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Japan Symposium 2023

Lunch Plenary | Innovations for a Thriving Society

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A global innovations race is underway. With humanity facing increasingly challenging crises—global warming, infectious and non-communicable diseases, lack of access to financial services and the formal economy, inability to participate in the real economy—companies and governments around the world are racing to incubate and scale the ideas that could solve these issues, and to take the lead in building back better. What are the biggest challenges today that will require the most creative solutions? What innovations are needed to ensure more people enjoy good health and well-being in the years ahead? 

    Welcome Remarks

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    Yuka Shimokawa

    Associate Director, Business and Program Development, Milken Institute

    Moderator

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    Michelle Ye Hee Lee

    Tokyo Bureau Chief, The Washington Post

    Speakers

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    Hiroaki Kitano

    Chief Technology Officer, Sony Group Corp; CEO, Sony AI; President, Sony Computer Science Lab; Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science
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    Kathy Matsui

    General Partner, MPower Partners
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    Ken Suzuki

    Co-Founder and CEO, SmartNews; Project Researcher, The University of Tokyo