WIPO Japan Office Organized “Show and Tell Presentation Competition”

WIPO Japan Office has organized “Show and Tell Presentation Competition” on 28 September 2023. Students from primary school to university made presentations with the theme of “The Greatness of Innovation and Creativity”in the form of “Show and Tell”. In this first year of the initiative, we have received 104 entries. Twenty finalists, five from each category of primary school, secondary school, high school and university were shortlisted from the entry video presentation and invited to deliver their five-minutes-presentation on diverse topics in the Akasaka Intercity Air, Tokyo. A panel of external judges representing a wide range of fields evaluated their “originality”, “problem solving”, “social impact potential”, “narrative” and “expression” and selected eight winners of the competition.

There was also an honorable presentation by Andrew Masciola, NASA Attaché in Japan under the title of “NASA and Space Exploration”.

Watch the presentation video

The event was attended by presenters, families of finalists and prominent figures of various industries. Videos of the event will be available on WIPO Japan Office web page with multiple languages at a later date.

This event was financed by theFunds-In-Trust Japan Industrial Property Global.

From the left on the front row, Haruna Fuji, Hiroyuki Murakami, Tomoki Sawai, Juno Kato, Momoka Kadena, Yurika Tsuji, Naoki Takahashi, Kensuke Hirota and Tomohiro Sakamoto. From the left on the back row, Shinya Fujii, Ryosei Yoshida, Luca Escoffier, Kotaro Sugimoto, Azusa Dohi, Daichi Oiyama, Maia Kitamura, Kinari Fukuda, Helen Yumi Horie, Ryoma Motohashi, Sota Nakamura, Ayumu Nagasaka, Riku Ito, Masamitsu Fujie, Masamune Oshitani, Haruki Oyama, Yutaka Mizuochi, Kanon Ebe and Maoko Sugiyama. Online participants clockwise from the top left, Christine Chua Foo, Kieran Ridge and Ryusei Hagiwara.

Honorable presentation by Andrew Masciola, NASA Attaché in Japan under the title of “NASA and Space Exploration”

For this competition, I practiced performing a presentation a lot at home, so I’m glad to receive the gold award.

Juno KATO, Gold award winner in the Primary school category

I want to be a person who can play an active role in innovation in the future.

Momoka KADENA, Gold award winner in the Secondary school category

It is my first time performing a presentation at a competition like this, and I consider it as a great experience for me. I'm happy because I didn't expect to win.

Yurika TSUJI, Gold award winner in the High school category

Though I was very nervous when performing a presentation, I’m very glad to receive a gold award. I’m proud of this result.

Naoki TAKAHASHI, Gold award winner in the University category

Result of the competition is as follows.

Primary school

Gold award	Juno KATO	For saving the future of the earth with invention   video
Silver award	Ryoma MOTOHASHI	"Wonderful Belt" - Dog sore saver, a caring item to alleviate bedsores for dogs invented by a 5th grade student.    video
Finalists	Azusa DOHI Kinari FUKUDA Ryosei YOSHIDA	Help! Clean up the Ocean I imagine, dream and then realise! REIWA democracy

Secondary school

Gold award	Momoka KADENA	Invention connects future   video
Silver award	Ayumu NAGASAKA	Mineral cards and I   video
Finalists	Kanon EBE Ryusei HAGIWARA Maoko SUGIYAMA	Personification Great Nation of Japan ~History of personification culture and a new possibility~ Save the ocean with WOACS How we can support young inventors who have innovative ideas

High school

Gold award	Yurika TSUJI	Making the optical illusion yours! -creating original clothing   video
Silver award	Masamitsu FUJIE	Education program and tourism model from by Suruga Bay and TRIZ   video
Finalists	Maia KITAMURA Daichi OIYAMA Kotaro SUGIMOTO	The discovery of Adrenaline by Dr.Takamine, Jokichi A man who makes the new metaverse Can AI invent?

University

Gold award	Naoki TAKAHASHI	Great inconveniences   video
Silver award	Haruki OYAMA	AI x Innovation: Solving Japan's Recycling Dilemma for Foreigners   video
Finalists	Helen Yumi HORIE Riku ITO Sota NAKAMURA	Greatness of Creativity Design ability and innovation at medical site From laboratory to society: Excellence of innovation and creation which I felt through activity of Students group "SUGOMORI BOISEN project"

Gold and Silver Awards wining presentations are also available in French, Portuguese and Spanish. Please contact the Japan Office for more details.

Judges

• Mr. Luca Escoffier, Project Manager, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
• Ms. Christine Chua Foo, Associate General Counsel, Head of Enforcement & Analytics, in Patents, Licensing & Open Source, Meta Platforms Inc.
• Ms. Haruna Fuji, PR Director at Public Relations Office, Japan Patent Office
• Mr. Shinya Fujii, Manager, Trademark and Copyright Team, Legal & IP Department, BANDAI CO., LTD. / BANDAI SPIRITS CO., LTD.
• Mr. Yutaka Mizuochi, Director, Dentsu Creative X (Creative Department, Direction Group)
• Mr. Hiroyuki Murakami, Senior Director, Motion Picture Association Japan
• Mr. Masamune Oshitani, Founding Partner (CEO), IPX patent partners
• Mr. Kieran Ridge, History Department Chair & Teacher of History, Journalism & Media Studies, Pacific Ridge School, Carlsbad, CA, USA
• Mr. Tomohiro Sakamoto, President, SAKAMOTO & PARTNERS