Event
2026/12/20
—When Middle and High School Students’ “I Want to Try This” Takes Flight— Entrepreneurship Program Results Presentation: Now Accepting Participants!!
—When Middle and High School Students’ “I Want to Try This” Takes Shape— The GTIE event is back this year to let junior high and high school students experience that moment firsthand and give everyone involved the chance to witness it!
Note: The deadline for junior and senior high school students to submit their ideas is Monday, November 16, at 3:00 PM!
For application guidelines, please visithere.
GTIE (Greater Tokyo Innovation Ecosystem)—a platform composed of universities and other institutions primarily in the Greater Tokyo Area dedicated to “fostering university-based startups that change the world”—serves as has been working to expand the reach of entrepreneurship education for elementary, middle, and high school students in the Greater Tokyo Area by providing practical opportunities for them to take the initiative and “give things a try.” This effort is carried out through collaboration among GTIE member universities, tailored to each educational level. Following the results presentation sessions organized by Waseda University in fiscal year 2023, Shibaura Institute of Technology in fiscal year 2024, and the University of Tsukuba in fiscal year 2025 as coordinating institutions, Chiba University will serve as the organizing institution this fiscal year and will host the “Junior and Senior High School Students Give It a Try! Entrepreneurship Program Results Presentation.” We are pleased to announce an idea contest featuring junior high and high school students who participated in the Entrepreneurship Program at various locations this fiscal year.
The deadline for junior and senior high school students to submit their ideas is Monday, November 16, at 3:00 p.m. Junior high and high school students who would like to watch the idea presentations are also welcome to attend. We look forward to seeing many of you there. [ Event Overview ]Date and Time: Sunday, December 20, 2026, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PMVenue: Tokyo Innovation Base (TIB), 1st Floor, Square 1 (3-8-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) https://tib.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/
*The keynote speech and junior/senior high school idea contest are also scheduled to be streamed online (hybrid event)Target Audience: Middle and high school students, educators, parents, and anyone else interested (Junior and senior high school students may also attend as general audience members without presenting an idea)Admission: Free
[ Organizer ] Greater Tokyo Innovation Ecosystem (GTIE)
[ Registration ]Please pre-register using < this registration form >.*Registration Deadline: Friday, December 18, at 12:00 p.m.*The deadline for submissions to the Junior High and High School Idea Contest is Monday, November 16, at 3:00 PM.*You must “Sign in with Google” to register, so please have the student’s own Google account ready.
[ Schedule for the Day *Subject to change] 12:30 p.m.– Registration 1:00 PM– Event begins 1:10 PM–1:50 PM Keynote Speech Speaker: Daisaburo Taniyama, CEO, Standby, Inc. 1:50 PM–2:00 PM: Break 2:00 PM–3:00 PM Junior and Senior High School Idea Contest (10 teams, first half) 3:10 PM–3:20 PM: Break 3:20 PM–4:20 PM: Middle and High School Idea Contest (10 teams, second half) 4:20–4:50 p.m. Mini-Event (TBD) 4:50 PM–5:15 PM: Junior High and High School Idea Contest Awards Ceremony and Feedback 5:15–5:20 p.m. Group photo 5:20 PM–6:00 PM Networking[For details on the Junior High and High School Students’ Idea Contest,Please click here for the application guidelines)]