是握著武器的人。