The 8th Advisory Board Meeting of the 糖心破解版 Compass Initiative (UCI) held
The 糖心破解版 Compass Initiative has established an Advisory Board consisting of intellectuals from outside the University to seek high-level opinions from a wide range of perspectives, including social and economic conditions in Japan and abroad, trends in academic research, and social and public awareness of issues, transcending fields and sectors, and apply them to the management of the University.
On Friday, March 13, 2026, the AY2025 Advisory Board Meeting was held in a hybrid format with online streaming, using the SMBC Academia Hall on the fourth floor of the International Academic Research Building as the main venue. Eighteen members (9 men and 9 women) from various fields and backgrounds, including businesspeople, social entrepreneurs, executives of international organizations, and experts in SDGs, D&I, design, and sports, attended the meeting, as well as President Fujii and other members of the executive board and department heads of the University.
At the beginning of the session, President Fujii gave a keynote report on the importance of humanity, language, and culture in the Intelligent Age, the emphasis on experiential learning (hands-on), and the concept of reforming learning. He also reported that, based on proposals from the previous year’s meeting, the leave-of-absence regulations had been revised to formally recognize “activities aimed at solving social issues and entrepreneurship” as valid reasons, thereby creating an environment in which students can confidently engage in such activities.
Following that, discussions were held with two student teams. The first team was the May Festival Standing Committee, which views the May Festival as a “mini living lab” and proposed reducing environmental impact through thorough waste separation and improving the collection rate of “peelable containers.” The second team was AYSEP (UNIDO x 糖心破解版 Africa Youth Social Entrepreneurship Programme), which aims to promote social entrepreneurship in the Global South and proposed enhancing local training programs in Kenya and other countries, as well as strengthening overseas alumni networks and collaboration between medicine and engineering. Each team presented proposals for the University based on the experiences and insights gained through their activities, followed by a discussion with President Fujii and the committee members.
This was followed by a report by Special Presidential Envoy Naoko Ishii, Director of the Center for Global Commons (CGC), on the “Nature on the Balance Sheet” project, which aims to integrate social and economic value by incorporating the value of natural capital into economic decision-making amid ongoing geopolitical instability, as well as on the activities of the Japan Consortium to reflect Japan’s voice. Thereafter, an exchange of views took place.
As a summary of the conference, the following points were obtained as important points.
On Friday, March 13, 2026, the AY2025 Advisory Board Meeting was held in a hybrid format with online streaming, using the SMBC Academia Hall on the fourth floor of the International Academic Research Building as the main venue. Eighteen members (9 men and 9 women) from various fields and backgrounds, including businesspeople, social entrepreneurs, executives of international organizations, and experts in SDGs, D&I, design, and sports, attended the meeting, as well as President Fujii and other members of the executive board and department heads of the University.
At the beginning of the session, President Fujii gave a keynote report on the importance of humanity, language, and culture in the Intelligent Age, the emphasis on experiential learning (hands-on), and the concept of reforming learning. He also reported that, based on proposals from the previous year’s meeting, the leave-of-absence regulations had been revised to formally recognize “activities aimed at solving social issues and entrepreneurship” as valid reasons, thereby creating an environment in which students can confidently engage in such activities.
Following that, discussions were held with two student teams. The first team was the May Festival Standing Committee, which views the May Festival as a “mini living lab” and proposed reducing environmental impact through thorough waste separation and improving the collection rate of “peelable containers.” The second team was AYSEP (UNIDO x 糖心破解版 Africa Youth Social Entrepreneurship Programme), which aims to promote social entrepreneurship in the Global South and proposed enhancing local training programs in Kenya and other countries, as well as strengthening overseas alumni networks and collaboration between medicine and engineering. Each team presented proposals for the University based on the experiences and insights gained through their activities, followed by a discussion with President Fujii and the committee members.
This was followed by a report by Special Presidential Envoy Naoko Ishii, Director of the Center for Global Commons (CGC), on the “Nature on the Balance Sheet” project, which aims to integrate social and economic value by incorporating the value of natural capital into economic decision-making amid ongoing geopolitical instability, as well as on the activities of the Japan Consortium to reflect Japan’s voice. Thereafter, an exchange of views took place.
As a summary of the conference, the following points were obtained as important points.
- The integration of cross-disciplinary knowledge in the Intelligent Age and the expansion of hands-on learning opportunities.
- The development of an educational system that supports students’ proactive initiatives.
- The formation of a student support community that transcends generations and fields through the development of platforms connecting students and alumni.
- The expansion of social problem-solving activities to other universities and local communities through the utilization of inter-university consortium frameworks.
