Speakers

(as of December 13, 2024)
*Honorifics and titles omitted, names in no particular order.
*Speakers are subject to change.
Online / Video

Yojiro Hatakeyama, Director-General for GX Policy Coordination, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI, who was scheduled to speak on Monday, December 16, Hideki Ito, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency, and John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy, USA, who were scheduled to speak on Tuesday, December 17, will be giving video lectures.
In addition, a video lecture by Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, has been confirmed.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Kunihiro Tanaka, Founder and CEO, Sakura Internet, who was scheduled to speak on Monday, December 16, will be replaced by Akihiro Maeda, Director.

Katsuhiro Akimoto

Mayor
City of Sapporo

Naomichi Suzuki

Governor
Hokkaido

John Podesta

Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy, USA

Jahi Wise

Former Special Assistant to the President for Climate Policy and Finance, USA

Hideki Ito

Commissioner
Financial Services Agency

Naoki Shigetake

COO
GX Acceleration Agency

Rahm Emanuel

U.S. Ambassador to Japan

Tomonori Hirata, Senior Vice President, Mitsubishi Corp.

Jarl Frijs-Madsen

Ambassador-Designate of Denmark to Japan

William Lim

Japan Program Leader
Danish Energy Agency

Rebecca Mikula-Wright

CEO
Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC)

Hiroyuki Arita

President and CEO
BlackRock Japan

Ryosuke Matsubayashi

President
Air Water

Chisato Kawamura

President
Hokkaido Gas

Susumu Saito

President and Director
Hokkaido Electric Power

Yuji Kanema

President
Hokkaido Bank

Hironobu Tsuyama

President
North Pacific Bank

Tomomi Kii

Mayor
Town of Shikaoi

Yutaka Matsuzawa

Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs
Ministry of the Environment

Evan Felsing

Economic Minister Counselor
Embassy of the United States of America, Japan

Sean Kidney

CEO
Climate Bonds Initiative

Yojiro Hatakeyama

Director-General for GX Policy Coordination
Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI

Bert Hunter

Chief Investment Officer
Connecticut Green Bank

Shuhei Abe

President
Sparx Group

Fumiyo Harada

Managing Executive Officer
Development Bank of Japan

Shingo Kayama

Strategy, Risk and Transactions Leader
Deloitte Tohmatsu Group

Tetsuya Suwabe

President
Eurus Energy Holdings

Yoshihiro Aizawa

CEO
Aizawa Concrete

Lars Ulrich Jensen

Associate Director of Wind Origination Team
EIFO

Tom Vile Jensen

Deputy Director
F&P (Insurance & Pension Denmark)

Clément Helbig de Balzac

CEO
Copenhagen Offshore Partners Japan

Kaori Nemoto

Innovation Planning Director
Research Design Headquarters, Hakuhodo

Motoo Ide

Managing Director
Yotsuba Milk Products

Hidenori Kawamura

Professor
Hokkaido University

Masahiko Sawa

Executive Vice President
Idemitsu Kosan

Yuichiro Fujiyama

Senior Vice President, CTO
ENEOS Holdings

Hiroyuki Mori

Executive Vice President
Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security

Yoshiharu Ishii

Visiting Professor
Hokkaido University Public Policy School

Fumihiro Kajikawa

Director
GX Acceleration Agency

Hideki Takada

Director
GX Acceleration Agency

Satoshi Ikeda

Director of the Strategy Development Division
Financial Services Agency

Noriyoshi Fukuoka

Director, Wind Energy Project Promotion Office
METI

Nobuo Sakuragi

Managing Executive Officer
Mizuho Bank

Masayuki Takanashi

Chief Sustainability Officer (CSuO)
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

Koichiro Oshima

Managing Executive Officer
MUFG Bank

Hirotoshi Uehara

Executive Officer
Panasonic Operational Excellence

Hiroaki Murase

General Manager
ITOCHU

Yoshihiko Ichikawa

Head of Cross-Industry Collaboration & Development Unit, Energy Transformation Business Group
Sumitomo Corp.

Keiji Okagaki

General Manager, Off-Shore Wind and Domestic Renewable Energy Dept.
Marubeni

Yasuhiro Uchida

Managing Officer
Mitsui & Co.

Tomonori Hirata

Senior Vice President
Mitsubishi Corp.

Akihiro Maeda

Director
Sakura Internet

Yuji Oshima

Director, Sustainable Society Design Group, Research & Consulting Division
Japan Research Institute

Yasuko Watabe

General Manager and Head of Sustainable Investment, Sustainable Investment Division
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking

Takahito Matsuzawa

Senior Chief Engineer
Tokyo Electron

Purpose of the event

With the enactment of the GX Promotion Act in May 2023, and the acceleration of Green Transformation (GX) initiatives by governments and companies, four areas -- Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Hokkaido -- were designated as "Special Zones for Financial and Asset Management Businesses" in June 2024. In addition to finance-related matters, Sapporo in Hokkaido will intensively relax regulations related to renewable energy to attract GX investment from Japan and overseas.

The event will also encourage international collaboration. In the Japan-U.S. Joint Leaders’ Statement issued in April this year, the U.S. announced initiatives to accelerate climate change countermeasures. In Asia, the Asia GX Consortium has been established to promote transition finance for decarbonization, and initiatives to expand the base of transition finance in Asia, mainly in Japan, will progress.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the City of Sapporo, Nikkei Inc, and TV Hokkaido will co-host the NIKKEI FORUM Global GX/Finance Conference Sapporo. In collaboration with European countries, the U.S. and Asian countries, we will consider various issues of the GX strategy, which is expected to be a new source of industrial competitiveness for Japan in the global market.

Topics

Latest facts and insights on Japan's green transformation and finance
Challenges towards making Sapporo an international GX financial city
Renewable energy (wind, hydrogen, etc.) and regional collaboration
Accumulation of GX and advanced industries
Vision for the future of GX and regional economies
GX finance and regional finance
Efforts towards CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage) and next-generation energy

Outline

Date & Time: December 16 (Mon) 10:30-17:35 (JST) 17 (Tue) 9:00-16:30 (JST)

Venue: Hotel Monterey Edelhof Sapporo
Access

Format

In-Person & Online

* In-Person: Capacity of 250

* Online: Live streaming & Archive streaming

Fee: Pre-registration is required.
Free of charge.
Registration Deadline
*IN PERSON: Registration has been closed.
*ONLINE STREAMING: Registration has been closed.

Organizers: City of Sapporo
Nikkei Inc.
TV Hokkaido

Cooperation: Team Sapporo-Hokkaido

Sponsors: Air Water
Sparx Group
Deloitte Tohmatsu Group
Aizawa Concrete
Idemitsu Kosan
ENEOS Holdings

Inquiries

Secretariat of NIKKEI FORUM Global GX/Finance Conference Sapporo gxs2024@creative-net.co.jp

Media coverage

Covering the Forum requires advance registration and permission from the organizers.
For further details, please contact the Secretariat of NIKKEI FORUM Global GX/Finance Conference Sapporo.

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