Symposium
(Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall)
The schedule may be subject to change at the discretion of the organizer.
DAY1 6/11
9:00 - 9:25
Opening Ceremony: Kurokawa Noh "Shojo"
Kurokawa Noh kami-za
9:25 - 9:30
Organizer Greeting
Yoshihiro Hirata, Managing Director, Nikkei
9:30 - 9:45
Opening Remarks
Yousuke Isozaki, State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
9:45 - 10:00
Introduction
10:00 - 10:45
Global agriculture environment: What are the necessary conditions for an agritech unicorn?
Takeshi Matsumoto, President & CEO, Farm Alliance Management
Hiro Matsumoto, Vice President, Strategic Investment and Business Development, Olam International Limited
Kenji Kushida, Research Scholar, Shorenstein APARC, Stanford University
Stephen van Helden, Business Development, Zymergen
Moderator:
Yuito Yamada, Partner, McKinsey & Company Inc. Japan
10:45 - 11:30
AgriTech & FinTech will change the world: Cashless processes will change the distribution
Daisuke Yamada, Mizuho Financial Group
Shin Kikuch, Founder/CEO, Planet Table
11:30 - 11:45
Complete Aquaculture Fish will Come: Tuna Dismantling Show!
11:45 - 13:00
Lunch Networking
13:00 - 13:45
Fisheries Technology to Revitalize the Coast: Facing the True Crisis of Fisheries
Kiyoshi Ejima, Member, House of Councillors, Japan
Nobuhiro Nagaya, Senior Managing Director, National Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations
Shigeto Hase, Director, Fisheries Agency
Kouichi Okamura, CEO, Okamura Foods
Moderator:
Masaaki Sano, Professor, Kagoshima Universtiy
13:45 - 14:15
Singularity of medicine and agriculture: Food and agriculture seen from the perspective of regenerative medicine
Hideyuki Okano, Professor, Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Keio University / Chairman, Graduate School of Medicine, Keio University
Kenji Kushida, Research Scholar, Shorenstein APARC, Stanford University
14:15 - 15:00
Farm Stay on Move: Its Charm and significance in the inbound 40 million people era
Hidehiko Hioki, Director, Interaction Between Urban and Rural Areas Division Rural Policy Department Rural Development Bureau, MAFF
Yasuhiro Kamiyama, Representative Director of Japan Countryside Stay Association / CEO, Hyakusenrenma
Kazukiyo Izawa, Representative, Chiiori Alliance
Adam Fulford, CEO, Fulford Enterprises
Moderator:
Mitsutoshi Saito, Executive officer, Sales Planning & Marketing Department, Nokyo Tourist Corporation
15:00 - 15:45
Australian agriculture aims for global growth: Opportunities for farmers and agriculture sector
Andrew Lai, Accelerator Director, Sprout X
Tony Mahar, CEO, National Farmers’ Federation
John Harvey, Managing Director, Agrifutures Australia
Moderator:
Kazunuki Ooizumi, Professor Emeritus, Miyagi University
15:45 - 16:30
Agriculture of Future: The Startup Perspective
Satoshi Koike, President & CEO, vegetalia
Matias Viel, CEO, Beeflow
Sasan Amini, CEO, ClearLabs
Moderator:
Kenji Kushida, Research Scholar, Shorenstein APARC, Stanford University
16:30 - 16:45
Digital Innovation of the JA Group (Keynote)
Genichi Jinde, President & CEO, ZEN-NOH
16:45 - 17:15
Digital Innovation of the JA Group (Panel)
Genichi Jinde, President & CEO, ZEN-NOH
Tetsuya Kanamaru, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Food & Agri Banking Business Division, The Norinchukin Bank
Tadanori Yoshida, Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei
Moderator:
Yasufumi Miwa, Sinior Specialist, The Japan Research Institute
17:15 - 18:00
State-of-the-art analytical technology in agriculture: Creating true added value
Masaru Tomita, Professor, Director and Professor, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University
Hiroshi Kurita, President & CEO, Seak
Keitaro Kato, Professor, Fisheries Laboratory, Kindai University
Moderator:
Chiaki Hayashi, Co-founder, Loftwork
DAY2 6/12
9:00 - 9:45
The Future of Food is a Now: Don't Miss Out on a Revolution
Bojana Bajzelj, Scientific Adviser, WRAP
Michael Selden, CEO, Finless Foods
Yuki Hanyu, CEO, Integriculture
Alec Lee, CEO, Ava Winery
Moderator:
Seena Amidi, Board Member, Plug and Play Tech Center
9:45 - 10:00
Agricultural Innovation
Kunio Noji, Chairman of the Board, Komatsu
10:00 - 10:30
Accelerating Agriculture: The Industry's Innovation Leap Forward
Guy Hudson, Executive Director, SparkLabs Cultiv8
Seena Amidi, Board Member, Plug and Play Tech Center
Shaina Silva, Director of Industry Accelerations, RocketSpace
Moderator:
Nikola Pavesic, AG/SUM
10:30 - 10:45
NARO aims at Innovation of Agriculture and Food
Kazuo Kyuma, President, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
10:45 - 11:00
Disrupting food in China: Through the eyes of an investor
Matilda Ho, Managing Director, Bits x Bites
11:00 - 12:30
Pich Run: Part I
Finless Foods （USA）
Inspecto （Israel）
Base Food （Japan）
Sugarlogix （USA）
AVA Winery （USA）
Impact Vision （USA）
JuiceInnov8 （Thailand）
OriginTrail （Slovenia）
Bio Marker （USA）
Fermenstation （Japan）
Musca （Japan）
GRA&GREEN （Japan）
PlantX （Japan）
12:30 - 13:15
Lunch Networking
13:15 - 14:00
Farms: Vertical and Hydroponics: Which way will the water flow?
Adam Dixon, CEO, Phytoponics
Kurt Kelty, Senior Vice President, Plenty
Moderator:
Guy Hudson, Executive Director, SparkLabs Cultiv8
14:00 - 15:00
The dawn of Japanese agriculture: Big data, robotics, and environmental control
Yoshikazu Kusumi, NTT Research and Development Planning Department Strategic Business Creation Team Senior Manager
Yuriko kato, Owner, M2 Labo.Inc.
Tomomasa Oikawa,CEO, Nousouken Corporation
Shunji Sugaya, President, OPTiM Corporation
Moderator:
Shinnosuke Kubota, Journalist
15:00 - 16:30
Pich Run: Part II
Huxley （Netherlands）
Earth Rover （UK）
Tarsens （Turkey）
RealtimeData （Australia）
Biome Makers （USA）
Nofence （Norway）
Agribody Technologies （USA）
AFINGEN （USA）
Tarfin （Turkey）
FLUX IOT （USA）
Farm Alliance+JMAC+Softbuild （Japan）
VegiBus Inc. （Japan）
16:30 - 17:15
GMO Reclaimed: Genetics Implications for Agriculture
Tracey Reynolds, Director, Global Regulatory Policy and Scientific Affairs, Monsanto Company
Hiroshi Ezura, Professor, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Yutaka Tabei, The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)
Moderator:
Ryo Osawa, Professor, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
17:15 - 17:30
The Future of AgriAI: Robotics and Automation
Niall Mottram, Head of Product Development, Cambridge Consultants
17:30 - 18:00
AgriAI: Feeding the Algorithms to Feed Humanity
Valeria Pesce, Project Manager, GODAN
Jeffrey Law, CTO, Autogrow
Ranveer Chandra, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, Microsoft
Moderator:
Una Softic, AG/SUM