WIPO Japan Office has organized “The 2nd Show and Tell Presentation Competition” on 17 January 2025. 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”. This second year of the initiative, we have received many entries same as the last time. Twenty finalists, from each category of primary school, secondary school, high school and university were shortlisted from the entry video presentation and invited to deliver their presentations on diverse topics in United Nations University, Tokyo. Each finalist shared their unique stories, including the inventions inspired by their families, experiences as young entrepreneurs and contributions to the SDGs, all expressed in their own words (Tell). They also captivated the audience by showcasing their innovative products and engaging slide decks in their presentations (Show). In this competition, the Audience Choice Award was also selected by live stream participants in addition to the gold award and silver award, which was selected by a panel of external judges representing a wide range of fields.
There was also an honorable presentation by Fumio Adachi, United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
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 later date.
This event was financed by the Funds-In-Trust Japan Industrial Property Global.
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Right: Honorable presentation by Fumio Adachi, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Result of the competition is as follows:
Elementary school
Gold award | Taiga SASAKI | My Challenge --- Wishing to keep holding hands with my mother suffering from an intractable disease |
Silver award | Minami NAKAJIMA | An app for sharing the state of mind and body with your family “Mind & Body Meter” |
Finalists | Chisaki SATO Yuta YAMAGUCHI |
Save the earth and children with the power of music and art! Making everyone smile with inventions! |
Audience award | Eito TOSHIMA | "Beaker pudding" reminds me of a science experiment made by elementary school students who hate caramel and don't like pudding. |
Junior High school
Gold award | Momoka KADENA | Opening the door to the next society through invention |
Silver award | Mai MIZUNO | i-Education initiatives based on inventive experience of MAIEARRING Children's Ideas for the World! |
Finalists | Eiji KAWAI Tomoki KAWAJIRI Taiyo MIZUNO Lee REWON |
Y.I. Program AI Life Cycle CO2 Scouter to Tackle Global Warming with Everyone. Connecting elderly people with dementia and us through innovation It's fun to know! element karuta |
High school & University
Gold award | Souma Oyama | Dayne~Kanji learning support tool for children with dyslexia~ | |
Silver award | Mao OKABE |
Thread of Life Connected by Carbon Health up app |
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Finalists | Haruto UMEDA Yuki OBATA
Koichi KUBO Misaki SHINOHARA
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“Dagasi” was used as a medium Seed Bank×Food and Agriculture Education ~Construction of KSB model and regional revitalization~ Simplifying Your Japan Journey Curiosity creates new value Future Forecast Café: Making Politics More Accessible Through Astrology Promoting Access to Quality Education for all Children - Promoting Access to Quality Education for all Children -Innovation Learning Solutions Hospitalized Children Using Augmented Reality- |
Judges (alphabetical order)
- Mr. Luca Escoffier, Project Manager, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
- 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. Robert Little, Sustainability Subject Matter Expert and Program Manager, Google
- 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
- Ms. Tomoko Sugano, Professor, Special Advisor to the President, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo