08:30 – Onwards

Registration

08:45 – 09:00

Welcoming Remarks

09:00 – 10:30

Japan in a world of geopolitical disruptions

Moderated by Claude Smadja, President, Smadja & Smadja Strategic Advisory

Dong-Sung Cho, President, Incheon National University
Yoshiji Nogami, President and Director General, The Japan Institute of International Affairs
Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda, Member of the Parliament, Lok Sabha
（*Taro Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs）

10:30 – 11:45

The new trade and investment environment

Moderated by Ichiro Fujisaki, Distinguished Professor, Sophia Institute of International Relations, Former Japanese Ambassador to the United States

Teruo Asada, Chairman of the Board, Marubeni Corporation
Kenneth Woosuk Choi, Deputy Editor, Newsroom, Strategic Planning Desk, The Chosun Daily Newspaper
Alicia Garcia Herrero, Chief Economist, Natixis Asia Pacific
Taka Mizukoshi, Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group
*Akira Amari, Member, House of Representatives, Former Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization, Former Minister in charge of Total Reform of Social Security and Tax,
Former Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy

11:45 – 13:15

Working Lunch

The new brains that Japan needs

Keynote: *Yoshimasa Hayashi, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Haruo Shimada, Chairman of the Board of Trustee, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Masahiro Fukuhara, Founder & President, Institution for a Global Society, Adjunct Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy

13:30 – 14:45

Tourism as the next growth driver

Moderated by Akio Fujii, Senior Editorial Writer, Nikkei Inc.
Keynote: Yuriko Koike, Governor, Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Ken Akamatsu, Chairman, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.
Jason P. Hyland, Representative Officer & President, MGM Resorts Japan LLC
Takeshi Niinami, President & Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Suntory Holdings Limited
Akihiko Tamura, Commissioner, Japan Tourism Agency

15:00 – 16:15

Leveraging disruptive technologies

Moderated by Masahiro Miyahara, President & Chief Executive Officer, KPMG Consulting Co., Ltd.

Michinari Hamaguchi, President, Japan Science & Technology Agency
Naoaki Mashita, Representative Director, President & CEO (Founder), V-Cube
Tatsuyuki Neguro, Professor, Waseda Business School (Graduate School of Business and Finance)
Yoichi Ochiai, Associate Professor, Digital Nature Group, University of Tsukuba

16:15 – 17:30

How to make Corporate Japan more nimble

Moderated by Yuko Kawamoto, Professor, Waseda Business School (Graduate School of Business and Finance)

Oki Matsumoto, Chairman & CEO, Monex Group, Inc
Hiroshi Miyanaga, Professor, Department of Management of Technology (MOT), Tokyo University of Science Graduate School of Innovation Studies
Shoei Yamana, President and CEO, Konica Minolta, Inc.
*Makoto Inoue, Representative Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer, ORIX Corporation

17:30 – 18:00

MOVE TO ARK HILLS CLUB

18:00 – 19:15

Kuroda Part 2

Moderated by: Motoshige Itoh, Professor, Faculty of International Social Sciences, Gakushuin University

Mitsuhiro Fukao, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Musashino University
Tateaki Ishida, President & CEO, Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, Inc.
Kazumasa Iwata, President, Japan Center for Economic Research
Takahide Kiuchi, Executive Economist, Nomura Research Institute

19:15 – 19:45

Cocktail

19:45 – 21:00

Working Dinner

Keynote:

08:00 – 09:00

Breakfast

China Briefing

09:15 – 10:30

Can Japan continue to rely on the US?

Moderated by Robert Alan Feldman, Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.
Glen S. Fukushima, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Mitsumaru Kumagai, Executive Managing Director and Deputy Head of Research Division, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.
Tomohiko Taniguchi, Special Adviser, Prime Minister’s Cabinet; Professor, Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University

10:45-12:00

Will Japan board the financial revolution train?

Hideyuki Takahashi, President, Mizuho Research Institute Ltd.
Claude Eguienta, CEO, Telcoin
Masakazu Masujima, Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Law office)
Masayori Shoji, Head of FinTech Promotion Support Office, Director, KPMG Consulting Co., Ltd.

12:15-13:45

Working Lunch

Developing the start-up ecosystem that Japan needs

Batara Eto, Managing Partner, East Venture; Founder, MIXI
James Riney, Managing Partner & Head, 500 Startups Japan
Teru Sato, Founder and Managing Partner, BeeNext Pte. Ltd.
Eriko Suzuki, Director, Mistletoe VC
Hideyuki Tokuda, President, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

14:00-15:15

The Mindset Revolution

Moderated by: Thierry Porté, Managing Director J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC
Keynote: Seiko Noda, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Mariko Bando, Chancellor, Showa Women’s University
Soichiro Minami, Founder and CEO, BizReach, Inc.
Eiji Sakamoto, Senior Writer Editorial Writer, Nikkei Inc.

15:15-15:30

Closing remarks