BlueDot’s event management team is putting together a special for you: The Expo & Lean Study Tour, providing a limited group of attendees the full experience of lean construction, the Expo 2025 event and Japan. Keep reading for more information on the programme and what to expect.

PROGRAMME

Tuesday 27 May 2025: Introduction & Welcome dinner
The Expo & Lean Study Tour will commence in Tokyo with an introduction to Japan and a Welcome dinner. The event is meant to provide the attendees with a final brief of the study tour, and an introduction to the Japanese culture. Of course, the informal setting will also allow for you to get to know your co-travellers. 

Wednesday 28 May 2025: Company visit(s) Tokyo & City tour
Today is about experiencing the lean philosophy and the Japanese corporate culture during a number of company visit in Tokyo. The day will also include a city tour to get an impression of this global city, partly by day and mainly by night.

Thursday 29 May 2025: Company visit(s) Nagoya
The participants will travel with the famous ‘Shinkansen’ from Tokyo to Nagoya. Nagoya is not only known as one of the industrial cities of Japan, it is also the city of Toyota. 

Friday 30 May 2025: Company visit(s) Osaka (alternative: Expo Event Day)
The programme of this day includes construction company visits and site visits in Osaka. This means that the group will travel from Nagoya to Osaka, and experience yet another region of Japan. As an alternative, we are trying to develop and organise an Expo Event Day in collaboration with the countries participating to the Expo 2025 Event. The participants get the option to attend this day in case of interest.

Saturday 31 May 2025: Guided Pavilion Tours & Cultural activity
The guided pavilion tour days offer participants an exclusive opportunity to explore groundbreaking designs and innovative concepts showcased in the pavilions at Expo 2025 Osaka. In collaboration with the participating countries, you will get a guided tour through their pavilion and get to experience what they have prepared to showcase to the world.

Sunday 1 June 2025: Guided Pavilion Tours & Welcome Reception
Expo 2025 Osaka has a lot to offer, and one day is certainly not enough. Your experience at Yumeshima island will continue with another half-day tour of pavilions. The day will end with a Welcome Reception that is the formal start of the IGLC33 Conference.

Monday 2 June 2025: Industry Day
The programme of this day includes the attendance to the Industry Day (refer to Programme of the Industry Day for more information) and the Industry Networking Event. 

Tuesday 3 June 2025: Workshop Day
The programme of this day includes the attendance to the Workshop Day (refer to Programme of the Workshop Day for more information) and a final ‘goodbye’ dinner. 

Wednesday 4 June 2025: And of you go…
After a final sleep in Osaka as part of this tour, it is time to say goodbye and go your own way.

As the organisation of the tour continues, more and more details will become available on this page.