Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)Shiro Akiyama

Director, Americas Division He leads a team conducting a wide variety of economic research projects and business consultation at Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO).

During his overseas assignments in the U.S., the EU and West Africa, he had numerous opportunities to assist both Japanese SMEs and large enterprises entering new markets and expanding the business based upon its global network as well as long experiences in trade and investment promotion. He received a bachelor in Economics and Political Science from Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan) and a master in Public Administration from Solvay Business School at Free University of Brussels (Brussels, Belgium).

Introduction of Lecturers

Associate Professor at Babson UniversityYasuhiro Yamakawa
Partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Lawyer（California, Illinois)Nancy Yamaguchi
Research scholar at Stanford University Asia Pacific Research Center Japan Program
Project Leader of the Stanford Silicon Valley – New Japan ProjectKenji Kushida
Founder of Community Organizing Japan
Researcher at Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International AffairsKanoko Kamata
Co-founder and CEO of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals
CEO of S&R FoundationSachiko Kuno
General Partner, Core Ventures GroupJoanna Drake
EastMeetEast founder and CEOMariko Tokioka
Director of Education, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial JournalismJeremy Caplan
Sekai CreatorSteve Sakanashi
Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)Shiro Akiyama
Shienjuku,Ltd. CEOYuriko Otani
G&S Global Advisors Inc. President & Representative DirectorSakie T. Fukushima
Recruit Holdings, Inc. Nagoya University
Auditor, Recruit Holdings, Inc. Visiting Professor, Nagoya UniversityYasuaki Nishiura
New York University Director of Digital Adjunct ProfessorMuck Bernet
JUNKO KOSHINO Inc. DesignerJUNKO KOSHINO
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPBradley K. Edmister