The 26th International Conference for Women in BusinessSunday, September 12, 2021

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  • Simultaneous interpretation (Japanese-English)
  • Please note:
  • - The networking and roundtable sessions will be divided into English only or Japanese only sessions and will not be interpreted.
  • - The program and speakers may change due to unforeseen circumstances.
    We are not able to accept cancellations. Please make sure you register accordingly.

1st session10:00-12:15（JST）

NEXT CHAPTERS

Kaori Sasaki

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

The best is yet to come.

Keiko Honda

Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs

9/11, twenty years on

Minori Takao

Executive Producer, NHK World

Reinvent yourself

Shie Lundberg

Director, Privacy Governance Programs & Operations, Google LLC

Is D&I progressing in the world of work?

Rafael Diez de Medina

Chief Statistician and Director, Department of Statistics, International Labour Organization

Diversity Management - the role of management

Takayuki Morita

President and CEO (Representative Director)
NEC Corporation

Oki Matsumoto

Chairman & CEO
Monex Group, Inc.

F: Kaori Sasaki

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

UNESCO's presentation on the next chapter

Gabriela Ramos

Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO

Why ESG for startups?

Kathy Matsui

General Partner
MPower Partners

Yumiko Murakami

General Partner
MPower Partners

Miwa Seki

General Partner
MPower Partners

F:Asako Aoyama

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Global Business Unit NEC Corporation

2nd session12:15-13:00（JST）

Networking

Network with participants from various regions/countries during lunch. Participate with your video camera on!

3rd session13:00-15:15（JST）

The Next Chapters of the Liberal Democratic Party

Seiko Noda

Liberal Democratic Party
Executive Acting Secretary-General
Member of the House of Representatives

The new chapter: perspective of the Sports Director of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee

Mikako Kotani

Sports Commentator

Awareness from the Olympics and Paralympics leads to social innovation

Seiko Hashimoto

President
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Next Chapters of spaceflight, and beyond

Soichi Noguchi

Astronaut

Learning from each other: Sweden, Mexico, United Kingdom

Pereric Högberg

Swedish Ambassador to Japan

Melba Pria

Ambassador of Mexico to Japan

Julia Longbottom

British Ambassador to Japan

F:Sayuri Daimon

Journalist, former executive operating officer and managing editor of The Japan Times

Women's infinite possibilities: a neuroscientific perspective

Ken Mogi

Neuroscientist, writer, and broadcaster

Do quotas work?

Line AUNE

Minister Counsellor, Chargé d’Affaires
Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo

Michiko Achilles

Senior Advisor, Human Resource Strategy, SAP Japan
Special Advisor, the City of Yokohama
Co-Representative, G20/EMPOWER Japan

F:Tomoko Nagano

Newscaster/Journalist

4th session15:05-16:15（JST）

Thematic Roundtable We offer five separate interactive Roundtable meetings. Please choose your favorite theme and participate. Each session has 25 minutes of panel and 45 minutes of Q & A and discussions. There is no interpreter, so please check the host language before joining.

Roundtable 1 How to enhance your career in an organization
（ in Japanese, no interpretation ）

Hiroko Sakurai

Executive Managing Director, Head of Private Banking, Head of Call Center, Head of Mass Affluent Marketing.

Wakana Tanaka

Industry Lead, Google Japan

F:Asako Aoyama

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Global Business Unit NEC Corporation

Roundtable 2 Diversity management and the role of HR
（ in Japanese, no interpretation ）

Chika Sato

General Manager, People and Organization Development Division NEC Corporation

Yosuke Yagi

Representative Director - People first Ltd.

F:Touko Shirakawa

Specially Appointed Professor of Sagami Women’s University
Visiting professor of Center for General Education, Showa Women’s University
Visiting professor of Center for General Education, Showa Women's University

Roundtable 3 SDGs Marketing - Changing relations between companies and customers
（ in Japanese, no interpretation ）

Rikako Akita

General Manager, QA Division Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Akiko Sonobe

General Manager, Sustainability Development Department Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Yuki Takahashi

CVO, CLO, Executive Vice President of Bears Co. Ltd.
A pioneer and leading company in the housekeeping service industry

Roundtable 4 Advancing Entrepreneurship
（in English）

Shannon Kalayanamitr

CEO and Founder of 5G Catalyst Technologies Co., Ltd.
Advisor/ Partner at Gobi Partners

F:Mami Ito

CEO, Nihon Dento Kougyo Co., Ltd.

Roundtable 5 Diversifying Corporate Boards
（in English）

Rika Nakazawa

Group Vice-president, NTT New Ventures & Innovation
Co-founder and chair, Strides AI

Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire

CEO, 50/50 Women on Boards
CEO, Berkhemer Clayton Retained Executive Search

Nicholas E. Benes

CEO, The Board Director Training Institute of Japan
Proposer of Japan’s Corporate Governance Code and its principle about diversity and gender

F:Jackie F. Steele

Founder & CEO
enjoi Japan K.K.

5th session16:16-19:05（JST）

Afghanistan - what I saw

Hiromi Yasui

Correspondent Kyodo News Kabul Bureau

Living with COVID-19 – the Next Chapter

Nahoko Shindo

Senior Advisor
WHO Health Emergencies Programme
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Unlocking the True potential of Women

Maheen Adamjee

Co-Founder of Pakistani education startup Dot & Line

African Women rewriting their narrative

Wanjiru Waweru Waithaka

Co-Founder of FunKidz, a Kenyan kids furniture manufacturer

Madam, this is our Metro!

Reiko Abe

Chairperson, Oriental Consultants India Pvt. Ltd.

The society of tomorrow that Tokyo envisions

Yuriko Koike

Governor of Tokyo

The challenge towards zero waste at Kamikatsu

Momona Otsuka

Chief Environmental Officer
BIG EYE COMPANY Co., Ltd.

The Next Chapter: The Future is Biological, Not Digital

Chandran Nair

Founder and CEO, Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT)

What is Happiness in the era of SDGs

Keiko Kojima

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

Yuka Shimada

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

The next chapters of gender equality

Tomoko Hayashi

Director-General, Gender Equality Bureau
Cabinet Office, Japan

Introduction of corporate partners and students of the matching sponsor program

Kaori Sasaki

Founder & Chair, International Conference for Women in Business

6th session19:05-19:40（JST）

Networking

Network with participants from various regions/countries during lunch. Participate with your video camera on!

7th session19:40-20:00（JST）

Speakers join again for the finale

We review the day and share our experiences with special guests.
Speakers of today get together once again to give messages, as well.
Enjoy this final session!

Closing remarks and announcements for the 27th Conference

Kaori Sasaki

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

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