Program
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DAY 1 April 9 (Wed)
- 09:30
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Door Open
- 10:30-10:4010 min
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Opening Remark
- Hiroshi Mikitani (Representative Director, Japan Association of New Economy)
- 10:40-11:0020 min
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Guest Speech
- 11:00-12:0060 min
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Keynote Speech: Larry Ellison
How can Mr. Larry Ellison succeed?
- Larry Ellison (Chief Executive Officer, Oracle Corporation)
- Interviewer: Hiroshi Mikitani (Chairman & CEO,Rakuten, Inc.)
- 12:00-13:0060 min
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Lunch Break
- 13:00-14:0060 min
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Session1
Innovations in Cloud and Social network
How startups are rapidly building global business.
- Drew Houston (Founder / CEO, Dropbox)
- Ben Silbermann (Co-Founder and CEO, Pinterest)
- Jeremy Stoppelman(Co-founder and CEO, Yelp)
- Moderator: TBD
- 14:00-15:0060 min
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Session2
Innovations - A Connected World
How wearable tech and the Internet of Things will change the world.
- Gilles Bouchard (Chairman and CEO, Livescribe)
- Carey Kolaja (Vice President of Global Product Solutions, PayPal)
- James Park (CEO and Co-Founder, Fitbit Inc.)
- Moderator: Gen Isayama (Co-founder and CEO, WiL)
- 15:00-15:3030 min
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Break
- 15:30-16:3060 min
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Session3
Innovating Education
How IT is revolutionizing education.
- Youngme Moon (Donald K. David Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean, Chair of the MBA Program, Harvard Business School)
- Jun Murai (Dean / Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University)
- Dennis Yang (President and Chief Operating Office, Udemy, Inc.)
- Moderator: Swimmy Minami(CEO, BizReach, Inc.)
- 16:30-17:3060 min
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Session4
DAY1 Plenary Session
- Atsuki Ishida (President and CEO, FreeBit Co., Ltd.)
- Yasufumi Kanemaru (CEO, Future Architect, Inc.)
- Hiroshi Mikitani (Chairman & CEO, Rakuten, Inc.)
- Moderator: Takashi Mitachi (Co-Chairman, Japan, Boston Consulting Group Tokyo, Japan)
- 17:30-18:0030 min
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Break
- 18:00-
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Networking Party
DAY 2 April 10 (Thu)
- 08:00
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Door Open
- 09:00-09:055 min
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Opening Remark
- Hiroshi Mikitani (Representative Director, Japan Association of New Economy)
- 09:05-10:0055 min
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Session5
Accelerating the innovation
What is the innovation in for companies? Obstacles and Opportunities facing entrepreneurs, Investor and business man.
- Akira Morikawa (CEO, LINE Corporation)
- Jerry Yang (Founding Partner, AME Cloud Ventures)
- Matt Wilsey (Angel investor and advisor)
- Moderator: Takeshi Natsuno (Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University)
- 10:00-10:3030 min
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Session6
Disruptive Innovation for the airline business
How LCC (Low Cost Carrier) revolutionizing airline business.
- Tony Fernandes (Group Chief Executive Officer, AirAsia)
- Interviewer: Kaori Enjoji (Tokyo Bureau Chief, CNBC)
- 10:30-11:3060 min
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Session7
Disruptive Innovation in Asia
What trends are emerging in Asia.
- Joseph Chen (Chairman & CEO, Renren Inc.)
- Sirgoo Lee (Co-CEO, Kakao Corp.)
- Karim Temsamani (President, APAC Operations, Google)
- Moderator: Akio Tanaka (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Infinity Venture Partners)
- 11:30-11:5020 min
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Break
- 11:50-12:3060 min
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Session8
Disruptive Innovation in Middle East & Europe
Why global tech giants want the technology in Middle East and Europe? Startups trends in Middle East and Europe.
- David Heller (Managing Partner, Vertex Venture Capital)
- Talmon Marco (Founder and CEO, Viber)
- Peter Vesterbacka (CMO, Rovio Entertainment Ltd.)
- Chris Wade (Advisor on Venture Capital to UK Trade & Investment)
- Moderator: TBD
- 12:30-14:0090 min
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Lunch Break
- 14:00-15:0060 min
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Session9
Disruptive Innovation for the energy sector
Upcoming innovation and business opportunities in the energy sector.
- Motohide Ikeda (CEO, ENERES Co., Ltd.)
- Alex Laskey (President and Founder, Opower)
- Toru Tokushige (CEO, Terra Motors Corp.)
- Moderator: Ali Izadi (Head of Japan Research, Bloomberg New Energy Finance)
- 15:00-16:0060 min
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Session10
Innovating Entertainment: Global Digital Content
Global case studies of music, movie, book, radio...
- John Donham (CEO, TuneIn)
- Razmig Hovaghimian (CEO and Co-Founder, Viki)
- Chris Lin (Co-founder & CEO, KKBOX)
- Natavudh P.(Moo) (CEO, OOKBEE Co.,Ltd.)
- Moderator: Jiro Kokuryo (Vice President / Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University)
- 16:00-16:3030 min
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Break
- 16:30-17:3060 min
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Session11
Investing in Innovation: VC and Entrepreneurship
How venture capitalists empower startups.
- Katsujin David Chao (Co-Founder and General Partner, DCM)
- George Kellerman (Managing Partner & Fire Chief, 500 Startups)
- David Lee (Founder and Managing Partner, SV Angel)
- Moderator: Daisuke Iwase (President & COO, LIFENET INSURANCE COMPANY)
- 17:30-18:3060 min
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Session12
Japanese in Silicon Valley
Why are Japanese heading to Silicon Valley? What you need to know before you go.
- Noriyuki Matsuda (CEO, SOURCENEXT Corporation)
- Satoshi Sugie (Co-Founder and CEO, WHILL Inc)
- Hironobu Yoshikawa (CEO & Co-Founder, Treasure Data, Inc.)
- Hitoshi Hokamura (Chairman, Evernote Japan)
- Moderator: Gen Isayama (Co-founder and CEO, WiL)
- 18:30-19:3060 min
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Session13
DAY2 Closing Plenary Session
- Susumu Fujita (President, CyberAgent, Inc.)
- Masatoshi Kumagai (Founder & Group CEO, GMO Internet Group)
- Hiroshi Mikitani (Chairman and CEO, Rakuten, Inc.)
- Yoshikazu Tanaka (Founder and CEO, GREE, Inc.)
- Moderator: Waichi Sekiguchi (Editorial Writer, Nikkei Inc.)