Launched in 2011, the G1 Global Conference addresses global and regional challenges through discussions conducted in English. The G1 Global provides a unique opportunity for global leaders to interact, share visions for the future, and develop ideas into concrete actions.
| Date and Time | 9:00-18:00, Monday, September 16th, 2019 (followed by a reception, 18:00-20:00) |
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| Theme | Sustainable Innovation in Times of Disruption |
| Venue | GLOBIS University, Tokyo, Japan |
| Open to | Members, or by invitation (for inquiries about invitations, please contact us) |
| Language | English |
| Expected no. of participants | 150-200 |
| Registration Fee | 78,000 JPY (registration by August 1) |
This year's theme is “Sustainable Innovation in Times of Disruption.” Social fractures that emerged with Brexit and US President Trump are deepening and expanding globally, with populism being one of many factors disrupting the post-WWII international order.
Meanwhile, Industry 4.0 technologies such as AI, Big Data, and IoT are transforming politics, business, and society.
At the 9th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss these disruptions in politics, business, and society by bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe.
The following speakers and panel topics have been confirmed (subject to change):
[Plenary Speakers]
| John Chipman | Director-General and Chief Executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies (convener of the Shangri-La Dialogue). |
|---|---|
| Sheena Iyengar | S.T. Lee Professor of Business, Columbia Business School. Author of The Art of Choosing, named one of the best business books of 2010 (Financial Times). |
| Ken Mogi | Author of The Little Book of Ikigai and Brain Scientist, Sony Computer Science Laboratories. |
| Tom Kelley | Partner, IDEO, world-renowned design thinking firm. Best-selling author of Creative Confidence and The Art of Innovation. |
| Jesper Koll | Sr. Advisor, WisdomTree Asset Management. Economist knows as "Japan's Last Optimist." |
| Taro Kono | Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. |
| Heizo Takenaka | Professor, Toyo University; Professor Emeritus, Keio University. World-renowned economist and politician, known for guiding the privatization of Japan Post, the biggest public enterprise in Japan. |
| Yuan Ding | Vice President and Dean, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), China's top business school. |
|---|---|
| Miku Hirano | Founder & CEO, Cinnamon, an AI-based startup founded in Singapore, with offices in Tokyo and Vietnam. |
| Sung-joo Kim | Founder, Chairperson and Chief Visionary Officer of Sungjoo Group and Chair, MCM Holding (luxury goods brand). One of Forbes' Top 50 Asian Business Women (2012). |
| Lin Kobayashi | Founder/Chair of the Board, UWC ISAK Japan. Entrepreneur and educator. Change-Maker of the Year (2013, Nikkei Business), Woman of the Year (2015, Nikkei Woman). |
| Kathy Matsui | Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs Japan. Prime Minister Shinzō Abe incorporated her research on Womenomics into his Abenomics economic reforms. 3-time No. 1 stock market forecaster for Japan. |
| Alex Moazed | Founder and CEO, Applico, and co-author of the best-selling book, Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy. |
| Yumiko Murakami | Head, Tokyo Centre, OECD. Former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Best-selling author. |
| Amane Oshima | President & CEO, Mizuho-DL Financial Technology. 25+ years in asset-liability management and fixed income investment, with an eye to geopolitical transformations on the markets. |
| Arun Sundararajan | Author of The Sharing Economy, and Professor, NYU School of Business. |
| Miki Tsusaka | Senior Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group. |
| Emre Yuasa | Principal, GLOBIS Capital Partners. Leads investments in Fintech, AI, Blockchain, drones and internet media. Sits on the board of GLM, V-Cube Robotics Japan, and MFS. |
| Jenny Corbett | Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo. Rio Tinto Fellow, Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies. Director, Australian National University-Japan Institute. |
|---|---|
| Abraham Denmark | Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. |
| Abdul El-Sayed | MD, DPhil, Public Health Doctor & Progressive Activist. 2018 candidate for Governor of Michigan. |
| Peter Fitzgerald | Vice President, Google Japan. |
| Abigail Friedman | CEO, Wisteria Group. Former US Diplomat and White House National Security Council Director for Afghanistan. |
| Ryuta Ibaragi | Governor, Okayama Prefecture. Okayama’s first businessman to be governor. Former President, Tenmaya department store chain. MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
| Satoshi Ikeuchi | Professor of Religion and Global Security, The University of Tokyo. One of Japan's leading thinkers on the Middle East. |
| Satoru Mori | Professor, Department of Global Politics, Faculty of Law, Hosei University. Focuses on U.S. foreign policy and international politics. |
| Joanna Pitman | Director, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. Worked for the Times of London for 15 years, including 5 years as the Tokyo Bureau Chief. |
| Sanjay Pulipaka | Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library. Expertise on Indian Foreign Policy and East Asian security issues. |
| Norihiko Sasaki | Editor-in-Chief, Newpicks and Managing Director, UZABASE. |
| David Atkinson | CEO, Konishi Decorative Arts and Crafts, and best-selling author of several books about tourism in Japan. |
|---|---|
| Randy Channell Soei | Canadian Tea Master. |
| Thomas Frebel | former head of recipe development, Copenhagen’s Noma (four-time winner of the World's Best Restaurant Award). Opened new restaurant, Inua, in Tokyo in 2018. |
| Takefumi Hamada | Foodie, World’s #1 Restaurant Reviewer (OAD), visiting over 115 countries. |
| Shiori Ryu Harada | Founder, LandReam, a consultancy helping Japanese companies engage tourists from China and East Asia. |
| Tsutomu Horiuchi | Professor & Vice President of Center for Social Investment of Tama University, Graduate School of Business. Executive Chairman, Aquaignis. |
| Misa Matsuzaki | Founder, Work Japan. Entrepreneur who created an app that directly connects employers with non-Japanese blue-collar job seekers in Japan. |
| Toshihiro Menju | Managing Director and Chief Program Officer, JCIE. Author of several books on Japan's immigration policy at the regional and city levels. |
| Takashi Mitachi | Sr. Advisor, Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Former Co-chair, BCG Japan and Vice Chairman, Keizai Doyukai. Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School. Best-selling author. |
| Martin Newman | CEO, The Newman Partnership. Advisor who helped Tokyo and Sochi win their Olympic bids. |
| Ross Rowbury | President, Edelman Japan. Edelman Japan was awarded Japan/Korea PR Consultancy of the Year in the 2017. Originally from Australia, he has lived 30+ years in Japan. |
| Hiroko Sasaki | Journalist and Co-founder, Chefs for the Blue, which promotes sustainable seafood in Japan. |
| Taku Tamura | Co-founder, EDAS, which works to employ non-Japanese workers in Japan. |
| Tak Umezawa | Japan Chairman, A.T. Kearney. He leads the "NEXTOKYO Project," a future-vision project for Tokyo with leading experts in urban planning, design, sports, art and business. |
| Fumio Yonezawa | former chef, Jean-Georges Restaurant (Michelin starred). |
This year's theme is “Connecting a Fractured World.” As US President Donald Trump pursues an “America First” policy, traditional alliances are becoming challenged. Japan and other allies carefully balance their interests with the US while building up relations with other countries. At the same time, new technological breakthroughs in AI, IoT, and blockchain are upending our traditional notions of trust, productivity, and privacy.
In this fractured world, new connections in politics, business, society, and technology will be needed to survive. At the 8th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Connecting a Fractured World,” bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
This year's theme is “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World.“ Deep social divides in the US and Europe can be seen in Brexit and President Donald Trump. Europe and the US are questioning globalization, turning inward and embracing populism that has lead to a volatile world. However, Japan, in contrast, is surprisingly stable economically and politically, with few social divisions. Meanwhile, developments in technology bring new threats and breakthroughs. New, creative actions are needed to evolve in Politics/Foreign Affairs, Economics/Business, and Technology. At the 7th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World,“ bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
The theme this year is “Leadership: Thinking the Unthinkable,” based on the research by G1 Global main facilitator and former BBC Presenter Nik Gowing. Brexit and the popularity of Donald Trump have confirmed the unthinkable that many political and corporate leaders would not even accept: the scale of public disillusionment at leaders' assumptions that they know what is best for their people and customers. Brexit showed how out of touch the UK government was, and the strategic error of believing they held the high ground of political wisdom. To respond effectively to events like this, a new type of leadership is required. G1 Global participants will discuss “Thinking the Unthinkable” and taking action, with focus on the realms of business, technology, and diplomacy, and with special attention on the role of Japan. See report here.
Programs are subject to change without notice.
This year's theme is “Sustainable Innovation in Times of Disruption.” Social fractures that emerged with Brexit and US President Trump are deepening and expanding globally, with populism being one of many factors disrupting the post-WWII international order.
Meanwhile, Industry 4.0 technologies such as AI, Big Data, and IoT are transforming politics, business, and society.
At the 9th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss these disruptions in politics, business, and society by bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe.
The following speakers and panel topics have been confirmed (subject to change):
[Plenary Speakers]
| John Chipman | Director-General and Chief Executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies (convener of the Shangri-La Dialogue). |
|---|---|
| Sheena Iyengar | S.T. Lee Professor of Business, Columbia Business School. Author of The Art of Choosing, named one of the best business books of 2010 (Financial Times). |
| Ken Mogi | Author of The Little Book of Ikigai and Brain Scientist, Sony Computer Science Laboratories. |
| Tom Kelley | Partner, IDEO, world-renowned design thinking firm. Best-selling author of Creative Confidence and The Art of Innovation. |
| Jesper Koll | Sr. Advisor, WisdomTree Asset Management. Economist knows as "Japan's Last Optimist." |
| Taro Kono | Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. |
| Heizo Takenaka | Professor, Toyo University; Professor Emeritus, Keio University. World-renowned economist and politician, known for guiding the privatization of Japan Post, the biggest public enterprise in Japan. |
| Yuan Ding | Vice President and Dean, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), China's top business school. |
|---|---|
| Miku Hirano | Founder & CEO, Cinnamon, an AI-based startup founded in Singapore, with offices in Tokyo and Vietnam. |
| Sung-joo Kim | Founder, Chairperson and Chief Visionary Officer of Sungjoo Group and Chair, MCM Holding (luxury goods brand). One of Forbes' Top 50 Asian Business Women (2012). |
| Lin Kobayashi | Founder/Chair of the Board, UWC ISAK Japan. Entrepreneur and educator. Change-Maker of the Year (2013, Nikkei Business), Woman of the Year (2015, Nikkei Woman). |
| Kathy Matsui | Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs Japan. Prime Minister Shinzō Abe incorporated her research on Womenomics into his Abenomics economic reforms. 3-time No. 1 stock market forecaster for Japan. |
| Alex Moazed | Founder and CEO, Applico, and co-author of the best-selling book, Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy. |
| Yumiko Murakami | Head, Tokyo Centre, OECD. Former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Best-selling author. |
| Amane Oshima | President & CEO, Mizuho-DL Financial Technology. 25+ years in asset-liability management and fixed income investment, with an eye to geopolitical transformations on the markets. |
| Arun Sundararajan | Author of The Sharing Economy, and Professor, NYU School of Business. |
| Miki Tsusaka | Senior Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group. |
| Emre Yuasa | Principal, GLOBIS Capital Partners. Leads investments in Fintech, AI, Blockchain, drones and internet media. Sits on the board of GLM, V-Cube Robotics Japan, and MFS. |
| Jenny Corbett | Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo. Rio Tinto Fellow, Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies. Director, Australian National University-Japan Institute. |
|---|---|
| Abraham Denmark | Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. |
| Abdul El-Sayed | MD, DPhil, Public Health Doctor & Progressive Activist. 2018 candidate for Governor of Michigan. |
| Peter Fitzgerald | Vice President, Google Japan. |
| Abigail Friedman | CEO, Wisteria Group. Former US Diplomat and White House National Security Council Director for Afghanistan. |
| Ryuta Ibaragi | Governor, Okayama Prefecture. Okayama’s first businessman to be governor. Former President, Tenmaya department store chain. MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
| Satoshi Ikeuchi | Professor of Religion and Global Security, The University of Tokyo. One of Japan's leading thinkers on the Middle East. |
| Satoru Mori | Professor, Department of Global Politics, Faculty of Law, Hosei University. Focuses on U.S. foreign policy and international politics. |
| Joanna Pitman | Director, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. Worked for the Times of London for 15 years, including 5 years as the Tokyo Bureau Chief. |
| Sanjay Pulipaka | Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library. Expertise on Indian Foreign Policy and East Asian security issues. |
| Norihiko Sasaki | Editor-in-Chief, Newpicks and Managing Director, UZABASE. |
| David Atkinson | CEO, Konishi Decorative Arts and Crafts, and best-selling author of several books about tourism in Japan. |
|---|---|
| Randy Channell Soei | Canadian Tea Master. |
| Thomas Frebel | former head of recipe development, Copenhagen’s Noma (four-time winner of the World's Best Restaurant Award). Opened new restaurant, Inua, in Tokyo in 2018. |
| Takefumi Hamada | Foodie, World’s #1 Restaurant Reviewer (OAD), visiting over 115 countries. |
| Shiori Ryu Harada | Founder, LandReam, a consultancy helping Japanese companies engage tourists from China and East Asia. |
| Tsutomu Horiuchi | Professor & Vice President of Center for Social Investment of Tama University, Graduate School of Business. Executive Chairman, Aquaignis. |
| Misa Matsuzaki | Founder, Work Japan. Entrepreneur who created an app that directly connects employers with non-Japanese blue-collar job seekers in Japan. |
| Toshihiro Menju | Managing Director and Chief Program Officer, JCIE. Author of several books on Japan's immigration policy at the regional and city levels. |
| Takashi Mitachi | Sr. Advisor, Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Former Co-chair, BCG Japan and Vice Chairman, Keizai Doyukai. Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School. Best-selling author. |
| Martin Newman | CEO, The Newman Partnership. Advisor who helped Tokyo and Sochi win their Olympic bids. |
| Ross Rowbury | President, Edelman Japan. Edelman Japan was awarded Japan/Korea PR Consultancy of the Year in the 2017. Originally from Australia, he has lived 30+ years in Japan. |
| Hiroko Sasaki | Journalist and Co-founder, Chefs for the Blue, which promotes sustainable seafood in Japan. |
| Taku Tamura | Co-founder, EDAS, which works to employ non-Japanese workers in Japan. |
| Tak Umezawa | Japan Chairman, A.T. Kearney. He leads the "NEXTOKYO Project," a future-vision project for Tokyo with leading experts in urban planning, design, sports, art and business. |
| Fumio Yonezawa | former chef, Jean-Georges Restaurant (Michelin starred). |
This year's theme is “Connecting a Fractured World.” As US President Donald Trump pursues an “America First” policy, traditional alliances are becoming challenged. Japan and other allies carefully balance their interests with the US while building up relations with other countries. At the same time, new technological breakthroughs in AI, IoT, and blockchain are upending our traditional notions of trust, productivity, and privacy.
In this fractured world, new connections in politics, business, society, and technology will be needed to survive. At the 8th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Connecting a Fractured World,” bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
This year's theme is “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World.“ Deep social divides in the US and Europe can be seen in Brexit and President Donald Trump. Europe and the US are questioning globalization, turning inward and embracing populism that has lead to a volatile world. However, Japan, in contrast, is surprisingly stable economically and politically, with few social divisions. Meanwhile, developments in technology bring new threats and breakthroughs. New, creative actions are needed to evolve in Politics/Foreign Affairs, Economics/Business, and Technology. At the 7th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World,“ bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
The theme this year is “Leadership: Thinking the Unthinkable,” based on the research by G1 Global main facilitator and former BBC Presenter Nik Gowing. Brexit and the popularity of Donald Trump have confirmed the unthinkable that many political and corporate leaders would not even accept: the scale of public disillusionment at leaders' assumptions that they know what is best for their people and customers. Brexit showed how out of touch the UK government was, and the strategic error of believing they held the high ground of political wisdom. To respond effectively to events like this, a new type of leadership is required. G1 Global participants will discuss “Thinking the Unthinkable” and taking action, with focus on the realms of business, technology, and diplomacy, and with special attention on the role of Japan. See report here.
Strong societal divisions can be seen around the world today. US President Donald Trump's “America First” policy challenges America's traditional alliances and domestic tensions remain high. Meanwhile, China's state capitalism seems to challenge the 70 years of postwar balance in East Asia, as other nations are increasingly forced to ally with China or the US, or forge a new path. In the midst of all this, Japan seems to remain relatively stable and connected in this fractured world. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's close relationship with President Trump has helped balance support for the US while maintaining its own interests. Is Japan's strategy a role model for others? In what spaces might Japan be able to exercise further global leadership and create more connections? This session lays out the theme of today’s conference and how to think about possible next steps.
The June meeting between North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un and US President Donald Trump seemed to signify a new momentum in the geopolitical balance in East Asia. A few months later, the warm feelings have cooled off, and the status quo seems to have returned. What will happen next? What does it mean for relations among the US, China, Japan, and South Korea? Meanwhile, China's military buildup on artificial islands in the East China Sea continues, leading to potential conflicts with nations including the Philippines. Flashes of unrest between India and China occur infrequently along their border, while China continues its development with its One Belt One Road Initiative. With a stronger China and an unpredictable US, countries are looking to balance themselves in this potentially new military and economic framework. This panel explores these timely topics in this important region of the world.
Within the first weeks taking office in late 2012, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe implemented his two arrows of Abenomics, with a ¥10.3 trillion fiscal stimulus bill, and a 2 percent target inflation rate through quantitative easing. The third arrow of structural reform was always the most ambitious and has been the most difficult to implement. How has it progressed? What challenges remain? Will the consumption tax be raised? What can be achieved while he is still Prime Minister? How will Japan's neighbors and allies be affected? Much debate remains on this pivotal policy in Japanese history, and our panel takes a look at the main policy legacy of someone who may become Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister.
Thanks to the growing Asian middle class and to favorable policy changes such as the easing of visa conditions, Japan’s inbound tourism is booming. The government seems to be leading Japan into “Kanko Rikkoku” or a tourism-based country, but is it actually possible for tourism to drive economic growth? Travel consumption in Japan peaked in 2006 at around 30 trillion yen and the current figure, despite an impressive growth of inbound travelers, is in the 24-25 trillion yen range. Also, the travel industry has a very high ratio of part-time workers with low salaries. How can we change this contradictory picture and bring real prosperity through inbound growth?
Japan may not recognize the America it sees today: issues over immigration, racism, nominations to the Supreme Court, taxation, Obamacare, guns and many more have spurred division and unrest. Businesses, hardly immune, are taking sides on issues that a few years ago would have been considered too sensitive. This panel looks at the fractures in the US at both the social and political levels, and in particular how these fractures may impact̶and be impacted by̶the mid-term elections coming in November. Is there a path for the country to live up to its motto: "E pluribus unum (out of many, one)”? What lessons should Japan draw? What might Japan contribute?
Technologies and business models are destroying some jobs and creating new ones. What will the world of work look like in 3 years, 5 years, or 10 years? What skills will workers need? What should companies and governments do to bring income stability to workers without slowing innovation and diffusion of new ideas? What macroeconomic policies are needed to allow and encourage faster productivity growth? Our panelists explore ways to understand the future of work.
In 2017, the Monocle named Tokyo the world's most livable city for the third year in a row. It helped signify a rejuvenation, with record numbers of tourists, the coming Olympics, and a new sense of post-modern cool popping up in different neighborhoods around the city. It exemplified a “Creative City,” where creativity and cultural industries are at the heart of sustainable urban development. In light of this, how does Tokyo compare to other creative cities, such as Portland, now known as one of the top places to live in the US, or New York, or London? What should Tokyo do to evolve further as creative city, while addressing its challenges? Our panel includes the former Art Director/Thing Maker for the trendy Ace Hotel in Portland, a world-renowned Japanese architect based in New York, the founder of a leading creative design agency, and the leader of the NEXTOKYO Project. Together they share their insights into leading creative cities and expertise on developing creative hubs.
Under President Donald Trump's "America First" policy, the US has sought to renegotiate major trade deals, including with the EU, China, and NAFTA. Many traditional alliances are becoming fractured. Is a trade war inevitable, or has it already started? What would it look like, and what could be done to prevent it from worsening? Should we promote bilateral deals or multilateral frameworks? How would the global value chain be affected with more protectionism? Japan has the potential to lead a TPP, which, even without the US, could be a potential solution. Is this still realistic? How would business be affected? We gather experts from the US, China, the EU, and Japan to discuss this important issue.
Is the fintech revolution already dead? Technological breakthroughs in AI, Big Data, and blockchain have revolutionized finance, giving rise to alternatives to traditional banking, cross-border flows, and even currencies. But recent scandals in cryptocurrencies, as well as bans on cryptocurrencies in many countries, have seemed to halt the excitement. What are the risks and opportunities in Fintech? How will businesses use them? How will these new technologies be regulated and what global frameworks will be created? New automation will help cuts costs, but will they be passed on to consumers? How will the rise of big data affect protection of consumer privacy and financial data? Can we avoid another financial bubble and recession? Global leaders in business gather to share what's new in fintech, what it means for business, and what's in store for the future.
When Christel Takigawa gave her famous "Omotenashi" speech to help Tokyo win the 2020 Summer Olympics bid in 2013, it signaled the start of a shift in the way Japan communicates its image of itself globally. Japan has become a model of soft power, with its culture spreading in diverse ways few other countries can, from anime and otaku culture, to gourmet food, to postmodern art and architectural design. Has something changed? Is this a hint of "Cool Japan 2.0"? A fortunate result of this renaissance is that Japan now means many different things to many different people. What is the best way to continue this positive trend? On this panel, we bring the consultant behind Tokyo’s successful Olympic bid, and other international perspectives on how Japan can help shape its image globally.
One of the top risks set out for 2018 by Eurasia Group is that of a "Global Tech Cold War." As the pace of technological breakthroughs increase, people become more connected than ever, and the efforts to protect privacy become more and more difficult. AI, Big Data, and IoT are enabling greater access to information. Companies in the US and China are racing to utilize this information and dominate the market, and other countries may be forced to choose their country's standards, infrastructure, hardware and software. Consumers may one day have to choose between Baidu or Google, WeChat or WhatsApp, Weibo or Twitter, Paypal or Alipay. On a government level, countries that want more control of information flows may choose to fashion themselves after the Great Firewall of China. These are some of the elements that the Fourth Industrial Revolution brings forward to us both as challenges and opportunities. The panel will discuss how we can seize the opportunities in this dramatic time that we live in.
Is Tokyo the next Silicon Valley? New policies by the Abe administration have led to more opportunities for entrepreneurs, including one-year startup visas for non-Japanese to immigrate to Japan and start their own businesses. The BBC says Japan is on "the brink of a major cultural shift," as the environment for Japanese and non-Japanese entrepreneurs has warmed, with more incubators, more funding for start-ups, and greater networking among people in the start-up industry. What has been successful for entrepreneurs in the past few years, and what challenges still remain? On this panel, we bring in successful entrepreneurs̶all of whom are non-Japanese̶who were inspired in Japan and are now looking to expand globally
The recent waves of globalization since the end of the Cold War have resulted in fractures throughout the world. In response, we emphasize concepts such as "sustainability" and "impact." However, these have come to have different levels of importance to different people: CSR and ESG for businesses, economic growth and environmental protection for governments, and social justice and human rights for non-profits and individuals. While much of humanity is committed to making the world a better place, answers remain elusive and require coordination and creativity. How do we know when we have made a difference? What challenges are next, and where should we focus? Where can Japan take leadership? This panel will explore how to achieve sustainable impact through business, technology, governments and civil society.
A day’s worth of discussion is brought to a conclusion in this closing session. Despite many fractures, there are opportunities for connections. How can we create them, and how would these connections shape Japan? What would the country look like in 2030, ten years after the success of the Tokyo Olympics? How would Japanese be connected with others around the world? Our panel brings global and domestic perspectives to these questions, and looks on how to build on the day's progress. We look forward to hearing from the audience about how we as a G1 Community can move forward together and take action to create friendly and positive relationships in a more connected world.
Programs are subject to change without notice.
This year's theme is “Sustainable Innovation in Times of Disruption.” Social fractures that emerged with Brexit and US President Trump are deepening and expanding globally, with populism being one of many factors disrupting the post-WWII international order.
Meanwhile, Industry 4.0 technologies such as AI, Big Data, and IoT are transforming politics, business, and society.
At the 9th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss these disruptions in politics, business, and society by bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe.
The following speakers and panel topics have been confirmed (subject to change):
[Plenary Speakers]
| John Chipman | Director-General and Chief Executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies (convener of the Shangri-La Dialogue). |
|---|---|
| Sheena Iyengar | S.T. Lee Professor of Business, Columbia Business School. Author of The Art of Choosing, named one of the best business books of 2010 (Financial Times). |
| Ken Mogi | Author of The Little Book of Ikigai and Brain Scientist, Sony Computer Science Laboratories. |
| Tom Kelley | Partner, IDEO, world-renowned design thinking firm. Best-selling author of Creative Confidence and The Art of Innovation. |
| Jesper Koll | Sr. Advisor, WisdomTree Asset Management. Economist knows as "Japan's Last Optimist." |
| Taro Kono | Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. |
| Heizo Takenaka | Professor, Toyo University; Professor Emeritus, Keio University. World-renowned economist and politician, known for guiding the privatization of Japan Post, the biggest public enterprise in Japan. |
| Yuan Ding | Vice President and Dean, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), China's top business school. |
|---|---|
| Miku Hirano | Founder & CEO, Cinnamon, an AI-based startup founded in Singapore, with offices in Tokyo and Vietnam. |
| Sung-joo Kim | Founder, Chairperson and Chief Visionary Officer of Sungjoo Group and Chair, MCM Holding (luxury goods brand). One of Forbes' Top 50 Asian Business Women (2012). |
| Lin Kobayashi | Founder/Chair of the Board, UWC ISAK Japan. Entrepreneur and educator. Change-Maker of the Year (2013, Nikkei Business), Woman of the Year (2015, Nikkei Woman). |
| Kathy Matsui | Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs Japan. Prime Minister Shinzō Abe incorporated her research on Womenomics into his Abenomics economic reforms. 3-time No. 1 stock market forecaster for Japan. |
| Alex Moazed | Founder and CEO, Applico, and co-author of the best-selling book, Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy. |
| Yumiko Murakami | Head, Tokyo Centre, OECD. Former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Best-selling author. |
| Amane Oshima | President & CEO, Mizuho-DL Financial Technology. 25+ years in asset-liability management and fixed income investment, with an eye to geopolitical transformations on the markets. |
| Arun Sundararajan | Author of The Sharing Economy, and Professor, NYU School of Business. |
| Miki Tsusaka | Senior Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group. |
| Emre Yuasa | Principal, GLOBIS Capital Partners. Leads investments in Fintech, AI, Blockchain, drones and internet media. Sits on the board of GLM, V-Cube Robotics Japan, and MFS. |
| Jenny Corbett | Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo. Rio Tinto Fellow, Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies. Director, Australian National University-Japan Institute. |
|---|---|
| Abraham Denmark | Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. |
| Abdul El-Sayed | MD, DPhil, Public Health Doctor & Progressive Activist. 2018 candidate for Governor of Michigan. |
| Peter Fitzgerald | Vice President, Google Japan. |
| Abigail Friedman | CEO, Wisteria Group. Former US Diplomat and White House National Security Council Director for Afghanistan. |
| Ryuta Ibaragi | Governor, Okayama Prefecture. Okayama’s first businessman to be governor. Former President, Tenmaya department store chain. MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
| Satoshi Ikeuchi | Professor of Religion and Global Security, The University of Tokyo. One of Japan's leading thinkers on the Middle East. |
| Satoru Mori | Professor, Department of Global Politics, Faculty of Law, Hosei University. Focuses on U.S. foreign policy and international politics. |
| Joanna Pitman | Director, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. Worked for the Times of London for 15 years, including 5 years as the Tokyo Bureau Chief. |
| Sanjay Pulipaka | Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library. Expertise on Indian Foreign Policy and East Asian security issues. |
| Norihiko Sasaki | Editor-in-Chief, Newpicks and Managing Director, UZABASE. |
| David Atkinson | CEO, Konishi Decorative Arts and Crafts, and best-selling author of several books about tourism in Japan. |
|---|---|
| Randy Channell Soei | Canadian Tea Master. |
| Thomas Frebel | former head of recipe development, Copenhagen’s Noma (four-time winner of the World's Best Restaurant Award). Opened new restaurant, Inua, in Tokyo in 2018. |
| Takefumi Hamada | Foodie, World’s #1 Restaurant Reviewer (OAD), visiting over 115 countries. |
| Shiori Ryu Harada | Founder, LandReam, a consultancy helping Japanese companies engage tourists from China and East Asia. |
| Tsutomu Horiuchi | Professor & Vice President of Center for Social Investment of Tama University, Graduate School of Business. Executive Chairman, Aquaignis. |
| Misa Matsuzaki | Founder, Work Japan. Entrepreneur who created an app that directly connects employers with non-Japanese blue-collar job seekers in Japan. |
| Toshihiro Menju | Managing Director and Chief Program Officer, JCIE. Author of several books on Japan's immigration policy at the regional and city levels. |
| Takashi Mitachi | Sr. Advisor, Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Former Co-chair, BCG Japan and Vice Chairman, Keizai Doyukai. Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School. Best-selling author. |
| Martin Newman | CEO, The Newman Partnership. Advisor who helped Tokyo and Sochi win their Olympic bids. |
| Ross Rowbury | President, Edelman Japan. Edelman Japan was awarded Japan/Korea PR Consultancy of the Year in the 2017. Originally from Australia, he has lived 30+ years in Japan. |
| Hiroko Sasaki | Journalist and Co-founder, Chefs for the Blue, which promotes sustainable seafood in Japan. |
| Taku Tamura | Co-founder, EDAS, which works to employ non-Japanese workers in Japan. |
| Tak Umezawa | Japan Chairman, A.T. Kearney. He leads the "NEXTOKYO Project," a future-vision project for Tokyo with leading experts in urban planning, design, sports, art and business. |
| Fumio Yonezawa | former chef, Jean-Georges Restaurant (Michelin starred). |
This year's theme is “Connecting a Fractured World.” As US President Donald Trump pursues an “America First” policy, traditional alliances are becoming challenged. Japan and other allies carefully balance their interests with the US while building up relations with other countries. At the same time, new technological breakthroughs in AI, IoT, and blockchain are upending our traditional notions of trust, productivity, and privacy.
In this fractured world, new connections in politics, business, society, and technology will be needed to survive. At the 8th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Connecting a Fractured World,” bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
This year's theme is “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World.“ Deep social divides in the US and Europe can be seen in Brexit and President Donald Trump. Europe and the US are questioning globalization, turning inward and embracing populism that has lead to a volatile world. However, Japan, in contrast, is surprisingly stable economically and politically, with few social divisions. Meanwhile, developments in technology bring new threats and breakthroughs. New, creative actions are needed to evolve in Politics/Foreign Affairs, Economics/Business, and Technology. At the 7th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World,“ bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
The theme this year is “Leadership: Thinking the Unthinkable,” based on the research by G1 Global main facilitator and former BBC Presenter Nik Gowing. Brexit and the popularity of Donald Trump have confirmed the unthinkable that many political and corporate leaders would not even accept: the scale of public disillusionment at leaders' assumptions that they know what is best for their people and customers. Brexit showed how out of touch the UK government was, and the strategic error of believing they held the high ground of political wisdom. To respond effectively to events like this, a new type of leadership is required. G1 Global participants will discuss “Thinking the Unthinkable” and taking action, with focus on the realms of business, technology, and diplomacy, and with special attention on the role of Japan. See report here.
Programs are subject to change without notice.
This year's theme is “Sustainable Innovation in Times of Disruption.” Social fractures that emerged with Brexit and US President Trump are deepening and expanding globally, with populism being one of many factors disrupting the post-WWII international order.
Meanwhile, Industry 4.0 technologies such as AI, Big Data, and IoT are transforming politics, business, and society.
At the 9th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss these disruptions in politics, business, and society by bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe.
The following speakers and panel topics have been confirmed (subject to change):
[Plenary Speakers]
| John Chipman | Director-General and Chief Executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies (convener of the Shangri-La Dialogue). |
|---|---|
| Sheena Iyengar | S.T. Lee Professor of Business, Columbia Business School. Author of The Art of Choosing, named one of the best business books of 2010 (Financial Times). |
| Ken Mogi | Author of The Little Book of Ikigai and Brain Scientist, Sony Computer Science Laboratories. |
| Tom Kelley | Partner, IDEO, world-renowned design thinking firm. Best-selling author of Creative Confidence and The Art of Innovation. |
| Jesper Koll | Sr. Advisor, WisdomTree Asset Management. Economist knows as "Japan's Last Optimist." |
| Taro Kono | Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. |
| Heizo Takenaka | Professor, Toyo University; Professor Emeritus, Keio University. World-renowned economist and politician, known for guiding the privatization of Japan Post, the biggest public enterprise in Japan. |
| Yuan Ding | Vice President and Dean, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), China's top business school. |
|---|---|
| Miku Hirano | Founder & CEO, Cinnamon, an AI-based startup founded in Singapore, with offices in Tokyo and Vietnam. |
| Sung-joo Kim | Founder, Chairperson and Chief Visionary Officer of Sungjoo Group and Chair, MCM Holding (luxury goods brand). One of Forbes' Top 50 Asian Business Women (2012). |
| Lin Kobayashi | Founder/Chair of the Board, UWC ISAK Japan. Entrepreneur and educator. Change-Maker of the Year (2013, Nikkei Business), Woman of the Year (2015, Nikkei Woman). |
| Kathy Matsui | Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs Japan. Prime Minister Shinzō Abe incorporated her research on Womenomics into his Abenomics economic reforms. 3-time No. 1 stock market forecaster for Japan. |
| Alex Moazed | Founder and CEO, Applico, and co-author of the best-selling book, Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy. |
| Yumiko Murakami | Head, Tokyo Centre, OECD. Former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Best-selling author. |
| Amane Oshima | President & CEO, Mizuho-DL Financial Technology. 25+ years in asset-liability management and fixed income investment, with an eye to geopolitical transformations on the markets. |
| Arun Sundararajan | Author of The Sharing Economy, and Professor, NYU School of Business. |
| Miki Tsusaka | Senior Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group. |
| Emre Yuasa | Principal, GLOBIS Capital Partners. Leads investments in Fintech, AI, Blockchain, drones and internet media. Sits on the board of GLM, V-Cube Robotics Japan, and MFS. |
| Jenny Corbett | Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo. Rio Tinto Fellow, Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies. Director, Australian National University-Japan Institute. |
|---|---|
| Abraham Denmark | Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. |
| Abdul El-Sayed | MD, DPhil, Public Health Doctor & Progressive Activist. 2018 candidate for Governor of Michigan. |
| Peter Fitzgerald | Vice President, Google Japan. |
| Abigail Friedman | CEO, Wisteria Group. Former US Diplomat and White House National Security Council Director for Afghanistan. |
| Ryuta Ibaragi | Governor, Okayama Prefecture. Okayama’s first businessman to be governor. Former President, Tenmaya department store chain. MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
| Satoshi Ikeuchi | Professor of Religion and Global Security, The University of Tokyo. One of Japan's leading thinkers on the Middle East. |
| Satoru Mori | Professor, Department of Global Politics, Faculty of Law, Hosei University. Focuses on U.S. foreign policy and international politics. |
| Joanna Pitman | Director, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. Worked for the Times of London for 15 years, including 5 years as the Tokyo Bureau Chief. |
| Sanjay Pulipaka | Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library. Expertise on Indian Foreign Policy and East Asian security issues. |
| Norihiko Sasaki | Editor-in-Chief, Newpicks and Managing Director, UZABASE. |
| David Atkinson | CEO, Konishi Decorative Arts and Crafts, and best-selling author of several books about tourism in Japan. |
|---|---|
| Randy Channell Soei | Canadian Tea Master. |
| Thomas Frebel | former head of recipe development, Copenhagen’s Noma (four-time winner of the World's Best Restaurant Award). Opened new restaurant, Inua, in Tokyo in 2018. |
| Takefumi Hamada | Foodie, World’s #1 Restaurant Reviewer (OAD), visiting over 115 countries. |
| Shiori Ryu Harada | Founder, LandReam, a consultancy helping Japanese companies engage tourists from China and East Asia. |
| Tsutomu Horiuchi | Professor & Vice President of Center for Social Investment of Tama University, Graduate School of Business. Executive Chairman, Aquaignis. |
| Misa Matsuzaki | Founder, Work Japan. Entrepreneur who created an app that directly connects employers with non-Japanese blue-collar job seekers in Japan. |
| Toshihiro Menju | Managing Director and Chief Program Officer, JCIE. Author of several books on Japan's immigration policy at the regional and city levels. |
| Takashi Mitachi | Sr. Advisor, Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Former Co-chair, BCG Japan and Vice Chairman, Keizai Doyukai. Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School. Best-selling author. |
| Martin Newman | CEO, The Newman Partnership. Advisor who helped Tokyo and Sochi win their Olympic bids. |
| Ross Rowbury | President, Edelman Japan. Edelman Japan was awarded Japan/Korea PR Consultancy of the Year in the 2017. Originally from Australia, he has lived 30+ years in Japan. |
| Hiroko Sasaki | Journalist and Co-founder, Chefs for the Blue, which promotes sustainable seafood in Japan. |
| Taku Tamura | Co-founder, EDAS, which works to employ non-Japanese workers in Japan. |
| Tak Umezawa | Japan Chairman, A.T. Kearney. He leads the "NEXTOKYO Project," a future-vision project for Tokyo with leading experts in urban planning, design, sports, art and business. |
| Fumio Yonezawa | former chef, Jean-Georges Restaurant (Michelin starred). |
This year's theme is “Connecting a Fractured World.” As US President Donald Trump pursues an “America First” policy, traditional alliances are becoming challenged. Japan and other allies carefully balance their interests with the US while building up relations with other countries. At the same time, new technological breakthroughs in AI, IoT, and blockchain are upending our traditional notions of trust, productivity, and privacy.
In this fractured world, new connections in politics, business, society, and technology will be needed to survive. At the 8th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Connecting a Fractured World,” bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
This year's theme is “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World.“ Deep social divides in the US and Europe can be seen in Brexit and President Donald Trump. Europe and the US are questioning globalization, turning inward and embracing populism that has lead to a volatile world. However, Japan, in contrast, is surprisingly stable economically and politically, with few social divisions. Meanwhile, developments in technology bring new threats and breakthroughs. New, creative actions are needed to evolve in Politics/Foreign Affairs, Economics/Business, and Technology. At the 7th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World,“ bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
The theme this year is “Leadership: Thinking the Unthinkable,” based on the research by G1 Global main facilitator and former BBC Presenter Nik Gowing. Brexit and the popularity of Donald Trump have confirmed the unthinkable that many political and corporate leaders would not even accept: the scale of public disillusionment at leaders' assumptions that they know what is best for their people and customers. Brexit showed how out of touch the UK government was, and the strategic error of believing they held the high ground of political wisdom. To respond effectively to events like this, a new type of leadership is required. G1 Global participants will discuss “Thinking the Unthinkable” and taking action, with focus on the realms of business, technology, and diplomacy, and with special attention on the role of Japan. See report here.
Programs are subject to change without notice.
This year's theme is “Sustainable Innovation in Times of Disruption.” Social fractures that emerged with Brexit and US President Trump are deepening and expanding globally, with populism being one of many factors disrupting the post-WWII international order.
Meanwhile, Industry 4.0 technologies such as AI, Big Data, and IoT are transforming politics, business, and society.
At the 9th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss these disruptions in politics, business, and society by bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe.
The following speakers and panel topics have been confirmed (subject to change):
[Plenary Speakers]
| John Chipman | Director-General and Chief Executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies (convener of the Shangri-La Dialogue). |
|---|---|
| Sheena Iyengar | S.T. Lee Professor of Business, Columbia Business School. Author of The Art of Choosing, named one of the best business books of 2010 (Financial Times). |
| Ken Mogi | Author of The Little Book of Ikigai and Brain Scientist, Sony Computer Science Laboratories. |
| Tom Kelley | Partner, IDEO, world-renowned design thinking firm. Best-selling author of Creative Confidence and The Art of Innovation. |
| Jesper Koll | Sr. Advisor, WisdomTree Asset Management. Economist knows as "Japan's Last Optimist." |
| Taro Kono | Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. |
| Heizo Takenaka | Professor, Toyo University; Professor Emeritus, Keio University. World-renowned economist and politician, known for guiding the privatization of Japan Post, the biggest public enterprise in Japan. |
| Yuan Ding | Vice President and Dean, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), China's top business school. |
|---|---|
| Miku Hirano | Founder & CEO, Cinnamon, an AI-based startup founded in Singapore, with offices in Tokyo and Vietnam. |
| Sung-joo Kim | Founder, Chairperson and Chief Visionary Officer of Sungjoo Group and Chair, MCM Holding (luxury goods brand). One of Forbes' Top 50 Asian Business Women (2012). |
| Lin Kobayashi | Founder/Chair of the Board, UWC ISAK Japan. Entrepreneur and educator. Change-Maker of the Year (2013, Nikkei Business), Woman of the Year (2015, Nikkei Woman). |
| Kathy Matsui | Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs Japan. Prime Minister Shinzō Abe incorporated her research on Womenomics into his Abenomics economic reforms. 3-time No. 1 stock market forecaster for Japan. |
| Alex Moazed | Founder and CEO, Applico, and co-author of the best-selling book, Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy. |
| Yumiko Murakami | Head, Tokyo Centre, OECD. Former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Best-selling author. |
| Amane Oshima | President & CEO, Mizuho-DL Financial Technology. 25+ years in asset-liability management and fixed income investment, with an eye to geopolitical transformations on the markets. |
| Arun Sundararajan | Author of The Sharing Economy, and Professor, NYU School of Business. |
| Miki Tsusaka | Senior Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group. |
| Emre Yuasa | Principal, GLOBIS Capital Partners. Leads investments in Fintech, AI, Blockchain, drones and internet media. Sits on the board of GLM, V-Cube Robotics Japan, and MFS. |
| Jenny Corbett | Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo. Rio Tinto Fellow, Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies. Director, Australian National University-Japan Institute. |
|---|---|
| Abraham Denmark | Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. |
| Abdul El-Sayed | MD, DPhil, Public Health Doctor & Progressive Activist. 2018 candidate for Governor of Michigan. |
| Peter Fitzgerald | Vice President, Google Japan. |
| Abigail Friedman | CEO, Wisteria Group. Former US Diplomat and White House National Security Council Director for Afghanistan. |
| Ryuta Ibaragi | Governor, Okayama Prefecture. Okayama’s first businessman to be governor. Former President, Tenmaya department store chain. MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
| Satoshi Ikeuchi | Professor of Religion and Global Security, The University of Tokyo. One of Japan's leading thinkers on the Middle East. |
| Satoru Mori | Professor, Department of Global Politics, Faculty of Law, Hosei University. Focuses on U.S. foreign policy and international politics. |
| Joanna Pitman | Director, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. Worked for the Times of London for 15 years, including 5 years as the Tokyo Bureau Chief. |
| Sanjay Pulipaka | Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library. Expertise on Indian Foreign Policy and East Asian security issues. |
| Norihiko Sasaki | Editor-in-Chief, Newpicks and Managing Director, UZABASE. |
| David Atkinson | CEO, Konishi Decorative Arts and Crafts, and best-selling author of several books about tourism in Japan. |
|---|---|
| Randy Channell Soei | Canadian Tea Master. |
| Thomas Frebel | former head of recipe development, Copenhagen’s Noma (four-time winner of the World's Best Restaurant Award). Opened new restaurant, Inua, in Tokyo in 2018. |
| Takefumi Hamada | Foodie, World’s #1 Restaurant Reviewer (OAD), visiting over 115 countries. |
| Shiori Ryu Harada | Founder, LandReam, a consultancy helping Japanese companies engage tourists from China and East Asia. |
| Tsutomu Horiuchi | Professor & Vice President of Center for Social Investment of Tama University, Graduate School of Business. Executive Chairman, Aquaignis. |
| Misa Matsuzaki | Founder, Work Japan. Entrepreneur who created an app that directly connects employers with non-Japanese blue-collar job seekers in Japan. |
| Toshihiro Menju | Managing Director and Chief Program Officer, JCIE. Author of several books on Japan's immigration policy at the regional and city levels. |
| Takashi Mitachi | Sr. Advisor, Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Former Co-chair, BCG Japan and Vice Chairman, Keizai Doyukai. Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School. Best-selling author. |
| Martin Newman | CEO, The Newman Partnership. Advisor who helped Tokyo and Sochi win their Olympic bids. |
| Ross Rowbury | President, Edelman Japan. Edelman Japan was awarded Japan/Korea PR Consultancy of the Year in the 2017. Originally from Australia, he has lived 30+ years in Japan. |
| Hiroko Sasaki | Journalist and Co-founder, Chefs for the Blue, which promotes sustainable seafood in Japan. |
| Taku Tamura | Co-founder, EDAS, which works to employ non-Japanese workers in Japan. |
| Tak Umezawa | Japan Chairman, A.T. Kearney. He leads the "NEXTOKYO Project," a future-vision project for Tokyo with leading experts in urban planning, design, sports, art and business. |
| Fumio Yonezawa | former chef, Jean-Georges Restaurant (Michelin starred). |
This year's theme is “Connecting a Fractured World.” As US President Donald Trump pursues an “America First” policy, traditional alliances are becoming challenged. Japan and other allies carefully balance their interests with the US while building up relations with other countries. At the same time, new technological breakthroughs in AI, IoT, and blockchain are upending our traditional notions of trust, productivity, and privacy.
In this fractured world, new connections in politics, business, society, and technology will be needed to survive. At the 8th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Connecting a Fractured World,” bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
This year's theme is “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World.“ Deep social divides in the US and Europe can be seen in Brexit and President Donald Trump. Europe and the US are questioning globalization, turning inward and embracing populism that has lead to a volatile world. However, Japan, in contrast, is surprisingly stable economically and politically, with few social divisions. Meanwhile, developments in technology bring new threats and breakthroughs. New, creative actions are needed to evolve in Politics/Foreign Affairs, Economics/Business, and Technology. At the 7th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World,“ bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
The theme this year is “Leadership: Thinking the Unthinkable,” based on the research by G1 Global main facilitator and former BBC Presenter Nik Gowing. Brexit and the popularity of Donald Trump have confirmed the unthinkable that many political and corporate leaders would not even accept: the scale of public disillusionment at leaders' assumptions that they know what is best for their people and customers. Brexit showed how out of touch the UK government was, and the strategic error of believing they held the high ground of political wisdom. To respond effectively to events like this, a new type of leadership is required. G1 Global participants will discuss “Thinking the Unthinkable” and taking action, with focus on the realms of business, technology, and diplomacy, and with special attention on the role of Japan. See report here.
Programs are subject to change without notice.
This year's theme is “Sustainable Innovation in Times of Disruption.” Social fractures that emerged with Brexit and US President Trump are deepening and expanding globally, with populism being one of many factors disrupting the post-WWII international order.
Meanwhile, Industry 4.0 technologies such as AI, Big Data, and IoT are transforming politics, business, and society.
At the 9th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss these disruptions in politics, business, and society by bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe.
The following speakers and panel topics have been confirmed (subject to change):
[Plenary Speakers]
| John Chipman | Director-General and Chief Executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies (convener of the Shangri-La Dialogue). |
|---|---|
| Sheena Iyengar | S.T. Lee Professor of Business, Columbia Business School. Author of The Art of Choosing, named one of the best business books of 2010 (Financial Times). |
| Ken Mogi | Author of The Little Book of Ikigai and Brain Scientist, Sony Computer Science Laboratories. |
| Tom Kelley | Partner, IDEO, world-renowned design thinking firm. Best-selling author of Creative Confidence and The Art of Innovation. |
| Jesper Koll | Sr. Advisor, WisdomTree Asset Management. Economist knows as "Japan's Last Optimist." |
| Taro Kono | Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. |
| Heizo Takenaka | Professor, Toyo University; Professor Emeritus, Keio University. World-renowned economist and politician, known for guiding the privatization of Japan Post, the biggest public enterprise in Japan. |
| Yuan Ding | Vice President and Dean, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), China's top business school. |
|---|---|
| Miku Hirano | Founder & CEO, Cinnamon, an AI-based startup founded in Singapore, with offices in Tokyo and Vietnam. |
| Sung-joo Kim | Founder, Chairperson and Chief Visionary Officer of Sungjoo Group and Chair, MCM Holding (luxury goods brand). One of Forbes' Top 50 Asian Business Women (2012). |
| Lin Kobayashi | Founder/Chair of the Board, UWC ISAK Japan. Entrepreneur and educator. Change-Maker of the Year (2013, Nikkei Business), Woman of the Year (2015, Nikkei Woman). |
| Kathy Matsui | Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs Japan. Prime Minister Shinzō Abe incorporated her research on Womenomics into his Abenomics economic reforms. 3-time No. 1 stock market forecaster for Japan. |
| Alex Moazed | Founder and CEO, Applico, and co-author of the best-selling book, Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy. |
| Yumiko Murakami | Head, Tokyo Centre, OECD. Former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Best-selling author. |
| Amane Oshima | President & CEO, Mizuho-DL Financial Technology. 25+ years in asset-liability management and fixed income investment, with an eye to geopolitical transformations on the markets. |
| Arun Sundararajan | Author of The Sharing Economy, and Professor, NYU School of Business. |
| Miki Tsusaka | Senior Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group. |
| Emre Yuasa | Principal, GLOBIS Capital Partners. Leads investments in Fintech, AI, Blockchain, drones and internet media. Sits on the board of GLM, V-Cube Robotics Japan, and MFS. |
| Jenny Corbett | Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo. Rio Tinto Fellow, Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies. Director, Australian National University-Japan Institute. |
|---|---|
| Abraham Denmark | Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. |
| Abdul El-Sayed | MD, DPhil, Public Health Doctor & Progressive Activist. 2018 candidate for Governor of Michigan. |
| Peter Fitzgerald | Vice President, Google Japan. |
| Abigail Friedman | CEO, Wisteria Group. Former US Diplomat and White House National Security Council Director for Afghanistan. |
| Ryuta Ibaragi | Governor, Okayama Prefecture. Okayama’s first businessman to be governor. Former President, Tenmaya department store chain. MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
| Satoshi Ikeuchi | Professor of Religion and Global Security, The University of Tokyo. One of Japan's leading thinkers on the Middle East. |
| Satoru Mori | Professor, Department of Global Politics, Faculty of Law, Hosei University. Focuses on U.S. foreign policy and international politics. |
| Joanna Pitman | Director, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. Worked for the Times of London for 15 years, including 5 years as the Tokyo Bureau Chief. |
| Sanjay Pulipaka | Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library. Expertise on Indian Foreign Policy and East Asian security issues. |
| Norihiko Sasaki | Editor-in-Chief, Newpicks and Managing Director, UZABASE. |
| David Atkinson | CEO, Konishi Decorative Arts and Crafts, and best-selling author of several books about tourism in Japan. |
|---|---|
| Randy Channell Soei | Canadian Tea Master. |
| Thomas Frebel | former head of recipe development, Copenhagen’s Noma (four-time winner of the World's Best Restaurant Award). Opened new restaurant, Inua, in Tokyo in 2018. |
| Takefumi Hamada | Foodie, World’s #1 Restaurant Reviewer (OAD), visiting over 115 countries. |
| Shiori Ryu Harada | Founder, LandReam, a consultancy helping Japanese companies engage tourists from China and East Asia. |
| Tsutomu Horiuchi | Professor & Vice President of Center for Social Investment of Tama University, Graduate School of Business. Executive Chairman, Aquaignis. |
| Misa Matsuzaki | Founder, Work Japan. Entrepreneur who created an app that directly connects employers with non-Japanese blue-collar job seekers in Japan. |
| Toshihiro Menju | Managing Director and Chief Program Officer, JCIE. Author of several books on Japan's immigration policy at the regional and city levels. |
| Takashi Mitachi | Sr. Advisor, Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Former Co-chair, BCG Japan and Vice Chairman, Keizai Doyukai. Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School. Best-selling author. |
| Martin Newman | CEO, The Newman Partnership. Advisor who helped Tokyo and Sochi win their Olympic bids. |
| Ross Rowbury | President, Edelman Japan. Edelman Japan was awarded Japan/Korea PR Consultancy of the Year in the 2017. Originally from Australia, he has lived 30+ years in Japan. |
| Hiroko Sasaki | Journalist and Co-founder, Chefs for the Blue, which promotes sustainable seafood in Japan. |
| Taku Tamura | Co-founder, EDAS, which works to employ non-Japanese workers in Japan. |
| Tak Umezawa | Japan Chairman, A.T. Kearney. He leads the "NEXTOKYO Project," a future-vision project for Tokyo with leading experts in urban planning, design, sports, art and business. |
| Fumio Yonezawa | former chef, Jean-Georges Restaurant (Michelin starred). |
This year's theme is “Connecting a Fractured World.” As US President Donald Trump pursues an “America First” policy, traditional alliances are becoming challenged. Japan and other allies carefully balance their interests with the US while building up relations with other countries. At the same time, new technological breakthroughs in AI, IoT, and blockchain are upending our traditional notions of trust, productivity, and privacy.
In this fractured world, new connections in politics, business, society, and technology will be needed to survive. At the 8th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Connecting a Fractured World,” bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
This year's theme is “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World.“ Deep social divides in the US and Europe can be seen in Brexit and President Donald Trump. Europe and the US are questioning globalization, turning inward and embracing populism that has lead to a volatile world. However, Japan, in contrast, is surprisingly stable economically and politically, with few social divisions. Meanwhile, developments in technology bring new threats and breakthroughs. New, creative actions are needed to evolve in Politics/Foreign Affairs, Economics/Business, and Technology. At the 7th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World,“ bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
The theme this year is “Leadership: Thinking the Unthinkable,” based on the research by G1 Global main facilitator and former BBC Presenter Nik Gowing. Brexit and the popularity of Donald Trump have confirmed the unthinkable that many political and corporate leaders would not even accept: the scale of public disillusionment at leaders' assumptions that they know what is best for their people and customers. Brexit showed how out of touch the UK government was, and the strategic error of believing they held the high ground of political wisdom. To respond effectively to events like this, a new type of leadership is required. G1 Global participants will discuss “Thinking the Unthinkable” and taking action, with focus on the realms of business, technology, and diplomacy, and with special attention on the role of Japan. See report here.
Programs are subject to change without notice.
This year's theme is “Sustainable Innovation in Times of Disruption.” Social fractures that emerged with Brexit and US President Trump are deepening and expanding globally, with populism being one of many factors disrupting the post-WWII international order.
Meanwhile, Industry 4.0 technologies such as AI, Big Data, and IoT are transforming politics, business, and society.
At the 9th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss these disruptions in politics, business, and society by bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe.
The following speakers and panel topics have been confirmed (subject to change):
[Plenary Speakers]
| John Chipman | Director-General and Chief Executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies (convener of the Shangri-La Dialogue). |
|---|---|
| Sheena Iyengar | S.T. Lee Professor of Business, Columbia Business School. Author of The Art of Choosing, named one of the best business books of 2010 (Financial Times). |
| Ken Mogi | Author of The Little Book of Ikigai and Brain Scientist, Sony Computer Science Laboratories. |
| Tom Kelley | Partner, IDEO, world-renowned design thinking firm. Best-selling author of Creative Confidence and The Art of Innovation. |
| Jesper Koll | Sr. Advisor, WisdomTree Asset Management. Economist knows as "Japan's Last Optimist." |
| Taro Kono | Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. |
| Heizo Takenaka | Professor, Toyo University; Professor Emeritus, Keio University. World-renowned economist and politician, known for guiding the privatization of Japan Post, the biggest public enterprise in Japan. |
| Yuan Ding | Vice President and Dean, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), China's top business school. |
|---|---|
| Miku Hirano | Founder & CEO, Cinnamon, an AI-based startup founded in Singapore, with offices in Tokyo and Vietnam. |
| Sung-joo Kim | Founder, Chairperson and Chief Visionary Officer of Sungjoo Group and Chair, MCM Holding (luxury goods brand). One of Forbes' Top 50 Asian Business Women (2012). |
| Lin Kobayashi | Founder/Chair of the Board, UWC ISAK Japan. Entrepreneur and educator. Change-Maker of the Year (2013, Nikkei Business), Woman of the Year (2015, Nikkei Woman). |
| Kathy Matsui | Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs Japan. Prime Minister Shinzō Abe incorporated her research on Womenomics into his Abenomics economic reforms. 3-time No. 1 stock market forecaster for Japan. |
| Alex Moazed | Founder and CEO, Applico, and co-author of the best-selling book, Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy. |
| Yumiko Murakami | Head, Tokyo Centre, OECD. Former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Best-selling author. |
| Amane Oshima | President & CEO, Mizuho-DL Financial Technology. 25+ years in asset-liability management and fixed income investment, with an eye to geopolitical transformations on the markets. |
| Arun Sundararajan | Author of The Sharing Economy, and Professor, NYU School of Business. |
| Miki Tsusaka | Senior Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group. |
| Emre Yuasa | Principal, GLOBIS Capital Partners. Leads investments in Fintech, AI, Blockchain, drones and internet media. Sits on the board of GLM, V-Cube Robotics Japan, and MFS. |
| Jenny Corbett | Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo. Rio Tinto Fellow, Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies. Director, Australian National University-Japan Institute. |
|---|---|
| Abraham Denmark | Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. |
| Abdul El-Sayed | MD, DPhil, Public Health Doctor & Progressive Activist. 2018 candidate for Governor of Michigan. |
| Peter Fitzgerald | Vice President, Google Japan. |
| Abigail Friedman | CEO, Wisteria Group. Former US Diplomat and White House National Security Council Director for Afghanistan. |
| Ryuta Ibaragi | Governor, Okayama Prefecture. Okayama’s first businessman to be governor. Former President, Tenmaya department store chain. MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
| Satoshi Ikeuchi | Professor of Religion and Global Security, The University of Tokyo. One of Japan's leading thinkers on the Middle East. |
| Satoru Mori | Professor, Department of Global Politics, Faculty of Law, Hosei University. Focuses on U.S. foreign policy and international politics. |
| Joanna Pitman | Director, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. Worked for the Times of London for 15 years, including 5 years as the Tokyo Bureau Chief. |
| Sanjay Pulipaka | Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library. Expertise on Indian Foreign Policy and East Asian security issues. |
| Norihiko Sasaki | Editor-in-Chief, Newpicks and Managing Director, UZABASE. |
| David Atkinson | CEO, Konishi Decorative Arts and Crafts, and best-selling author of several books about tourism in Japan. |
|---|---|
| Randy Channell Soei | Canadian Tea Master. |
| Thomas Frebel | former head of recipe development, Copenhagen’s Noma (four-time winner of the World's Best Restaurant Award). Opened new restaurant, Inua, in Tokyo in 2018. |
| Takefumi Hamada | Foodie, World’s #1 Restaurant Reviewer (OAD), visiting over 115 countries. |
| Shiori Ryu Harada | Founder, LandReam, a consultancy helping Japanese companies engage tourists from China and East Asia. |
| Tsutomu Horiuchi | Professor & Vice President of Center for Social Investment of Tama University, Graduate School of Business. Executive Chairman, Aquaignis. |
| Misa Matsuzaki | Founder, Work Japan. Entrepreneur who created an app that directly connects employers with non-Japanese blue-collar job seekers in Japan. |
| Toshihiro Menju | Managing Director and Chief Program Officer, JCIE. Author of several books on Japan's immigration policy at the regional and city levels. |
| Takashi Mitachi | Sr. Advisor, Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Former Co-chair, BCG Japan and Vice Chairman, Keizai Doyukai. Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School. Best-selling author. |
| Martin Newman | CEO, The Newman Partnership. Advisor who helped Tokyo and Sochi win their Olympic bids. |
| Ross Rowbury | President, Edelman Japan. Edelman Japan was awarded Japan/Korea PR Consultancy of the Year in the 2017. Originally from Australia, he has lived 30+ years in Japan. |
| Hiroko Sasaki | Journalist and Co-founder, Chefs for the Blue, which promotes sustainable seafood in Japan. |
| Taku Tamura | Co-founder, EDAS, which works to employ non-Japanese workers in Japan. |
| Tak Umezawa | Japan Chairman, A.T. Kearney. He leads the "NEXTOKYO Project," a future-vision project for Tokyo with leading experts in urban planning, design, sports, art and business. |
| Fumio Yonezawa | former chef, Jean-Georges Restaurant (Michelin starred). |
This year's theme is “Connecting a Fractured World.” As US President Donald Trump pursues an “America First” policy, traditional alliances are becoming challenged. Japan and other allies carefully balance their interests with the US while building up relations with other countries. At the same time, new technological breakthroughs in AI, IoT, and blockchain are upending our traditional notions of trust, productivity, and privacy.
In this fractured world, new connections in politics, business, society, and technology will be needed to survive. At the 8th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Connecting a Fractured World,” bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
This year's theme is “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World.“ Deep social divides in the US and Europe can be seen in Brexit and President Donald Trump. Europe and the US are questioning globalization, turning inward and embracing populism that has lead to a volatile world. However, Japan, in contrast, is surprisingly stable economically and politically, with few social divisions. Meanwhile, developments in technology bring new threats and breakthroughs. New, creative actions are needed to evolve in Politics/Foreign Affairs, Economics/Business, and Technology. At the 7th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World,“ bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
The theme this year is “Leadership: Thinking the Unthinkable,” based on the research by G1 Global main facilitator and former BBC Presenter Nik Gowing. Brexit and the popularity of Donald Trump have confirmed the unthinkable that many political and corporate leaders would not even accept: the scale of public disillusionment at leaders' assumptions that they know what is best for their people and customers. Brexit showed how out of touch the UK government was, and the strategic error of believing they held the high ground of political wisdom. To respond effectively to events like this, a new type of leadership is required. G1 Global participants will discuss “Thinking the Unthinkable” and taking action, with focus on the realms of business, technology, and diplomacy, and with special attention on the role of Japan. See report here.
Programs are subject to change without notice.
This year's theme is “Sustainable Innovation in Times of Disruption.” Social fractures that emerged with Brexit and US President Trump are deepening and expanding globally, with populism being one of many factors disrupting the post-WWII international order.
Meanwhile, Industry 4.0 technologies such as AI, Big Data, and IoT are transforming politics, business, and society.
At the 9th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss these disruptions in politics, business, and society by bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe.
The following speakers and panel topics have been confirmed (subject to change):
[Plenary Speakers]
| John Chipman | Director-General and Chief Executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies (convener of the Shangri-La Dialogue). |
|---|---|
| Sheena Iyengar | S.T. Lee Professor of Business, Columbia Business School. Author of The Art of Choosing, named one of the best business books of 2010 (Financial Times). |
| Ken Mogi | Author of The Little Book of Ikigai and Brain Scientist, Sony Computer Science Laboratories. |
| Tom Kelley | Partner, IDEO, world-renowned design thinking firm. Best-selling author of Creative Confidence and The Art of Innovation. |
| Jesper Koll | Sr. Advisor, WisdomTree Asset Management. Economist knows as "Japan's Last Optimist." |
| Taro Kono | Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. |
| Heizo Takenaka | Professor, Toyo University; Professor Emeritus, Keio University. World-renowned economist and politician, known for guiding the privatization of Japan Post, the biggest public enterprise in Japan. |
| Yuan Ding | Vice President and Dean, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), China's top business school. |
|---|---|
| Miku Hirano | Founder & CEO, Cinnamon, an AI-based startup founded in Singapore, with offices in Tokyo and Vietnam. |
| Sung-joo Kim | Founder, Chairperson and Chief Visionary Officer of Sungjoo Group and Chair, MCM Holding (luxury goods brand). One of Forbes' Top 50 Asian Business Women (2012). |
| Lin Kobayashi | Founder/Chair of the Board, UWC ISAK Japan. Entrepreneur and educator. Change-Maker of the Year (2013, Nikkei Business), Woman of the Year (2015, Nikkei Woman). |
| Kathy Matsui | Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs Japan. Prime Minister Shinzō Abe incorporated her research on Womenomics into his Abenomics economic reforms. 3-time No. 1 stock market forecaster for Japan. |
| Alex Moazed | Founder and CEO, Applico, and co-author of the best-selling book, Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy. |
| Yumiko Murakami | Head, Tokyo Centre, OECD. Former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Best-selling author. |
| Amane Oshima | President & CEO, Mizuho-DL Financial Technology. 25+ years in asset-liability management and fixed income investment, with an eye to geopolitical transformations on the markets. |
| Arun Sundararajan | Author of The Sharing Economy, and Professor, NYU School of Business. |
| Miki Tsusaka | Senior Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group. |
| Emre Yuasa | Principal, GLOBIS Capital Partners. Leads investments in Fintech, AI, Blockchain, drones and internet media. Sits on the board of GLM, V-Cube Robotics Japan, and MFS. |
| Jenny Corbett | Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo. Rio Tinto Fellow, Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies. Director, Australian National University-Japan Institute. |
|---|---|
| Abraham Denmark | Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. |
| Abdul El-Sayed | MD, DPhil, Public Health Doctor & Progressive Activist. 2018 candidate for Governor of Michigan. |
| Peter Fitzgerald | Vice President, Google Japan. |
| Abigail Friedman | CEO, Wisteria Group. Former US Diplomat and White House National Security Council Director for Afghanistan. |
| Ryuta Ibaragi | Governor, Okayama Prefecture. Okayama’s first businessman to be governor. Former President, Tenmaya department store chain. MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
| Satoshi Ikeuchi | Professor of Religion and Global Security, The University of Tokyo. One of Japan's leading thinkers on the Middle East. |
| Satoru Mori | Professor, Department of Global Politics, Faculty of Law, Hosei University. Focuses on U.S. foreign policy and international politics. |
| Joanna Pitman | Director, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. Worked for the Times of London for 15 years, including 5 years as the Tokyo Bureau Chief. |
| Sanjay Pulipaka | Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library. Expertise on Indian Foreign Policy and East Asian security issues. |
| Norihiko Sasaki | Editor-in-Chief, Newpicks and Managing Director, UZABASE. |
| David Atkinson | CEO, Konishi Decorative Arts and Crafts, and best-selling author of several books about tourism in Japan. |
|---|---|
| Randy Channell Soei | Canadian Tea Master. |
| Thomas Frebel | former head of recipe development, Copenhagen’s Noma (four-time winner of the World's Best Restaurant Award). Opened new restaurant, Inua, in Tokyo in 2018. |
| Takefumi Hamada | Foodie, World’s #1 Restaurant Reviewer (OAD), visiting over 115 countries. |
| Shiori Ryu Harada | Founder, LandReam, a consultancy helping Japanese companies engage tourists from China and East Asia. |
| Tsutomu Horiuchi | Professor & Vice President of Center for Social Investment of Tama University, Graduate School of Business. Executive Chairman, Aquaignis. |
| Misa Matsuzaki | Founder, Work Japan. Entrepreneur who created an app that directly connects employers with non-Japanese blue-collar job seekers in Japan. |
| Toshihiro Menju | Managing Director and Chief Program Officer, JCIE. Author of several books on Japan's immigration policy at the regional and city levels. |
| Takashi Mitachi | Sr. Advisor, Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Former Co-chair, BCG Japan and Vice Chairman, Keizai Doyukai. Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School. Best-selling author. |
| Martin Newman | CEO, The Newman Partnership. Advisor who helped Tokyo and Sochi win their Olympic bids. |
| Ross Rowbury | President, Edelman Japan. Edelman Japan was awarded Japan/Korea PR Consultancy of the Year in the 2017. Originally from Australia, he has lived 30+ years in Japan. |
| Hiroko Sasaki | Journalist and Co-founder, Chefs for the Blue, which promotes sustainable seafood in Japan. |
| Taku Tamura | Co-founder, EDAS, which works to employ non-Japanese workers in Japan. |
| Tak Umezawa | Japan Chairman, A.T. Kearney. He leads the "NEXTOKYO Project," a future-vision project for Tokyo with leading experts in urban planning, design, sports, art and business. |
| Fumio Yonezawa | former chef, Jean-Georges Restaurant (Michelin starred). |
This year's theme is “Connecting a Fractured World.” As US President Donald Trump pursues an “America First” policy, traditional alliances are becoming challenged. Japan and other allies carefully balance their interests with the US while building up relations with other countries. At the same time, new technological breakthroughs in AI, IoT, and blockchain are upending our traditional notions of trust, productivity, and privacy.
In this fractured world, new connections in politics, business, society, and technology will be needed to survive. At the 8th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Connecting a Fractured World,” bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
This year's theme is “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World.“ Deep social divides in the US and Europe can be seen in Brexit and President Donald Trump. Europe and the US are questioning globalization, turning inward and embracing populism that has lead to a volatile world. However, Japan, in contrast, is surprisingly stable economically and politically, with few social divisions. Meanwhile, developments in technology bring new threats and breakthroughs. New, creative actions are needed to evolve in Politics/Foreign Affairs, Economics/Business, and Technology. At the 7th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World,“ bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
The theme this year is “Leadership: Thinking the Unthinkable,” based on the research by G1 Global main facilitator and former BBC Presenter Nik Gowing. Brexit and the popularity of Donald Trump have confirmed the unthinkable that many political and corporate leaders would not even accept: the scale of public disillusionment at leaders' assumptions that they know what is best for their people and customers. Brexit showed how out of touch the UK government was, and the strategic error of believing they held the high ground of political wisdom. To respond effectively to events like this, a new type of leadership is required. G1 Global participants will discuss “Thinking the Unthinkable” and taking action, with focus on the realms of business, technology, and diplomacy, and with special attention on the role of Japan. See report here.
Programs are subject to change without notice.
This year's theme is “Sustainable Innovation in Times of Disruption.” Social fractures that emerged with Brexit and US President Trump are deepening and expanding globally, with populism being one of many factors disrupting the post-WWII international order.
Meanwhile, Industry 4.0 technologies such as AI, Big Data, and IoT are transforming politics, business, and society.
At the 9th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss these disruptions in politics, business, and society by bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe.
The following speakers and panel topics have been confirmed (subject to change):
[Plenary Speakers]
| John Chipman | Director-General and Chief Executive, International Institute for Strategic Studies (convener of the Shangri-La Dialogue). |
|---|---|
| Sheena Iyengar | S.T. Lee Professor of Business, Columbia Business School. Author of The Art of Choosing, named one of the best business books of 2010 (Financial Times). |
| Ken Mogi | Author of The Little Book of Ikigai and Brain Scientist, Sony Computer Science Laboratories. |
| Tom Kelley | Partner, IDEO, world-renowned design thinking firm. Best-selling author of Creative Confidence and The Art of Innovation. |
| Jesper Koll | Sr. Advisor, WisdomTree Asset Management. Economist knows as "Japan's Last Optimist." |
| Taro Kono | Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. |
| Heizo Takenaka | Professor, Toyo University; Professor Emeritus, Keio University. World-renowned economist and politician, known for guiding the privatization of Japan Post, the biggest public enterprise in Japan. |
| Yuan Ding | Vice President and Dean, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), China's top business school. |
|---|---|
| Miku Hirano | Founder & CEO, Cinnamon, an AI-based startup founded in Singapore, with offices in Tokyo and Vietnam. |
| Sung-joo Kim | Founder, Chairperson and Chief Visionary Officer of Sungjoo Group and Chair, MCM Holding (luxury goods brand). One of Forbes' Top 50 Asian Business Women (2012). |
| Lin Kobayashi | Founder/Chair of the Board, UWC ISAK Japan. Entrepreneur and educator. Change-Maker of the Year (2013, Nikkei Business), Woman of the Year (2015, Nikkei Woman). |
| Kathy Matsui | Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs Japan. Prime Minister Shinzō Abe incorporated her research on Womenomics into his Abenomics economic reforms. 3-time No. 1 stock market forecaster for Japan. |
| Alex Moazed | Founder and CEO, Applico, and co-author of the best-selling book, Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy. |
| Yumiko Murakami | Head, Tokyo Centre, OECD. Former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Best-selling author. |
| Amane Oshima | President & CEO, Mizuho-DL Financial Technology. 25+ years in asset-liability management and fixed income investment, with an eye to geopolitical transformations on the markets. |
| Arun Sundararajan | Author of The Sharing Economy, and Professor, NYU School of Business. |
| Miki Tsusaka | Senior Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group. |
| Emre Yuasa | Principal, GLOBIS Capital Partners. Leads investments in Fintech, AI, Blockchain, drones and internet media. Sits on the board of GLM, V-Cube Robotics Japan, and MFS. |
| Jenny Corbett | Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo. Rio Tinto Fellow, Foundation for Australia-Japan Studies. Director, Australian National University-Japan Institute. |
|---|---|
| Abraham Denmark | Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. |
| Abdul El-Sayed | MD, DPhil, Public Health Doctor & Progressive Activist. 2018 candidate for Governor of Michigan. |
| Peter Fitzgerald | Vice President, Google Japan. |
| Abigail Friedman | CEO, Wisteria Group. Former US Diplomat and White House National Security Council Director for Afghanistan. |
| Ryuta Ibaragi | Governor, Okayama Prefecture. Okayama’s first businessman to be governor. Former President, Tenmaya department store chain. MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
| Satoshi Ikeuchi | Professor of Religion and Global Security, The University of Tokyo. One of Japan's leading thinkers on the Middle East. |
| Satoru Mori | Professor, Department of Global Politics, Faculty of Law, Hosei University. Focuses on U.S. foreign policy and international politics. |
| Joanna Pitman | Director, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust. Worked for the Times of London for 15 years, including 5 years as the Tokyo Bureau Chief. |
| Sanjay Pulipaka | Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library. Expertise on Indian Foreign Policy and East Asian security issues. |
| Norihiko Sasaki | Editor-in-Chief, Newpicks and Managing Director, UZABASE. |
| David Atkinson | CEO, Konishi Decorative Arts and Crafts, and best-selling author of several books about tourism in Japan. |
|---|---|
| Randy Channell Soei | Canadian Tea Master. |
| Thomas Frebel | former head of recipe development, Copenhagen’s Noma (four-time winner of the World's Best Restaurant Award). Opened new restaurant, Inua, in Tokyo in 2018. |
| Takefumi Hamada | Foodie, World’s #1 Restaurant Reviewer (OAD), visiting over 115 countries. |
| Shiori Ryu Harada | Founder, LandReam, a consultancy helping Japanese companies engage tourists from China and East Asia. |
| Tsutomu Horiuchi | Professor & Vice President of Center for Social Investment of Tama University, Graduate School of Business. Executive Chairman, Aquaignis. |
| Misa Matsuzaki | Founder, Work Japan. Entrepreneur who created an app that directly connects employers with non-Japanese blue-collar job seekers in Japan. |
| Toshihiro Menju | Managing Director and Chief Program Officer, JCIE. Author of several books on Japan's immigration policy at the regional and city levels. |
| Takashi Mitachi | Sr. Advisor, Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Former Co-chair, BCG Japan and Vice Chairman, Keizai Doyukai. Baker Scholar, Harvard Business School. Best-selling author. |
| Martin Newman | CEO, The Newman Partnership. Advisor who helped Tokyo and Sochi win their Olympic bids. |
| Ross Rowbury | President, Edelman Japan. Edelman Japan was awarded Japan/Korea PR Consultancy of the Year in the 2017. Originally from Australia, he has lived 30+ years in Japan. |
| Hiroko Sasaki | Journalist and Co-founder, Chefs for the Blue, which promotes sustainable seafood in Japan. |
| Taku Tamura | Co-founder, EDAS, which works to employ non-Japanese workers in Japan. |
| Tak Umezawa | Japan Chairman, A.T. Kearney. He leads the "NEXTOKYO Project," a future-vision project for Tokyo with leading experts in urban planning, design, sports, art and business. |
| Fumio Yonezawa | former chef, Jean-Georges Restaurant (Michelin starred). |
This year's theme is “Connecting a Fractured World.” As US President Donald Trump pursues an “America First” policy, traditional alliances are becoming challenged. Japan and other allies carefully balance their interests with the US while building up relations with other countries. At the same time, new technological breakthroughs in AI, IoT, and blockchain are upending our traditional notions of trust, productivity, and privacy.
In this fractured world, new connections in politics, business, society, and technology will be needed to survive. At the 8th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Connecting a Fractured World,” bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
This year's theme is “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World.“ Deep social divides in the US and Europe can be seen in Brexit and President Donald Trump. Europe and the US are questioning globalization, turning inward and embracing populism that has lead to a volatile world. However, Japan, in contrast, is surprisingly stable economically and politically, with few social divisions. Meanwhile, developments in technology bring new threats and breakthroughs. New, creative actions are needed to evolve in Politics/Foreign Affairs, Economics/Business, and Technology. At the 7th G1 Global Conference, we will discuss “Creative Evolution in a Volatile World,“ bringing together the wisdom from various sectors and regions from around the globe. See report here.
The theme this year is “Leadership: Thinking the Unthinkable,” based on the research by G1 Global main facilitator and former BBC Presenter Nik Gowing. Brexit and the popularity of Donald Trump have confirmed the unthinkable that many political and corporate leaders would not even accept: the scale of public disillusionment at leaders' assumptions that they know what is best for their people and customers. Brexit showed how out of touch the UK government was, and the strategic error of believing they held the high ground of political wisdom. To respond effectively to events like this, a new type of leadership is required. G1 Global participants will discuss “Thinking the Unthinkable” and taking action, with focus on the realms of business, technology, and diplomacy, and with special attention on the role of Japan. See report here.
Programs are subject to change without notice.
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