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.

“Global Student Peer Roundtable” provides online discussion opportunity among peer high school students from various parts of the world. JSIE directors will facilitate the discussion and help exchange various ideas among students from different background. Each session, JSIE will set a discussion theme and call applications. Applications are first-come-first-serve-basis. Students can propose future theme/issues of their interest. The Roundtable discussion will take approximately once in 2 months, and any high school students can participate online and engage in group discussions. We can accommodate English and/or Japanese speakers. This Roundtable series provides participants opportunity to share their own views, and get inspired from how others view the world differently. JSIE thinks that such opportunity will impact your thinking that may help to navigate future global career. You will need zoom or Teams environment.

The 2nd Global Student Peer Roundtable Discussion on September 20, 2020 (Free)
Students will be exchanging views from US and Japan under the theme of “What is a Leader?” JSIE Representative Hiromi Murakami will facilitate the discussion. Please state your name, school (location as well), grade, self-introduction, and areas you are interested, and send email to info@jsie.net.

Date: Sunday Sep. 20, 2020 10:00-11:30 am (Japan time)
Saturday Sep. 19, 2020 9:00-10:30 pm (DC time)
Theme: “What is a Leader? ~ thinking on the occasion of the change of Japanese prime minister and the upcoming US presidential election”
Facilitator: Dr. Hiromi Murakami, JSIE Representative
Eligibility: 9-12 graders
Capacity: 24 (first-come first-serve-basis)
Language: Japanese/English
Tool: Zoom or Teams
Fee: Free of Charge
Application Deadline: Sep. 14

Application can be sent from here

Past Global Student Peer Roundtable

1st Roundtable “COVID-19 and New Normal”

Date/time August 2, 2020 10:00-11:00am JSIT
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.
Theme: COVID-19 and New Normal
Facilitator：Fumiko Sasaki, JSIE DIrector from NY

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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.

Global Career Series Information

JSIE Directors BIOs are here

Global Student Peer Roundtable

Global Student Peer Roundtable

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