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Future Global Leaders Camp 2025 held
From August 18 to 20, 2025, the Future Leaders Camp 2025 was held by the Osaka School of International Public Policy and co-hosted by UOsaka Social Solution Initiative (SSI).
This year, 36 high school students participated in this event. With the aim of seriously considering international issues as “our own business,” the students identified issues and learned about how to perform research and presentations, as well as methods for thinking of solutions for those issues through lectures and working in groups.
This event was run by graduate students in UOsaka official student group Flagship, who planned and prepared for the program, managed the schedule, and facilitated presentations and group work.
On the first day, Professor HORI Kazunari (Center for Education in Liberal Arts and Sciences) delivered a special lecture, where students learned about presentations and logical thinking. Next, participant high school students were divided into 6 groups of 6 students each to conduct research activities. Facilitated by graduate students, the high school students identified issues and organized their arguments in these groups. The students made presentations on a wide range of social issues, such as conflicts, education, natural disasters, sanitation, poverty, and dwelling.
After the interim presentations on the second day of the program, students received feedback from the teachers on the judges' panel, followed by a Q&A session. Mr. Matsushita of the Osaka Prefectural Board of Education also provided comments to each group, thanks to which students could gain some insight into expert perspectives on government administration and education. The groups then returned to their research activities.
On the third day, based on the feedback they received the previous day and with the help from Flagship graduate students, the high school students worked on further improving the research content in their groups in preparation for the final presentations in the afternoon.
Following the final presentations, Professor HOSHINO Toshiya of Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) delivered a special lecture, during which he spoke about the importance of what can be done now through backcasting and options looking beyond to the SDGs.
The final event on the last day of the program was the announcement of the award winners by the judges' panel, with the presentation entitled “Research on improving sanitation in the water environment for people living on the water” receiving first prize and the presentation entitled “Proposals for dealing with foreign tourists before and after the Nankai megathrust earthquake” coming in second. The judges’ panel also offered feedback to the students.
Finally, OSIPP Dean OTSUKI Tsunehiro provided some general comments on the program, bringing it to a close.
