Youth Symposium: The Intersection of Research, Civil Society, and Young People in East Asia
Building No. 18, The University of Tokyo Komaba Campus, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro City, Tokyo, Japan 153-8902 (Hybrid)
August 22-24, 2025
Welcome to the Youth Symposium: The Intersection of Research, Civil Society, and Young People in East Asia (hereafter 2025 Youth Symposium). On this page, you can have a look at the program structure and find the panel(s) that you are interested in. Registration is required to participate in the 2025 Youth Symposium. Please register in advance.
For close panel(s), they will not be livestreamed and only invited participants can participate.
While most panels will be conducted in English, a few will be conducted in both English and Japanese or in Japanese only. Please refer to the panel notes below.
Panel details will be provided soon.
Please check this page regularly for program structure updates.
Day 1
09:30 – 10:30 Registration Time
10:30 – 11:00 Keynote – Youth Protest in Asia 2014-2025: Looking Back to Look Forward
Professor Ian Rowen, Kyushu University
11:00 – 12:00 Panel PD: Democratic Politics (Close Panel)
13:15 – 15:00 Panel RC-A2: Deliberative and Participatory Democracy
15:30 – 17:30 Panel RC-C: Migrants, Refugees, and Multicultural Coexistences
Day 2
10:00 – 10:30 Registration Time
10:30 – 11:30 Panel CS-D: Conversation with Youth Climate Case Japan 若者気候訴訟の弁護団との対談
小出 薫 (Kaoru Koide) 弁護士(Attorney), グリーンライツ法律事務所 (Green Rights Law)
半田 虎生 (Handa Torai) 弁護士(Attorney), まちふぁ・さがみ総合法律事務所 (Machida/Sagami Law Firm); 慶応義塾大学法学大学院助教(Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Law. Keio University)
This panel will be conducted in both English and Japanese.
このパネルは英語と日本語の両方で行われます。
11:30- 12:30 Panel CS-H: Youth Participation in Policy Making 若者の政策立案への参加
This panel will be conducted in Japanese only.
このパネルは日本語で行われます。
13:50 – 14:50 Panel RC-E1: Rivalry, Hegemony, and Hedging: Reconfiguring East Asia’s Economic Interdependence and ASEAN’s Strategic Responses
14:50 – 15:50 Panel RC-E2: Regional Cooperation and Sustainable Future
16:00 – 17:15 Panel CS-F: Youth for Climate Change: How to make it matter
17:30 – 18:40 Panel RC-G: Gender and Sexual Minorities
Day 3
09:30 – 10:00 Registration Time
10:00 – 10:20 Keynote – Insights from the field of supporting children 子供を支援する現場から見えてきたこと
高木 美穂子 (Mihoko Takaki), NPO法人ゆい (NPO YUI)
This keynote will be conducted in Japanese only.
このキーノートは日本語で行われます。
10:20 – 11:55 Panel RC – I: Education: Theories and Practices 教育：理論と実践
Presentations will be conducted in Japanese only. Discussion and Q&A will be conducted in both English and Japanese.
発表は日本語のみで行われます。ディスカッションと質問応答は、英語と日本語の両方で行われます。
13:10 – 14:55 Panel RC-J: Youth Empowerment and Participation
15:00 – 15:20 Closing Keynote – From “Being” East Asians to being East Asians: Rethinking the (East) Asian Values Thesis
Helix Lo, The University of Tokyo, East Asia Young Scholars Association
15:20 – 15:30 Closing Remarks
Symposium Partners
East Asia Young Scholars Association 