Speakers
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Peter Swain
FUTURIST
Peter Swain
FUTURIST
Peter is an international speaker, best selling author and advocate for AI enablement in all areas of business. Prior to his newfound career in helping people and companies decode AI, Peter was a digital marketeer with over 25 years at the forefront of technology disruption. With a tech career that started with developing yelp (before internet explorer was launched!) he has owned and managed agencies involved in over 1,400 projects with market leaders such as Jamie Oliver, Microsoft, Apple, Google and more. Peter's current focus is to use the knowledge and experience gained from being at the epicentre of 2 tech paradigm shifts to help individuals and institutions see what they have, what they need to succeed and how to bridge the two.On a personal front, Peter is a grateful husband and proud father of two children that continually remind him of the power of being present, 3 time business mastery winner and a terrible golfer that splits his time between Miami and the UK. Peter's driving force is the power of "why?", a word and thought process he believes is often skipped over in favor of words like "how", "who" and "what".
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Riku Sugie
Paidy Inc.
Riku Sugie
Paidy Inc. / Executive Advisor
After working at Fuji Bank (former Mizuho Financial Group), Accenture, and GE Consumer Finance, Riku became President and CEO of Shinsei Financial in 2012. From 2016, he also served concurrently as an Executive Officer of Shinsei Bank. In November 2017, he assumed the role of President and CEO of Paidy, which was acquired by PayPal for ¥300 billion in October 2021. Starting November 2021, he also served as Vice President at PayPal headquarters. Beginning in 2025, he started serving as Executive Advisor at Paidy.
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Ruriko Tsushima
Medical Corporation Women's Wellness Life Clinic
Ruriko Tsushima
Medical Corporation Women's Wellness Life Clinic President
Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Doctor of Medicine. Chairperson of Women's Wellness Women's Life Clinic Ginza Shinjuku Medical Corporation. Graduated from Hirosaki University School of Medicine in 1984, and opened Women's Wellness Ginza Clinic (now Women's Life Clinic Ginza) in 2002. Provides comprehensive medical care for women. In 2003, established the NPO Women's Medical Network with a comprehensive view of women's minds, bodies, and society. Provides information on lifelong health support for women, conducts awareness-raising activities, and makes policy recommendations. Established the Japan Women's Foundation in 2020, a system in which supporters work together to help women who are in poverty and have nowhere to go.
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Ryan Graves
Saltwater
Ryan Graves
Founder & CEO, Saltwater
Ryan Graves is the Founder & CEO of Saltwater, his family office, incubation, and investment firm. The Saltwater portfolio holds Restless Energy, owner of @Art on instagram, GPX, a logistics & supply chain SaaS business, Mayven Studios, a world class software design and development firm, along with a growing venture portfolio. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of charity:water, Pachama Inc. Formerly, he served as Board Director and SVP Global Operations for Uber Technologies Inc. from founding to IPO. Graves was the first employee, first CEO, and a member of Uber’s founding team. Ryan's career has been a mix of business and technology roles ranging from startups such as Uber and foursquare to corporations such as General Electric and CNA Insurance. Graves currently resides on Kauai with his wife and 4 sons, and holds a BA in Economics from Miami University (OH).
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Ryo Ito
Sapporo City
Ryo Ito
Sapporo City Chief of Startup promotion section
I worked as a MR for a pharmaceutical company, a sales representative for a major advertising agency, and a manager for a foreign advertising agency before becoming a founding member of a micro-mobility startup as its business development manager. In 2022, I was appointed to the position of Chief of Sapporo Startup Promotion Section, where I launched the “STARTUP HOKKAIDO Executive Committee,” an all-Hokkaido startup support organization, and opened “Social Hall Young” on the top floor of City Hall as a space for startups and their supporters to interact.
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Ryoji Nakamura
TOTO LTD.
Ryoji Nakamura
TOTO LTD. Digital Innovation Division / General Manager
Ryoji joined TOTO Ltd. in 1995. After experiencing various roles in engineering and marketing section, he was assigned as a Sr. director of Advanced Ceramics Division at TOTO USA Inc. in 2007 and played an important role in developing several businesses in semiconductor and fiber optics field. In 2020, TOTO launched Digital Innovation Division and he was appointed as its general manager. Ryoji earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Applied Chemistry from Osaka University, Japan.
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Ryoji Setoguchi
Spacewasp Co., Ltd.
Ryoji Setoguchi
Spacewasp Co., Ltd. Co-founder CMO&CBO
After graduating from Hiroshima University's Faculty of Integrated Science, I joined Sangetsu, a trading company specializing in interior materials, where I was engaged in sales. Later, after working in sales and corporate planning office at Aidma HD, I started personal business. Since starting personal business, I have been involved in the launch of new businesses for several startups and listed companies, including an Ed Tech startup, a 3D printer manufacturing directional acoustic microphone, and Prop Tech. I have been building services from a branding and marketing perspective.
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Ryosuke Kikuchi
METI
Ryosuke Kikuchi
METI IT Innovation Division Deputy Director
In 2007, Ryosuke joined the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. He has been actively involved in the planning and design of policies aimed at promoting carbon footprint reduction using the LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) method. He has taken the lead in planning and designing collaborative projects between academia, industry, and government to facilitate the adoption of next-generation vehicles, such as electric vehicles, and to advance model-based development, a key methodology in automobile development. Additionally, he has worked in the human resources department and contributed to the planning and coordination of responses to the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. In 2022, he served as the Deputy Director of the Information Technology Utilization Promotion Division (IT Innovation Division), where he was responsible for overseeing the MITOU Program and the Regional DX Promotion Lab.
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Ryosuke Ushida
Financial Services Agency of Japan
Ryosuke Ushida
Financial Services Agency of Japan
Ryosuke leads initiatives related to digital innovation in financial sector as Chief FinTech Officer of the JFSA. He also serves as the Co-chair of Virtual Asset Task Force, FATF. Prior to his current position, he has conducted a research on regulatory framework and governance mechanism in decentralized financial system as the Senior Fellow of Cyber SMART research center at Georgetown University from July 2019 to June 2021. He holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School.
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Ryuichiro Toyoshi
Tokuiten Inc.
Ryuichiro Toyoshi
Tokuiten Inc. CEO
He graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology (KOSEN) ,Gifu College. Achieved a runner-up position in the NHK High School Robot Contest during his studies. After graduation, he became independent and engaged in web system development. In 2011, he established Misoca Inc. and developed the cloud-based billing management service "Misoca," which has grown to serve over 200,000 businesses. Subsequently, he sold the company and stepped down as representative director. He completed the Agricultural Entrepreneur Development Training Program at Okazaki Agricultural College in 2020. Determined to dedicate the rest of his life to addressing truly pressing issues, he co-founded Tokuiten Inc. in August 2021 and assumed the position of representative director.
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Ryusuke Komura
Venture Café Tokyo
Ryusuke Komura
Venture Café Tokyo / Executive Director
Experienced in IT and organizational development, with an MBA from Babson College. Led the launch of Venture Café Tokyo in 2018, fostering global innovation ecosystems. Currently serving in a leadership role since January 2024.
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Yukie Tamagawa
Proto-β LLC.
Yukie Tamagawa
President, Proto-β LLC.
Born in 1984 in Gifu Prefecture. A producer of tiles. The president of Proto-β LLC., providing tile brand “TILEmade”.She established a company to plan tiles, utilizing the technology from her family business “Tamagawa Glaze”, aiming at the promotion of the tiles from Gifu / Higashi-Mino and succession of the culture. Before the launch of her company, she worked for six years in Tokyo, as a secretary to members of the Minato City Council, a member of a startup company, and a project manager at an urban development company.In 2017, She returned to her hometown and work in the custom-made tile business and local communitydevelopment. In her private life, she loves traveling, climbing mountains, and picking up trash activity.
