Come build the future

Come build the future: celebrating UK-Japan creativity and innovation

Join us to celebrate the opening of the UK Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai and discover the most exciting ideas and innovations shaping our future.

At a time when the world risks becoming fragmented and divided, the World Expo represents a unique opportunity to show what humanity can achieve when we come together. 

The UK Pavilion at Expo 2025 will act as a vibrant hub of creativity and innovation, showcasing our nation’s unique energy, heritage, and make-up. A place where fresh ideas and diverse perspectives are welcomed. A place where exploration and curiosity pave the way for progress. A great place to connect, collaborate, and build the future. 

At the RSA, the birthplace of the very first World Expo – the Great Exhibition of 1851 – we will gather innovators developing new creative projects and partnerships in both the UK and Japan to inspire us with pathways to a brighter future for people, places, and the planet we all share. 

Speakers

• Sir Peter Bazalgette – Co-chair, Creative Industries Council
• YolanDa Brown OBE DL – Chair, BPI
• Sir Loyd Grossman – Chair, the RSA
• Indy Johar – Architect and Co-founder, 00 and Dark Matter Labs
• Liana O’Cleirigh, designer, Bentley Systems
• Dai Fujikura, composer
• Kyoichiro Kawakami, Minister (Economic), Embassy of Japan

Chair

• Nina Nannar, journalist and arts editor for ITV News

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