[Shibuya Mirai Design General Incorporated Association] First program announcement for social and cultural design festival “SOCIAL INNOVATION WEEK 2024”
*Shibuya Mirai Design General Incorporated Association*
Press release: September 13, 2024
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First program announcement for social and cultural design festival “SOCIAL INNOVATION WEEK 2024”
*How can creativity lead the future? The keynote session will touch on and discuss the future as seen by Japan’s leading social innovators. * Shibuya Mirai Design (Representative Director: Hideki Koizumi, hereinafter referred to as Shibuya Mirai Design) is a general incorporated association called SOCIAL INNOVATION, a social and cultural design festival.
WEEK 2024 (hereinafter referred to as SIW) will be held from October 18th (Friday) to November 10th (Sunday).
We offer a wide range of information, including new business ideas for a better society, the possibilities of cities discovered through music and art, the emergence of new culture born from the streets, the future of life revealed through technology, and messages that will stimulate the next era. We have created programs with a variety of companies, creators, and artists. We are pleased to announce that we have released the opening session and keynote session as the first program announcement.
* Details/Application: * * https://connectingthecolorsofdotsparty.peatix.com*
* Official website: * * https://social-innovation-week-shibuya.jp/*
*Date: November 4, 2024 (Monday/Holiday)*
* Venue: Tokyo Culture Culture (4th floor, cocoti SHIBUYA, 1-23-16 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) *
* 16:30-16:45 *
*Opening session*
Speakers (titles omitted, in no particular order)
Ken Hasebe (Mayor of Shibuya Ward)
Jungo Kanayama (SIW Executive Producer/Shibuya City Tourism
Association Representative Director)
Shinko Osada (SIW Executive Producer/Shibuya Mirai Design
Director/Secretary General)
* 16:45-18:15*
* SIW IMPACT Award Ceremony & Talk Session *
An awards ceremony and talk session will be held for the “SIW IMPACT” award, which nominates and recognizes actions and ideas that will lead to a better future. “GOOD
SOLUTION” and “GOOD INNOVATOR” categories are SIW Fellows (
https://social-innovation-week-shibuya.jp/ ) will be nominated. “SHIBUYA GOOD ACTION” is open to the public and we are currently accepting entries.
Click here for more information.
https://social-innovation-week-shibuya.jp/impact/
-Award Division-
“GOOD SOLUTION”
A project that will continue in the future with a track record of innovative activities in solving social issues
“GOOD INNOVATOR”
A person who contributes to improving society and opening up new possibilities through actions and attitudes that move people’s hearts. “SHIBUYA GOOD ACTION”
Based in Shibuya, activities and communities that contribute to the creation of an attractive society and have further possibilities for the future.
* 18:15-19:00*
* Keynote｜Leading society through design and entertainment*
Society is changing and evolving in complex ways, and global issues are emerging at the same time.
Design, stories, and technology have the power to update society and the future and lead us in a better direction. How can creativity lead the future? We will touch on the future as seen by Japan’s leading social innovators.
Speakers (titles omitted, in no particular order)
Eisuke Tachikawa (NOSIGNER Founder/CEO)
Masatane Muto (Representative Director, WITH ALS General Incorporated Association)
Tetsuya Bessho (Actor/Representative of International Short Film Festival) Jungo Kanayama (SIW Executive Producer)
others
About SOCIAL INNOVATION WEEK 2024
Date: October 18th (Friday) to November 10th (Sunday), 2024
Admission fee: Free (some programs have a fee)
Producer: Jungo Kanayama (Representative Director, Shibuya City Tourism Association, General Incorporated Association) / Shinko Osada (Director, Secretary General, Shibuya Mirai Design, General
Incorporated Association)
Sponsor: Shibuya Mirai Design General Incorporated Association Co-sponsor: Shibuya Ward
Sponsored by: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Shibuya Tourism Association, Shibuya Redevelopment Association
Media partners: MASHING UP, Qetic, Shibuya Radio *Currently recruiting Official website: https://social-innovation-week-shibuya.jp/
-About Shibuya Mirai Design General Incorporated Association- Based on diversity and inclusion, Shibuya Mirai Design collects the ideas and talents of the diverse people who live, work, study, and visit Shibuya, across disciplines, and contributes to society through open innovation. It is an industry-government-academia-private collaboration organization that designs solutions and possibilities for global issues. By presenting Shibuya to the world as a new possibility for urban life, we aim to lead to the sustainable development of not only Shibuya Ward but society as a whole. https://fds.or.jp/