The time has come. Women can be promoted, be named CEO, and even serve on boards.
Who gets promoted? How are they different from others? Women who have been promoted share how they did it and offer advice on how you can do it.

Mitsuru Claire Chino

Executive Officer
General Counsel
Attorney-at-Law (California)
ITOCHU Corporation

Sachin N. Shah

Director, Representative Statutory Executive Officer Chairman, President & CEO
MetLife Insurance K.K.

Shie Lundberg

Head of APAC Partner Operations, Google Japan Inc.

Lori Henderson

Executive Director
British Chamber of Commerce
in Japan

Yoko Ishikura(F)

Professor Emeritus
Hitotsubashi University

Some say that women don't have the vision that men have. Is that true? This roundtable will discuss topics from girls’ education to acquiring vision and taking leadership.

Andrijana CVETKOVIKJ

Ambassador
Embassy of the republic of Macedonia in JAPAN

Yumiko Murakami

Head of OECD Tokyo Centre

Asako Aoyama

Controller and Senior Executive Officer of Coca-Cola East Japan

Rosemary McCarney

President and CEO of Plan Canada

Minori Takao (F)

NHK World "Newsline" Anchor
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

Can women have it all? Women want careers but we also want babies. We want to sit on boards, run companies, and raise families. It requires balancing births and promotions and the timing of both. What do we need to know about our bodies and our health to be able to have both a career and a family?

Ruriko Tsushima

President, Medical Corporation Association, Fem Wellness President, Female Medical Network, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Nanako Oba

CEO, Birth-Sense Institute
Founder, Life and Birth Studies Association
Representative, Baby & Birth Friendly Foundation (BBFF)

Shigeto Uchiyama

Senior Researcher, Pharmacist
Saga Nutraceuticals Research Institute Nutraceuticals Division,
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Touko Shirakawa(F)

Journalist, author, and visiting professor at Sagami Women’s University

The LGBT community's contribution to Japanese society has always been quite significant, but society's recognition of their needs and wants is still very low. What do we need to know about LGBT workers, not only to inform our policy making, but about their needs as consumers and their impact on the economy?

Ayaka Asami

Chief Marketing Planner
Dentsu Diversity Lab (DDL)

Aya Kamikawa

Member of Setagaya Ward Assembly

Kazuhiro Terada

President, EMA Japan / Senior Political and Economic Officer, Embassy of Denmark, Tokyo

Keiko Yamamoto (F)

Correspondent
World News Division
NHK WORLD Department

Prime Minister Abe has said that all pubic companies must have at least one outside board member, preferably a woman. Why? What can a woman bring to the board that a man cannot? Women who serve on boards will share their experiences on how they make a difference.

Sakie T. Fukushima

President & Representative Director
G&S Global Advisors Inc.

Yukari Inoue

Managing Director Japan & Korea
KELLOGG (JAPAN) G.K.

Sakie Akiyama

CEO & FOUNDER
Saki Corporation Co.,Ltd.

Naomi Ushio

Professor, School of Information
and Communication, Meiji University
Deputy Director, Gender Center, Meiji University

Kaori Sasaki (F)

Founder & CEO, ewoman, Inc.
Founder & CEO, UNICUL International, Inc.

Diverse perspectives on the future, information technology, and artificial intelligence are all expected to improve our lives significantly.
Discuss and share the world’s top challenges of IT, AI, and other new ideas at this roundtable.

Noriko H. Arai

Professor, National Institute
of Informatics

Hiroshi Ishii

Associate Director and Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Arts
and Sciences, MIT Media Lab

Fujiyo Ishiguro

President & CEO
Netyear Group Corporation

Makiko Eda

President, Intel K.K.
Vice President, Sales and Marketing Group, Intel Corporation

Yoko Ishikura (F)

Professor Emeritus
Hitotsubashi University

In this workshop, you will obtain negotiation skills that you can sharpen through daily use and then build on to get promoted, get paid more, and achieve your career goals.

Malene Rix

Executive advisor and trainer
in negotiation and process
facilititation

The government has started reforming work regulations in Japan. Government council members who are actually designing these reforms will discuss the various possibilities and needs.
*This is a relay agenda with the Japanese government's WAW! Conference, and we will announce a common report by the end of the year.

Kotaro tsuru

Keio University, Graduate School of Business and Commerce Professor of Economics, D.Phil.

Sakie T. Fukushima

President & Representative Director
G&S Global Advisors Inc.

Kamioka Keiko

Director, International Labour Organization (ILO) Office for Japan

Mikko Koivumaa

Counsellor, Press & Culture
Embassy of Finland

Kaori Sasaki (F)

Founder & CEO, ewoman, Inc.
Founder & CEO, UNICUL International, Inc.

When women invest, the economic picture shifts. Many women have started investing their own funds and some manage others' investments or even run investment funds. What is the economic impact of women making their own investments?

Kumi Fujisawa

Co-Founder Think Tank SophiaBank

Miyuki Kashima

Head of Japanese Equity Investments, BNY Mellon
Asset Management Japan

Junko Nakagawa

Group Head of Internal Audit Division and Senior Managing Director, Nomura Holdings, Inc

Hiroko Kaneko

Chair , Partner , Certified Public Accountant Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC Winning Women Network

Renge Jibu(F)

Visiting Fellow,
Showa Women's University / Vice President, Toshima & Associates

The belief that women don’t want to be promoted or become managers is finally gone, as women enter the management ranks in greater numbers every year. But, what exactly do managers do? What makes a good one? Is it rewarding?
Share your experience and learn from female managers that are changing the game.

Aya Ito

Diversity Promotion Dept. Senior Manager
Recruit Holdings Co.,Ltd.

Yumiko Kamada

Senior Executive Officer,
CALBEE, Inc.

Risa Tanaka

Executive Vice President,
Managing Editor,
Sendenkaigi Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Hamada

Chairman of the Board,CEO
ARUHI Corporation

Melanie Kohli

Executive Officer, Corporate Affairs Group, Nestle Japan Ltd.

Michiko Imai (F)

PRESIDENT WOMAN Managing Editor, PRESIDENT Inc.