SDGs+Beyond Future Society for Life Week
EXPO Future Learn & Play: beyond SDGs
EXPO 2025 Thematic Project “Invigorating Lives” (Producer NAKAJIMA Sachiko)
EXPO Future Learning & Play: beyond SDGs is a forum to reflect on 4.6 billion years of Earth’s evolution and to envision future societies beyond the framework of the SDGs.
This talk will focus on the revision of Japan’s national curriculum guidelines, highlighting the role of STEAM education and the power of “play” in shaping next-generation learning. Professor Kan Suzuki (University of Tokyo / Keio University) and Sachiko Nakajima, producer of the Jellyfish Pavilion, will discuss the future of education and society.
Recorded video available
Discussion
- post-SDGs
- life
- EARTH Co-LAB
| Transmission of simultaneous interpretation | Provided |
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| Language of interpretation | Japanese and English |
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Signature Programme
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2025.10.04[Sat]
10:30 ～ 12:30
(Venue Open 10:15)
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- Venue
- Pavilion
- Playground of Lives: Jellyfish Pavilion
Programme details
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EXPO Future Learning & Play: beyond SDGs is a forum to revisit the history and endeavors of humanity, life, and the Earth, and to reimagine the shape of future societies. By taking a long view of 4.6 billion years of co-creation and transformation, it invites us to reconsider what it means to live well — Well-Being — and to envision a society where diverse lives can truly shine, beyond the framework of the SDGs.
This talk reflects on the upcoming revision of Japan’s national curriculum guidelines and explores directions for next-generation education. It highlights the role of STEAM education, especially the integrative and creative power of the Arts, and the significance of “play” as a fundamental human practice that generates new learning and unexpected value.
Professor Kan Suzuki (University of Tokyo / Keio University), together with Jellyfish Pavilion Producer Sachiko Nakajima, a musician, mathematician, and STEAM educator, will discuss the future of education and social transformation from their respective perspectives. Under Expo 2025’s thematic project Invigorating Lives, the session will present motifs that look beyond the SDGs, inspiring more creative, inclusive, and resilient futures.
Cast
Moderator
Kan Suzuki
Former State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Professor at The University of Tokyo, Project Professor at Keio University
Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law. After serving in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and as an assistant professor at Keio University, he became a member of the House of Councilors (12 years). He served as Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (two terms) and Assistant to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (four terms). He has been active in policy making and various productions related to education, medical care, sports, culture, and science and technology innovation.
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NAKAJIMA Sachiko
Thematic Project ”Invigorating Lives" (Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition)
Muisic x Mathematics x STEAM Education
steAm, Inc. CEO / steAm BAND Association Representative.
Thematic Project Producer at Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan. STEM Girls Ambassador by the Cabinet Office. Researcher at the Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo.
Gold medalist in the 1996 International Mathematical Olympiad. She is passionately promoting not only music, math, and STEAM education, but also media arts (intersection of art and technology) playfully. Power of Radiance Award 2025 winner, by Cle de Peau Beaute (Shiseido) on STEM x Gender.
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Earth Literacy Program（NPO)
Kan Suzuki Laboratory (Suzukanlab)
SDGs+Beyond Future Society for Life Week
EXPO Future Learn & Play: beyond SDGs
EXPO Future Learning & Play: beyond SDGs is a forum to reflect on 4.6 billion years of Earth’s evolution and to envision future societies beyond the framework of the SDGs.
This talk will focus on the revision of Japan’s national curriculum guidelines, highlighting the role of STEAM education and the power of “play” in shaping next-generation learning. Professor Kan Suzuki (University of Tokyo / Keio University) and Sachiko Nakajima, producer of the Jellyfish Pavilion, will discuss the future of education and society.
-
2025.10.04[Sat]
10:30～12:30
(Venue Open 10:15)
- Pavilion
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
- * The schedule is subject to change depending on the organiser's circumstances.
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