To all concerned

　Thank you very much for your continued cooperation in our association'
s activities.
The Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV) has held 
the " EV Design Contest for International Student " five times from 2013 
to 2022.
In 2024, we will hold the 6th edition with the title "[ Create 2030 by 
new Mobility] International Workshop" and the content has been 
significantly renewed.
The YOXO Festival and the kick-off presentation was held as shown below.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who attended, 
the organizers, and everyone involved.

At this event, the International Workshop began in preparation for the 
results presentation and award ceremony to be held in October of this 
year.
We will begin recruiting young people from around the world to 
participate and organizations to support us in mid-February, so we look 
forward to your participation.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　"NOTE"

★What is YOXO Festival?
[Event period] Saturday, February 3, 2024 11:00-19:00 / Sunday, February 
4, 2024 11:00-17:00
[Venue] Minato Mirai area, Shinminato area, Kannai area
[Admission fee] Free 
[Sponsor] Yokohama Future Organization [Co-sponsor] City of Yokohama
◎Website: https://yoxo-o.jp/en/about/
◎ Organizer's message: The Yokohama Future Organization is an "
innovation promotion organization"that supports new challengers while 
collaborating with people active in Yokohama and people from Japan and 
abroad.In addition, as a "network promotion organization" and "
innovation area management organization" that coordinates the 
collaboration of human resources and ideas across organizational 
boundaries, we will promote demonstration experiments and social 
implementation that generate innovation in Yokohama as a field, and 
build the city of the future. To go.

★APEV exhibition
◎ Date and time: Saturday, February 3, 2024, 11:00-19:00 / Sunday, 
February 4, 2024, 11:00-17:00
◎Location: YOXO Festival: Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 District I_Hammerhead 
CIQ Hall
◎APEV booth number: I-27
◎Exhibits: 
*2024 "[Create 2030 by new Mobility] International Workshop" poster
*2022 winning work poster
*2022 winning works video broadcast: 2022 Grand Prize winnerMr. Hibiki 
Sakai explained his and other works.

◎Distributed items:
*International Student Contest Work Collection 2019, 2022
*"[Create 2030 by new Mobility] International Workshop" flyer
◎Test Drive: Thanks to the generosity of WHILL, we offered two types of 
electric wheelchairs, and they were so popular that there was a long 
line of people.
◎Declaring something good for the global environment! ! : Have visitors 
fill out the heart-shaped stickers donated by Benesse and post them on 
the poster. The family who pasted was presented with an EV memo pad 
donated by Nissan Motors.

★Kickoff presentation
◎Date and time: Sunday, February 4, 2024 14:20-15:30
◎Location: YOXO Festival: Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 District I_Hammerhead 
CIQ Hall Stage
◎Event number: I-59
◎Event title: "Let's all draw the future of mobility!!"
◎Contents of the ceremony: 
Opening Declaration: Moderator Mr.Yoshihiko Kamiaraiso, APEV Director
Greetings: Mr.Nobuhiro Tajima,　President of APEV
Participating student announcement: 2022 Grand Prize Winner Mr. Hibiki 
Sakai, Representative of Tokyo Metropolitan University Sakai Mobility 
Systems Team
Selection Committee Message (Video): Selection Committee Joshibi 
University of Art and Design Professor Ms.Hiroko Matsumoto
Message from participating schools: HAL Tokyo Instructor Mr. Naoto 
Shiraiwa 
2024 project explanation: APEV advisor Mr. Kimiya Mochizuki
Question-and-answer session
Greetings: APEV Chairman Mr.Masanori Suzuki
(Commemorative photo with those involved after the event)

★Full report with photos is here
https://www.apev.jp/en/news/
Press_Release_International_Workshop_Launch(EN).pdf

* You can download the entire presentation materials here.（Japanese 
only)
　 https://www.apev.jp/news/2024_International_Workshop_Presentation.pdf
*The video will be posted on the APEV website in mid-February.
*If you are a news organization and need detailed information, please E-
mail to work@apev.jp and we will respond.

■Please feel free to contact our office.

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