“Global x Inclusive x Leadership ~ Shaping Passion & Ideas into plans: Creating New Values for Inclusive Community”
May 24 – May 26, 2024 in Nagano
Co-hosted by The University of Nagano Graduate school of Social Innovation
Supported by Nagano Prefecture, Nicollap, Globalgiving, and Servicenow
JSIE supports fostering global talent and offers global networking opportunities for all with an emphasis on helping women and minorities realize their greatest potential. Women’s Initiative for Sustainable Empowerment (WISE) program is to provide opportunities to shape our life mission and work toward social challenges.
- Date: May 24 – May 26, 2024 (2 nights 3 days)
- Venue: The University of Nagano campus
- Language: English (Japanese is plus)
- Registration: closed
- Capacity: 30 -35 people (First-come first-serve-basis)
2024 WISE Program aims to shape ideas into actionable project plans. Under the keywords “Global x Inclusive x Leadership,” we will work together to create an inclusive society where people from different background can maximize their potential. We all know that challenges we face everyday are closely connected to SDGs or social problems, that can turned into (social) business ideas. JSIE will provide opportunities to shape such ideas into plans through group work and to learn leadership styles to bring people in action. JSIE particularly focuses on the following points:
- Ability to Identify and define problem(s)
- Ability to present and explain your ideas to others
- Ability to negotiate, collaborate, and involve with others
- Ability to accept different values and be flexible
- Ability to play leadership and bring “the best outcome”
- You can join JSIE’s global community and meet with people with diverse backgrounds.
- You can get valuable advice and information from the mentors and peers that may help to shape your ideas into actual plans/projects.
- You can make friends who have similar passion, values, and goals towards social change and share these with them.
We invite any ideas that help us make our society better for the next generation. Please share your ideas/activities tackling social problems in the local/global community. For example,
- Ideas leading to end poverty and/or reduce social inequality
- ldeas leading to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being of women and children
- Ideas leading to equal access to quality education
- Ideas promoting inclusive communities and collaborative work by accepting talent from outside
- Ideas re-creating traditions from new & global perspective
- Applicants who are interested in the themes listed above (not limited to) and have own ideas.
(Please describe your ideas) - Applicants who are willing to support other people who have ideas.
(Please tell us your expertise, skills, and experience) - Applicants who are able to communicate with others in English.
- Application is open to all ages and nationalities
This program provides you opportunities to develop and shape ideas into practical plans. JSIE will award certificate to those who have outstanding project ideas. We have closed the applications. Please contact info@jsie.net for inquiries.
- Date: May 24 – May 26, 2024 (2 nights 3 days)
- Venue: “Shukubo” near Zenkoji and The University of Nagano campus
- Stay: “Shukubo” near Zenkoji (room share)
- Language:
→ English: be able to communicate in English (knowledge of Japanese a plus) - Registration closed
- Capacity:
→ 30-35 people (First-come first-serve-basis) - Donation Sponsor: US500$ (per participant)
Sponsoring ticket is for organization to secure a seat of participant & to get observing opportunity for sponsors. If the sponsor desires to invite specific individual, please let us know her/his name and contact info, so that we will directly invite her/him. Otherwise, JSIE will choose an appropriate candidate.
Please note that this ticket includes WISE Sponsor Award fee and an observer’s seat at final presentation and reception. However, transportation of the participant is not included, and hotel stay and transportation for the sponsor is not included. Please contact us if you have any questions at info@jsie.net
Tatsuya Matsui was born in 1969 in Tokyo. He graduated from Department of Fine Arts, College of Arts, Nihon University in 1991.
Since 1991 to 1996, he worked for Kenzo Tange Associates.
After engaging research in France, he served as a researcher of JST and engaged in design of the humanoid robot “PINO”. He founded Flower Robotics in 2001. Currently under development of the enhanced home robot “Patin” that can be used in all homes around the world.
Examination Committee of Good Design Award (2007-2014)
Main Award: iF Design Award in Germany, red dot Design Award in Germany
I am a co-founder of several startups and have spent many years in key roles at NGOs and consulting work with multinational Japanese corporations. I have more than 15 years designing and launching social ventures and projects with multi-stakeholders collaboratively. Those projects addressed various challenges and opportunities in the fields of gender equality, poverty alleviation, entrepreneurship culture building, sustainability, youth and senior empowerment in the ageing society, and urban & rural development in various countries including India, Kenya, Ghana, China, Indonesia, the UK, and Japan.
Born and raised in Silicon Valley, California, Michael began his entrepreneurial career by owning and managing an elderly care facility, then moving on to Google where he worked in operations optimization at Google Shopping. Wanting more adventure, he left Silicon Valley and moved to Hollywood where he worked as a prop maker on blockbuster movies such as Transformers and X-men (Logan).
Having always been interested in living abroad, he decided to move to Japan in 2017 as an English teacher. Eager to return to tech, he learned to program and transitioned to working as a software engineer in fintech, then to product manager at a children’s programming educational company, and most recently as the manager of data analytics team at DMM.com on its Eikaiwa business.
After seeing the opportunity to make a positive impact on society and public health by connecting elderly and young people through IT, he left DMM.com and co-founded nabetomo, an online conversation platform for elderly and young people, where he currently serves as CEO.
Founder and CEO of Asian Women Social Entrepreneur Network (AWSEN) and K.K.re:terra. Specialized in designing women entrepreneurial support programs, evaluating entrepreneurial outcome in local communities, and building social entrepreneurial communities. Graduate of International Christian University, Tokyo University (MA), and Ph.D. candidate at Keio University.
After graduating from Keele University (UK) in 2016, with a BA in Criminology with Japanese, Caitlin joined the JET Programme. She worked as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) and Vice Prefectural Advisor in Kumamoto City, Japan.
Through a strong interest in community involvement and service to others, she has held roles such as ALT project manager, international student peer mentor, volunteer at community justice centres & police stations, along with time as a police cadet. She is also an initiated member of the Chi Omega women’s fraternity (Chi Zeta chapter).
Caitlin won the best award at the Kumamoto WISE Special in 2019. With JSIE’s support, she has developed an app designed to detect abuse & neglect within Japanese school children and incorporated Kabushikikaisha Guardian in 2022.
Dr. Fumiko Sasaki is a faculty member of graduate schools of Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University, teaching East Asian Security. She is assigned to teach ‘Innovative Solutions to Human Security’ at the Earth Institute Executive Program at Columbia University. As a Community E-Learning Director of Distance Education for Africa, she fundraises and teaches on globalization to the youth in Africa live online. She holds a Ph.D. and MA in international relations from the School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University.
Hiromi Murakami is the Founder and President of JSIE. Prior to founding JSIE, she’s involved in various policy projects in US/Japanese institutions, including Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center, the Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI), and Economic Strategy Institute. Currently Murakami is also an adjunct fellow with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center and is a Visiting Fellow at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo, Japan. She holds a Ph.D. in international relations from School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
Mayumi is a director for external relations at Japan Institute for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (JSIE.) She joined JSIE as one of the starting members in 2015. Previously, she worked as a program officer at the Tokyo Foundation, a policy think tank, where she was involved in program planning, management, and public relations, particularly for policy dialogue and international exchange programs. In the past, she has worked at Mitsui USA (New York), Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS, Washington, DC), and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo), where she supported executives and researchers. Mayumi is a graduate of the University of Leeds in UK.
May 24, 2024 (Friday)
15:00 – Registration & Check-in (Please check-in by 16:30)
17:00 Introduction, Self-introduction, Pitch & Grouping
19:00 Reception & Networking
*Voluntary group work may take place during the evening time.
May 25, 2024 (Saturday)
09:00 – Lectures
09:30 Group work
12:00 – Lunch (bento)
13:20 – Mentors’ introduction
14:00 – Mentor’s session
17:30 – Sharing time — lessons and challenges
18:30 – Supper
*Voluntary group will work during the evening time.
May 26, 2024 (Sunday)
09:00 – Lecture
09:30 – Group work
12:00 – Lunch (bento)
13:15 – Final Presentation
15:30 – Sharing time
15:45 – Award & Closing remarks, photo-taking
16:30 Adjourn
*Contents, schedule, and mentor/panelists are subject to change.
→ Participants should be able to discuss matters in English with other participants during group works. But some Japanese definitely helps.
→ No, transportation is not included. Everyone is required to stay at JSIE-designated place during the program, unless commuting from local areas. The fee covers program fee, facility fee, bento box, breakfast, reception, and two-night stay.
→ Applicants are accepted in first-come-first-served basis, who have completed the application process and payment.
→ For those who are using train (Shinkansen), please get off at Nagano station, and the place to stay/reception is within walking distance of Nagano station. Please note that the hotel does not have parking space. Details will be sent to you when your participation is confirmed.
→ On the first day, idea presenters are requested to make 1-min. presentation. Please make your presentation attractive, so that your peer participants will vote your idea. You will be given a sheet of paper to present your idea.
