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Unreasonable Lab Japan Announcing Unreasonable Challenge Day on November 6th, 2016

Unreasonable Lab Japan, "Unreasonable Challenge Day" will be held on November 6th which is organized by Unreasonable Lab Japan, highlighting the results of Unreasonable Lab Japan 2016.

The Unreasonable Institute gets entrepreneurs what they need to scale solutions to the world’s biggest problems by identifying entrepreneurs with the potential to address problems at scale, and connect them with mentors, funders, and partners to help grow their impact. which have raised funds, totaling over $80 million.
Today, Japan finds itself in the position of a developed country, facing many challenging problems which includes from ageing population, energy consumption to education system. At Unreasonable Challenge Day, we welcome entrepreneurs that are tackling global social and environmental issues through unreasonable ideas, speakers who are professionals in problem solving and workshop facilitators to discuss and share knowledge on global social and environmental problems and possibilities of impact entrepreneurship.

We also invite participants who are interested in impact entrepreneurship and solving social and environmental problems and encourage dialogue around impact entrepreneurship all over Japan.


“There is no ‘Plan B’ because we do not have a ‘Planet B’.” – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Unreasonable Lab Japan in partnership with Ippan Shadan Houjin, C4, are committed to the United Nations General Assembly’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015 by all 193 Member States. To date, Unreasonable Lab Japan has supported ventures making impact in goals (3) Good Health and Well-Being; (4) Quality Education; (5) Gender Equality and (11) Sustainable Cities and Communities. With the foresight, network and generous sponsorship C4 brings, we hope to further our commitment in improving People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership by highlighting our ventures and encouraging dialogue around impact entrepreneurship through our joint event, Unreasonable Challenge Day.

◼︎ Event details
Date : Sunday, November 6th, 2016
Time : 10:00-16:00
Venue : Roppongi Hills Cross Point 5th Floor (Freak Out)
Access : https://www.fout.co.jp/about/
Expected Number of Attendees : 200 people
Participant fee : 2,800yen (Early bird passes are available.)
Register from http://unreasonablecd.peatix.com/
Participants who are interested in impact entrepreneurship or solving social and environmental problems, are welcome!

◼︎ Time Table
09:30～10:00 Doors open
10:00～10:05　Speech by Director of Unreasonable Lab Japan
10:05～10:35　Keynote Speech（東京大学公共政策大学院教授　鈴木寛 氏）
10:35～10:50　Presentation by Social Entrepreneur Part 1 (to be announced)
10:50～11:05　Presentation by Social Entrepreneur Part 2 (to be announced)
11:05～11:35　Presentation on Social Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
11:35～13:00　Lunch and networking
13:00～13:10　Introducing afternoon program
13:10～13:40　Pitch by Unreasonable Lab Japan 2016 participants
13:40～13:50　Break
13:50～14:30　Panel discussion by Social Entrepreneurs (to be announced)
14:30～14:50　Networking
14:50～15:00　Annocing Prize
15:00～16:00 Free time
※Participants are free to join and leave during the event.

◼︎ Keynote Speakers Profile

Kan Suzuki holds professorships at both the Graduate School of Public Policy at The University of Tokyo and the Graduate School of Media and Governance at Keio University. He has also served as a visiting researcher at the University of Sydney, part-time lecturer in policy studies at Chuo University and associate professor at Keio University’s Faculty of Environment and Information Studies.

Mr. Suzuki received his bachelor’s degree in law from The University of Tokyo in 1986 and worked at Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). After leaving METI, he was a member of Japan’s House of Councilors for 12 years. He served two terms as senior vice minister of Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), and is currently an executive committee member of the Japan Football Association.

◼︎ Unreasonable Institute and Unreasonable Lab
The Unreasonable Institute gets entrepreneurs what they need to scale solutions to the world’s biggest problems. We identify entrepreneurs with the potential to address problems like poverty, lack of education, and social injustice at scale, and then swarm them with mentors, funders, and partners to help grow their impact. Unreasonable Labs are programs we run and support.

116 companies from 45 countries have come through Unreasonable’s multi-week Institutes since we started in 2010. Collectively, these ventures have reached more than 7 million people. 79% of them have have raised funds, totaling over $80 million.

● Impact Report on Unreasonable Institute
http://unreasonableinstitute.org/impact/
● CEO
Teju Ravilochan
●Unreasonable Labs Japan
Unreasonable Labs Japan, working together with Unreasonable Institute, has been providing accelerator program for early/idea-stage, Japan-based entrepreneurs that are tackling social and environmental problems since 2015. It is designed to help Japan-based entrepreneurs rapidly identify and validate the foundational assumptions of their business.
Unreasonable Labs Japan is known for its high quality program and 90% of the last year’s participants have scored 5 out of 5. Unreasonable Instituteからも、クオリティが高いとの評価を受けているプログラムです。This year, we had 7 info sessions all over the world to support social entrepreneurs.

◼︎ Japan Team
Global Lead: Samuel Goodman
Japan Director: Emi Takemura
Startup leader: Tomoko Otsuka

◼︎ Contact
Email: info@unreasonabletokyo.org
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/unreasonablejp
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Unreasonablejp




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