On 26 April, we held our very first Meet-up event as ICCP (International Co-Creational Platform). 18 Local students and 8 international students (in total 26 students) joined the event. Thank you to those who joined the event!!
If you are new to ICCP, please go to the 'Introducing Activities of ICCP' in the Table of Contents below to learn about our activities.
The Japanese version of this article for local students is available on this page.

Introduction 

The participants started by introducing themselves. As this event is held mainly in English, both local and international students spoke in English to communicate with each other. We assumed local students would be shy to talk, but that wasn't the case. Although they were a bit shy, they were open to the international students while being confident in their English. Some international students said this was one of the few moments talking with local students. Good thing, both parties seemed to enjoy talking.

Introduction of UTokyo Diligent

We then proceeded to introduce UTokyo Diligent. ICCP (our circle) is one of the divisions of the UTokyo Diligent. It was established in early 2023 but has more than 450 members with 9 divisions. ICCP is the 8th division of it focusing on interaction between local students and international students. For more information, please visit our website.

Discussion Session

After introducing UTokyo Diligent, we then moved on to the Discussion Session.
Using a worksheet (below), participants talked about their life in small groups. They shared their majors, career plans, insights about life, and so on. The group members changed 3 times and they talked with different people. They were so engaged in this activity, that 15 minutes session for each seemed too short. 

Pizza Party

We prepared some pizza and drinks. Participants enjoyed talking with people they talked with in the Discussion Session and also with people they hadn't talked with. (Unfortunately, we forgot to take pictures)

Photo Shoot

We took pictures of the participants before we ended the event. Thank you to those who joined the event!! 

Introducing Activities of ICCP

I would like to share some of the activities of ICCP. We have mainly 2 activities, which are ①Meet-up Events, ②Buddy System. By joining ICCP, you can join ①&②. Joining both activities is not necessary; you can choose ①/②.
Also, the ③Overseas Program is open for those in the operation team. If you like to engage in ③, please join our operations team.
Below are the details of each activity ①,②, and ③.

①Meet-up Events

The event on 26 April is one of the Meet-up Events held monthly. The Meet-up event consists of 3 Sessions.
1. Presentation about Buddy Activities
Those who joined ②Buddy System make a presentation and talk briefly about what they have done in a month.
2. Discussion Session
Participants talk about topics given by us. The topics are future careers, case studies, global problems, etc…
3. Networking Session
Participants freely interact with people they want to talk with. 

②Buddy System

Buddies are made among local students and international students.
Buddies do activities together for a month: exchanging languages, visiting tourist destinations, reading books together, etc… Activities are up to each Buddy, so if you have something in your mind, you can do that too. Generally, both local and international students have very few opportunities to interact with each other. Local students are seeking to make friends with international students. So, if you want to make friends with local students, ICCP is the perfect place to go.

③Overseas Program

Those in the operations team can join the overseas program, we have done the following things so far.
1. Taiwan Program
2. Interaction with students from Korea
3. Cultural exchange/Career seminar in the U.S.
4. Support for women in Vietnam
5. HPAIR Bidding Committee

For more information about our activities, visit our website. For information about HPAIR, please visit this website (only Japanese version is available at the moment).

Announcement of Future Events

We have an upcoming event on 9 May, 'Buddy Pairing', where local students and international students get together to make 'Buddies'.
If you would like to join the 'Buddy Pairing' on 9 May, please fill in the following form (takes 1 minute). If you are not in the ICCP LINE group, please fill in the second form (takes 1 minute) as well.

・Join the ICCP LINE group (For those who haven't joined)
https://forms.gle/yL5mkSJ38ugpEfZTA

・Register for the event
https://forms.gle/Sozp92A75Bmceo589

Edited by: Yuto Horiuchi