Women's Initiative for Sustainable Empowerment

Thanks to all of your help, we are able to have Beppu WISE program! Great ideas presented. 

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University and Japan Institute for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (JSIE) organized Women’s Initiative for Sustainable Empowerment (WISE) 2019 summer program on August 2-4, 2019 in Beppu Oita. This Beppu WISE 2019 program is designed to promote entrepreneurship and collaboration toward innovative solutions against various social challenges related to Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs). In that program, 33 participants from the U.S., Indonesia, India, Korea, Puerto Rico, Thailand, and Japan, had opportunities to shape ideas into plans through group work and to learn various types of leadership and communication skills. Mentors helped groups to shape plans: Mr. Haruaki Deguchi, Dean of APU and the founder of Lifenet, Inc., Ms. Miwa Koyasu, Founder and CEO of Will Lab, Inc.,provided practical advice. Dr. Rudra Pandey from Nepal, chairman and the CEO of Deerwalk, Inc. provided keynote speech, telling us that he had only $20 in his pocket when he started his business. Mentor Mr. Makoto Nakamura, a serial investor, and founder & CEO of Hanahana Works, and Sunaba, inspired all of us with his unique perspective “making a paradigm shift”. Thank you again for your continued support.