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#1 Plenary Session
09:15-10:15
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Taro KonoPanelistChairperson, Liberal Democratic Party Public Relations Headquarters;
Member of the House of Representatives -
Audrey TangPanelistDigital Minister of Taiwan
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Heizo TakenakaModeratorProfessor Emeritus, Keio University
#2 Breakout Session 10:30-11:30 
#2 Breakout Session
10:30-11:30
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Cheryl BeningaPanelistManaging Director, Wai Mohala Ventures;
Co-Founder, Fouthwave -
Jonathan EpsteinPanelistManaging Director, Cornerstone OnDemand
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Cindy JinPanelistPartner, Investment Team, SoftBank Ventures Asia
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Seiji InagakiPanelistPresident, Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.
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Yumiko MurakamiModeratorGeneral Partner, MPower Partners
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Billie ColePanelistVice General Manager, Corporate Communications, Rakuten Group & Rakuten Mobile
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Richard W. EdelmanPanelistCEO, Edelman
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Kana InagakiPanelistTokyo Bureau Chief, The Financial Times Ltd.
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Taro KonoPanelistChairperson, Liberal Democratic Party Public Relations Headquarters;
Member of the House of Representatives -
Ross RowburyModeratorSenior Managing Director, Co-head of Group Corporate Communications, Nomura Holdings
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Patricia Bader-JohnstonPanelistCEO, Silverbirch Associates KK
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Mitsuru IzumoPanelistPresident, Euglena Co., Ltd.
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Eriko SuzukiPanelistManaging Director, MPower Partners
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Robert Alan FeldmanModeratorSenior Advisor, Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.;
Professor, Tokyo University of Science -
Alden LaiPanelistAssistant Professor, New York University;
Executive Advisor, Wellbeing for Planet Earth Foundation -
Angus MacGregorPanelistInternational Head of Human Resources, MUFG Securities;
Head of Global Human Resources, MUFG Bank -
Daiko MatsuyamaPanelistDeputy Head Priest, Taizo-in Zen Buddhist Temple
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Vickie SkorjiPanelistLifeline Services Director, TELL Japan
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Takashi MitachiModeratorSenior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group
#3 Breakout Session 11:45-12:45 
#3 Breakout Session
11:45-12:45
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Leo LewisPanelistTokyo Correspondent, Financial Times
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Aya MurakamiPanelistInvestor
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Yusuke NaritaPanelistAssistant Professor, Yale University;
Founder / Representative Director, Hanjuku-kaso, Inc. -
Jesper KollModeratorExpert Director, Monex Group
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Christina DavisPanelistProfessor, Department of Government, Harvard University
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Nobuhiro HemmiPanelistPartner, Monitor Deloitte Chief Strategist,
Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting LLC -
Eric SayersPanelistNonresident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
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Ken JimboModeratorProfessor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
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Naomitsu KodakaPanelistRepresentative Director & President, Tokyo Otaku Mode Co. Ltd.
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Yuri SawaragiPanelistManager, Anime Business & IP Scouting Team, Netflix
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Justin WaldronPanelistCo-Founder / President, Playco
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Masayuki IkegamiModeratorCEO, SAKURAS CO., LTD.
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David Mark AtkinsonPanelistCEO, Konishi Decorative Arts and Crafts Co., Ltd.
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Satoko NagaharaPanelistCo-Founder & CEO, DENEB
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Taku YamadaPanelistCEO, Chura-boshi Co., Ltd.
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Tak UmezawaModeratorJapan Chairman and Partner, A.T. Kearney;
Chairman, CIC Japan
#4 Breakout Session 14:00-15:00 
#4 Breakout Session
14:00-15:00
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Tom KelleyPanelistPartner, IDEO/D4V
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John MaedaPanelistSVP Chief Experience Officer, Everbridge
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Kathy MatsuiPanelistGeneral Partner, MPower Partners
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Makoto TakanoModeratorCEO (Forbes JAPAN Founder), linkties Co., Ltd.
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Jun MuraiPanelistDistinguished Professor, Keio University
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Meri RosichPanelistChief Data Officer in Financial Services, Data Strategy Professor
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Siim SikkutPanelistGovernment CIO, Deputy Secretary-General of Digital Development,
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Republic of Estonia -
Heizo TakenakaPanelistProfessor Emeritus, Keio University
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Tatsuya TerazawaModeratorChairman CEO, Institute of Energy Economics Japan
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James RineyPanelistFounding Partner & CEO, Coral Capital
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Masayo TakahashiPanelistPresident, Vision Care Inc.
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Yusuke TsugawaPanelistAssociate Professor, UCLA
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Sho OkiyamaModeratorCEO, Aillis, Inc.
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David HackettPanelistPartner, Mindspring Capital
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Takayuki HiokiPanelistFounder and CEO, Sports Branding Japan, Co. Ltd.
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Hiromi KawamuraPanelistDirector for International Strategic Planning, Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sport, Science and Technology -
Soichiro MinamiModeratorChief Executive Officer, Visional
#5 Breakout Session 15:15-16:15 
#5 Breakout Session
15:15-16:15
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Sandeep KohliPanelistVice President Beauty & Personal Care, Unilever Middle East and North Africa, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Turkey
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Jin MontesanoPanelistDirector, Executive Officer, Executive Vice President,
Chief People Officer, LIXIL Corporation -
Gullapalli N RaoPanelistDistinguished Chair of Eye Health, L V Prasad Eye Institute
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Miki TsusakaPanelistManaging Director & Senior Partner, Boston Consulting Group
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Toru TakahashiModeratorManaging Director, Corporate Education, GLOBIS Corporation
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Alexander GabuevPanelistSenior Fellow and Chair, Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program, Carnegie Moscow Center
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Valerie NiquetPanelistAdjunct Senior Fellow, Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA);
Senior Research Fellow and Director of Japan Program, Foundation for Strategic Research -
Joanna PitmanPanelistDirector, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust;
Former Tokyo Bureau Chief, The Times -
Michito TsuruokaPanelistAssociate Professor, Keio University
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Noah SneiderModeratorTokyo Bureau Chief, The Economist Newspaper Limited
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Denes BanPanelistManaging Partner, OurCrowd
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Michiko KatoPanelistPrincipal, Woven Capital
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Soichiro MinamiPanelistChief Executive Officer, Visional
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Emre YuasaModeratorDirector, GLOBIS Capital Partners
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Maria DamanakiPanelistFormer European Commissioner, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
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Charles GoddardPanelistEditorial Director, The Economist Group
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Atsushi SunamiPanelistPresident, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation / Ocean Policy Research Institute
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Aiko YamauchiPanelistSenior Officer, Seafood Legacy Co., Ltd.
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Minako IueModeratorChair and CEO, Sailors for the Sea Japan
#6 Plenary Session 16:30-17:30 
#6 Plenary Session
16:30-17:30
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Bill EmmottPanelistFormer Editor, The Economist; Chairman, IISS;
Co-Director, Global Commission for Post-Pandemic Policy -
Ian GoldinPanelistProfessor of Globalisation and Development, University of Oxford
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Karen MakishimaPanelistMinister of Digital Agency, Minister in Charge of Administrative Reform, Minister of State for Regulatory Reform, Member of Japan's House of Representatives
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Jesper KollModeratorExpert Director, Monex Group