Competitions: Maritime Governance Innovation Video Contest

The Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS) invites individuals and small organizations with innovative ideas to improve Indo-Pacific maritime governance to pitch these ideas via a short video. The most promising innovators will be invited to join a major regional maritime conference in Jakarta where they present their ideas at a large-scale public event organized by Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and the United States Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies in Jakarta on 23-25 April 2024. Specific areas of impact could be the fields of community resilience, environmental stewardship, economic growth, infrastructure development, maritime security, among others. The innovations could reflect new policies, new applications of technology, improved legislation, or other changes to human activity at the individual, community, or governmental levels. Impacts of the innovation can be regional, national, or local. Submissions must be received by 28 January 2024. Further details here