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2025.7.4 (Fri) 6th Kyoto Round Table: Results of the Osaka-Kansai Expo and Co-Creating the Future
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A roundtable seminar will be held at the EXPO Messe seminar venue to discuss how to connect the results of the Osaka-Kansai Expo with the history, culture, art, cutting-edge industry, and innovation of Japan, including Kyoto, and how to co-create and grow for the future.
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With the mission of "Co-creation of art, design, science, technology and economy - conveying the beauty and spirit of Japan to the world and creating the future", the expo will be held for the same six months as the Osaka-Kansai Expo, which will see the participation of 158 countries and regions and seven international organizations, and will network with the Expo site, Kyoto, Osaka, Kansai and the whole country to contribute to creating a virtuous cycle between culture and arts, and the economy and society, and a well-being future in which life shines. We hope that the Osaka-Kansai Expo will serve as an opportunity to expand the circle of co-creation of diverse culture and arts, science and technology, and economy with countries around the world.
6th Kyoto Roundtable: Achievements of the Osaka-Kansai Expo and Co-Creating the Future
[Venue] 2025 Japan World Expo Venue EXPO Messe "WASSE" Seminar venue ▶ "The 3rd Japan International Art Festival / Osaka Kansai Expo Exhibition" is being held [Date] Friday, July 4, 2025 18:00-20:00
[Organizers] Osaka-Kansai Expo Kyoto Promotion Committee / Yumeshima New Industry and Urban Creation Organization [Participation Fee] Free
*No reservation is required for admission to the EXPO Messe "WASSE" for the "3rd Japan International Art Festival / Osaka-Kansai Expo Exhibition."
*An Osaka, Kansai Expo admission ticket is required to enter the venue.
Purchase tickets here ( Osaka-Kansai Expo ticket purchase site )
[ Purpose of the event ]
Following the 5th event, this time during the Expo, we will hold a roundtable seminar on the day after Japan Day (7/3) at the EXPO Messe "WASSE" in the Osaka-Kansai Expo site, where the "3rd Japan International Art Festival / Osaka-Kansai Expo Exhibition" is being held. This time, the theme will be "The results of the Osaka-Kansai Expo and co-creation of the future", and we will discuss how to connect the results of the Expo, which is participated in by 158 countries and regions around the world, with the history, culture, art, and cutting-edge industry and innovation of Japan, including Kyoto, and how to co-create and grow them for the future. Through this project, Yumeshima New Industry and Urban Creation Organization will work with the Japan International Art Festival, which promotes the co-creation of art, design, science, technology, and economy, and will work with official participating countries to promote efforts to disseminate culture and art, which is the foundation of not only the SDGs but also Beyond SDGs, from Kyoto, which can be said to be the capital of culture and art, with the Agency for Cultural Affairs relocated to Kyoto, to the world.
[Program]
1. Opening remarks by Governor Nishiwaki Takatoshi and Mayor Matsui Koji of Kyoto 2. Opening session Speeches by speakers 3. Roundtable
[Speakers]
◇ Toshikazu Yamagiwa, Chairperson of the Osaka-Kansai Expo Kyoto Promotion Committee / Director of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature / Senior Advisor to the Osaka-Kansai Expo
◇ Masaru Ishikawa, Venue Operations Producer for the 2025 World Expo in Japan
◇ Masaharu Kawamori, Theme Project Producer for the 2025 World Expo, Japan
◇ Sachiko Nakajima, Theme Project Producer for the 2025 World Expo, Japan
◇ Mr. Hiroshi Ishiguro, Theme Project Producer for the 2025 World Expo, Japan *Mr. Hiroshi Ishiguro will be on stage via video message.
Moderator: Tomoyuki Takahashi, Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
The 3rd Japan International Art Festival/Osaka Kansai Expo Exhibition
The 3rd Japan International Art Festival / Osaka-Kansai Expo Exhibition will be held for five days from Wednesday, July 2nd to Sunday, July 6th, 2025 at the EXPO Messe "WASSE" at the 2025 World Expo, Japan. The exhibition will be the main event of the main venue of the Japan International Art Festival, organized by the Yumeshima New Industry and Urban Creation Organization.
Furthermore, various events will be held at the seminar venue within the same venue to liven up the "3rd Japan International Art Festival / Osaka, Kansai Expo Exhibition," and on Friday, July 4th, the "6th Kyoto Round Table: Achievements of the Osaka, Kansai Expo and Co-Creating the Future" will be held. This is a meaningful and valuable seminar in a roundtable format, where the chairperson of the Osaka, Kansai Expo Kyoto Promotion Committee and producers of the Osaka, Kansai Expo will take to the stage to discuss how the results of the Expo can be linked to the history, culture, and art of Kyoto and other parts of Japan, as well as cutting-edge industry and innovation, and how we can co-create and grow for the future.
Please come and enjoy the wonderful exhibits and events that connect the highest level of Japanese beauty and spirit with the world.
Japan International Art Festival
Organized by the Yumeshima New Industry and Urban Creation Organization (abbreviated as Yumeshima Organization), the mission is "Co-creation of Art, Design, Science, Technology and Economy - Communicating the Beauty and Spirit of Japan to the World and Creating the Future", and will be held for the same period of six months as the Osaka-Kansai Expo, which will see the participation of 158 countries and regions and seven international organizations, through a network that covers the Expo site, Kyoto, Kansai and the whole country. We will contribute to the creation of a virtuous cycle of culture, art, and the economy and society, and a well-being future where life shines.
Please come and visit the 3rd Japan International Art Festival, an international art festival being held on the occasion of the Osaka-Kansai Expo.
The 3rd Japan International Art Festival Official Website
With the mission of "Co-creation of art, design, science, technology and economy - conveying the beauty and spirit of Japan to the world and creating the future", the expo will be held for the same six months as the Osaka-Kansai Expo, which will see the participation of 158 countries and regions and seven international organizations, and will network with the Expo site, Kyoto, Osaka, Kansai and the whole country to contribute to creating a virtuous cycle between culture and arts, and the economy and society, and a well-being future in which life shines. We hope that the Osaka-Kansai Expo will serve as an opportunity to expand the circle of co-creation of diverse culture and arts, science and technology, and economy with countries around the world.
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