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Special Evening Roundtable Event

Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 18:00 to 21:00 JST

Vickie Skorjie & Bill Cleary

Special EVENING Roundtable Event on November 5th! - TELLing the story: Emotional wellness and integral wellbeing for those living in Japan Emotional wellness and integral well-being are essential for those living in Japan. With challenges such as the mental health...

次世代教育セミナー2024

10月30日(水)13時~17時

2023年、世界経済フォーラムの男女格差の現状を各国のデータをもとに評価した「Global Gender Gap Report」(世界男女格差報告書)によると、日本のジェンダーギャップ指数は146カ国中125位で、2022年の116位から9ランクダウンしました。 特に政治や企業の管理者など、リーダー層の女性の比率が低いことは、国際的に知られている日本の課題です。...

#42 Roundtable

Date: Friday, September 13, 2024 Time: 2:00PM to 3:00PM

Carlos Melen

Carlos Melen, the founder of Good Coffe Farms, did not know that his home country of Guatemala was recognized as a major coffee country until he came to Japan. At first being from Guatemala made him feel inferior as the...

#41 Roundtable

Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Time: 2:00PM to 3:00PM

Chie Duncan

Duncan enjoys working in any and all fabrics but has found recently that reusing traditional kimono fabric has gained traction among a new and growing clientele. She generally prefers to work with feminine contours incorporating the old world into the...

Special Evening Roundtable Event

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 18:00 to 21:00 JST

Noriko Shindo & Shoehei Maekawa

Special EVENING Roundtable Event on May 23rd! Join Sustainable Japan for an exclusive evening of networking and engaging discussions! The Talk Session will be a one-hour fireside chat with a limited live audience, and will highlight sustainability efforts in Japan....

#39 Roundtable

Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 11:00AM to 12:00PM

Monica Nagashima

Monica has been overseeing research and stakeholder engagement in Japan at the independent climate think tank InfluenceMap since 2020. InfluenceMap, headquartered in London with offices in New York, Tokyo and Seoul, provides data-driven analysis on energy and climate change issues...

#38 Roundtable

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 10:00 to 13:00 JST 10:30 to 11:40: Talk session 11:50 to 13:00: Lunch and discussion

Parker Allen

Parker Allen, co-founder of Akiya & Inaka and the president and CEO of Parthenon Japan, has vast experience in Japanese real estate. Specializing in rural revitalization, his work has garnered recognition from notable media outlets such as Nikkei, the Asahi...

Special Evening Roundtable Event

Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 18:00 to 21:00 JST Talk session: 18:00 to 19:15 Buffet dinner and networking: 19:30 to 20:50

Past Speakers and industry Leaders in Sustainability

Special EVENING Roundtable Event on February 27! Join Sustainable Japan for an exclusive evening of networking and engaging discussions! The Talk Session will be a one-hour fireside chat with a limited live audience, and will highlight sustainability efforts in Japan....

#37 Roundtable

Tuesday, January 9, 2024, 10:00 to 13:00 JST 10:30 to 11:40: Talk session 11:50 to 13:00: Lunch and discussion

Chris Russell

Chris Russell is a Senior News Editor at The Japan Times, and in that role he helps shape the paper's business coverage and jointly oversees the Our Planet page focused on the environment and climate change. He also finds time...

#36 Roundtable

Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 10:00 to 13:00 JST 10:30 to 11:40: Talk session 11:50 to 13:00: Lunch and discussion

Seira Yun

Serial impact entrepreneur, impact angel investor and full-stack developer. Led teams at the Red Cross, the UNHCR and social ventures. Drawing from his journey as a migrant, autistic individual and proud pansexual queer, he is passionate about social innovation. With...

#35 Roundtable

Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 10:00 to 13:00 JST 10:30 to 11:40 JST: Talk session 11:50 to 13:00 JST: Lunch and discussion

Mariko McTier

McTier is an award-winning entrepreneur and consultant who finds creative ways to engage people in redesigning systems for a circular economy. She co-founded Social Innovation Japan and Mymizu, a free water refill app that uses refilling as a hook for...

#34 Roundtable

Friday, September 29, 2023, 10:00 to 13:00 JST 10:30 to 11:40 JST: Talk session 11:50 to 13:00 JST: Lunch and discussion

Nico Mira

Born in Sweden 1994. Has a BA in Political Science from Uppsala University, Sweden, and MA in Global Studies from Sophia University. He joined Volvo Car Japan in March 2022, as a Sustainability Coordinator, and in December 2022 he became...

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