The presenters' initiative is to create a new program called ISALT or "International Student Assistant Language Teacher." The program would recruit international students studying at universities in Japan and pair them with K-12 Japanese schools to serve as part-time ALTs in an arguably more cost effective way than the JET program. The program would also be offered online to leverage ICT.

The presenters suggest several small initiatives to raise awareness in Japanese schools about the impoverished conditions that some children live in worldwide. Included among them are volunteer activities, a "first world problems jar," and an SDGs app.

Catherina Allenfant, Yu Kawaguchi, & Mio Kobayashi

The presenters argue that the future of education in Japan needs to focus on elementary schools. Particularly, they suggest implementing more technology such as tablets into daily classroom activities as well as more group work to get children to learn from each other as well. Finally, their initiative includes getting parents involved in children's education more as well.

Akari Yumoto & Rin Shiihara

The presenters offer two solutions to help combat child poverty in Burkina Faso: improved conditions for women's sanitary needs in schools as well as a "moveable library" to make books available to people living in outlying regions.

Mei suggests the idea of creating an innovative app called "E-Chain" that would help people to consider the relationship between gender and their purchase habits/language use. Additionally, it would be a platform where users could ask questions to experts.

The presenters' initiative is to set up two projects for youth in Japan who live on the periphery of Japanese language/culture (i.e. immigrants). The first project arranges soccer games for youth and the second is to volunteer their time as translators/interpreters.