#31 Roundtable

Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 10:00 to 13:00 JST 10:30 to 11:30 JST: Talk session 11:30 to 13:00 JST: Lunch and discussion

Alexander Dmitrenko

Alexander Dmitrenko is a partner at Ashurst (Tokyo) focusing on compliance issues and dispute resolution matters. He is also a co-representative director and one of the co-founders of LLAN. Alexander began his legal career in Canada, including working on same-sex...

#30 Roundtable

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 13:30 to 14:30 JST: Talk session

Jackie F. Steele

Jackie F. Steele, founder & CEO, Enjoi Japan K.K. Jackie F. Steele is a trilingual political scientist, author and international speaker who has taught at leading universities in Canada and Japan, including six years as associate professor at the University...

#29 Roundtable

Thursday, March 16, 2023 13:30 to 14:30 JST: Talk session

Carole Fuchs

Carole Fuchs is a French professional mountain athlete. She has climbed a few 8,000-meter peaks in the Himalayas, including Mount Everest, and is passionate about all things related to running and endurance. A mountain addict and nature lover, she is...

#28 Roundtable

Monday, Ferbuary 27, 2023 16:30 to 17:30 JST: Talk session

Yuki Hanyu

Graduated from the University of Oxford with a Ph.D. in chemistry in 2010. He was a research scientist at Tohoku University, and then in the Systems Engineering Laboratory of Toshiba's Corporate Research & Development Center. In October 2015, he co-founded...

#27 Roundtable

Friday, January 13, 2023 10:30 to 11:30 JST: Talk session

Yuki Kishi

Mr. Kishi is the Chief Financial Officer at Sustainable Lab, the only non-financial big data group in Japan, specializing in SDGs/ESGs from an interdisciplinary approach combining data science, sustainability, and financial engineering. He has a responsibility for finance, business development...

#26 Roundtable

Wednesday, October 26, 2022 11:30 to 12:30 JST: Talk session

Remi Yano

Remi Yano is the founder and CEO of Havary’s Inc. After graduating from university, Yano worked for a Japanese technology trading company in the Middle East while helping her family business, a mineral water manufacturer. In 2020 she started Havary’s...

#25 Roundtable

Wednesday, October 5, 2022 16:00 to 17:00 JST: Talk session

Hidehiko Yuzaki

Hidehiko Yuzaki is Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture. It is his fourth term since he was first elected in 2009. He co-founded ACCA Networks in 2000 and served as Executive Vice President and Representative Director to engage in the diffusion of...

#24 Roundtable

Wednesday, September 28, 2022 16:00 to 17:00 JST: Talk session

Yasuo Takahashi

Yasuo Takahashi is Research Manager of the Biodiversity and Forests Area at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) since 2019, mainly involved in biodiversity-related science-policy interfaces and socio-ecological system research. He has contributed to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on...

#23 Roundtable

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 14:30 to 15:30 JST: Talk session

Mahesti Okitasari

Mahesti Okitasari is a Research Associate at UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability based in Tokyo, Japan. She joined the Institute in 2014 as a JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Prior to joining UNU, she has several years of...

#22 Roundtable

Friday, August 5, 2022 11:30 to 12:30 JST: Talk session

Stuart Kay

Stuart Kay has over two decades of experience in business leadership in the real assets sector. He is an innovator in ESG-driven value creation strategies for real assets with depth of experience in decarbonization and cost optimization across multiple asset...

#21 Roundtable

Tuesday, July 5, 2022 14:30 to 15:30 JST: Talk session

Aki Saito

Aki Saito is a Japanese designer and the founder of PLASTICITY. After having spent most of her life in multicultural environments, she returned to Tokyo to start her career. Living and working in one of the most convenient cities in...

#20 Roundtable

Wednesday, June 15, 2022 15:30 to 16:30 JST: Talk session

Kaori Sasaki

Kaori Sasaki is a well-known diversity expert who invented the Diversity Index, produces, and chairs the largest diversity conference in Asia, ICWB, with over 1000 participants each year over 30 years. She is a well-known entrepreneur and a role model...