What can design do to promote the SDGs?
The Kyushu University Faculty of Design held an online seminar contemplating collaboration between design and business on SDGs titled “Translating SDGs Design to Business.”
We explored the new possibilities for collaboration between design and business on SDGs from various perspectives through high school and university collaboration on SDGs education, and real world examples of SDGs and food, clothing, and housing, etc.
Event Format
The event used the online meeting tool ZOOM.
Speakers
Fukusho High School Senior Teacher Masanori Teshima
Fukusho High School Teacher Kohei Yoshii
Fukusho High School Teacher Yasunobu Uchida
Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center Chief Researcher Ikuyo Kikusawa
University of Kitakyushu Department of Economics Professor Yoshiaki Ushifusa
Kyushu University Faculty of Design Professor Yasuyuki Hirai
Kyushu University Faculty of Design Lecturer Yanfang Zhang
Kyushu University Faculty of Design Assistant Professor Wei Leong, Loh
Program
18:30-18:50 “SDGs Design Education from the Perspective of Design and Business Collaboration”
Kyushu University Faculty of Design
Yanfang Zhang, Wei Leong Loh
18:50-19:10 “Fukusho High School: The Challenges of Translating SDGs Education to Implementation in Society”
Fukusho High School
Masanori Teshima, Kohei Yoshii, Yasunobu Uchida
19:10-19:20 “Design Education to Improve the Innovation Abilities Required by Future Society (Business)”
Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center
Ikuyo Kikusawa
19:20-19:25 “SDGS and New Food, Clothing, and Housing”
Kyushu University Faculty of Design
Yasuyuki Hirai
19:25-19:35 “SDGs School and Business Collaboration”
University of Kitakyushu Department of Economics
Yoshiaki Ushifusa
19:35-20:00 Discussion (Moderator: Yanfang Zhang)
Organizer
Kyushu University Faculty of Design
Coorganizer
Kyushu University Business School (QBS)
Kyushu University Robert T. Huang Entrepreneurship Center (QREC)
Date
January 14th, 2021 (Thu.) 18:30-20:00
Venue
Online
Capacity
100 people (First come first served, applications will be closed when the capacity is reached.)
Fee
Free
Contact
Kyushu University Faculty of Design, The Office of Strategic Initiatives and Projects
E-mail tanoue.chiharu.215(a)m.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Tel 092-553-9465