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Bursting with positive, uplifting energy, the 24th International Conference for Women in Business, was held on July 7th in Daiba, Tokyo. Held annually since 1996, the ICWB is Japan’s largest diversity conference.

More than 800 participants, comprising over 25 nationalities and ranging from high school students to company owners,gathered in Daiba to gain insight and knowledge from the day’s 58 speakers, all of whom are at the forefront of their fields.

MOVIE 第24回国際女性ビジネス会議ダイジェスト

第24回国際女性ビジネス会議 ダイジェスト

Opening ”Scale Up”

Kaori Sasaki

Founder & CEO, ewoman, Inc.
Founder & CEO, UNICUL International, Inc.
Founder & Chair, International Conference for Women in Business

Video Message

Shinzo Abe

Prime Minister of Japan

The view from a higher perch

Ms. Simona Leskovar

Minister of State (State Secretary) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The inner thoughts of a new CEO

Junko Nakagawa

President and Chief Executive Officer of Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (NAM)

My philosophy of work

Takako Suwa

President & CEO
Daiya Seiki Co., Ltd.

Video Message

Caz Walton

Paralympian from Great Britain

Japan can scale up

Seiko Noda

Chairperson of the Committee on Budget, House of Representatives
Member of the House of Representatives
Liberal Democratic Party

Keiko Kojima

Essayist and visiting researcher
Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies
University of Tokyo

The correlation between company growth and diversity

Akira Matsumoto

Former Chairman & CEO, Calbee Inc.

Kohzoh Takaoka

Representative Director, President & CEO, Nestlé Japan Ltd.

Jun Suzuki

President & CEO, Representative Director of the Board, Teijin Ltd.

Yumiko Murakami

Head of OECD Tokyo Centre

How much of a difference can women make in the financial industry?

Keiko Tashiro

Deputy President
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

Izumi Kobayashi

Outside director of ANA Holdings Inc.
Outside director of Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Outside director of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

Chie Toriumi, CFA

Executive Vice President, Retail Division Business Strategy and Management, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Masami Katakura

Chairwoman & CEO, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC

Asako Aoyama

Head of Business Development
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings Inc.

Making the case for gender equality

Daisuke Tsuda

Journalist / Aichi Triennale 2019 Artistic Director

Chizuko Ueno

Sociologist and Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Chief Director, Certified Non-Profit Organization, Women’s Action Network (WAN)

Renge Jibu

Journalist
Visiting Researcher, Showa Women’s University

Sayuri Daimon

Executive Operating Officer / Senior Editorial Writer, Editorial Writers Board
The Japan Times

Space: Only bold innovators need apply

Lena Okajima, Ph.D.

CEO & Founder, ALE Co., Ltd.

Miki Ito

General Manager, Astroscale Japan Inc.

Keiko Kojima

Essayist and visiting researcher
Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies
University of Tokyo

Scale up Tokyo

Yuriko Koike

Governor of Tokyo

Round table 101【in English】

W20 and Beyond

Renge Jibu

Journalist
Visiting Researcher, Showa Women’s University

Asako Osaki

Visiting Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University, School of Policy Studies
Board member, Plan International Japan
Director, Gender Action Platform

Michiko Achilles

Senior Advisor, Human Resources Strategy, SAP Japan, Co., Ltd.

Janelle Sasaki

Director, EY Japan
Gender Brand, Marketing and Communications
Women Athletes Business Network, Japan Area Leader

Round table 102【in English】

Career Development in Global Organizations

Makiko Eda

Chief Representative Officer, World Economic Forum Japan
Member of Executive Committee, World Economic Forum

Lori Henderson MBE

Executive Director
British Chamber of Commerce in Japan

Yoriko Goto

Chair of the Board
Deloitte Tohmatsu Group

Akemi Watanabe

Vice President Life & Leisure, Amazon Japan, G.K.

Minori Takao

NHK World News Anchor

Round table 103

Managing diversity: why management reform is necessary

Kohzoh Takaoka

Representative Director, President & CEO, Nestlé Japan Ltd.

Yosuke Yagi

Representative Director, people first Ltd.
Director, Member of Board, ICMG Co., Ltd.
Chairman and Representative Director, IWNC Co., Ltd.

Asako Aoyama

Head of Business Development
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings Inc.

Kaori Sasaki

Founder & CEO, ewoman, Inc.
Founder & CEO, UNICUL International, Inc.
Founder & Chair, International Conference for Women in Business

Round table 104

Teal Organization and Human Resource management

Masato Arisawa

Managing Executive Officer
Chief Human Resource Officer (CHO)
Kagome Co., Ltd.

Kenshu Kamura

Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership Specially Appointed Associate Professor
CEO of NPO home's vi
ORG Laboratory Founder

Touko Shirakawa

Writer and Author
Visiting professor, Sagami Women’s University
Visiting professor, Center for General Education, Showa Women’s University
Visiting Researcher, Graduate School of Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo

Marika Niiro

Director, ewoman, Inc.

Round table 105

Scale up all over Japan! Revive local cities!

Toshie Hiraide

CEO, Co-op SACHI Ltd.

Yumiko Kamada

President, ONE・GLOCAL

Shinichiro Katsu

Professor, Faculty of IT and Business, Cyber University
Producer of Industry Creation, Amami City, Kagoshima Pref.

Yusuke Yamamoto

Brand Marketing Manager, Grow with Google Project Lead, Google Japan

Round table 201【in English】

Global Policies

Ms. Simona Leskovar

Minister of State (State Secretary) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia

Miwa Kato

Director of Global Operations, UNODC

H.E. Ms. Melba Pria

Ambassador of Mexico

Yumiko Murakami

Head of OECD Tokyo Centre

Round table 202【in English】

SDGs and Media

Sayuri Daimon

Executive Operating Officer / Senior Editorial Writer, Editorial Writers Board
The Japan Times

Katie Starr

Journalist, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Minori Takao

NHK World News Anchor

Lucy Craft

Reporter and Producer, CBS News Tokyo Bureau

Yuko Kato

Digital Editor of BBC News Japan

Keiko Yamamoto

Senior Manager
News Devision, Nagoya Station NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

Round table 203

Can ESG Investment accelerate company growth?

Mitsumaru Kumagai

Executive Managing Director, Deputy Head of Research Division, Chief Economist, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.

Makiko Eda

Chief Representative Officer, World Economic Forum Japan
Member of Executive Committee, World Economic Forum

Mari Yoshitaka

Chief Environmental & Social Strategist
Environmental Strategy Advisory Division
Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.

Kaori Sasaki

Founder & CEO, ewoman, Inc.
Founder & CEO, UNICUL International, Inc.
Founder & Chair, International Conference for Women in Business

Round table 204

Leadership: getting started in your 20s and 30s

Matsuo Iwata

CEO of Leadership Consulting Inc.
Part-Timer Lecturer at Waseda University
Former CEO of Starbucks Coffee Japan

Aya Ito

Partner, Sustainability Promotion Dept., Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.
Outside director, Itoham Yonekyu Holdings Inc.
General Manager, VMS Promotion Department, Sophiamedi Corp.

Yuka Shimada

HR & GA Director - Japan
Unilever Japan Holdings K.K

Round table 205

What skills and capabilities do CEOs need to scale up?

Noriko Ishizaka

President
Ishizaka Inc.

Fumiko Kawashima

CEO
Cloud Clinic Co., Ltd.

Kiyomi Tsuchiya

Managing Director, Sound-FinTech Co., Ltd.
CEO, STOCK POINT Inc.

Fujiyo Ishiguro

President & CEO Netyear Group Corporation

Net Working Party

Satomi Ogawa

Opera singer(soprano)

Noriko Shimizu

Electone player