An interim feedback meeting was held in preparation for the second round of the "Idea Contest," a program for fostering human resources for a digital society!

As part of the Digital Society Human Resource Development Program, the Consortium is holding an idea contest for students participating in the program to solve social issues in Nishi-Shinjuku through the power of digital technology.
Five teams passed the first round of judging held on Sunday, November 13, and are now preparing for the second (final) round of judging to be held on Sunday, February 19, The five teams that passed the first round of judging on Sunday, November 13, are now working on the details of their ideas and prototypes for the second (final) round of judging to be held on Sunday, February 19.
Reference: Report on the first round of judging

On January 16 (Monday), one month before the second round of judging, an interim feedback meeting was held,
Students from each team presented their current ideas and prototypes, and received feedback from members of the Nishi-Shinjuku Consortium for Advanced Service Implementation and Industry-Government-Academia Consortium (hereinafter referred to as "Nishi-Shinjuku Consortium").

Overview of Interim Feedback Meeting

■Outline of the event
　　Date and Time Monday, January 16, 2023
　　Method Online (ZOOM)

External participants

　Mr. Takuya Murakami (Taisei Corporation / Shinjuku Subcenter Area Environmental Improvement Committee / Shinjuku Consortium member)
　(Odakyu Corporation / Shinjuku Fukutoshin Area Environmental Improvement Committee / Shinjuku-Shinjuku Consortium member)
　Mr. Hirohisa Ezaki (Attorney at Law / Nishi-Shinjuku Consortium Accelerator)

■ Contents
　　Presentation: Idea proposals and prototype presentations (10 minutes for each team)
　　Feedback: Q&A and feedback from external participants to students (10 minutes for each team)

Participant's Voice

Members of the Nishi-Shinjuku Consortium and other participants in the meeting offered the following comments.

It was very interesting to see the originality of the ideas being discussed from the students' unique perspectives.
The company is considering ideas based on the needs that they themselves feel, so the measures have a palpable sense of touch, which is attractive to them as consumers.
The prototypes were excellent! I'm looking forward to the second round of judging.
It is necessary to clarify the target by listening to the users directly and to have a concrete image of how they will use your service by actually going to the field.
It would be good to have more specific use cases and ideas to be explored in depth for the second round of judging.

Secondary Screening Session

Next, the final second round of judging will finally take place.
At this point, we have quite a number of highly finished and interesting ideas, so we are looking forward to seeing them at the second round of judging!

The public is welcome to attend the second round of judging, which will be broadcast live online.
　We will inform you about the online viewing at a later date.

■Outline of the event
　　Date: Sunday, February 19, 2023, 13:00-17:00 (tentative)