Between 29 September-5 October 2025, the in-person Youth Summit of the 6th ASEF Young Leaders Summit took place in Osaka, Japan.

The Youth Summit was the culminating phase of the 6th ASEF Young Leaders Summit – a 2-month leadership development programme on the topic of ‘Leadership in Society 5.0’, which connects young people across Asia & Europe, applying a 360 degree approach on leadership development and community engagement: 1) self-leadership (you), 2) team leadership (we) and 3) societal leadership (all).

The large-scale Youth Summit brought together 89 participants from 50 countries from Asia and Europe to Japan and Osaka for a week long programme filed with intellectual exchange, intercultural learnings, and sharing of different perspectives for both the personal and professional development of young leaders.