Appropriate Technology Final Pitch and Demo Day 2025
25.12.11
We are thrilled to invite you to the Appropriate Technology Final Pitch and Demo Day 2025! Outputs from SI Projects in Daigo Town and Philippines will be featured in this session. Since its inception in 2012, the Appropriate Technology (AppTech) course has challenged students to think creatively and compassionately to solve real-world problems. This year, we are bringing together generations of AppTech participants for a special afternoon of presentations, prototypes, and connection.
Date: December 13, 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: University of Tsukuba, Laboratory of Advanced Research A (Sogo-A) Building, Room A110
Let us celebrate over a decade of Appropriate Technology at Tsukuba and support the new generation of innovators. They visited different locations to understand various social issues and created prototype technologies to improve the quality of life.
Team 1: Daigo Town, Ibaraki Prefecture – Supporting local apple orchards
Team 2: Karumai, Iwate Prefecture – Protecting farms from wild animals
Team 3: San Salvador Island, Zambales, Philippines – Sustainable water supply in remote islands
Team 4: Nha Trang, Vietnam – Supporting patients undergoing chemotherapy
Team 5: Cairo, Egypt – Expanding capabilities of people experiencing hand tremors
We look forward to seeing you at Tsukuba! Please register using this link:
https://forms.office.com/r/vbnuQMiUd9
Keynote Lecture
Final Pitch Judges
Ronald Navarro (Engineer Manager, Phil-Japan Worldwide Management Services, Inc.)
Yuka Imanishi (Founder & CEO, CURIO Japan Inc.)
Sakura Maezono (Assistant Professor, Yokohama City University)
Takeshi Nagata (Specially Appointed Professor, UT and Meijigakuin University)
Yoshihiro Takemoto (Specially Appointed Professor, UT and Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
Kenji Irie (AppTech Organizer and Program Leader of HBP)
