Agenda subject to change, all times in GMT +9

9:30 AM - 9:40 AM | Opening remarks and CAIA scholarship award

 

9:40 AM - 10:30 AM | [ESG] Winds of Change Blowing Offshore – Key Trends Coming Onshore and What it means for Japan

*English session with Japanese simultaneous interpretation

Alex Howarth

Executive Director, Platform Sales – Capital Advisory Group, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Yas Nakayama

Partner, Financial Services Tax team, Ernst & Young Tax Co.

 

11:00 AM - 11:50AM | Japan Reg & Tax: What You Must Know & Do

 *English session with Japanese simultaneous interpretation

Saiko Nakagawa

Director for Asset Management Business, Financial Services Agency, Japan (JFSA)

 

12:20 PM - 1:10 PM | [ESG Governance] The Day After Tomorrow: Has Japan Corporate Governance had a Wakeup Call post-Toshiba?

 *Japanese session with English simultaneous interpretation

Masaya Hara

Managing Representative, Albourne Partners Japan

Ken Hokugo

Director, Head of Hedge Fund Investments / Head of Corporate Governance, Pension Fund Association of Japan

 

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Keynote

*English language only, no Japanese interpretation provided

“Tokyo’s vision as a Green Global Financial Center”

 

2:40 PM - 3:30 PM | BREAKOUT 1 & 2 – Choose Your Own Preference

BREAKOUT 1 - Japan Investor Panel: ESG Investment, Initiatives and It’s Performance Return

*Japanese session with English simultaneous interpretation

Takashi Kisu

Senior Consultant, Fiduciary Management Department, Nomura Fiduciary Research & Consulting Co., Ltd. (”NFRC”)

Taku Arai

Deputy Head of Japanese Equities, Schroder Investment Management

 

 

BREAKOUT 2 - Emerging investment Opportunities in Japan: Fast growing Private Equity and Venture Capital market – Still a Beautiful and Bountiful Garden?

*Japanese session with English simultaneous interpretation

Gregory Rokuro Hara

Chief Executive and Managing Partner, Chairman of the Investment Committee, J-STAR Co., Ltd.

 

4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | BREAKOUT 3 & 4 – Choose Your Own Preference

BREAKOUT 3 - Unplug – Latest Plug-and-Play Technology/Operational Trends in Japan

*English session with Japanese simultaneous interpretation

Rory Kennedy

Chief Operating Officer & co-founder, MuTaka Capital

 

 

BREAKOUT 4 - [ESG: Social] Pride in Diversity and Inclusion – Is the Japanese Work Place Ripe for a Revolution?

*Japanese session with English simultaneous interpretation

Masa Yanagisawa

AIMA Japan Chairman / Head of Japan Prime Services, Goldman Sachs Japan Co. Ltd.

Oki Matsumoto

Chairman & CEO, Monex Group, Inc. / Chairman of Japan Catalyst, Inc. and CIO for Japan Catalyst Fund

 

5:10 PM - 5:25 PM | Keynote

*English language only, no Japanese interpretation provided

“Japan as an international financial center”

Hideki Ito

Vice Commissioner for Policymaking, Financial Services Agency, the Government of Japan

 

5:25 PM - 5:30 PM | Closing remarks