🔴To be Held on September 7 ! 🔵 UOsaka Expo Day "Let the World Know About Japan!"

Registration for "on-site participation" for the "UOsaka Expo Day Stage Participation Application” has reached capacity and is now closed.

September 7 (Sun) Exhibition 10:00 AM. – 8:00 PM, Stage Performance 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Participating Team: UOsaka Expo 2025
Participating Organizations: a-tune, Hamadeizu, UOsaka Rovers, Flagship, MeW Project, UOsaka “DAIGAKU” Development Team, AIESEC UOsaka Committee, SUIT, and others

Building on the six pre-opening UOsaka Expo talk events titled “Inochi Forum: The Future Society Envisioned by Youth,” we will be hosting a comprehensive panel discussion. Under the theme of “Let the world know about Japan!”, Shoji Kawamori, thematic project producer for the Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai and animation director of the “Macross” series, will take the stage. He will engage in dialogue with students from the UOsaka Expo Student Committee. In addition, there will also be a booth introducing the activities of the UOsaka Expo Student Committee.

TEAM EXPO 2025 Co-Creation Challenge
https://team.expo2025.or.jp/ja/challenge/C10164

[Exhibition Booth] 10:00 AM -9:00 PM
The world has incessantly been plagued by conflicts, divisions, and natural disasters. Eight student groups from UOsaka will address “Challenges confronted by Japan” that are shared with the rest of the world, such as Japan's often-forgotten past experiences and ongoing issues. We aim to provide an opportunity for dialogue with visitors from around the world to explore solutions and initiate collaboration for future society. Additionally, as part of UOsaka initiatives, we will be showcasing messages from the presidents of overseas universities and winning entries of the SDGs video contest.
*Booth exhibitions by student groups and others will be on a time-slot system.
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM: Student Group Flagship / AIESEC UOsaka Committee / UOsaka
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM: UOsaka MeW Project / UOsaka Rovers / Fukushima Prefecture Reconstruction Support Group Hamadeizu / UOsaka
5:00 PM to 9:00 PM: UOsaka “DAIGAKU” Development Team / High School-University Collaboration Education Group SUIT / a-tune / UOsaka

[Stage] 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
With our guest speaker Shoji Kawamori, whose Signature Pavilion is themed "Nurturing Life," we will be discussing the theme of UOsaka Expo Day with students from the UOsaka Expo Student Committee, and giving a special panel discussion, "Inochi Forum: The Future Society Envisioned by Youth,” exclusive to the Expo.
8:30 AM – 6:50 PM Keynote Speech: “Life is about Combination and Transformation!” by Shoji Kawamori
6:50 PM – 6:54 PM About the Inochi Forum by Takuo Dome
6:54 PM – 7:00 PM Pitch presentations by three Expo Student Committee groups: a-tune / UOsaka Rovers / Fukushima Prefecture Reconstruction Support Group Hamadeizu
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Panel Discussion: "Inochi Forum: The Future Society Envisioned by Youth” By Shoji Kawamori, Takuo Dome, three members of the Expo Student Committee, and Mayu Ogawa (facilitator)

[About the Speakers]
● Shoji Kawamori
Thematic Project Producer for the Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai / Animation Director / Mechanical Designer / Vision Creator of the “Macross” series
Major Works: "Macross" series, "Aquarion" series (original author, director, main mechanics), "Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory" (mechanical styling), Kenji Miyazawa's semi-autobiographical animation "Spring and Chaos" (original author, director), "Ghost in the Shell," Sony "AIBO," "ERS-220," "Powered Suit Dualis," "Future GPX Cyber Formula," "Armored Core," "DAEMON X MACHINA" (mechanical design), and the original dial design for Sony’s Smartwatch wena.

●Takuo Dome
Senior Advisor to the President of UOsaka, Director of the Social Solution Initiative
Graduated from Kyoto University, Graduate School, Department of Economics with a Ph. D. in Economics. Specialized in the history of economics and economic thought.
He received the Nikkei Economic Book Award for Political Economy of Public Finance in Britain 1767-1873 and the Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities for Adam Smith: The World of 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments' and 'The Wealth of Nations.'

He has been a professor at the University of Osaka since 2001, and, since 2018, the director of the Social Solution Initiative (SSI). Awarded the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon in 2019.

● Mayu Ogawa, Freelance Announcer
Graduated from the School of Foreign Studies at the University of Osaka. Studied Japanese language education and Burmese at the university. After graduation, she worked for 16 years as a reporter, announcer, and news producer at local commercial broadcasting stations and NHK (Kanazawa and Osaka stations).
In April 2024, she became a consultant specializing in media and PR communications at a foreign-affiliated consulting firm. She continues working as an announcer, hosting events, providing video narration, and reciting literary works. She is originally from Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture.

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