Camp for Designing the Future 2024

・6/27 3:00 PM: We have sent out the selection result notifications for the Camp for Designing the Future 2024. All applicants should check their email.

・6/13: Applications for the Camp for Designing the Future 2024 have closed. We plan to notify applicants of the results in late June. We will also post an announcement on this page when the notifications are sent.

・5/30: Application guidelines and assignments have been released. [Deadline: June 13 (Thu) 3:00 PM (JST)] Please apply using the application form located below the outline description for each workshop. You may apply for only one workshop. We plan to notify applicants of the results in late June.  

・4/26: Workshop outlines have been released. We will release the assignments and begin accepting applications from May 30 (tentative). (Selection will be based on the assignment, not on a first-come, first-served basis). Application guidelines will be released along with the assignments.

・3/26: The Camp for Designing the Future 2024 will be held at the Shonan Fujisawa Campus, in Yamagata Prefecture, and at venues in other prefectures (currently being arranged). Information on dates and venues is available here.  

This program is a workshop for 1) high school students who are already engaged in entrepreneurial activities, whether for-profit or non-profit, and 2) high school students who aspire to solve specific social or customer problems through entrepreneurship in the future. SFC faculty members specializing in business administration fields—Kotosaka (Strategy), Yasuda (Finance), Shimizu (Organization), and Nakamura (Deep Tech)—will act as sparring partners for repeated discussions on business creation and future design. We will exchange a wide range of knowledge related to management through mentoring among participants, discussions with faculty, and case discussions in the food domain. We will also provide opportunities for practical mentoring by inviting renowned entrepreneurs and investors who are SFC graduates and active as managers and investors as special guests. We look forward to the participation of forward-thinking and proactive students!

Masahiro Kotosaka (Faculty of Policy Management), Takaaki Yasuda (Faculty of Policy Management), Takumi Shimizu (Faculty of Policy Management), Shinnosuke Nakamura (Project Assistant Professor (Part-time), Graduate School of Media and Governance)

About 15 students

3,000 yen (includes lunch, insurance, etc. *Transportation to the venue is not included.)

Keio SFC, under the slogan of 'multilingualism,' has encouraged students to learn multiple languages while pioneering advanced educational methods where each language is treated as equal. SFC is always seeking enthusiastic high school students who want to take on new challenges by crossing linguistic and disciplinary boundaries, making full use of such an environment.

In this year's Multilingual Education WS, we want to rethink the role of community in language learning. Language learning for the sake of scoring on entrance exams tends to create a relationship where individuals compete against each other, but is this really the optimal way to become proficient in a language? A community of language learners might foster a sense of purpose. Connecting with the local community where the language is spoken outside the classroom might spark motivation. Can teachers and learners (students) truly form a community together? As you learn a language, what kind of community do you want to build, and what kind of community do you want to connect with?

From competition to co-creation. Let's explore these themes together with SFC students and faculty through workshop-style learning and group work.  

Mamoru Fujita (Faculty of Environment and Information Studies), Kaoru Yamamoto (Faculty of Policy Management), Yasutake Miyashiro (Faculty of Policy Management), Daisuke Miyamoto (Faculty of Policy Management)

About 20 students

3,000 yen (includes lunch, insurance, etc. *Transportation to the venue is not included.)

This workshop aims to deepen the learning from high school inquiry-based learning sessions. Using a design thinking approach, students will brush up their inquiry-based learning questions through dialogue with SFC students and faculty. By redefining their questions based on information they have already gathered, they will determine the future direction of their inquiry-based learning.

[Lecture Part] We will explain what a question is, what elements are necessary for a good question, and how to formulate and brush up questions. A question starts from interest and curiosity and functions as a guide to achieving a vision. An effective question needs to be both meaningful and concretely researchable. We will explain the appropriate methods for improving its quality in a lecture format.

[Work Part] While sharing the results of their inquiry-based learning in high school, students will actually brush up their questions through dialogue with SFC students and faculty. Specifically, they will use the anti-problem method to brush up questions from a paradoxical perspective or use the 5W1H framework to do so. This will enable students to deepen their understanding of their own questions and develop them with a multifaceted approach.

Hirokazu Yoshii (Faculty of Policy Management), Yoshinori Iimori (Faculty of Policy Management), Yoko Hasebe (Faculty of Environment and Information Studies), Shinya Fujii (Faculty of Environment and Information Studies)

3,000 yen (includes lunch, insurance, etc. *Transportation to the venue is not included.)

All around us, there are various things with undiscovered potential. From tree branches fallen in a thicket to discarded bulky waste, if you take a closer look, wash them, or assemble them, you might find things that could become tools or furniture. This undiscovered potential can be found not only in objects but also in spaces. Just by placing a single chair in an empty lot or on a roadside, a space that was nothing can suddenly become a lively place where people can be. When we get used to a life of buying cheap and convenient ready-made products, we forget the rich potential of objects and spaces. In this workshop, we will walk around the campus, collect various things, and use them to challenge ourselves to create outdoor furniture like chairs and tables. This is a two-day workshop with an overnight stay on campus. Let's walk outside to discover, pick up and reinterpret things, move our hands and sweat to craft, and by placing the finished works, create a new scene at SFC.

Hajime Ishikawa (Faculty of Environment and Information Studies), Shohei Matsukawa (Faculty of Environment and Information Studies)

About 24 students

Approx. 8,000 yen (includes accommodation, meals, insurance, etc. *Transportation to the venue is not included.)

Facilities within β Village

Yukichi Fukuzawa made significant contributions to Japan's food culture. He is particularly famous for popularizing the consumption of beef. In modern times, while Japan's food culture has many 'good' aspects, issues such as food self-sufficiency remain. Globally, there are predictions of a protein supply shortage. On the other hand, new biotechnology from biochemistry offers the potential to solve such problems. Tsuruoka City in Yamagata Prefecture, home to a Keio advanced research institute, is a designated UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy and a place with a unique food culture. This is a two-day workshop with an overnight stay on campus. By experiencing Tsuruoka's food culture and the latest biotechnology from the advanced research institute, we will discuss how we should engage with the future of Japanese and global food culture.

Kazuharu Arakawa (Graduate School of Media and Governance), Yuji Ogi (Graduate School of Media and Governance), Miki Akiyama (Faculty of Environment and Information Studies), Yuko Shoji (Graduate School of Media and Governance), Masahiro Sugimoto (Graduate School of Media and Governance)

About 20 students

Keio University Tsuruoka Town Campus of Keio (TTCK)

Approx. 10,000 yen (includes accommodation, meals, insurance, etc. *Breakfast on the second day and transportation to the venue are not included.)

In the Augmented Town Workshop, we aim to build a new town platform using the latest technologies such as XR and robotics, with a specific area in Tottori Prefecture as a model case. The key word for this workshop is 'augmentation.' We will research the problems of the target area as a 'place,' and while preserving the good old parts of the region, we will effectively introduce various technologies that are appropriate for 'today'—VR, AR, MR, robotics, high-precision sensing of environmental and human information, and furthermore, information sharing technologies on the Web—to prototype a mechanism that creates new value and a sense of presence for the region and the people living there. The expansion of these values and sense of presence will weave new connections between people.

Kazunori Takashio (Faculty of Environment and Information Studies), Satoko Hamada (Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies *tentative)

About 20 students

Tottori City Hall Main Building

Approx. 15,000 yen (includes accommodation, meals, travel insurance. *Transportation to the venue is not included.)

Only for this workshop, applications from technical college students are also accepted.

SFC is holding the 'Camp for Designing the Future' again this year. A 'camp' is not what you might call 'camping,' but an environment where you can learn the importance of utilizing your own abilities and experiences on-site and connecting creative ideas to action. The ability to execute is required for the various approaches to problems that SFC aims for. A 'camp' is prepared in advance, but the specific actions are designed impromptu according to the situation on-site. We know from experience that flexible thinking and flashes of insight are born in unexpected ways, and often in informal settings. In that sense, a 'camp' seems to offer many hints for understanding communication between people. In the first place, both 'campus' and 'camp' are derived from the Latin word 'campus,' meaning 'a flat place or field.' The essence of intellectual activity at a university is to share a special time through free and open discussion. The 'Camp for Designing the Future' is a place to experientially think about the 'ability to execute' that connects to the future, where diverse knowledge and wisdom collide. Let's get our minds and bodies moving busily with the friends gathered at the 'camp' and take another step toward the future.