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.
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)
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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)
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
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
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