Speakers

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Asako Aoyama

Corporate Senior Vice President, Head of FP&A
NEC Corporation

Maheen Adamjee

Co-Founder of Pakistani education startup Dot & Line

Masato Arisawa

Managing Executive Officer KAGOME CO.,LTD
President KAGOME AXIS CO.,LTD

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Chris Capper

Cyber Attache, Political Section
British Embassy Tokyo

Mitsuru Claire Chino

Managing Executive Officer
General Manager, Corporate Communications Division
ITOCHU Corporation
Attorney at Law (California)

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Sayuri Daimon

Journalist
Visiting Professor at Showa Women's University
Former Executive Officer and Editorial Director of The Japan Times

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Keiko Hamada

Journalist

Rie Hirakawa

Visiting Professor, Diversity Promotion Organization, Showa Women's University
Former Hiroshima Prefectural Superintendent of Education

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Kristin Iglum

Ambassador of Norway to Japan

Nanako Ishido

Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design
Director, B Lab
President, Learning of Tomorrow
President, CANVAS

Aya Ito

Sophiamedi inc. / CEO

Miki Ito

Executive Vice President & Deputy Managing Director,
ASTROSCALE JAPAN Inc.

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Mio Kashiwamura

Executive Officer, Recruit Co., Ltd.
CHRO,Public Relations & Public Relations, Sustainability

Fumio Kishida

Prime Minister

Hinako Kijima

G7 Youth Italy 2024 Japan Representative
Bank of Japan International Department

Misato KIYOFUJI

Panasonic Corporation　Living Appliances and Solutions Company
Corporate Planning Center General manager

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Takayuki Morita

President and CEO, NEC Corporation

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Tomoko Nagano

Newscaster, Journalist

Seiko Noda

Chairperson, Research Commission on Info-Communications Strategy, LDP
Member of the House of Representatives

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Asako Osaki

Director, Gender Action Platform,
Representative of Japan, UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68)

Yuka Ota

South African Government-Certified Safari Guide

Yoko Ohya

Business Producer, Orange & Partners Co., Ltd. Food

Catherine O'Donovan

Political Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission
Embassy of Ireland, Tokyo

Makiko Ono

President & CEO
SUNTORY BEVERAGE & FOOD LIMITED

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Janine Pitt

Counsellor (Education and Research)
Australian Embassy Tokyo

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Kaori Sasaki

Founder & CEO, ewoman, Inc.
Founder & CEO, UNICUL International, Inc.
Founder and Executive Producer, International Conference for Women in Business
Founder, Diversity Index

Tamao Sasada

Country Executive for Japan Bank of America
President and Representative Director BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd

Yuka Shigesawa

Corporate Senior Vice President, Managing Director of the Cloud/Managed Services Division, Chief Diversity Officer
NEC Corporation

Annelize Schroeder

Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Republic of South Africa
Charge d’ Affaires

Ai Seike

Mayor of Minato City

Waichi Sekiguchi

President, MM Research Institute, Ltd.
Former Editorial Writer, Nikkei Inc.

Dono Shigeru

Executive Vice President,
Panasonic Corporation
President,
Living Appliances and Solutions Company,
In charge of DEI Promotion

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Chiharu Takakura

Co-Chairman of Takakura & Company LLC,

Risa Tanaka

President,the Graduate School of Project Design

Wakana Tanaka

Country Manager, LinkedIn Japan

Chie Toriumi

Representative Director, Deputy President, NOMURA SECURITIES
Senior Managing Director, NOMURA HOLDINGS
Head of Content Company, Group Sustainability and Financial Education

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Wakako YATA

Special Advisor to the Prime Minister

Meyumi Yamada

Director, istyle Inc.

Keiko Yamamoto

NHK Commentator (gender & equality)
NHK Nagoya Broadcasting Station, Content Center, Chief Lead

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