UNITAR Hiroshima Metaverse Award Ceremony Celebrates 20 Years of Innovation

• UNITAR invites you to the Hiroshima Office 20th Anniversary Metaverse Award Ceremony on Friday, 23 June 2023, 5-6 p.m. JST (UTC+9).
• Three young people will be awarded for their videos featuring the youth's role in digital innovation and promoting sustainable peace.
• Youths can submit video entries for the award until 15 June, following guidelines for the UNITAR Video Challenge.
• The award ceremony will take place in a metaverse (virtual) event space. This is an online event open to all. Register to join.

7 June 2023, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR Division for Prosperity will host its first metaverse event "20 Years of Innovation: UNITAR Hiroshima Metaverse Award Ceremony" on 23 June 2023, from 5 to 6 p.m. JST (UTC+9). Three youths will be awarded for their stand-out videos for the UNITAR's Video Challenge, which calls for videos featuring the role of the youth in digital innovation and promoting sustainable peace. Youths can still join the video challenge, until 15 June, and be considered for the award. The award ceremony is open to all; register for access.

The award ceremony will be held in the Metaverse Space, a virtual recreation of Hiroshima's Peace Park - the first of its kind in the iconic city. The participants will be able to virtually visit and move around the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and interact with videos in the virtual space.

Young people can join the video challenge until 15 June: create a 60-to-90-second educational video on TikTok showcasing your ideas for sustainable peace and inclusive development based on youth participation and digital innovation.

UNITAR created the video challenge to spark online youth advocacy for global peace, especially using technological innovation, and to highlight the community-building and social-advocacy work of UNITAR alumni.

Winners of the video challenge will get free access to UNITAR training courses on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and free UNITAR mentoring to develop their ideas.

Guest speakers

Former UNITAR G7 Youth Summit panellists

Moderators

• AJ Koikoi, UNITAR
• Haruka Yasuda, UNITAR
• Benjamin Echikson, UNITAR