2019 Japan Summit
Tokyo, Japan2019 GZERO Summit Highlight Video
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Speakers
CO-CHAIRS
- Ian Bremmer
President, Eurasia Group - Hiroaki Nakanishi
Chairman, KEIDANREN
HONORABLE GUESTS
- Toshimitsu Motegi
Minister for Foreign Affairs - Hiroshi Kajiyama
Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry - Yasutoshi Nishimura
Minister for Economic Revitalization - Yuriko Koike
Governor of Tokyo
SPEAKERS
- Randall Chafetz
Managing Executive Officer, MUFG Bank - Dawn Farrell
CEO, TransAlta - Patricia Flor
Ambassador, EU Delegation - Yoichi Funabashi
Chairman, Asia Pacific Initiative - David Gordon
Former Chairman, Eurasia Group - Keiko Iizuka
Senior Political Writer, Yomiuri Shimbun - Robert Johnston
Executive Advisor and Managing Director, Global Energy & Natural Resources, Eurasia Group - Kairat Kelimbetov
Governor, Astana International Financial Centre - Vikram Khanna
Associate Editor, the Straits Times - Koichiro Kimura
Chairman, PwC Japan Group - Don Lindsay
CEO, Teck Resources, Ltd. / Chairman, Business Council of Canada - Tadashi Maeda
Governor, JBIC - Kathy Matsui
Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs Japan - Susannah Pierce
Director, Government Relations, LNG Canada - Kevin Rudd
President, Asia Society Policy Institute (26th Prime Minister of Australia) - Marietje Schaake
International Policy Director, Stanford Cyber Policy Center - Nobuo Tanaka
Chairman, Sasakawa Peace Foundation - Tatsuya Terazawa
Special Advisor to the Minister / Former Vice-Minister, METI - Yukari Yamashita
Board Member, Institute of Energy Economics Japan - Joseph Young
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, U.S. Embassy Tokyo - Joshua Walker
Global Head of Strategic Initiatives and Japan, Eurasia Group - Linton Wells, II
Senior Advisor, Resilience Japan - Don Wright
Deputy Minister to the Premier of British Columbia - Jennifer Zhu Scott
Founder of Radian Partners
Agenda
Date: November 18, 2019
Location: Palace Hotel Tokyo
Co-Chairs: Ian BREMMER (President, Eurasia Group)
NAKANISHI Hiroaki (Chairman, Keidanren)
[ Closed Session: Limited to Invited Guests ]
| 9:45 - 11:15 | Special Expert Session: Global Energy & Natural Resources Summit "Examining Key Issues at the Crossroads of the Future of Global Energy & Natural Resources Development and Sustainable Global Growth" Introduction: Don LINDSAY (Teck Resources, Ltd., Business Council of Canada) Keynote: Don WRIGHT (Deputy Minister to the Premier of British Columbia) Moderator: Robert JOHNSTON (Eurasia Group) Panelists: Randall CHAFETZ (MUFG Bank) Susannah PIERCE (LNG Canada) TANAKA Nobuo (Sasakawa Peace Foundation) YAMASHITA Yukari (IEEJ) |
[ Open To All Summit Guests ]
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Opening Reception Greetings: NAKANISHI Hiroaki (Chairman, Keidanren) Video Greeting by Prime Minister ABE Shinzo KAJIYAMA Hiroshi (Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry) Keynote Speech: “The End of the American Order” by Ian BREMMER (President, Eurasia Group) |
| 14:00 - 15:15 | Keynote Panel Discussion “Geo-Technology’s Impact on GZERO World: International Cooperation and Industry-government collaboration in the AI era” Moderator: Ian BREMMER (Eurasia Group) Panelists: TERAZAWA Tatsuya (Special Advisor to the Minister / Former Vice-Minister, METI) KIMURA Koichiro (Chairman, PwC Japan Group) Marietje SCHAAKE (International Policy Director, Stanford Cyber Policy Center) Jennifer Zhu SCOTT (Founder, Radian Partners) |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | (Networking Break) |
| 15:30 - 18:45 | Panel Discussion: “View from Japan: Lessons for the World” Moderator: Joshua WALKER (Eurasia Group) Panelists: FUNABASHI Yoichi (Chairman, API) IIZUKA Keiko (Editorial Writer, Yomiuri Shimbun) Kathy MATSUI (Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs Japan) Linton WELLS (Senior Advisor, Resilience Japan) |
| Panel Discussion: “Geopolitics for 2020 and Beyond” Moderator: Kevin RUDD (26th Prime Minister, Australia) Panelists: John BAIRD (Former Foreign Minister, Canada) Patricia FLOR (Ambassador of the European Union to Japan) David GORDON (Eurasia Group) Kairat KELIMBETOV (Governor, AIFC) MAEDA Tadashi (Governor, JBIC) Fireside Chat: “Tokyo to the World” KOIKE Yuriko (Governor, Tokyo) Vikram KHANNA (Associate Editor, The Straits Times) |
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| 18:45 - 21:00 | Closing Reception Co-Chairs' Greetings: Ian BREMMER (Eurasia Group) NAKANISHI Hiroaki (Keidanren) Honored Guests' Greetings: MOTEGI Toshimitsu (Minister for Foreign Affairs) NISHIMURA Yasutoshi (Minister for Economic Revitalization) Joseph M. YOUNG (Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Embassy of US, Japan) (Sessions and speakers to be confirmed) |