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Talk event "Five Years of the OMNI Marine Garbage Project"
A citizen-participation design project tackling the marine litter problem, brought together by government officials, citizens, and researchers

Co-organizers:
SHIBUYA QWS Innovation Council
Production Technology Research Promotion Foundation

[Date: March 24, 2025 *Participation fee: Free *Language: Japanese]

Learn about design’s power to drive change on a critical climate issue such as marine debris: The DLX team will present, share and reflect on their five-year collaborative journey uniting government, citizens, and researchers for the OMNI marine debris challenge.

*OMNI = OCEAN MONITORING NETWORK INITIATIVE is a project DLX Design Lab.
https://www.omni-mp.designlab.ac/

▼ Overview
The "OMNI Project" is a citizen-participation approach to solving the problem of marine litter. At this event, researchers from the DLX Design Lab at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, will look back on the five-year initiative, which has been carried out in three municipalities across the country, as part of the DLX Design Academy's Inspire Talk series.

We will introduce actual examples of how design has contributed to the conservation of the marine environment by involving government officials, scientists, local businesses, and citizens, through concrete examples such as workshops, the development of litter-picking products, and the production of visual guidelines.

They will also discuss the role of design as a catalyst and the potential of citizen-participatory scientific research (citizen science), and share new approaches to connecting government and citizens toward the realization of the SDGs, as well as the findings and future prospects gained from five years of practice.

▼ Recommended for these people
People involved in or interested in sustainability, design, startups, and innovation
Supporters, investors, and government officials of sustainable businesses
Media
Researchers, graduate students, artists, designers

▼ Timetable
18:45 - Registration begins
19:00 - Talk event starts
19:45 - Q&A
20:15 - Networking

▼ Venue
SHIBUYA QWS
2-24-12 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE SQUARE (East Tower) 15th floor "CROSS PARK"
Shibuya Q's Access:https://shibuya-qws.com/about/outline

▼ Speakers
Please feel free to join us. We look forward to seeing you!
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DLX DESIGN ACADEMY is a design innovation education program implemented as part of the "Value Creation Design (Design-Led X: DLX)" initiative promoted by the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo. "Value Creation Design" is an initiative of the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, which aims to create new value by incorporating a design perspective into research activities.
http://www.designledx.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

The Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, is one of the largest university-affiliated research institutes in Japan. Over 1,000 researchers from Japan and overseas gather here to conduct cutting-edge research in almost all fields of engineering, from basic to applied.
https://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/

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Organized by: Production Technology Research Promotion Foundation

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