Learning and Playing Week
Why Do We Learn? Perspectives from Education and Play Agenda 2025 Co-created Programme
Shape New World Initiative
【Hypothesis of the future vision for 2050】A future where everyone shines with their unique qualities and lives with a rich and fulfilled heart.
From childhood to adulthood, we continuously accumulate a wide range of experiences and learn every day. With the advancement of AI technology, the methods and value of learning are undergoing significant changes. In this panel discussion, we will revisit the essence of learning and explore how we can use it to live vibrant lives while honoring our individuality. We will also consider what learning might look like in 2050.
Discussion
- STEAM
- Games around the world
- Lifelong learning
This programme is scheduled to be live streamed at the Virtual Expo. We will inform you once it is confirmed.
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Agenda2025
Co-created Programme
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
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2025.07.26[Sat]
17:30 ～ 19:30
(Venue Open 17:00)
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- Theme Weeks Studio
Programme details
We continuously accumulate new experiences through various environments and interactions with society, from childhood play to school education and workplace relationships. These experiences become part of our learning, which ultimately shapes our personality and values. In this way, learning is a vital element in living a life true to ourselves. With the advancement of AI technology, acquiring knowledge has become easier, and the methods and value of learning are changing rapidly. In this panel discussion, we will explore why we learn, what it means to live vibrant lives while honoring our individuality, and what learning might look like in 2050. We invite everyone to join us in this meaningful reflection.
Cast
Moderator
Fumiaki Kishino
University of Tsukuba
Fumiaki Kishino is a neuroscientist specializing in the functional changes that occur in the brain during postnatal development. He studies how the brain undergoes changes through interactions with diverse environments. His goal is to identify an optimal educational system for individuals by uncovering how new experiences are continuously transformed into knowledge.
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Speakers
Takanori Nakagome
Connecting the World Through Dancing
Takanori Nakagome is a professional dancer and the organizer of the dance class "Connecting the World Through Dancing." He won the All Japan Student Dance Championship while studying at the School of Commerce at Waseda University. After working for four years at Benesse, an educational company, he traveled around the world, teaching dance to 10,000 children. He now conducts lectures, workshops, and exchange events through dance, connecting children in Japan and abroad via live streaming. He also runs the YouTube channel "Gome Dance Channel," which has more than 40,000 subscribers.
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Sotaro Tsunagi
Owner of TSUNAGU
With a vision of “connecting people and society,” we collaborate with diverse stakeholders—NPOs, companies, and communities—to build teams and fundraise, creating sustainable support systems for social change.
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Haruna Mori
Sustainable Arts Creation Organization, Community for Communities, Loudhill
Haruna Mori is a movement artist. She currently serves as the Representative Director of the General Incorporated Association "Sustainable Arts Creation Organization" and as the Director of "Community for Communities." She is also involved in Loudhill, a project based in Shizuoka that creates stage performances to promote the area.
Haruna has been engaged in expressive activities since childhood, which led her to question the ecosystem of the art and entertainment industries. She works to connect art with social issues through research in art management and cultural economics, stage performances involving people with disabilities and children, and the production of art projects that emphasize diversity.
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Marin Matsuda
BizScribble Inc., Professional University of Information and Management for Innovation
Marin Matsuda is a graphic recorder specializing in facilitation. She is the CEO of BizScribble Inc. and a visiting associate professor at the Professional University of Information and Management for Innovation.
Drawing on her experience as a note-taker for students with hearing impairments, Marin has introduced graphic recording in a variety of settings, from live TV broadcasts to conferences for large corporations and government agencies. Having grown up in poverty and lived with an autoimmune disease, she is deeply aware of the social issues affecting vulnerable groups. Marin strives to create spaces where people can "visualize their options."
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Yuma Tokunaga
EdFuture
Yuma Tokunaga is the Design Lead for the High School Study Abroad Program and Public Relations Manager at NPO EdFuture, an organization dedicated to providing young people with diverse choices for the future.
Motivated by his own experience studying abroad in Canada during high school, Yuma is passionate about offering a variety of opportunities to young people. After working as a kindergarten staff member in Osaka for two years, he has been designing affordable study abroad programs for high school students at EdFuture since 2022, with a particular focus on opportunities in Ireland last year.
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Shinya Hiraoka
Founder and CEO of Stapia Co., Ltd.
Born in Kyoto City in 1993. Graduated from the College of Information Science and Engineering at Ritsumeikan University and holds a Master of Education from the High Tech High Graduate School of Education. Operates the inquiry-based study abroad program "Global Teacher Program," focusing on education. In collaboration with public schools in the Philippines, Finland, and San Diego, has led over 300 participants.
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Learning and Playing Week
Why Do We Learn? Perspectives from Education and Play Agenda 2025 Co-created Programme
【Hypothesis of the future vision for 2050】A future where everyone shines with their unique qualities and lives with a rich and fulfilled heart.
From childhood to adulthood, we continuously accumulate a wide range of experiences and learn every day. With the advancement of AI technology, the methods and value of learning are undergoing significant changes. In this panel discussion, we will revisit the essence of learning and explore how we can use it to live vibrant lives while honoring our individuality. We will also consider what learning might look like in 2050.
-
2025.07.26[Sat]
17:30～19:30
(Venue Open 17:00)
- Theme Weeks Studio
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
This programme is scheduled to be live streamed at the Virtual Expo. We will inform you once it is confirmed.
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