{"id":828,"date":"2025-08-05T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T04:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/?p=828"},"modified":"2026-04-25T23:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T14:57:29","slug":"%e3%80%90%e9%96%8b%e5%82%ac%e4%ba%88%e5%91%8a%e3%80%91ticad9%e3%82%b5%e3%82%a4%e3%83%89%e3%82%a4%e3%83%99%e3%83%b3%e3%83%88%e3%80%8c%e9%ab%98%e5%b0%82%e3%82%aa%e3%83%bc%e3%83%97%e3%83%b3%e3%82%a4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/%e9%95%b7%e5%b2%a1%e6%8a%80%e8%a1%93%e7%a7%91%e5%ad%a6%e5%a4%a7%e5%ad%a6-2\/828\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Upcoming Event\u3011TICAD9 Side Event: \"KOSEN Open Innovation Challenge \u2013 Co-Creation Power for\nShaping the Future: Solving Development Issues from Teens in Africa \u00d7 Japan\""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, August 20, 2025, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as host and Nagaoka University of Technology (NUT) as co-organizer will hold a TICAD9 side event at the JICA Yokohama Center. The event is titled \"KOSEN Open Innovation Challenge \u2013 Co-Creation Power for Shaping the Future: Solving Development Issues from Teens in Africa \u00d7 Japan.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event coincides with TICAD9, where leaders from across Africa will gather in Yokohama. It aims to showcase the \"Africa x Innovation\" initiatives led by KOSEN (College of Technology) students\u2014the future leaders of Japan's technology\u2014to a global audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program includes enthusiastic presentations by students on the progress of the \"KOSEN Open Innovation Challenge (KOI)\" and their plans for field demonstrations in Ghana and Senegal later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A panel discussion will follow on the theme: \"The Significance of Youth-Led Co-creation and Innovation.\" Students will share their authentic perspectives based on firsthand experiences, discussing topics such as how their mindsets changed after visiting Africa and what is needed to treat African development challenges as their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We warmly invite students, especially those from KOSEN, and anyone interested in Africa to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the KOI project, NUT is committed to nurturing young talent, contributing to Japan through reverse innovation, and further strengthening international collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u9ad8\u5c02\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30f3\u30a4\u30ce\u30d9\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u30c1\u30e3\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8_TICAD9.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of \u9ad8\u5c02\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30f3\u30a4\u30ce\u30d9\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u30c1\u30e3\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8_TICAD9.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-febfd13b-8919-4b17-9599-c1fd8c2b90e8\" href=\"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u9ad8\u5c02\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30f3\u30a4\u30ce\u30d9\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u30c1\u30e3\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8_TICAD9.pdf\">Open Innovation Challenge for Colleges of Technology_TICAD9<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u9ad8\u5c02\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30f3\u30a4\u30ce\u30d9\u30fc\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u30c1\u30e3\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8_TICAD9.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-febfd13b-8919-4b17-9599-c1fd8c2b90e8\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"944\" src=\"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-2.png 709w, https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-2-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-2-9x12.png 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Event Information<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Date &amp; Time: Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 14:00\u201316:00<br>Organizers: Japan International Cooperation Agency (Host), Nagaoka University of Technology (Co-organizer)<br>Format: Hybrid (In-person at JICA Yokohama and Online)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Admission: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticad9event.jica.go.jp\/jp\/event\/detail_034.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawRS8ShleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR6lYAeMhn5_C-ZvqA6EG_Yrd0LRkRiP7Rtxz4WLeuL16Q1belpdyLUl5TbjGw_aem_d0wSce0id9IQzQQyU9GTZw\">Registration Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Issued by<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head Office for Research Strategy, Nagaoka University of Technology (Saito, Takei)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u30002025\u5e748\u670820\u65e5\uff08\u6c34\u66dc\uff09\u3001JICA\u6a2a\u6d5c\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u306b\u3066\u3001\u56fd\u969b\u5354\u529b\u6a5f\u69cb(\u4e3b\u50ac)\u304a\u3088\u3073\u9577\u5ca1\u6280\u8853\u79d1\u5b66\u5927\u5b66(\u5171\u50ac)\u306f <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/%e9%95%b7%e5%b2%a1%e6%8a%80%e8%a1%93%e7%a7%91%e5%ad%a6%e5%a4%a7%e5%ad%a6-2\/828\/\">Read more \u2192.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[9,17,39,40],"class_list":["post-828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-32","tag-9","tag-17","tag-39","tag-40"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}