EJEA Conference 2025

“How to Inspire Young People in Japan and Europe
(a) to Address Science-based Solutions for Multiple Local and Global Challenges &
(b) to Design Future Societies for Living in Harmony?!”

September 10 – 12, 2025

jointly organized by

hosted by
Shinshu University, Faculty of Engineering (Nagano, Japan)
Official language of the conference is English.

This year’s conference will be held in person at Shinshu University in Nagano City (Japan) on September 10-12, 2025.

Venue: Shinshu University, Engineering Campus, Engineering Research Building, Wakasato 4-17-1, W2 bldg. 1st floor; refer to campus map
1h 35m by Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagano.

September 10-11: conference with keynote lectures (morning) and workshops / poster session (afternoon)
September 12: company / industry related program (morning)

Fee for meals:
Lunch on September 10 and 11: According to your registration a lunch-box will be prepared. (1 lunch-box 1.500 Yen)
Conference dinner on September 10: According to your registration a seat will be reserved for the conference dinner at restaurant “ABURAYA” https://n-aburaya.com/ close to Nagano Station. (dinner per person 8.000 Yen)

All fees have to be paid in cash at the reception desk at the conference venue.

Agenda of the conference.

Registration is open, please use the registration form.

Please download the call for contributions (download call) and send your submission (in English) at the latest by August 31.
by email to ejea@ejea.eu
by using the template (download template)
Workshop 3 and 4 are offered also online!!

The young generation is in the focus of this conference – their inspirations and new ideas are essential for the future relationships and interactions between Europe and Japan!

Conference Objectives

The outline of the conference is designed to generate conclusions, recommendations and future directions for:

  • Sustaining Engagement: Develop strategies to ensure short-term as well as long-term young participation.
  • Scaling Locally and Globally: Expand projects and initiatives beyond Japan and Europe for local and global movements.
  • Call to Action: Encourage support from governments, academia, and businesses for initiatives led by the young generation.

This conference stimulates dialogue to

  • Inspire young people to develop science-based solutions for global and local challenges.
  • Promote intercultural exchange to avoid and to mediate conflicts in a peaceful way to foster collaborative problem-solving.
  • Encourage young people to design sustainable societies in a harmonic balance with nature and technology.

This dialogue is a prerequisite for necessary decisions and behavior, thus improving living together in harmony.

The conference aims to update the Japanese-European relationship, to strengthen exchange and collaboration between the two regions focusing on Japan, as well as:

  • develop integrated views and common recommendations that have the potential to maximize the opportunities while minimizing the risks
  • develop perspectives and strategies for societal and digital transformation in a peaceful spirit based on innovative technology making use of AI
  • develop concepts for managing the complex challenges in Japan and Europe: such as integration, cooperation, participation, separation, and competition

Target Groups 
Individual experts and citizens, decision-makers and opinion leaders from related organizations, companies, universities, research institutes as well as public administration and governments from Japan and Europe. By this, a platform of knowledge and expertise will be created.

Conference Background

EJEA has been established to foster and support the relationship between Europe and Japan on an institutional level, accordingly EJEA’s Standing Rules have been formulated.
The conference in 2025 commemorates the 30th anniversary of EJEA and like the 25th anniversary’s conference the venue will be in Japan. By offering this conference EJEA wants to attract people and institutions and invite them to join and actively support EJEA’s activities. Recently EJEA is pursuing the aim to strengthen and expand its network between Japan and Europe especially by Japanese members – thus existing cooperations with Japanese partners will be intensified and new collaboration will be initiated.