This event will explore the sustainability of the marine environment, featuring practical projects led by youth. It will bring together students, experts and corporate representatives from Japan and abroad to engage in lectures, workshops and panel discussions on a wide range of global issues such as marine conservation and climate change. It will also include a screening of a youth-produced short documentary "What They Didn't Teach Us", focusing on the connection between the people of Okinawa and the ocean.
Participation & Registration
The event will be held in person at. To participate, please register in advance.
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Language
This event will be held in English only, with no Japanese interpretation provided.
Programme
Subject to change without notice
09:30–09:45 Opening Remarks
09:45–11:00 Lectures on Marine Conservation
Guangwei Huang (Dean, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Sophia University)
Tomo Shioiri (Senior Research Fellow, Ocean Policy Institute)
Pitches by Student Innovators
Jacob Appleton
Kai Taketani
Ananya Prashant
11:00–11:15 Break
11:15–12:30 Film Screening — "What They Didn't Teach Us" (short documentary)
12:30–13:30 Workshop 1 — Ocean Action Lab
13:30–14:45 Break
14:45–15:45 Panel Discussion
Noriko Tamiya-Hase (Deputy Director, Office of Policies against Marine Plastic Pollution; Plastic Pollution Negotiations Team, Marine Environment Division Ministry of the Environment, Japan)
Hanna Höijer (UNFCCC youth delegate)
Jungen Ono (Global Youth MIDORI platform 2025 participant)
Saki Iwamoto (Global Youth MIDORI platform 2025 participant)
15:45–16:45 Workshop 2 — Future Coast Scenario Lab
16:45–17:30 Closing Remarks and Networking
Organizers
This event will be co-organized by UNU-IAS and CRUX Productions, in cooperation with Minerva University and its student government, and Global Environment Outreach Centre (GEOC).
