The "Super Heterodox Society Osaka 2025" was held on September 6, 2025 (Saturday).

(Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President and CCO: Jyo Inoue) held a super heterodox conference Osaka 2025 (hosted by RIVANES) on Saturday, September 6, 2025.

With the cooperation of all 12 partner companies and organizations, the conference theme was "Marriage of the Unknown," and through one keynote speech, 20 research pitches (super interdisciplinary splash), 125 poster presentations and booth exhibits, and two calls for collaborative themes (knowledge manufacturing ignition project), discussions transcended various boundaries, including different fields and industries. The discussions transcended various boundaries such as different fields and industries. For program details,The Association of Hyperdifferent Fields Osaka 2025for more information.

The event was attended by 367 participants, including researchers, venture companies, large corporations, small and midsize companies, small and midsize factories, local governments, junior high and high school students, and others, including participants from four overseas countries (Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Taiwan).

<Outline of Osaka 2025

Conference Theme Unknown Marriage
Date and Time March 6, 2025 (Saturday)
Place: Grand Cube Osaka (Osaka International Convention Center) 10F
(5-3-51 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture)

The keynote speech was given by Dr. Takushi Narumi, Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo, on the topic of "Edited Senses, Expanded Self.

In addition, a "Knowledge Manufacturing Ignition" project was conducted for all visitors on the day of the event, in which participants formed teams with each other to generate collaborative hypotheses in different fields.

This project utilized the "Super Interdisciplinary Splash," "Poster and Booth Core Time," and "Lunch Workshop" to solicit collaborative hypotheses generated from discussions among participants.

Of the 14 ideas submitted, 9 were selected, and the teams were given 3-minute presentations at the "Co-Creation Pitch" in the afternoon, with awards given to the co-creation themes that we particularly wanted to support.

＜The Japan Society of Hyperdifferent Fields Osaka 2025 Knowledge Manufacturing Ignition Daido Award

Theme: Hypothesis for collaboration leading to food and beverages that will enable people to "move, be bright, and shine" until they are 100 years old.
Application theme: "Vending Machine Project for Stress Reduction Experience
Application Team: Ms. Ayarei Uemura, Kameoka High School; Ms. Sakura Moriyama, Graduate School of Osaka University; Mr. Kazushi Ijukiki, EVECARE Corporation; Mr. Yuki Fukumi, Ms. Sakurako Yasuki, University of Shiga Prefecture; Ms. Yuki Eba, Kyodo Printing Co.

＜Osaka 2025 Knowledge Manufacturing Ignition, Hyper-Different Field Award

Call for proposals: All kinds of collaborative hypotheses that advance science and technology and contribute to the earth
Application theme: "Creating an environment that makes all generations want to walk and also become healthy in mind and body.
Application Team: Mr. Tatsuhiro Nomaguchi, Metagen Corporation; Mr. Kazuma Kita, Sysmex Corporation; Mr. Shun Hakumatsu, Nagoya Institute of Technology; Mr. Yoshiaki Higuchi and Ms. Ai Sakaki, Setsunan University

The Association for Transdisciplinary Research is a place where participants from different fields and industries collaborate across boundaries to create new knowledge. We will promote new projects that emerge from this forum, and based on the results of these projects, we will continue to create a chain of research that will lead to new interdisciplinary fusions in the future.

Notice of Upcoming Hyperdisciplinarity Conferences

Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference Tokyo 2026

Date: March 6 and 7, 2026 (Friday and Saturday) 09:30-18:30
Place: Bellesalle Shinjuku Grand Conference Center
Sumitomo Fudosan Shinjuku Grand Tower 5F, 8-17-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
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Abstract submission deadline: December 26, 2025 (Friday)

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• Philippines November 8, 2025
• Singapore November 15, 2025
• Malaysia November 22, 2025
• Vietnam January 24, 2026
• Thailand January 31, 2026
• Indonesia February 7, 2026

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