Source: Peatix

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has launched the "EDGE-PRIME Initiative" to expand the base of entrepreneurship education, and is working to increase opportunities for entrepreneurship education for junior and senior high school students and others.
In light of these trends, the Greater Tokyo Innovation Ecosystem (GTIE), a platform comprised of universities and other institutions mainly in the Tokyo metropolitan area that aims to "nurture university-based startups that will change the world," is promoting the expansion of entrepreneurship education to junior and senior high school students in the Tokyo area, and has decided to hold the Idea Contest 2024!

In addition to an idea contest for junior and senior high school students, this event will also feature a keynote speech.
In addition, we will have a networking time for all participants to interact with each other. This will provide an opportunity for those who have already taken the entrepreneurship course to directly connect with those who are interested in taking the course.

【Event Summary】
Date and time: December 26, 2024 (Thursday) 13:00-17:40 (doors open at 12:30)
Location: SHIBUYA QWS (2-24-12 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002)
https://shibuya-qws.com/about/outline
*You can also participate online (Zoom). The URL will be provided after you have registered.
Participation fee: Free (pre-registration required)
Organizers: GTIE (Waseda University, University of Tsukuba, Chiba University, Kanagawa Prefectural University of Health and Welfare, Shibaura Institute of Technology)

[How to apply for the event]
・Pre-registration is required.
If you would like to participate, please apply via the URL below.
・ Application deadline: Monday, December 23rd, 15:00
https://forms.office.com/e/XDeS9f6y2H

*The Idea Contest application form will be sent by the secretariat to those who selected "I would like to participate in the Idea Contest."

【ZOOM URL】
*We will contact those who have applied.
*Please change your ZOOM username to your full name when entering the room.

[Program on the day] *The content is subject to change.

-Moderator-
Hitomi Komaki, URA, Academic Research and Innovation Promotion Organization (IMO), Chiba University
・Kiriko Hirose, 4th year student at the Faculty of Law, Politics and Economics, Chiba University

13:00-13:10 Opening remarks
・Mr. Jin Nakamura, Vice President, Shibaura Institute of Technology
13:10-13:50 Keynote speech
・Ayumi Fujimoto, Representative Director of the Startup Ecosystem Association
13:50-14:00 Break
14:00-16:00 Junior and senior high school student idea contest presentation
16:00-16:20　Introduction of GTIE initiatives
16:20-16:40 Junior and senior high school student idea contest, awards and comments
16:40-16:45 Closing remarks
・Hiroya Igarashi, Special Professor, University of Tsukuba
16:45-16:55　Photo shoot
16:55-17:40 Networking party
Moderator: Yuzuru Okita, Director of the Health Innovation School, Kanagawa Prefectural University of Health and Welfare

[Participation Guidelines for the Junior and Senior High School Student Idea Contest] *Presentations are limited to in-person attendees only.
●The process from application to presentation
①Please reply "I would like to submit an entry for the Junior and Senior High School Student Idea Contest presentation" on the application form.
②Please submit your video and materials using the "Application Form" sent by the secretariat. (Deadline: Thursday, December 5th, 15:00)
③The secretariat will screen the applicants and notify them of their results (scheduled for Monday, December 16th).
④Only successful applicants will be able to speak at the venue (Thursday, December 26th).

Eligibility requirements
Junior high school students, high school students, and college students (1st to 3rd years)
*Please be sure to create your own videos and materials.

●Presentation theme
"Discover and solve the problem of ____"
*Identify a problem around you and think about how you can solve it.
Start by observing your surroundings and asking yourself questions like, "Are there people around me who are in trouble?" or "I wish they could do this better!"
*Please see below for examples of keywords to fill in the blank.
* (Example) "Discover and solve inbound problems"

What to prepare when applying
①Presentation video
(Please keep the video under 3 minutes and under 100MB)
【Notes】
・②Please film the video while projecting the presentation materials so that the presenter's face is visible.
・If we are unable to hear the audio of the presentation, we will not be able to select your submission, so please make sure you have an appropriate audio environment before submitting your application.
②Presentation materials
(Please use Microsoft Powerpoint and create exactly six slides.
Please fill in the following required items for each slide and prepare your materials.)
[Required fields]
・First photo: Self-introduction (team introduction)
・2nd page: Presentation title and summary
・3rd photo: How I came up with the idea
・4th page: Presentation details
・5th page: Income and expenditure plan *For business ideas (not applicable for non-business ideas, items are optional)
・6th photo: Changes in ideas through classes both on and off campus

【Notes】

If it is discovered that the materials have been copied from other sources, you will be disqualified from consideration.

(Please prepare materials related to your original idea)

● Selection and screening criteria

● Number of presentations that can be made on the day of the event
20 groups (The maximum number of presenters per group is 8) (Selection will be based on the above criteria)
*This is subject to change.

●What presenters need to do on the day of the event
You will be given a 3-minute presentation of your idea.
*All presenters will receive direct feedback from the judges.
*Please make your presentation in Japanese.

●Chief judge

・Professor, Research Strategy Center, Waseda University
Professor, Graduate School of Health Innovation, Kanagawa Prefectural University of Health and Welfare
Ms. Mikiko Shimaoka

Judges

・Co-CEO, Scaleout Inc.
Mr. Masato Iino
・Dean, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Musashino University
Mr. Yoichi Ito
・Nanoni Inc. CEO
Mr. Chang Sheng
・United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Representative in Japan
Ms. Hideko Hajiarich
・Representative Director of the Startup Ecosystem Association
Ayumi Fujimoto

[Reference: EDGE-PRIME Initiative held last winter]
High school students tried it! Entrepreneurship program results presentation (December 26, 2023)

Inquiries regarding this event
EDGE-PRIME Initiative Management Office: Goto, Kumaki, and Okamura
yuta.kumaki@tohmatsu.co.jp

[Keynote Speakers]

Ayumi Fujimoto
Representative Director of Startup Ecosystem Association
Cabinet Office, Regulatory Reform Promotion Council, Startup and Investment Working Group Expert Committee Member
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Promotion Ambassador
Tokyo Startup Fellow

After graduating from university, he worked in corporate sales at the Career Design Center and Google. In 2016, he founded "at Will Work."
He changed his career to PR/Marketing at Money Design and now oversees marketing and PR as CMO at Plug and Play Japan Inc.
In 2022, he founded the Startup Ecosystem Association and became its representative director.
He is a Tokyo Metropolitan Government Startup Strategy Fellow, an Entrepreneurship Promotion Ambassador for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and a specialist member of the Startup and Investment Working Group of the Cabinet Office's Regulatory Reform Promotion Council.

[Judges for the Junior and Senior High School Idea Contest]

Ms. Mikiko Shimaoka (Chief Jury Member)
Professor, Research Strategy Center, Waseda University
Professor, Graduate School of Health Innovation, Kanagawa Prefectural University of Health and Welfare

After receiving his PhD in Public Management from Waseda University, he served as a specially appointed researcher at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), assistant professor at the WBS Research Center, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University, and associate professor at the Research Strategy Center, in his current position.
He has been involved in the management of the "WASEDA-EDGE Human Resource Development Program" implemented at Waseda University after being selected for the "Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Global Entrepreneur Development Promotion Project (EDGE Program)" and "Next Generation Entrepreneur Development Project (EDGE-NEXT)" with the aim of strengthening entrepreneurial education at universities, and has served as Acting Secretary General since 2016 and Secretary General since 2019. He is also the assistant representative of the Waseda University program at GTIE (Greater Tokyo Innovation Ecosystem), which is led by the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Waseda University.

He teaches subjects such as design thinking, lean launchpad, corporate new ventures, and coaching.
Received the Waseda University Teaching Award President's Prize in the spring semester of 2019.
He is a co-author of “Innovation in Global Entrepreneurship Education: Teaching Entrepreneurship in Practice, Edward Elgar (2020)”, “Innovation in the Place” Chuokeizaisha (2018), and “The World’s Best Entrepreneurship Development Program: 43 Essential Exercises for Realizing Innovative Businesses” (2023), among others.
Ministry of the Environment "Regional Circulation Symbiosis Zone Project" Expert Committee Certified Coach
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Appointed Entrepreneurship Promotion Ambassador

Masato Iino
Co-CEO, Scaleout Inc.

After working at the Industrial Bank of Japan and GE in the US, he has launched and managed several startups in Japan and the US, experiencing both success and failure.
After serving as a partner at a venture capital firm from 2003 to 2012, he has a proven track record in lecturing and putting into practice the "customer development model" and "lean startup." He is currently working to establish Scaleout Inc. to advocate and popularize the concept of "entrefulness," which embraces lean startup but goes beyond it and promotes the integration of knowledge and action and mastery of the entrepreneurial mindset and skills of individuals and organizations.
His hobbies are following European soccer and heavy metal (both listening to and playing). He also enjoys marathons, but is a perennial over-four runner who can never finish in under four hours.
Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Graduated from the Harvard Business School
XVC LLP Partner
Director of the Japan Effectuation Association
Senior Research Fellow and Visiting Professor, Waseda University
His translations include "Startup Manual" (Shoeisha), "Lean Customer Development" (O'Reilly Japan), and "Cleantech Revolution" (First Press).

Mr. Yoichi Ito
Dean, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Musashino University
Representative of Musashino Valley
LINE Yahoo Voicy personality

A specialist in nurturing the next generation of leaders who embrace entrepreneurship and work to make the world a better place. In 2021, he opened the Musashino University School of Entrepreneurship (Musashino EMC) and became its dean. In June 2023, he opened the startup studio "Musashino Valley." He supports everyone who wants to take the "next step." He also develops the next generation of leaders as the representative of Weiwei. His representative work, "Talk in 1 Minute," has become a bestseller with over 650,000 copies sold.

Mr. Chang Sheng
CEO of Nanoni Inc.

Born in China. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Keio University.
In the advertising sales department at Google Japan, she was in charge of customer success and the launch of SNS and webinars. The plan she came up with was rolled out across APAC and was evaluated as one of the top 5% in the world. She then moved to the Customer Development Department as the department's first female employee, where she was in charge of new sales. She contributed to promoting diversity in the department. After launching the Japanese branch of Endeavor, one of the world's largest entrepreneur support NPOs, she founded nanoni Inc. in 2020. She was selected as one of Forbes JAPAN's "100 Ways of Hope to Save the World: NEXT100".

Ms. Hideko Hadzialić
Representative in Japan, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

After graduating from Doshisha University, he went on to graduate from the University of the Philippines Graduate School of International Studies (Master's degree) and Harvard University Kennedy School of Government (Master's degree). Witnessing economic and social disparities while living abroad, he became interested in development work.
In 2002, he worked as a Junior Professional Officer (JPO) in charge of governance and programs at the UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina office, and in 2006 he was in charge of mine action, agriculture, poverty reduction, etc. in Iraq.
After working in the Development Policy Department at the UNDP New York headquarters, where he was involved in supporting the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), he served as UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Bhutan, Management Advisor in the Office of the Director-General at the UNDP New York headquarters, and UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Sudan, gaining extensive field experience.
He served as UNDP Resident Representative (and Acting UN Resident Coordinator) in Kuwait, and has held his current position since June 2023.

Ayumi Fujimoto
Representative Director of Startup Ecosystem Association
Cabinet Office, Regulatory Reform Promotion Council, Startup and Investment Working Group Expert Committee Member
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Promotion Ambassador
Tokyo Startup Fellow

After graduating from university, he worked in corporate sales at the Career Design Center and Google. In 2016, he founded "at Will Work."
He changed his career to PR/Marketing at Money Design and now oversees marketing and PR as CMO at Plug and Play Japan Inc.
In 2022, he founded the Startup Ecosystem Association and became its representative director.
He is a Tokyo Metropolitan Government Startup Strategy Fellow, an Entrepreneurship Promotion Ambassador for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and a specialist member of the Startup and Investment Working Group of the Cabinet Office's Regulatory Reform Promotion Council.

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