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Call for Participants】Marine Issues Discovery Challenge 2023

2023.09.27

In this program, participants will be challenged to discover issues in Imabari City, the center of Japan's maritime industry, through workshops and fieldwork to deepen their understanding of the maritime industry, and to develop their own research and development themes to solve those issues. We will provide support not only for the event, but also for research and hypothesis development in order to plan the theme,I want to try problem solving and exploration activities! I am interested in shipbuilding and shipping! We are looking forward to meeting your challenges.

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Program Flow

Participants will be divided into three teams (about five members per team) with three collective events as milestones. Each team will work on setting issues, formulating hypotheses to solve the issues, and formulating research and development themes.

Schedule and Venue	Contents
Sunday, December 10, 2023 @Former Imabari Computer College (5-840-4, Higashimon-cho, Imabari City)	1) Kick-off event . Through lectures, demonstrations, and workshops, teams are formed and prepared for fieldwork.
↓arrow (mark or symbol)	*1 Interviews and presentation preparation for fieldwork
Saturday during January 2024 scheduled. @ Imabari City	(2) Fieldwork <Gathering Event Each team will visit maritime-related companies in Imabari City. Based on the opinions obtained and what they saw in the field, the teams will brush up and dig deeper into the issues and solutions in preparation for the presentation of results.
↓arrow (mark or symbol)	*1 Discussion of issues and proposed solutions for presentation of results. Online presentation training sessions and presentation practice sessions for participating teams jointly (one session each)
Sunday, March 24, 2024 @ Imabari City	(3) Presentation of Results <Gathering Event(Held within the Setouchi Minato Marche (planned)) The three participating teams will give presentations on the issues they have explored in depth through fieldwork and the research and development themes they wish to tackle to solve them.

1 LIVERNESS staff members act as mentors to support your progress through online interviews and communication via chat tools.

Subject of application

3 teams (about 5 students/team) consisting of high school and technical college students (3rd year or younger) in Ehime Prefecture

*Each team will be required to enter a team.

Participation Fee

free

You will be responsible for your own transportation to and from each event.

Conditions of Participation

High school or technical college students (junior year or younger) participating in the program must apply on their own initiative.
Must be able to participate in online interviews. (zoom or Google Meet will be used)

There is no charge for the use of *zoom or Google Meet.

Please prepare a PC and Internet environment that enables videoconferencing.

Ability to use the slack chat system to exchange information with team members and mentors.

*There is no fee for the use of slack.

*Please have an email address available for your own use.(If you don't have one, we recommend you to get a free address such as gmail)

Participants must attend the following events
- Kick-off event
- fieldwork
- presentation of results
The consent of the parents or guardians must be obtained for participation in the program.

After you have been selected to participate in the program, we will distribute an information sheet for parents/guardians regarding the consent items. After confirming the contents, you will be asked to submit a consent form.

Registration Deadline

Friday, October 27, 2023, 16:00

How to apply for participation

Please apply using the web form.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeM1nfyMKdy-XMLLScfY2uZctmXtlFelOyCyKVhKJBmP4b_yg/viewform

From Application to Decision of Participation

10/27 Application deadline
~11/6 Participants to be determined
- If there are too many applicants, selection will be based on the information provided at the time of application.
- All applicants will be notified by e-mail as to whether or not they can participate.

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Organized by: Imabari City
Planning and operation: LIVERNESS Co.

Inquiries about application

LIVERNESS Corporation
6F Iidabashi Miyuki Building, 1-4 Shimomiyaibicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0822, Japan
Attn: Yoshikawa, Seno
Email: [email protected]