12th G1 Global
Conference Report
2022.10.10
G1 InstituteMessage from the Chair
Thank you for your support and participation in the 12th G1 Global
Conference! I hope you had a wonderful time.
262 people (201 in-person, 61 online) gathered--the highest in-person
attendance since COVID-19 started--to discuss the theme “Roaring Twenties
2.0! ~Crafting a Grand Design for a Post-COVID World.” In the Opening
Plenary, we discovered we can use "dense connectivity" to create a "positive
vision of democracy." Throughout the breakout sessions, we discussed ways
to craft a Grand Design for the decade ahead by "mixing resilience withcreativity" to create new opportunities.
In the Closing Plenary, we learned that institutional alliances to create morestability are needed, as the world comes out of the COVID pandemic and thewar in Ukraine hopefully ends, soon. At our networking lunch, we enjoyedsushi, steak and salads and got to know each other more. At the Iba-"Lucky"
Night Reception Party, we enjoyed sake and food from Ibaraki, 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 G1 Global is all thanks to your participation, your passion, and yourcommitment to this community. Audience feedback has been quite strong, andmany have commented on the positive energy throughout the sessions. We
truly appreciate your contributions. We hope that you were able to use theseopportunities to make new friends. Thank you for engaging with each otherand enriching the G1 Global community.
Please keep the conversation going on social media by using the hashtag#G1Global. To rewatch the sessions, or to catch any sessions you may havemissed, please check the G1 Global website and Youtube Channel. We will
announce each session's release on Twitter.
I wish all the best to you and hope to see you again at the 13th G1 Global
Conference on Monday, October 9th, 2023.
Yours,
Yoshito Hori
President, G1 InstituteFounder & President, GLOBIS University
Founding Partner, GLOBIS Capital Partners

2Advisory Board Members

Robert Alan Feldman

Yoshito Hori

Minako Iue

Ken Jimbo

Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley
MUFG Securities, Co., Ltd.
Professor, Tokyo University of Science

President, G1 Institute; Founder &President, GLOBIS University;
Founding Partner, GLOBIS
Capital Partners

Chair and CEO
Sailors for the Sea Japan

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 RowburyKinya 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

Makoto Takano

Heizo Takenaka

Maiko Todoroki

President and CEO
GLOBIS Europe BVCEO, linkties Co., Ltd.
(Forbes JAPAN Founder)

Professor Emeritus
Keio University

President and CEO
Poppins Corporation

Miki Tsusaka

Tak Umezawa

Emre Yuasa

Managing Director &Senior Partner
Boston Consulting Group

Japan Chairman and Partner
A.T. Kearney
Chairman, CIC JapanPartner
GLOBIS Capital Partners

312th G1 Global Conference Overview

Time & Date9:00AM – 6:00PM, Mon. Oct. 10, 2022
(followed by Reception Party until 7:30PM)

Venue
GLOBIS University, Tokyo, Japan and online

Number of Participants:262

Theme“Roaring Twenties 2.0! ~Crafting a Grand
Design for a Post-COVID World”

Host
G1 Institute4

#1 Plenary Session: “Roaring Twenties 2.0!
~Crafting a Grand Design for a Post-COVID World”

Opening Session: Yoshito Hori
President, G1 Institute; President, GLOBIS University
Managing Partner, GLOBIS Capital Partners-Dr. Michael Auslin, Payson J. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow, Hoover Institution-Hon. Jane Harman, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars-Dean Merit E Janow, Professor of Professional Practice, International Economic Law &International Affairs, Columbia University, Dean Emerita, School of International and Public
Affairs-Hon. Taro Kono, Digital Minister, Minister for Administrative Affairs and Minister forConsumer Affairs and Food Safety, Member of House of Representatives-Prof. Heizo Takenaka, Professor Emeritus, Keio University
5Positions listed are as of Oct 10, 2022.

#2 Breakout Sessions[Business] Roaring Twenties 2.0 — Is Inflation
Inevitable or Can it be Controlled?
• Mr. Peter Landers, Tokyo Bureau Chief, The WallStreet Journal• Prof. Ulrike Schaede, Professor of JapaneseBusiness; Director, Japan Forum for Innovationand Technology, University of California San
Diego (UCSD)• Prof. Sayuri Shirai, Professor of Economics,
Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University• Mr. Jesper Koll, Expert Director, Monex Group[Politics] Food Security: Creating a Grand Designof How Business Can Avert a Global Crisis• Ms. Keiko Honda, Adjunct Professor and AdjunctSenior Research Scholar, Columbia University’s
School of International and Public Affairs• Mr. Greg Mellinger, Chief Executive Officer,HighQuest Partners LLC• Ms. Haruka Miyake, Executive Director, Morgan
Stanley MUFG Securities• Dr. Robert Alan Feldman, Senior Advisor, Morgan
Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.; Professor,
Tokyo University of Science[Technology] Crafting a Grand Design for
Entrepreneurship in a Post-Covid World• Mr. Hiroki Koga, Co-founder & CEO, Oishii FarmCorporation• Mr. Phil Libin, Co-founder and CEO, All Turtlesand mmhmm• Ms. Rie Yamamoto, CEO / Co-Founder, EventHub• Mr. Emre Yuasa, Partner, GLOBIS CapitalPartners[Society] A Grand Design of Women’s
Empowerment: 100 Years Later, Why Are We Not
There Yet?
• Ms. Mitsuru Claire Chino, Audit & Supervisory
Board Member, ITOCHU Corporation• Mr. Satoshi Hirose, Dean of International MBAProgram, GLOBIS University• Ms. Kathy Matsui, General Partner, MPowerPartners• Ms. Maiko Todoroki, President and CEO, PoppinsCorporation• Ms. Abigail Friedman, Senior Advisor, The Asia
Foundation66

#3 Breakout Sessions[Business] Analects & Abacus: Crafting a Grand
Design for Corporate Purpose in the Reiwa Era• Mr. Nicholas Benes, Representative Director, The
Board Director Training Institute of Japan• Mr. Mitsuru Izumo, President, Euglena Co., Ltd.
• Ms. Akiko Karaki, Akiko Karaki, Partner,
Strategy&, part of PwC Consulting LLC• Mr. George Olcott, Audit & Supervisory BoardMember, Toyota Motor Corporation• Ms. Tamzin Booth, Partner, Brunswick Group
Advisory Ltd.

[Politics] Social Media & Digital Communications:
Impact on Global Public Opinion• Mr. Takeo Apitzsch, Head of Media and Platforms
APAC, Senior VP, FleishmanHillard /Methods+Mastery• Mr. Yi Ren, Chief Strategy Officer, SmartNews, Inc.
• Dr. Collette Snowden, Senior Lecturer, UniSA
Creative, University of South Australia• Mr. Ross Rowbury, Senior Managing Director, Cohead of Group Corporate Communications,Nomura Holdings[Technology] Design-Driven Innovation: Crafting a
Roaring Twenties 2.0• Naomitsu Kodaka, Representative Director & Dr.
John Maeda, Chief Technology Officer, Everbridge• Dr. Yoky Matsuoka, Founder & CEO, Yohana• Prof. Miles Pennington, Professor of Design Led
Innovation, University of Tokyo• Mr. Kinya Tagawa, CEO, Takram Japan Inc.

[Society] Gastronomy as a Tourist Attraction in a
Post-COVID World• Mr. Daniel Calvert, Executive Chef, Four Seasons
Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi• Ms. Melinda Joe, Food and Beverage Specialist,Freelance journalist• Ms. Keiko Kuwakino, Chef, Satoyama Jujo
• Mr. Keisuke Saito, Mayor, Yoichi Municipal Office• Mr. Takefumi Hamada, President & CEO, Access
All Areas Inc

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Networking Lunch: Sushi, Steak, and Salad Bentos

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#4 Breakout Sessions[Business] Roaring Twenties 2.0? Crafting New
Ways of Working for Better Well-Being• Mr. Paul Dupuis, Chairman and CEO, RandstadJapan• Mr. Seiji Inagaki, President, Dai-ichi Life Holdings,
Inc.
• Ms. Yuka Shimada, Co-Founder / CEO, YeeY Inc.
• Ms. Sheela Subramanian, Co-Founder, FutureForum, Vice President, Slack• Ms. Miki Tsusaka, Managing Director & SeniorPartner, Boston Consulting Group[Politics] Crafting a Grand Design for Economic
Security: New Alignment or Fragmentation?
• Prof. Vida Macikenaite, Assistant Professor,
International University of Japan• Prof. Kazuto Suzuki, Professor, University of Tokyo• Dr. Robert Ward, Japan Chair; Director of Geoeconomics and Strategy, IISS
• Dr. Ken Jimbo, Professor, Faculty of Policy
Management, Keio University[Technology] A Roaring Decade of Web 3.0:
Crafting a Grand Design for Applying thisTechnology• Ms. Maika Isogawa, CEO, Webacy• Mr. Joi Ito, Member, Board of Directors and CoFounder, Digital Garage, Inc.
• Mr. Ken O'Friel, Co-Founder and CEO, WorkDAO• Ms. Arisa Toyosaki, Co-Founder & CEO, Cega
• Mr. Justin Waldron, Co-Founder / President, Playco

9[Society] Japan’s Tourism 2.0: Tourism, Cultureand Regional Development• Mr. Alexander Bradshaw, President, GOTOKU LLC• Ms. Yuko Inamasu, CEO, TOKI, Inc.
• Ms. Sawako Ishihara, CMO, Oki Islands Geopark
Management Bureau• Mr. Tak Umezawa, Japan Chairman and Partner,A.T. Kearney, Chairman, CIC Japan9

#5 Breakout Sessions[Business] Global Supply Chain ~Risk andResilience~• Hon. Dr. Sandra Detzer, Member of the Lower
House of German Parliament• Mr. Daisuke Murata, President & CEO, Murata
Machinery, Ltd.
• Mr. Soichiro Shibata, Director, Monitor Deloitte /Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting• Mr. Toru Takahashi, President and CEO, GLOBIS
Europe BV[Politics] Crafting a Grand Design of PM Kishida’s
New Capitalism: What Comes Next?
• Mr. Bill Emmott, Chairman, IISS; Chairman, Japan
Society of the UK, Co-Director, Global Commission
for Post-Pandemic Policy• Hon. Seiji Kihara, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary,
Member of the House of Representatives• Mr. Pascal Lamy, Former Director General, WorldTrade Organization (WTO)• Mr. Ken Shibusawa, Chief Executive Officer,Shibusawa and Company, Inc.
• Ms. Yumiko Murakami, General Partner, MPowerPartners[Technology] Crafting a Grand Design for Digital
Education Post-COVID-19• Dr. Moudhi Aljamea, Dean of STC Academy, VP
at Saudi Telecom Co.
• Mr. Kenn Ross, Minerva University• Mr. Alex Scharf, Director, GLOBIS Corporation• Ms. Miho Taguma, Senior Policy Analyst / ProjectManager, OECD
• Ms Lin Kobayashi, Founder and Chair of theBoard, UWC ISAK Japan[Society] Crafting a Global Agenda for OceanConservation in a Post-COVID World• Mr. Tomonari Akamatsu, Director, Ocean Policy
Research Institute, The Sasakawa Peace
Foundation• Ms. Meg Caldwell, Deputy Director, The David andLucile Packard Foundation• Amb. Maria Damanaki, Former European
Commissioner, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries• Dr. Atsushi Sunami, Distinguished Fellow, Asia
Pacific Foundation of Canada• Ms. Minako Iue, Chair and CEO, Sailors for theSea Japan10

#6 Plenary Session: “Roaring Twenties 2.0!
~Crafting a Grand Design for a Post-COVID World”-Mr. Bill Emmott, Chairman, IISS; Chairman, Japan Society of the UK; Co-Director,Global Commission for Post-Pandemic Policy-Hon. Rui Matsukawa, Liberal Democratic Party, Member of the House of Councilors-Sir Robin Niblett KCMG, Director and Chief Executive, Chatham House
Jesper Koll, Expert Director, Monex Group

Closing Session with G1 Global Advisory Board Members

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Reception Party:
Iba-"Lucky" Night with Musical Guest Hanamas

12Sponsors

Bronze Sponsor

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Individual Sponsors
Ms. Mitsuru Claire Chino
Mr. Sachin Chowdhery
Mr. Satoshi Hirose
Mr. Masahiko Homma
Mr. Tatsuo Murao
Mr. Shunichi Shibanuma
Mr. Toru Takahashi
Mr. Akito Takata13

Feedback from Participants

How was theconference today?

Please evaluate
our operations.

4.9

4.8

(5-point scale)(5-point scale)

Very relevant to contemporary times and the world. Highly realisticwith appropriately diverse perspectives from speakers.
Everything exceeded my expectations.
The event made me aware of the importance of having a global
perspective for Japanese society. In this very difficult era, this event
made me more optimistic and motivated.
The organization and execution were smooth, which made thewhole day a pleasant experience. The discussions were very timelyand offered valuable insights. All the panels ignited and stimulated
me a lot in terms of building my thoughts.
The event’s overall ambiance; spotless planning; very sound wrapup with the closing plenary; people are very easy to connect with.
The operation was smooth and well-organized, especially timemanagement was excellent.
Great diverse lineup of speakers and excellent networking
opportunities. The air of the conference was special andoutstanding.
The hybrid format made it easier for international participants to join.
The networking lunch and reception party were great to meet andtalk with many people, including many new faces and young
participants.
Many leaders are anxious about the current uncertain situation, butthey are thinking positively to act to create a better world.
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 partin the next G1 Conference. Thank you!
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A big thank you toall of our sponsors
for your support.
We appreciate your generosity in contributing
to a stronger G1 Global Community!