About Us
Designing Learning That Matters — Together.
A strategic design spring for education changemakers to explore signals, systems, and new possibilities for learning - guided by futures thinking and inspired by the themes of Expo 2025.
Rewiring The Schools We Need
Futurescaping Education 2025 -> 2050:
A high-impact Design Sprint for
education's next frontiers
Osaka, Japan 13th Sep, 2025 1:00PM-5:00PM
Limited to 40 participants | 4-hour interactive session
Cost: $280USD
Early Bird: $150 USD
Osaka, Japan 13th Sep, 2025 1:00PM-5:00PM
Collaborate with bold educators in Osaka to
confront the future of learning and
co-create what education must become guided by Expo 2025 and grounded in futures thinking.
This 4hour design sprint blends foresight tools,
systems thinking, and practical planning to help you act now on the
future we all share.
What You’ll Create, Shape,
and Take With You
This isn't theory. It's a launchpad for action.
This 4-hour Design Sprint for education changemakers, innovators, and future-focused leaders to reimagine learning systems that today’s 5-year-olds will need to thrive in 2050.
Get ready to:
Engineer Expo 2025-inspired future scenarios
based on concrete socioeconomic and technological forecasts
based on concrete socioeconomic and technological forecasts
Reverse-engineered pathways
from aspirational 2050 outcomes to immediate action steps
Mapping Critical signals
reshaping learning landscapes globally
Develop implementation
frameworks
you can launch in your own educational context
Develop implementation frameworks
you can launch in your own educational context
ICT Leaders and EdTech Developers
Learning Innovators, EdTech Designers
Learning Innovators, EdTech Designers
Join our community of education innovators and thought leaders who are shaping the future of learning.
Is This For You?
School leaders and Policymakers
School leaders and policymakers
Principals, Teachers, Education Policymakers
Strategists and researchers
Curriculum Designers, Education Futurists
Anyone passionate about system-level impact
Education Advocates
Why 2050 Starts Now
The world your children will inherit is being shaped today.
In 2050, today's kindergarteners will be 30 years
old — they will be entering adulthood's most active years—influencing work, family, and society.
The systems we shape today will define their future opportunities, values, and capabilities.
This isn’t about tweaking what exists. This is about fundamentally redesigning how learning happens —and who it serves
Join us to transform education from what it has been to what it must become.
Saving Lives
You'll explore systemic shifts and build strategies rooted in foresight, not just reaction.
Using Expo 2025's pillars
Empowering Lives
Connecting Lives
Your Journey, Step by Step
What the day will look like
| Welcome & Strategic Orientation
| From Then to Next – Reflective Icebreaker
| The Crystal Ball Classroom – Imagine the Classroom of 2050
| Signals, Trends & Systems – Using Expo 2025’s Global Themes
| The Action Sprint – Visioning + Backcasting Your Roadmap
| The Commitment Map – Leave with Actions, Not Just Ideas
| Optional networking social drinks
What you'll leave with
Clarity. Tools. Allies. And a roadmap for change.
Advanced foresight tools adapted for educational change
Action plans rooted in Expo 2025’s global frameworks
A like-minded network of forward-thinking visionaries
Tools and strategies for implementing systemic
innovation
Your Event Hosts
Meet the team behind the movement
Learning Innovation Japan
Yoshi Okamoto
AI and EdTech Advisor
Led by Yoshi Okamoto, an international AI and EdTech advisor, speaker, and learning engineer, currently serving as an advisor and mentor for the Japanese government's EdTech Innovation Open Lab.
Known for curating impactful learning events such as Ideation Hackathons and cross-sector educator summits, Learning Innovation Japan creates spaces for educational dialogue and transformation across cultures.
Poly Studio
Chung Man Chan
Poly Studio Founder
Poly Studio is an Learning Design consultancy specializing in project-based learning, experiential learning, and place-based
curriculum design.
Led by Chung Man Chan, a global education ecosystems designer, international educator, keynote speaker, and co-designer of Hong Kong’s first bilingual, bi-cultural, and place-rooted project-based learning curriculum—Trailblazer Curriculum. Chung Man also served as Curriculum Lead and co-creator of the award-winning Changemaker Curriculum© for THINK Global School, and was the Co-Founder of THINK Learning Studio, a teacher training and curriculum innovation hub.
Thought Partners
We are honored to collaborate with local and global thought partners who share our vision for reimagining education.
Mio Horio is a Japanese educator and learning community builder known for her commitment to fostering inclusive and empowered school cultures. As a Top 50 Finalist of the Global Teacher Prize, she brings international recognition and deep experience to her work in cultivating collaborative, student-centered learning.
Through Harvest Kansai, Mio is creating a dynamic ecosystem where diverse educators can learn together, encourage each other’s growth, share their everyday practices, and become more autonomous in their professional journey. Her support of this workshop reflects a shared belief in building courageous, creative, and globally connected learning communities.
Mio Horio
Global Teacher Prize Top 50 Finalist (2018)
Head of International Department, Kansai University Junior and Senior High School
Founder, Harvest Kansai
Why This Gathering Matters?
Because leading change in education shouldn't be lonely - and 2050 won't wait.
Leading change in education can be a lonely, uphill journey. We’ve felt it too— trying to push bold ideas forward while navigating systems that resist change.
That’s why we created this space. Not just to explore what education could become, but to work together on what we must build—starting now.
This gathering is designed to give you more than just inspiration—it’s about strategy, connection, and the courage to act. Together, we’ll build bold strategies grounded in the challenges we face and the futures we want to lead.
At the intersection of AI, global disruption, and deep social transformation, our education systems can’t wait. This workshop is a catalyst for those ready to confront the future and co-create what comes next.
Frequently asked questions
Join Us in Osaka!
Secure your spot in this limited-capacity event and connect with
fellow innovators shaping the schools of the future.
Secure your spot in this limited-capacity event and connect with fellow innovators shaping the schools of the future.
Limited to 40 participants | Early bird $150 USD (Regular: $280USD)