NEST2016

OVERVIEW

The New Economy Summit is a global conference organized by the Japan Association of New Economy. Since it was first held in 2013, the annual summit has brought together global entrepreneurs and innovators at the forefront of the new economy and industry to discuss and anticipate future trends.

This year’s NEST 2017 will feature renowned speakers spearheading the world of innovation to talk about such timely topics as AI and the sharing economy. The pitch event, “NEST STARTUP CHALLENGE”, will gather together world-class startups.

Join us in NEST 2017 for a glimpse of what is to come and for an experience of the world of cutting-edge innovations.

Event Name:
New Economy Summit(NEST) 2017
Conference Date:
April 6 (Thursday) – 7 (Friday), 2017
Location:
Hotel New Otani
Tokyo 4-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8578
Organizing Association:
Japan Association of New Economy (JANE)
Support:
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications / Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry / Osaka City / Kobe City / Fukuoka City / The U.S. Embassy, U.S. Commercial Service

PROGRAM

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Friday, April 7, 2017

9:00
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10:00

VC Session：Driving Innovation by Entrepreneurship– What are crucial elements for startups? –

Ashvin Bachireddy　Founding Partner, Geodesic Capital
Peter Bell Chairman, BCSV / Senior Advisor, Highland Capital Partners
Michael Jaconi Co-Founder and CEO, Button
Zafer Younis Partner, 500 Startups
MODERATOR / Saemin Ahn Managing Partner, Rakuten Ventures

11:30
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12:00

PITCHEVENT

NEST STARTUP CHALLENGE

1.　POCKET MARCHE / Pocket Marche, Inc.　(Infinity Ventures Summit)
2.　aba　(Samurai Island Expo)
3.　Smart Parking / seed inc.　(Monthly Pitch)
4.　CQV (ComQuest Ventures) / ComQuest Ventures Japan LLC　(National Strategic Special Zone)
5.　Online Fitting Service FITTY / FITTIN Co., Ltd.　(KOBE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM)
6.　Capillary Analysis System“CAS” / At Co.,Ltd.　(Osaka Innovation Hub)
7.　FOVE　(Slush Tokyo)
8.　Dattabot / Dattabot　(Tech in Asia)
9.　BRING / JEPLAN, INC.　(Morning Pitch)
10.　AGRIBUDDY / AGRIBUDDY Ltd.　(Mirai2017)
11.　The platform of genome/personal-mechicine / G-TAC Co., Ltd.　(SIDO Next Innovator 2016)

12:10
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13:00

LUNCH

13:00
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13:30

Opening Remarks

13:30
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14:15

Keynote Speech

Ben Horowitz Co-Founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
MODERATOR / Hiroshi Mikitani Chairman & CEO, Rakuten, Inc. / Representative Director, Japan Association of New Economy

14:30
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15:15

Session1

Sustainable Visions of Future– the Circular Economy and “Living Anywhere” –

Takashi Inoue President and CEO, LIFULL Co.,Ltd. / Director, Japan Association of New Economy
Taizo Son Representative Director, President and CEO, Mistletoe, Inc.
MODERATOR / Chikatomo Hodo Chairman, Accenture Japan / Executive member, Japan Association of New Economy

15:15
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15:45

Keynote Speech

Drew Houston CEO and Co-Founder, Dropbox
MODERATOR / George Nishiyama Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal Japan

16:00
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17:00

Session2

Donald Trump presidency and its impact on global business, economy and society

Yoichi Funabashi Co-Founder and Chairman, the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation
Peter Landers Tokyo Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal
Kathy Matsui Vice Chair, Co-head of Macro Research in Asia and Chief Japan Strategist, Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.

17:00
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17:45

Session3

Future of Video Streaming Service

Susumu Fujita President, CyberAgent, Inc / Vice Representative Director, Japan Association of New Economy
Akira Morikawa CEO, C Channel Corporation
MODERATOR / Koichiro Yoshida President and CEO, CrowdWorks Inc. / Director, Japan Association of New Economy

17:45
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18:15

Special Session

Hisataka Kobayashi Chief Scientist / Senior Investigator, Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute / NIH
MODERATOR / Etsuko Nagayama Editorial Writer, The Mainichi Newspapers

9:30
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10:15

Session4

Fintech in An Uncertain World

Matt Danzeisen Portfolio Manager, Thiel Capital
James Gutierrez CEO & Co-Founder, Insikt, Inc / Founder, Oportun
Kristo Kaarmann Co-Founder, TransferWise
Michael Laven CEO, Currencycloud
MODERATOR / Oskar Mielczarek de la Miel Managing Partner, Rakuten FinTech Fund / Executive Officer, Rakuten Inc.

10:15
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10:30

Session5

Driving Innovation with IoT Solutions

Wangcheng Jiang Vice President, Marketing & Solutions Department, Huawei

11:45
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12:00

Session6

Women’s Views on Startup Ecosystems – in Asia and Silicon Valley –

Ernestine Fu Venture Partner, Alsop Louie Partners
Rachel Lau Co-Founder, RHL Ventures
Grace Sai CEO & Co-Founder, Impact Hub Singapore Managing Partner, Hub Ventures Fund
MODERATOR / Yuka Tanimoto Forbes Japan, Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Web Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Japan

11:30
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12:30

LUNCH

12:30
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13:30

Session7

Ride-sharing, Car-sharing and Autonomous cars– Technology changes our relationship with cars –

Juan de Antonio Founder and CEO, Cabify
Masataka Osaki Japan Country Manager, VP Corporate Sales, NVIDIA
Mudassir Sheikha CEO and Co-Founder, Careem
Sam Zaid Founder and CEO, Getaround
MODERATOR / Noriyuki Matsuda Founder & CEO, SOURCENEXT CORP / Director, Japan Association of New Economy

13:30
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14:00

Special Session

Junichiro Koizumi

14:20
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14:50

Special Session

YOSHIKI Composer, Producer, Entrepreneur
MODERATOR / Hiroshi Mikitani Chairman & CEO, Rakuten, Inc. / Representative Director, Japan Association of New Economy

15:00
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15:40

Keynote Speech

Tom Kelley Partner, IDEO Founder & Chairman, D4V (Design for Ventures)

15:40
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16:40

Session8

Sky's the limit - expanding the world of drone applications and airspace safety

Ben Marcus CEO and Co-Founder, AirMap
Gajan Mohanarajah Co-Founder and CEO, Rapyuta Robotics
Takashi Toraishi Executive Officer, Office Manager, Chief Executive Innovation Office Rakuten, Inc.
Tian Yu Founder and CEO, YUNEEC technology
MODERATOR / Tim Hornyak Science and Technology Journalist

16:50
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17:50

Session9

How AI will change our future

Jay Bellissimo General Manager and Chief Revenue Officer, Watson & Cloud Platform (W&CP), IBM
Yutaka Matsuo Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Masaya Mori Rakuten, Inc. Executive Officer / Global Head, Rakuten Institute of Technology World Wide / Secretary of Japan Institute of Information Technology
MODERATOR / Yosuke Tsuji Founder & CEO, Money Forward, Inc. / Executive Member, Japan Association of New Economy

17:50
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18:20

CLOSING SESSION

19:00
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20:30

NETWORKING PARTY