2023 Japan Society's Corporate Members Events
Date

Event Title

Speakers
Ian Bremmer, President & Founder, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media
Joshua W. Walker, Ph.D., President & CEO, Japan Society, presiding

1/24/2023

Assessment of Top Global Risks in
2023: Economics, Business &Geopolitics

Keishi Hotsuki, Chief Risk Officer, Morgan Stanley
Mitsunobu Koshiba, Chairman Emeritus, JSR Corporation; Vice Chairman, Keizai Doyukai
Samm Sacks, Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School; Senior Advisor, Eurasia Group
Kathleen Hays, Global Economics & Policy Editor, Bloomberg Television, moderating
Ian Bremmer, President & Founder, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media
Keishi Hotsuki, Chief Risk Officer, Morgan Stanley

1/24/2023

Private Luncheon: Global Risk
Forum †

Mitsunobu Koshiba, Chairman Emeritus, JSR Corporation; Vice Chairman, Keizai Doyukai
Samm Sacks, Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School; Senior Advisor, Eurasia Group
Kathleen Hays, Global Economics & Policy Editor, Bloomberg Television
Joshua W. Walker, Ph.D., President & CEO, Japan Society
Jonathan Goldsberry, Senior Manager, Deloitte

2/15/2023

Cybersecurity Pitfalls and Privacy
Perils: Legal Challenges
Confronting U.S. Corporations

Gregory Krabacher, Member of the Firm, Epstein Becker Green
Alaap Shah, Member of the Firm, Epstein Becker Green
Keith Sonderling, Commissioner, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Frances Green, Member of the Firm, Epstein Becker Green, moderating

2/28/2023

Polycrisis: US-Japan and China:
Global Business Implications †Paul Goldstein, President and CEO, PTB Global Advisors

3/1/2023

Private Luncheon: Japan Securities
Summit †Speakers from the Japan Securities Summit 2023

3/2/2023

Risk conference sponsored byMorgan Stanley ∆Keishi Hotsuki, Chief Risk Officer, Morgan Stanley† Private Event (Invitation-only events for C-suite of corporate members for Executive Circle level or higher)‡ U.S.-Japan Women's Leaders Initiative Program (Exclusively held for Japan Society's corporate member)∆ Private Events (Invitation-only events for Corporate Members)
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Hirofumi (Hiro) Otsuka, Managing Executive Officer, SMBC Americas; CEO, Americas Division
Robin Milberg, Chief Human Resources Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
3/9/2023

The Future of Work and Office Life:
A Cross-Cultural Perspective ‡Susan Reid, Managing Director and Global Head of Talent, Morgan Stanley
Keiko Tashiro, Member of the Board, Deputy President, Daiwa Securities Group Inc
Joshua W. Walker, Ph.D., President & CEO, Japan Society, moderating

3/16/2023

Prime Minister Kishida’s New
Capitalism:
Why Japan Needs Its
Implementation

3/16/2023

Private Discussion: Prime Minister
Kishida’s New Capitalism †4/13/2023

Transformation of Japan’s
Corporate Sector: How are
Companies Evolving? †4/18/2023

Private Group Visit: Women’s
Leadership Development
Program ‡4/25/2023

Pitch Perfect: Finding Your UniqueExpression ‡Ken Shibusawa, Chief Executive Officer, Shibusawa and Company, Inc.; Founder and Chairman, Commons
Asset Management; Founder and CEO, &Capital, Inc.; Senior Advisor, Brunswick Group
Joshua W. Walker, Ph.D., President & CEO, Japan Society, presiding
Ken Shibusawa, Chief Executive Officer, Shibusawa and Company, Inc.; Founder and Chairman, Commons
Asset Management; Founder and CEO, &Capital, Inc.; Senior Advisor, Brunswick Group
Joshua W. Walker, Ph.D., President & CEO, Japan Society, presiding
Oki Matsumoto, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Monex Group, Inc.
Yoko Otani, Audit Committee Chair, U.S.-Japan Council; Partner, Straterix Inc.
Keishi Hotsuki, Chief Risk Officer, Morgan Stanley
Joshua W. Walker, Ph.D., President & CEO, Japan Society
Christine Clapp, Founder, Spoken with Authority
Keiko Honda, Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, School of International and PublicAffairs, Columbia University

5/9/2023

ESG Investing:Its History, Practice & Future

5/25/2023

Global Economic Challenges:
Japan’s Perspective on China,Emerging Asia and Beyond †Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Director, Program onPublic Pension and Sovereign Funds & Associate Director, Research, Center on Japanese Economy andBusiness, Columbia Business School
Joshua W. Walker, Ph.D., President & CEO, Japan Society, moderating
Takehiko Nakao, Chairman of the Institute, Mizuho Research & Technologies, Ltd.; former President, AsianDevelopment BankFumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan

9/21/2023

Toward more Resilient, Equitable
and Sustainable Universal Health
Coverage by 2030

Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kingdom of Thailand
Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Gates Foundation
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO† Private Event (Invitation-only events for C-suite of corporate members for Executive Circle level or higher)‡ U.S.-Japan Women's Leaders Initiative Program (Exclusively held for Japan Society's corporate member)∆ Private Events (Invitation-only events for Corporate Members)
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Catherine Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF
Ken Shibusawa, Triple I Co-Chair, CEO of Shibusawa & Company Inc.
Joshua W. Walker, Ph.D., President & CEO, Japan Society, moderating
Keizo Takemi, Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan
Patrick L. Osewe, Director, Human and Social Development Sector Office Sectors Group, The AsianDevelopment Bank, moderating
Zahid Maleque, Minister of Health and Family Welfare of BangladeshNísia Trindade, Minister of Health of Brazil
Aurélien Rousseau, Minister of Health of France
Zurab Azarashvili, Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health andSocial Affairs of Georgia
Orazio Schillaci, Minister of Health of Italy
Ingvild Kjerkol, Minister of Health and Care services of Norway
Paul Friedrichs, Director of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy of US
Sandra Gallina, Director-General of Health, European Union
Akihiko Tanaka, President of JICA
Mamta Murthi, Vice President for Human Development of World BankJean Kaseya, Director General of Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Philippe Duneton, Executive Director of Unitaid
David Marlow, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Gavi
Steve Davis, Triple I Co-Chair, Senior Advisor with McKinsey & Company
Ayoade Alakija, Triple I Co-Chair, The Board Chair of FIND
Cliff Prior, CEO, Global Steering Group for Impact Investment
Tobias Lindner, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany
Will Quince, Department of Health and Social Care of United Kingdom
Julie Wallace, Head of Impact at LeapFrog Investments
Haruo Naito, Director, Representative Corporate Officer and CEO of Eisai† Private Event (Invitation-only events for C-suite of corporate members for Executive Circle level or higher)‡ U.S.-Japan Women's Leaders Initiative Program (Exclusively held for Japan Society's corporate member)∆ Private Events (Invitation-only events for Corporate Members)
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Michael Anderson, CEO & Board Member of MedAccess
Nafisa Jiwani, Managing Director for Health Initiatives for the United States International Development
Finance Corporation
Himanshu Sikka, Project Director, SAMRIDH, IPE Global
Amit Bouri, CEO of Global Impact Investing Network
Alan Donnelly, Chairman and Convener of G20 Health & Development PartnershipMandeep Dhaliwal, Director, HIV and Health Group, Bureau for Policy & Programme Support, United Nations
Development Programme
2023
9/26/2023

A Private Luncheon with Ms. TokikoShimizu, Assistant Governor ofBank of Japan †Tokiko Shimizu, Assistant Governor, Bank of Japan
Bradford Kelley, Shareholder, Littler Mendelson, P.C.; Former Chief Counsel to a Commissioner, U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission

10/4/2023

Safely Unlocking the Power of AI:
Employment and Other Legal Risks
and Best Practices

Laura Kriska, Cross-Cultural Consultant
Howard Tiegel, Former Chief Human Resources Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Marubeni
America Corporation
Hironobu Tsukamoto, Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, New York Office
Philip Berkowitz, Partner, Littler Mendelson, P.C., moderating

10/17/2023

U.S. Presidential election –Outlook and implication for U.S.Japan relations and Japanesebusiness and markets ∆11/1/2023

The New Era of Work: Leadership
Qualities & Skills in the 21stCentury ‡11/3/2023

Private Discussion with Mr.
Tomoaki Ishigaki ∆11/6/2023

Navigating the U.S.-China
Technology Competition:
The Semiconductor Industry &Japan’s Geopolitical Stakes

Joshua Walker, Ph.D., President and CEO, Japan Society
Masashi Suekane, Partner, Bain Capital
Miyoko Demay, Vice Chair, Women in Business Committee, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan; Demay
Luxury Consulting; Former President, Tiffany & Co. Japan
Ron Gee, President & Chief Executive Officer, Shiseido Americas; Global M&A Leader, Shiseido Group
Joshua W. Walker, Ph.D., President & CEO, Japan Society, moderating
Tomoaki Ishigaki, Minister of Congressional Affairs at the Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C
Joshua W. Walker, Ph.D., President & CEO, Japan Society, moderating
Emily Benson, Director, Project on Trade and Technology and Senior Fellow, Scholl Chair in International
Business, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Chris Miller, Associate Professor, International History, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University;
author of Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology† Private Event (Invitation-only events for C-suite of corporate members for Executive Circle level or higher)‡ U.S.-Japan Women's Leaders Initiative Program (Exclusively held for Japan Society's corporate member)∆ Private Events (Invitation-only events for Corporate Members)
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Kazuto Suzuki, Professor, Science and Technology Policy, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo.
Joshua W. Walker, Ph.D., President & CEO, Japan Society, moderating
11/29/2023

Unlocking the Power of Emotional
Intelligence: Special Lecture on
Professional Excellence ‡Keishi Hotsuki, Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley† Private Event (Invitation-only events for C-suite of corporate members for Executive Circle level or higher)‡ U.S.-Japan Women's Leaders Initiative Program (Exclusively held for Japan Society's corporate member)∆ Private Events (Invitation-only events for Corporate Members)
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