Aug. 8, 2023
LIVES TOKYO 2023 - Registration is Now Open!

    LIVES TOKYO 2023 - Registration is Now Open!


     

    Registration is Now Open! 

    LIVES TOKYO 2023

    ▼ Registration ▼
    https://handsontokyo2023.peatix.com

    Attendance is free - Donations welcome

     

     

    ◆ LIVES TOKYO 2023 ◆
    "Happiness, Inspiration & Diversity!"

    Tokyo Midtown
    Saturday, September 23rd
    11:30 - 15:00 Canopy Square
    15:30 - 18:30 Hall A
    Hybrid Event / Tokyo Midtown (Roppongi) and online
    *Japanese/English interpretation, Japanese sign language Interpretation, and Japanese text interpretation will be available. 
     

     

     

     

    "To create an inclusive society where the individuality of each person shines and everyone is empowered to WORK, EAT and LAUGH together." We will have a LIVES Project annual event "LIVES TOKYO 2023" on Saturday, September 23rd, 2023. This event will be held as a Hybrid Event, Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi and online (Tokyo Midtown Canopy Square 11:30 - 15:00, Hall A 15:30 - 18:30).

    Our "LIVES TOKYO" event started in 2017, and thanks to all your support, this is the seventh annual LIVES TOKYO. This year's theme is "Happiness, Inspiration & Diversity!" Contents include Keynote Speeches, LIVESMILE TALK, LIVES Sports, LIVES Kitchen, Workshop, Entertainment, and more. We look forward to welcoming all of you again with a lot of excitement!

     

     

     

     

    Tokyo Midtown Hall A 15:30 - 18:30

    ■Opening Act


    Blind songstress, Wakana


    The soul violinist, Takaaki Shirai 

     

    ■Opening Keynote
    Neurodiversity ～ Opening the Possibilities for Our Society ～

    Joi Ito
    Co-founder, board member, and chief architect,
    Digital Garage
    President, Chiba Institute of Technology

     

    ■LIVES Talk Session
    Embracing Diversity
    ～ What is Reasonable Accommodation? ～

    Nagase Osamu
    Senior Researcher, Institute of Ars Vivendi, Ritsumeikan University, specializing in Disability Studies

     

    ■LIVES Talk Session
    Unmasking Mental Health in Japan
    ～ Empowering Voices of Those Living with Mental Illness ～

    Takeshi Sassa
    Director, Medical Corporation Soramugikai Hida Clinic Odaiba
    Board Chair, NPO Japan Social Football Association

     

    Mao Sagara
    Director of Porque, the Organization of Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities
    Board Chairman of the Specific Nonprofit Organization "Dekoboko Life Design"

     

    Moderator: 
    Manami Hasebe　
    President, FinCube
    Host of TV economic programs  

     

    ■LIVESMILE Talk

     

    Yuka Kanzaki
    Employee at a Foreign IT company
    An Excellent Award Team member of LIVES Technology IDEATHON2022

     

    Mohamed Omer Abdin
    Representative Director, NPO Committee for Assisting and Promoting Education for Disabled in Sudan (CAPEDS)

     

    Asako Hirokawa
    Chair, NPO Theatre Accessibility Network

     

    Yuhei Yamada
    Representative Director of Porque, the Organization of Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities

     

    Haruki Mochida

     

    Masaru Torigoe
    Muscular dystrophy activist
    YouTube channel "Torisuma"

     

    ■Entertainment

    Beverly
    Singer

     

    Takaaki Shirai 
    The soul violinist

     

    Ayako Ozawa
    Singer-songwriter
    Social activist

     

    Ryuga Camui 
    World's First! Wheelchair SFX Artist 

     

    Wakana
    Blind songstress

     

    ■ MCs

    MC: Izumi Tanaka

    MC: Shoichiro Minami

     

    ...and more!

    ●Career Experience Program
    Introduction of NPO People Design Institute & Event sales booth
    ●LIVES Interactive Workshop "The Sensory Experience Project"

    【Tokyo Midtown Hall A: Sales Booth】
    ●sweet heart project 
    ●Applause Association 
    ●Special Olympics Nippon Tokyo
    ●Pioneer

    【Tokyo Midtown Canopy Square】
    ●LIVES Food Truck “LIVES Kitchen”
    ●Blind Soccer Experience Nogizaka Knights
    ●LIVE Paint Hinano Fujita
    ●Prosthetic Display
    ●Sports Talk Show
    ●Alvark Tokyo x Special Olympics Nippon Tokyo Cheerleader Collaboration

     

    LIVES TOKYO 2023

    ▼ Registration▼
    https://handsontokyo2023.peatix.com

    Attendance is free - Donations welcome

     

    ★New "LIVES Kitchen" debuting at "LIVES TOKYO" on September 23rd★

    Location: Tokyo Midtown Canopy Square
    Time: From 11:30 a.m., until the scheduled number of lunches are sold out

    ▼For details and fundraising information about the new LIVES Kitchen.
    https://www.handsontokyo.org/topics/405/


    *Image is for reference only

    For this new project, we have welcomed a new partner, DEAN & DELUCA, a global food boutique, and will be working with Kakewa, a student-led joint venture for agriculture x welfare collaboration. With the LIVES food truck as a starting point, we aim to be a positive step forward, creating new value and change, by bringing together people from diverse backgrounds with the vision of creating an inclusive society. Share a delicious time at LIVES Kitchen!

     

    ■LIVES Project Website
    https://hataraku-taberu-warau.jp
     

    ■ About LIVES Project

    Hands On Tokyo has been working with many Community Partners related to people with disabilities for the past 14 years. In 2017, the LIVES project started, involving these partners, our volunteers and sponsors to spread awareness and understanding.

    Our vision is to create a perfect inclusive society a place where everyone's personality is valued and every individual is able to work, eat, and laugh together, regardless of their physical and mental capability.

    [Contact] 
    Hands On Tokyo LIVES Project
    E-mail: livesproject@handsontokyo.org