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Okinawa Sustainable City Summit VOL II 2024
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Envisioning the future of small self-sufficient, sustainable and resilient cities and communities
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We will go through a discovery process and innovation journey with a mix of keynotes and interactive workshop-style sessions, following this protocol: “Connect - Scan - Focus - Act.”  
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The agenda is a living organism and subject to change
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Day 1 March 19
Inspirational speeches and break-out sessions
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Inspire - Future Visioning - Connect - Scan TitleSpeaker(s)Description
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13:0013:050:05WelcomeLauren Ha (OIST)Gather in front of main building next to auditorium after checking in with security guards, general taxi drop off
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13:0514:051:00OIST Tourwe will all have the opportunity to visit the campus
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14:0514:100:05Opening Remarks Christian Schmitz
(Founder, PDIE Group)
For people who want to skip the tour, come directly to C209 at 14:00 sharp
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14:1014:150:05Opening Remarks
(Video Message)
Noriyuki Shikata
(Secretary General at Prime Minister's Office for Public Affairs)
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14:1514:350:20Inspirational Speech 1: Japan's Vision for realizing a Digital Garden City Nation Kyoko Nishi
(Deputy Director-General for Secretariat of the Council
for the Realization of the Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation
Deputy Director-General for Secretariat of the Council
for Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reforms
Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan)
About the Digital Garden City Nation by Prime Minister Kishida which aims to achieve rural-urban digital integration and transformation.
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14:3514:400:05Opening Remarks Dr. Karin Markides
(President & CEO, OIST)
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14:4014:500:10Inspirational Speech 2: Bonaire, a self sufficient island economy Adnan Hassan (Online)
BIG IDEAS Foundation
Bonaire is a Dutch island in the Carribean and Adnan Hassan is a former World Bank executive and investor who is working on realization of a self-sufficient hydrogen based economy for the island of Bonaire
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14:5015:000:10Inspirational Speech 3:
Future Visioning
Rudolf Hilti
The System Change Foundation, Founder
Explaining the necessary puzzle pieces for being able to shift systems by disrupting mindsets and thought patterns
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15:0015:100:10Break for refreshment and networkingall
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15:1015:250:15Inspirational Speech 4:
Singapore's Green Economy Masterplan
Brice Richard (online), Miyuki Tokuno
Arup
Brice will introduce about the Singapore Green Economy Masterplan and talk about the various aspects which are important to achieve a sustainable urban development from angles of technology, but also with an emphasis on creating and inclusive economy, Miyuki will introduce about the activities of Arup from Tokyo
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15:2515:300:05Intro to Break-out Session #1: Future VisioningYuichi Terada
(PDIE Group)
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15:3016:000:30Break-out Session #1: Future VisioningAll Develop your own utopian vision of a positive future - from the perspective of different technological, human, societal systems and functions enabling a prosperous future

Example questions:
- How will people spend an ideal day in a sustainable, self-sufficient small city?
- What does happiness and wellbeing in the city of the future look like?
- How does the future urban environment look and feel?
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16:0016:100:10Feedback session from Break-out Session #1Yuichi Terada
(PDIE Group)
Groups report about their discussion
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16:1016:300:20Networking allfacilitated networking to bring participants closer to each other and connection exercise
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16:3017:000:30Birthgap
A demographic time bomb
Stephen Shaw Stephen Shaw is the creator of the documentary film birthgap and a data scientist and traveled 25 countries to make his film which is based on data evidence, he will report about the declining population problem
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17:0017:050:05Intro to Break-out Session #2: ScanAlejandra Nino (PDIE Group)
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17:0517:500:45Breakout Session #2: ScanAll Discussion on topic: 5) Wellbeing/Longevity and how this will impact the need for innovation and societal transformation
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17:5018:000:10Feedback session from Break-out session #2Alejandra Nino (PDIE Group)
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18:0018:100:10Review Day 1 and Closing RemarksChristian Schmitz
(Founder, PDIE Group)
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19:0022:00Dinner with all participants Optional: We announce location in the morning, dinner paid by each participant
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Day 2 March 20
Inspirational speeches and break-out sessions
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Focus and Act TitleSpeaker(s)Description
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9:309:350:05Intro and Review of Day 1 Lauren Ha (OIST)
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9:3510:000:25Inspirational Speech 1: AgroforestryValter Ziatoni (online)
(Founder, Pretaterra)
How AgroForestry can change the game for regenerative agriculture and recreate healthy soils, healthy food and healthy climate
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10:0010:050:05Q&A all
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10:0510:150:10Island Nations
Hawaii Nation
Brandon Maka'awa'awa (online)
(Vice President, Nation of Hawaii)
The example of Nation Hawaii where a fully self-sufficient regenerative system with self-sufficient energy supplies and a restoration and regeneration of the island's water streams is being undertaken
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10:1510:250:10Island Nation/Blue Economy
Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Masanori Kobayashi (online)
Senior Research Fellow, Sasakawa
Peace Foundation
We will get an insight about the blue economy research of the Sasakawa Peace foundation
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10:2510:300:05Q&A
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10:3010:350:05Intro to Break-out Session #1Christian Schmitz
(Founder, PDIE Group)
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10:3511:000:25Break-out Session #1: FocusAllDiscussion on theme: 1) regenerative food/agriculture, 2) island nations/blue economy
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11:0011:150:15Inspirational Speech 3:
Circular Agro-Economy
Daisuke Kishi
(KET Lifull Agriloop)
An initiative in Okinawa, Ishigaki island to create a fully circular agroeconomic system
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11:1511:250:10Built Environment 1
3D printed nature based buildings
Lucas Evans (online)
Founder, E3 Agriculture
E3 Agriculture has tied up with a Digital 3D printing startup and supply hempcrete which is made from hemp, goal is to provide 100% nature based affordable housing
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11:2511:350:10Built Environment 2
Matinno
Fara Taraie
Founder of Matinno and New Norm Design
Fara is developing a materials data base and market place and will introduce about this and her needs to advance to this platform
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11:3511:450:10Built Environment 3
ATOMHOUSE and rural development
Jacob Reiner
Founder of ATOMHOUSE
The founding director and chief engineer at ATOMHOUSE will introduce about his work specializing in modular buildings,
vertical farm tech, sustainable residences and agri-resort development. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal,
Bloomberg, The International Herald Tribune and frequent Japanese TV appearances.
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11:4512:150:30Break-out Session #2: Focus AllDiscussion on themes: Built Environment
What can be done to improve construction industry, materials and how can energy efficiency in buildings be improved
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12:1513:301:15Lunch break and NetworkingAllThe lunch is for continuing discussions and mingle in smaller groups also for exploring the campus and the nearby environment
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13:3013:450:15Wellbeing/Longevity
Mindful Smartcities
Dr. Shima Beigi (online)
Author of Mindful Smartcities
How to revolutionise designing urban communities by integrating mindfulness and complexity science principles into smart cities, elevating
collective consciousness, catalysing paradigm shifts, and addressing generational traumas.
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13:4514:000:15Inspirational Speech 3:
Future of Food
Sara Roversi (online)
(Founder, Future Food Institute)
Systemic change from food systems applying principles of prosperity design thinking
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14:0014:150:15Sustainable Mobility
Trend of eMobility
Noriko Suzuki
IBM
Noriko has published a report about the trend of eMobility and will talk about the immediate future and the intentions of automotive industry as well as derive current pain points to create an infrastructure which supplies clean, green energy
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14:1514:300:15Sustainable Mobility
Future of flying cars
Asa Quesenberry (online)
Founder of Skyscape Inc.
Skyscape is working on the next generation infrastructure to provide vertiports for flying cars. Asa will talk about the current state of advanced air mobility and some ways it will impact our communities for the better as well as why the Japanese government is aiming to establish an AAM ecosystem this decade.
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14:3014:400:10Q&Aall
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14:4015:200:40Breakout Session #2: ScanallDiscussion about theme: Sustainable Mobility, what are the requirements for future mobility, what new means of transportation will be there, how island nations cope with mobility and how to make all the mobility emission free
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15:2015:300:10Feedback Session all
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15:3015:450:15Built Environment
The Future is Fungi Award
Susanne Gloersen (online)
The Future is Fungi Award
Fungi and mycelium are fascinating materials which can shift our world to more healthy and more nature positive materials with zero emission. Built environment is contributing 40% of the Greenhouse emissions and these new materials will help
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15:4516:000:15Built Environment
New Materials and Archiecture
Yasmine Mamoudieh (online)
Architect, Interior Designer, Tech Entrepreneur
Yasmine has collected new sustainable materials since more than 20 years and applies them in her luxury design projects and architectural projects, she is ahead of time and will speak how we can shift to more nature positive and low emission materials in construction and design
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16:0016:300:30Breakout Session #3: FocusBreakout Session to focus key interests Think about key interests from perspective of participants, what do they want to focus at, break down into themes:
1) Renewable energy, 2) Food/Agriculture 3) Built Environment 4) Sustainable Mobility 5) Wellbeing/Longevity
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16:0016:300:30Keynote: Renewable Energy to the
rural areas of Japan
Takahiro Kurata,
CEO of GPSS
GPSS has developed a unique stakeholder model to include stakeholders in rural communities in the decision making process and also include them partially as monetary beneficiaries
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16:3016:400:10Renewable Energy
Building Large Scale Green Hydrogen Hubs
Franz Bergmeier (online)
Director at Infener GmbH
Franz is responsible for the international strategy of Infener GmbH, a Swiss German company currently working on around 8 ginat hydrogen hubs in Germany and having a global vision to scale green hydrogen, Franz will give insights into the plans, the technology and their vision for a zero emission economy
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16:4016:500:10Q&A
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16:5017:000:10Recap of topics of Day 2 Christian Schmitz and Yuichi Terada
PDIE Group
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17:1017:200:10Keynote
Igniting your Future Visions
Benjamin J. Butler
Futurist
Benjamin is a renowned futurist and will give us a bright perspective and additional motivation for getting into positive action
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17:0017:450:45Final Activation Session All participants People can group in smaller groups and note down some of their key learnings and make plans what to focus their actions on and how to contribute to the future of cities from their perspectives
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17:4517:550:10Group session and discussion
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17:5518:000:05Closing Remarks Christian Schmitz
PDIE Group
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18:0020:30Closing Dinner
Buffet style at OIST Yuntaku (same building one floor down from C209)
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Day 3
Pledge for action and group activities : Optional
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Act TitleSpeaker(s)Description
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Introduction of Day 3Yuichi Terada(PDIE Group)
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10:1510:250:10Beach Cleaning at Tanicha ParkMoe Miyajima, U2-4 RYUKYU
@u2_4ryukyu
https://maps.app.goo.gl/g5Vp66YHTUZymDNLA
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10:2512:001:35*10-15mins walk from OISTA brief introduction by Moe Miyajima, CEO of U2_4Ryukyu, prior to starting beach cleaning
Local community members of U2_4RYUKYU will join us!
We will collect and see what we can find on the beach at the end.

Parking space: Tanichahama Nagameno Hama Parking, Sokagakkai Parking
Please bring gloves, hat or cap, beach sandles (flip flops), tongs
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12:0013:001:00Lunch at the BeachBento Camping car will come to the parking lot ¥1,000 for a bento & drink will be provided by Earth food KAN-SHA
https://www.instagram.com/earth_food_kansha831?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
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