Global Student Peer Roundtable
Japan Institute for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (JSIE) supports fostering global talent, and offers global networking opportunities for young professionals, with an emphasis on helping women and minorities realize their greatest potential.
The 4th Global Student Peer Roundtable Discussion
Date: Saturday May 1, 2021 09:00-10:30 am (Japan time)
Friday April 30, 2021 8:00-9:30 pm (DC time)
Theme: “Gender and Diversity”
Facilitator: JSIE Director
Eligibility: 9-12 graders
Capacity: 24 (first-come first-serve-basis)
Language: Japanese/English bilingual
Tool: Zoom
Fee: Free of Charge
Application: Please state your email address, name, school, grade, your self-introduction, and language capability.
Past Global Student Peer Roundtable
We are experiencing many changes as we face COVID-19 crisis. It is inevitable that we need to adjust our lifestyles to co-exists with COVID-19, and new lifestyle will be our new normal. It is great challenge that we adapt new ways of doing things, but at the same time it is a great opportunity for innovation. We will be sharing tips and new challenges we have been practicing every day and think about differences in different society in the US and Japan.
Facilitator: Fumiko Sasaki, JSIE Director from NY
*2nd Global Student Peer Roundtable “What is a Leader? ~ thinking on the occasion of the change of Japanese prime minister and the upcoming US presidential election.” Students from the US, Canada, and Japan exchanged views under the theme of “What is a Leader?”
Date: Saturday Sep. 19, 2020 9:00-10:30 pm (DC time)
Facilitator: Hiromi Murakami (JSIE Representative)
*3rd Global Student Peer Roundtable “What is effective way to learn?” – participants shared their own experience what kind of approaches were highly effective and not effective.
Date: Saturday Jan. 16, 2020 8:00-9:30 pm (DC time)
Facilitator: Fumiko Sasaki (JSIE Director)
JSIE is also providing “Global Career Series” to provide online education to junior and high school students who will be expected to pave their way through their future in the global world. It is an interactive educational program where participants can learn about professional work and experience from the people who are globally active in various fields and study-abroad life from the students studying at overseas universities, and also ask the speakers questions directly. This gives participants not only the opportunity to think about their future life planning but also vital knowledge that may help to navigate future global career. You will need zoom environment. For more details, please click the button below.
