Neurodiversity [Press Release] “The World in Our Minds 2025: Neurodiversity” Set for November 2 (Sun) and 3 (Mon, Holiday)! [Now Accepting Exhibitors and Sponsors] 
B Lab (Director: Nanako Ishido) will host the exhibition “The World in Our Minds 2025: Neurodiversity” on Sunday, November 2, and Monday, November 3, 2025 (a national holiday), as part of its Neurodiversity Project activities.
The human brain and nervous system are incredibly diverse, and each of us has our own unique characteristics. This is known as “neurodiversity.” Through hands-on experiences, this exhibition conveys the message that by respecting individual characteristics and creating appropriate environments, we can alleviate the “difficulties of daily life” and transform personal traits into “strengths.”
This project transcends organizational boundaries and is being advanced in collaboration with universities, companies, research institutes, and organizations. Through this exhibition, we aim to convey that it is possible to realize a neurodiverse society where everyone can reach their full potential, and we are working toward the creation of such a society.
"The World in Our Minds 2025: Neurodiversity" is currently accepting applications from exhibitors.
Last year, the event featured 55 exhibits spanning industry and academia and attracted 16,252 visitors.
This year, we hope to once again create a venue that reaches out to a diverse audience—from children to seniors and people of various nationalities—so we invite researchers, companies, and educational institutions to consider participating in this exhibition as a platform to showcase their achievements.
For more details, please review the application guidelines via the link below and apply using the form.
Click here to apply to exhibit
For “The World in Our Minds 2025: Neurodiversity,” we are seeking sponsorship from companies and organizations that support the purpose of this event.
Information on Last Year's Event
Attendance: 16,252 people over the two days
Number of exhibits: 55 exhibits from industry, academia, and government
Click here for the list of exhibitors: https://neuro-diversity.world/minnou2024/
General Sponsorship: 1 million yen
For the display exhibit: 300,000 yen
We will install a screen covering an entire wall (equivalent to two 400-inch screens) in the Port Hall on the 1st floor of Tokyo Port City Takeshiba.
If you choose to sponsor the event, we will screen your video three times, each for 10 minutes.
In addition to the two sponsorship options listed above, we can flexibly customize plans to meet your specific needs,
so please feel free to contact us if you’re interested in exploring this further.
For
inquiries, please contact us at: info@neuro-diversity.world
The World in Our Minds 2025: Neurodiversity
Dates: Saturday, November 2, 2025, and Monday, November 3, 2025 (holiday)
Time: Event time to be determined
Location: Port Hall, 1st Floor, Office Tower 1, Tokyo Port City Takeshiba
1-7-1 Kaigan, Minato Ward, Tokyo
Admission: Free
Other: Held as part of “Change tomorrow –An Exciting Future Just Ahead–”
In this exhibition, we refer to the world in which each of us lives as the “Brain World.” Based on the idea that the Brain World is shaped by the interaction between the “individual” and
the “environment,” this exhibition aims to foster an understanding
of neurodiversity as visitors explore the following five areas.
"To build a society where every individual can realize their full potential."
Neurodiversity is a concept rooted in the diversity of our brains and nervous systems, and it applies to all of us.
Because of these individual characteristics, people may sometimes feel that “life is difficult.” However, this “difficulty in living” is not caused solely by individual characteristics.It arises from the interaction between an individual’s characteristics and their physical and social environment. By respecting these individual characteristics and creating an appropriate environment, we can alleviate this “difficulty in living” and transform an individual’s characteristics into “strengths.”
We aim to build a society where everyone can live more comfortably and each individual can fully realize their potential by using technology to supplement and enhance individual brain function and physical capabilities, and by redesigning the environment—including physical spaces, social institutions, and customs—from a diversity and inclusion (D&I) perspective.
Promoting neurodiversity can bring out new creativity in everyone and contribute to the development of society as a whole.
"The World in Our Minds 2025" Webpage:
https://neuro-diversity.world/minnou2025/昨年の様子はこちら: https://neuro-diversity.world/report/minnou2024report/
"B Lab," an acronym for "Beyond, Borderless, Breakthrough,"
is a participatory platform that—
though it bears the name "laboratory"—connects universities, research institutes, communities, and talent from around the world to fuse the unique skills and insights of many people, thereby creating
new technologies, services, content, businesses, and societies.While its scope is broad—encompassing technology development, solving social issues, and creating new services—the
common thread is social implementation and collective creation. Everyone—fathers, mothers, grandmothers, and children
—is a researcher. We become “Lifelong Seekers” and carry a second “researcher” business card.
Social, open, and participatory, we aim to connect everyone—including users—to build a new society. By matching
challenges, ideas, technologies, funding, skills, and people, we strive to create an exciting future together, from small-scale innovations to large-scale
creations.
Related LINK: https://www.blaboratory.org/
*For inquiries regarding this event, please contact us at: info@neuro-diversity.world
Professor, Keio University; Ph.D. (Policy and Media)
Director, B Lab
Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
Chairperson, CANVAS
After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, he served as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab before founding the NPO CANVAS and the Learning of Tomorrow Association, a General Incorporated Association, and assuming the role of representative. He serves as an outside director for Matsuya Co., Ltd., Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., and Digital Garage, Inc.
He has served on various government committees, including the Information and Communications Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, as well as the NHK Central Broadcasting Program Council. He also serves as a director of the Digital Signage Consortium, among other roles. He holds a Ph.D. in Policy and Media.
His publications include *Turning On Children’s Creativity!*, *What Are Smart Kids Doing on Their Smartphones?*, *The Forefront of Online Education in Japan: Considering Learning in the Post-COVID Era*,“What Is Programming Education? 45 Questions Parents Want to Know,” and “Declaration on Digital Education.” He has also provided supervision for numerous works, including “Ah, I See! Programming Education for Parents and Children Through Manga.”
