Set at the Osaka-Kansai Expo place! In-depth program revealed for the “OSAKA JAPAN SDGs Forum”
– A speech by the head of Schneider Electric Japan, ranked the world’s most sustainable business, and a look by the Governor of Osaka Prefecture have actually been verified.
– The occasion will include a range of programs, consisting of a panel conversation and a live efficiency by enka vocalist Mitsuko Nakamura
Osaka, Japan, July 29, 2025 – (JCN Newswire) –Osaka Prefecture has actually completed the comprehensive program for the OSAKA JAPAN SDGs Forum to be hung on Friday, September 5, 2025.
Under the Osaka SDGs Vision(developed in 2020), Osaka Prefecture has actually set the objective of ending up being a leading “SDGs sophisticated city “that adds to attaining the SDGs on an international scale as the host city of the Osaka-Kansai Expo. To accomplish this, Osaka is working jointly to develop brand-new SDGs efforts. As part of these efforts, the OSAKA JAPAN SDGs Forum will be held at the Expo Hall “Shine Hat” situated within the Osaka-Kansai Expo place. This online forum, generally arranged as the National SDGs Forum by numerous city governments, will now occur at the Expo place under the style “EXPO for SDGs.” Its objective is to share pioneering actions with domestic and global audiences and to motivate all individuals to believe together about the future beyond 2030, “SDGs + beyond.” The online forum’s principle, “Connecting Everyone’s Wisdom to Change the World,” will unite varied stakeholders, consisting of SDGs professionals from the United Nations, personal business and city governments devoted to SDGs, in addition to members of the youth generation, breaking down barriers to work together towards a sustainable future.
The opening address will be provided by Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura, and the keynote speech will be provided by Professor Norichika Kanie, a leading authority on SDGs and among 15 independent researchers selected by the UN Secretary-General to add to the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR 2023). In addition, Ryoko Aoyagi, Country President of Schneider Electric Japan, will provide an unique lecture. Schneider Electric has actually been acknowledged as the world’s most sustainable business for 2 successive years by TIME Magazine and Statista, and is renowned for its pioneering efforts beforehand the SDGs.
The panel conversation will include Toshihiro Michioka, Representative Director and Deputy President of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Ryuichi Kouno, Managing Director of Mandai Co., Ltd., and Yasumi Takahashi, Executive Officer and Head of SCM at Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. The session will be moderated by Tsutomu Sasaki, Chief Specialist at the Japan Research Institute, Ltd. The conversation will concentrate on the “Genkotsu Project,” a collective effort by Osaka Prefecture and personal business targeted at promoting customer habits modification towards decarbonization, in addition to the particular actions that federal government, market, and the general public can take. In addition, the program will include a efficiency by Mitsuko Nakamura, an enka vocalist who has actually long supported help dogs-related efforts.
The online forum will conclude with a panel conversation including Toshihiko Ota, Mayor of Toyota City, the next host city of this online forum, Yumi Otsuka, Chief Sustainability Officer for Toyota Motor Corporation, and Professor Norichika Kanie.
We welcome business, city governments, NGOs, and trainees who have an interest in the SDGs to join us.
Please see this link for information: OSAKA JAPAN SDGs Forum
Summary
1. Date and Time: 13:00 to 17:30, Friday, September 5, 2025 (location opens at 12:00)
2. Location: Expo Hall “Shine Hat” (inside the Osaka-Kansai Expo website)
3. Qualified Participants: Students, academics, and groups such as corporations, regional authorities, or NPOs thinking about the SDGs
4. Capability and Participation Fee: 1,300 individuals
Involvement Fee: Free (* please note that a different ticket is needed for entry to the Expo website)
5. Program (Tentative): * This is the existing strategy, however please note that the program goes through alter.
PROGRAM
Speakers/Overview
Part 1: 13:00 to 15:15
Opening Ceremony
– DAZZLE Dance Company
– BOTAN Dance Unit
– Approx. 70 individuals, consisting of handicapped individuals, picked through open recruitment
They will place on a dance efficiency entitled “Hikari Musubi”
Greetings from Host
Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura
Greetings from Guests
United Nations companies and others
Keynote Speech
Dr. Norichika Kanie, Deputy Director Keio STAR, Head of the SFC Laboratory xSDG Laboratory, Professor at the Graduate School of Media and Governance of Keio University
We will invite Professor Norichika Kanie of Keio University, a leading scientist in SDGs in Japan, and among the 15 independent scholars selected by the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Speech
Ryoko Aoyagi, Country President of Schneider Electric Japan
Ryoko Aoyagi, Country President of Schneider Electric Japan, a business ranked No. 1 for 2 successive years in TIME Magazine’s “World’s Most Sustainable Companies 2025,” is verified to speak at the occasion
Panel Discussion
– Toshihiro Michioka, Representative Director and Deputy President of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
– Ryuichi Kouno, Managing Director of Mandai Co., Ltd.
-Yasumi Takahashi, Executive Officer and Head of SCM at Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.
-Koji Harada, Manager, Department of Environment, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Osaka Prefecture
– Moderator: Tsutomu Sasaki, Chief Specialist, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd.
Osaka Prefecture and personal business taking part in the “Genkotsu” CO2 Reduction Project, which intends to promote customer behavioral modifications for decarbonization, will share insights on what market, federal government, and people, can do
Break
Part 2: 15:25 to 17:30 (target)
Resumed Content
Enka vocalist Mitsuko Nakamura
Efficiency by Mitsuko Nakamura, and awareness-raising about support pets
Speech
Dr. Shun Kawakubo, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, and Member of the Osaka Prefecture SDGs Experts Committee
Following an intro of the outcomes of an information analysis of Osaka Prefecture’s “My SDGs Declaration Project,” Dr. Kawakubo will provide tips for more speeding up future actions towards accomplishing the SDGs
Discussion
Trainees from Kansai University Hokuyo Senior High School, Yamawaki Gakuen Senior High School, and others
Message from the youth generation
Discussions from the winning groups from the “6th Kansai SDGs Youth Action 2024,” a program acknowledging trainees’ concepts and actions towards attaining the SDGs
Panel Discussion
– Toshihiko Ota, Toyota City Mayor
– Yumi Otsuka, Chief Sustainability Officer for Toyota Motor Corporation
– Professor Norichika Kanie
Unique material about the city of Toyota, which will be the next host city for the SDGs National Forum. A panel conversation will be hung on the style of SDGs and collaborations.
Closing Ceremony
Profiles of Speakers
Keynote Speech
Norichika Kanie
Teacher at the Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University Director, xSDG Laboratory, Keio Research Institute at SFC Deputy Director, Keio STAR
Concentrating on global relations, sustainability research studies, and earth system governance, Professor Kanie is among 15 independent researchers designated by the UN Secretary-General to add to the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR 2023). He likewise acts as a member of the Japanese Government’s SDGs Promotion Headquarters Roundtable, an Earth Commission Ambassador, and actively participates in global and domestic research study and policy efforts connected to SDGs and worldwide ecological problems. Holds a Ph.D. in Policy and Media.
Speech
Ryoko Aoyagi
Nation President, Schneider Electric Japan
Profile
Joined Schneider Electric in August 2018 as Vice President of the Power Systems Division. In May 2021, she was designated Vice President of the Services Division. Broadening her duties even more, in April 2024, she likewise handled the function of Vice President for the Energy Management Segment Division, managing energy management service techniques for essential focus markets. On October 1, 2024, she presumed the position of Country President of Schneider Electric Japan, where she is accountable for all of Schneider Electric’s operations in the Japanese market, consisting of associated business and joint endeavors. Simultaneously, she was designated Representative Director of Schneider Electric Japan, Inc. and Schneider Electric Holdings K.K.
6. How to Apply
Registration for the online forum is now open. For information, please describe this link: OSAKA JAPAN SDGs Forum
Please note that, in addition to signing up for the online forum, visitors who currently have an Osaka-Kansai Expo admission ticket need to book their entry date and time for Friday, September 5, 2025, by means of the EXPO 2025 Digital Ticket site. Those who do not have a ticket will require to buy one.
RECOMMENDATION: About the SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a global program all embraced at the United Nations Summit in September 2015.
They include 17 worldwide objectives and 169 associated targets to be accomplished by 2030, targeted at understanding a sustainable society that is inclusive and leaves nobody behind.
The SDGs are universal objectives that not just establishing nations however likewise established countries need to pursue, needing the participation of different stakeholders, consisting of city governments.
In Osaka Prefecture, efforts are being promoted to end up being a prominent city for SDGs based upon the “Osaka SDGs Vision” created in March 2020.
Recommendation: Osaka SDGs Vision: The image of an “SDGs sophisticated city” that Osaka makes every effort to attain https://www.pref.osaka.lg.jp/documents/12984/osaka20sdgs20vision~20230409.pdf
Referral link: OSAKA JAPAN SDGs Forum
Questions about this matter
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