13th G1 Global
Conference Report
2023.10.9
G1 InstituteMessage from the President
Thank you for your support and participation in the 13th G1 Global
Conference! I hope you had a wonderful time.
303 people (264 in-person, 39 online) joined—the highest attendance ever—to discuss “Generative Innovation: New Ways to Revolutionize Politics,
Business and Our Lives.” Beginning with the Opening Plenary, we understoodthe importance of “optimists of the will” despite global pessimism. As wemoved through the breakout sessions throughout the day, we discussed ways
to create Generative Innovation by “seizing the moment, with boldness andclarity.”In the Closing Plenary, we reviewed some of the changes in the world, while
strategizing the roles Japan should play going forward. Panelists stressed theimportance to “act, don't just think” as we continue to open up, go abroad andreconnect with each other. At lunch, we enjoyed sushi, steak and salads. At
the G1 “LuckyFes” Night Reception Party, we enjoyed refreshments from
Ibaraki and listened to shamisen rock music, re-energizing our community.

Our vision of G1 has always been “Group of One, Globe is One.” We seek tocreate a multi-stakeholder forum in which people can share and learn fromeach other through dialogue, to make a better Japan and a better world. The
success of the G1 Global is all thanks to your participation, your passion, andyour commitment to this community.
Audience feedback has been quite strong, and many have commented on thepositive energy throughout the sessions. We hope that you were able to use
these opportunities to make new friends. Please keep the conversation goingon social media by using the hashtag #G1Global.
To rewatch the sessions, or to catch any you may have missed, pleasecheck GLOBIS Insights. We will announce each video’s release on X (formerlyTwitter).
I wish all the best to you and hope to see you again at the 14th G1 Global
Conference on Monday, October 14th, 2024.
Yours,
Yoshito Hori
President, G1 InstituteFounder & President, GLOBIS University
Founding Partner, GLOBIS Capital Partners

2Advisory Board Members

Robert Alan Feldman
Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley
MUFG Securities, Co., Ltd.

Yoshito Hori

Minako IuePresident, G1 Institute; Founder & Chair and CEO, Sailors for thePresident, GLOBIS University;
Sea Japan; Ph.D. Kyoto
Founding Partner, GLOBIS
University (GlobalCapital Partners
Environmental Studies)

Ken Jimbo
Professor, Faculty of Policy
Management, Keio University

Lin Kobayashi

Jesper Koll

Taro Kono

Rui Matsukawa

Founder and Chair of the BoardUWC ISAK Japan

Expert Director
Monex Group

Member of House of Representatives,
Digital Minister, Minister for
Administrative Affairs and Minister for
Consumer Affairs and Food Safety

Liberal Democratic Party
Member of the House ofCouncilors

Soichiro Minami

Yumiko Murakami

Ross Rowbury

Kinya Tagawa

Chief Executive Officer, Visional

General Partner
MPower Partners

Senior Managing Director, Co-head ofGroup Corporate Communications,
Nomura Holdings

CEO, Takram Japan Inc.

Toru Takahashi

Heizo Takenaka

Maiko Todoroki

Miki Tsusaka

President and CEO
GLOBIS Europe BV

Professor Emeritus
Keio University

President and CEO
Poppins Corporation

President, Microsoft Japan

Tak Umezawa

Emre Yuasa

Japan Chairman and SeniorPartner, A.T. Kearney
Chairperson, CIC Japan

Partner
GLOBIS Capital Partners

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13th G1 Global Conference Overview

Time & Date
9:00AM – 6:00PM, Mon. Oct. 9, 2023
(followed by Reception Party until 7:30PM)

Venue
GLOBIS University, Tokyo, Japan and online

Number of Participants:303Theme“Generative Innovation:
New Ways to Revolutionize Politics,Business and Our Lives”

HostG1 Institute4

#1 Plenary Session: “Generative Innovation:
New Ways to Revolutionize Politics, Business and Our Lives”

Opening Session: Yoshito Hori
President, G1 Institute; Founder and President, GLOBIS University
Founding Partner, GLOBIS Capital Partners-Bill Emmott, Chair, International Institute for Strategic Studies;
Chair, Japan Society of the UK-Jane Harman, Chair, Commission on the National Defense Strategy-Heizo Takenaka, Professor Emeritus, Keio University
Moderator: Jesper Koll, Expert Director, Monex Group

5Positions listed are as of Oct 9, 2023.

#2 Breakout Sessions[Business] CEO Session: What's on Your Mind?
• Seiji Inagaki, Director, Chair of the Board,Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.
• Daniel Springer, Board Director, UiPath andDocuSign• Eric Yuan, Founder, CEO, Zoom Video
Communications, Inc.
• Moderator: Makiko Shinoda, Director, Yell Co.,
Ltd.

[Politics] De-Risking Global Supply Chains in an
Unpredictable World• Glen S. Fukushima, Senior Fellow, Center for
American Progress• Willy Shih, Baker Foundation Professor ofManagement Practice, Harvard Business School• Kunimasa Suzuki, Vice President, Sales andMarketing Group, Intel Corporation; President,Intel K.K.
• Moderator: Yumiko Murakami, General Partner,MPower Partners[Technology] Competition and Co-Invention inGenerative AI: Recent Developments andApplications• Jerry Chi, Head of Japan, Stability AI• Karim Lakhani, Dorothy & Michael Hintze
Professor of Business Administration, Harvard
Business School• Wakana Tanaka, Country Manager, LinkedIn
Japan• Moderator: Emre Yuasa, Partner, GLOBIS CapitalPartners[Society] Leveraging the Japanese Female
Workforce Amidst Shrinking Demographics• Keiichiro Asao, Member of the House of Councilors• Katrina Fotovat, Principal Deputy Director, Secretaryof State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues• Daisuke Kan, President, Cheerio Corporation• Kaori Sasaki, Founder & CEO, ewoman, Inc.
• Moderator: Maiko Todoroki, President and CEO,Poppins Corporation66

#3 Breakout Sessions[Business] The Business Case for Generative AI• Stephen Barnham, CIO and CDO, Dai-ichi Life
Holdings, Inc.
• Sinead Kaiya, COO, Woven Planet Holdings, Inc.
• Yoshinami Takahashi, SEVP, Head of Global
Business Solutions, in charge of Fujitsu Uvance,Fujitsu Limited• Moderator: Miki Tsusaka, President, MicrosoftJapan[Politics] Generative Innovation in East Asian
Geopolitics• Jina Kim, Dean of Language and Diplomacy
Division, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies• Fu-Kuo Liu, Research Fellow, National Chengchi
University• Joshua Walker, President & CEO, Japan Society• Moderator: Ken Jimbo, Professor, Faculty of Policy
Management, Keio University[Technology] Technology and Innovation in Japan’sGrand Macroeconomic Strategy• Paul Bradley, Chairman and CEO, Caprica
International• Tatsuo Hatta, Chair of the Executive Board, Asian
Growth Research Institute• Takako Hikotani, Professor, Gakushuin University• Taejun Shin, Co-founder & CEO, Gojo & Company• Moderator: Robert Alan Feldman, Senior Advisor,
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities[Society] Investing in the Blue Economy:
Exploring Sustainable Solutions for OceanConservation• Quentin Hanich, Professor, University ofWollongong; Research Chair, Nippon Foundation
Ocean Nexus Chair in Fisheries Governance• Margaret Spring, Chief Conservation and ScienceOfficer, Monterey Bay Aquarium• Atsushi Sunami, President, Sasakawa Peace
Foundation• Moderator: Minako Iue, Chair and CEO, Sailors forthe Sea Japan; Ph.D. Kyoto University (Global
Environmental Studies)7

#4 Breakout Sessions[Business] Japan’s Economy: From Innovative
Resilience to Real Opportunities and NewfoundStrength• River Akira Davis, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal• Andrew McDermott, Founder, Mission ValuePartners• Yuki Takemori, General Manager, Development
Bank of Japan• Moderator: Jesper Koll, Expert Director, Monex
Group[Politics] Energy & the Environment: How Can We
Realize Sustainability, Support Growth and Ensure
Affordability?
• Jun Arima, Professor, University of Tokyo• Siti Indati Mustapa, Deputy Dean, UNITEN,Malaysia• Haitze Jens Lodewijk Siemers, Minister, Deputy
Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European
Union to Japan• Kenichiro Toyofuku, Executive Director, Multi Suzuki,India• Moderator: Tatsuya Terazawa, Chairman and CEO,The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan[Technology] The Intersection of Design and AI• Shiho Fukuhara, Co-founder, Human AwesomeError; Artist, BCL• Emi Kusano, Co-founder of Shinsei Galverse,
Multidisciplinary Artist collaborated with AI• Noah Levin, VP of Design, Figma• John Maeda, VP of Design and Artificial Intelligence,
Microsoft• Moderator: Kinya Tagawa, CEO, Takram Japan Inc.

8[Society] Tourism as Japan's Leading ExportIndustry in 2030
• David Mark Atkinson, CEO, Konishi Decorative Artsand Crafts Co., Ltd.
• Benjamin Liao, Chairman, Forte Hotel Group• Satoko Nagahara, Co-Founder & CEO, DENEB• Hidehiko Yuzaki, Governor, Hiroshima Prefecture• Moderator: Tak Umezawa, Japan Chairman andSenior Partner, A.T. Kearney, Chairperson, CICJapan8

#5 Breakout Sessions[Business] Indo-Pacific Trade Evolution andEmerging Opportunities• Parag Khanna, Founder & CEO, Climate Alpha• Peter Roberts OAM, Minister and Deputy Head ofMission, Australian Embassy in Japan• Marcella Wijayanti, Head of Compliance andRegulatory Affairs, GoTo Financial• Yasuhiko Yoshida, Deputy Director-General for
Trade Policy, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry ofEconomy, Trade and Industry (METI), Governmentof Japan• Moderator: Anton Roux, Chief Executive Officer,
ADC Forum[Politics] From 'Japan Passing' to 'Japan
Surpassing'? How the Media Covers a 'New' Japan• Bill Emmott, Chair, International Institute forStrategic Studies; Chair, Japan Society of the UK• Noriyuki Shikata, Cabinet Secretary for Public
Affairs, Prime Minister's Office of Japan• Noah Sneider, Tokyo Bureau Chief, The Economist
Newspaper Limited• Yukiko Toyoda, Bureau Chief, Reuters Japan• Moderator: Ross Rowbury, Senior Managing
Director, Co-head of Group Corporate
Communications, Nomura Holdings[Technology] How Tech Can Drive JapaneseEntertainment such as Anime and Manga• Sara Giusto, Producer, Aww inc• Shunsuke Oyu (Captain), CEO,AnotherBall/IZUMO• Justin Waldron, Co-Founder / CEO, Storyverse• Emily Yang, Founder, Shibuya• Moderator: Masayuki Ikegami, CEO, SAKURAS
CO., LTD.

[Society] Transformative Leadership andInclusive Growth in the Recent Middle East
• Faisal J. Abbas, Editor in Chief, Arab News• Sarah Alofaysan, Leaders School General
Manager, Saudi Telecom Company• Koichi Nakagawa, Research Director, Chief
Consultant, Middle East Business Group,
Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
• Maha Yahya, Director, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie
Middle East Center• Moderator: Toru Takahashi, President and CEO,GLOBIS Europe BV

9#6 Plenary Session: “Roaring Twenties 2.0!
~Crafting a Grand Design for a Post-COVID World”-Taro Kono, Digital Minister, Minister for Cyber Security & Minister for Administrative Affairs,
Member of House of Representatives-Mitsunobu Koshiba, Co-Founder, Cdots GK-Robin Niblett KCMG, Distinguished Fellow and Former Director, The Royal Institute ofInternational Affairs, Chatham House
Moderator: Rui Matsukawa, Liberal Democratic Party, Member of the House of Councilors

Closing Session with G1 Global Advisory Board Members

10Reception Party:
G1 "LuckyFes" Night with Musical Guest Shinobu Kawashima

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Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Araya Inc.

KREAB Japan

Bronze Sponsors
GEEK PICTURES INC.

Tata consultancy
services

Individual Sponsors
Uzabase, Inc

Mr. Satoshi Hirose
Mr. Shunichi Shibanuma
Mr. Akito Takata
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Feedback from Participants

How was theconference today?

Please evaluate
our operations.

4.8

4.9

(5-point scale)(5-point scale)All the sessions I participated in were very recent and relevant
topics. I could learn not only from the speakers but from thefacilitators as well. The participants' intelligence levels were quite
high, and their talks were very interesting.
It opened my eyes to see the world, again.
Congratulations of a hugely successful G1 conference. So happy I
could attend. I gained more from today than from just about anyother conference of its type.
I was impressed with all panelists' optimism towards our future.
That made me feel energized.
Time management was excellent. Everything went smoothly. Theteamwork was very good.
Every session was so well prepared. Very clear messages.
I was very satisfied with the quality of facilitators and speakers!
Fantastic moderators kept the great vibes of the sessions!!
I thought that the content was excellent, and the panelists andmoderators did an outstanding job. I will definitely be interested inparticipating next year and look forward to October 14th, 2024!
Having in-person discussions with a global perspective is such arare opportunity for me, and so to all the organizers, thank you!
The highlight of my year, as usual! I’m looking forward to taking
part in the next G1 Conference. Thank you!
13A big thank you toall of our sponsors
for your support.
We appreciate your generosity in contributing
to a stronger G1 Global Community!