Session
Sustainable Environment
Innovating for Climate Change: Strategies and Solutions
Explore innovative approaches for companies to pursue sustainability amid accelerating climate change. Discuss how the adoption of new business models and technologies can contribute to solving environmental issues while enhancing competitiveness.
Available passes
- Executive
- Business/Startup
- Rising Star
- City
Language：Japanese
Speakers
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Junichi Hataoka
SyncMOF Inc.
Junichi Hataoka
SyncMOF Inc. / CEO
After graduating from Waseda University, I worked at Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) in the ERATO project, where I was involved in the development of MOF-related equipment and the formulation of evaluation standards. I then worked at Accenture from upstream to downstream in the semiconductor, food, GMS, and pharmaceutical industries, where I gained experience in business improvement and problem solving. In 2019, I founded SyncMOF Inc. I also provides entrepreneurship education and support to entrepreneurs, and has successfully exited the companies I supports.
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Madoka Sawa
Ensow inc.
Madoka Sawa
Ensow inc. CEO
Former Executive Officer of Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. Served as the Director of the Microsoft Technology Center until August 2020. Engaged in advisory and consulting activities across a wide range of fields, including digital transformation (DX), productivity improvement for business professionals, cybersecurity, and organizational management. Holds titles as an advisor and evangelist for multiple companies and shares information as a role model for "parallel careers." Additionally, actively collaborates with influencers in fashion, beauty, and automotive industries.
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Taeko Yamaki
Organoid Farm Inc.
Taeko Yamaki
Organoid Farm Inc. CEO
After graduating from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2008, joined JGC Group and worked as a plant process engineer for oil & gas processing plant. Later joining the Strategic Planning Office, started cultured meat development project. In 2021, started Organoid Farm Inc. as affiliated company of JGC JAPAN and promoting the development of production technologies for cultured meat, aiming for its industrialization by 2030.
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Seita Emori
Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo
Seita Emori
Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo
Born in 1970 in Kanagawa Prefecture. After obtaining a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo in 1997, he worked at the National Institute for Environmental Studies. He served as Head of the Climate Risk Assessment Research Section and Deputy Director of the Earth System Division before assuming his current position in 2022. He also supervises students at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo. His expertise is in climate science. He was a lead author for both the Fifth and Sixth Assessment Reports of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). His publications include Extreme Weather and Human Choices and Is the Prediction of Global Warming 'Correct'?, co-authored works such as How 'Scary' is Global Warming?, and supervised works like Recently, It's Been Too Hot on Earth.
