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Tech for Impact Summit 2026
Our third summit brought global leaders across business, policy, and culture to Kioi Conference in Tokyo on April 26, 2026 — a full day of keynotes, panels, closed-door Strategy Dialogues, and roundtables at the intersection of technology, capital, and impact.
Highlights
Moments from 2026
2026 Speakers
70+ Speakers
CEOs, investors, researchers, policymakers, and founders who spoke at Tech for Impact Summit 2026.
Taro Kono
Member of the House of Representatives
Yoshito Hori
President, GLOBIS University / Representative Partner, GLOBIS Capital Partners
Kathy Matsui
General Partner at MPower Partners
Masaaki Taira
Member of the House of Representatives, Former Minister for Digital Affairs
Ken Shibusawa
Representative Director, Shibusawa and Company Inc. | Chairman, Commons Asset Management | CEO, &Capital
Tshilidzi Marwala
Rector, United Nations University; Under-Secretary-General, United Nations
Ken Suzuki
Project Researcher, The University of Tokyo
Charles Hoskinson
CEO & Founder, Input Output Group
Arfiya Eri
Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Member of the House of Representatives
Yat Siu
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Animoca Brands
Rika Nakazawa
Chief Commercial Innovation, NTT
Yumiko Murakami
General Partner, MPower Partners
Miku Hirano
CEO, Cinnamon AI
Jesper Koll
Expert Director for the Monex Group and the Japan Catalyst Fund
Hironao Kunimitsu
Founder of gumi Inc. / CEO of Financie, Inc. / MintTown, Co., Ltd / Thirdverse, Co., Ltd
Sota Watanabe
CEO, Startale Group
Sohei Shinomiya
Executive Director, Group Sustainability Office, Dentsu Group / Head of Sustainability, Dentsu Japan
Ryohei Yanagi, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor, Waseda University Graduate School of Accountancy; Executive Advisor, Abeam Consulting; Deputy President, M&G Investments Japan
Satoshi Hirose
Dean, Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University / Managing Director, GLOBIS Corporation
Chihiro Baba
Head of Impact Business Development, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
Yoshinori Inoue
President & CEO, Happo-en Co., Ltd.
Miwa Seki
General Partner, MPower Partners Fund L.P. / Translator
Kiyoshi Seko
President, Kyoto Fusioneering
Mai Fujimoto
CEO, zERC20
Jaejoon Song
Founder & CEO, Crit Ventures; Global CIO, Com2uS Holdings
Megumi Ikeda
General Partner, Ode Growth Partners
Yukari Saiki
VP & Systemic Impact Lead, Nomura Well-Growing Institute
Masahiro Hata
Representative Partner, GLIN Impact Capital
Reiji Yamanaka
Managing Director, KIBOW Social Impact Investment Fund | Associate Professor, GLOBIS University Graduate School of Management
David Freiberg
Impact Investing and Accounting Lead, Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS), EY Japan
Tim Kelly
Senior Correspondent, Reuters
Lisa Du
Finance Reporter, Bloomberg News
Lauren Nham
Strategy Corp Dev, Office of the CXO, Woven by Toyota
Masato Oowada
Executive Officer, Head of Community Development Division, Japan Convention Services
Shuhei Azuma
Executive Vice President, SLE Energy
Anastasiia Dieieva
CEO, Tokarev Foundation
Jean Schmitt
President and Managing Partner, Jolt Capital
Philipp Moehring
Founding Partner, Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company
Rob Freelen
General Partner, Sozo Ventures
River Akira Davis
Japan Correspondent, The New York Times
Rickie Koo
Partner, DNX Ventures
Masaru Sakamoto
Partner, Benhamou Global Ventures
Robert Garber
Managing Partner, 7wire Ventures
Murat Aktihanoglu
Managing Partner, Remarkable Ventures/ERA
Tiffine Wang
CEO & Managing Partner, Onsen Global
Simon Hirtzel
General Partner & COO, IQ Capital
Victor Mulas
Chief Innovation Officer & President, CIC Catalyst | CIC
Yuuki Watanabe
Senior Researcher & Regional Co-creation Domain Leader, Nikken Sekkei Research Institute
Andy Hwang
General Partner, Wavemaker Partners
Alex Maaza
Ecosystem & Enterprise Growth Lead, Cardano Foundation
Ian Huang
Founding Partner, Good People Ventures | CFO, Gogolook (TWSE: 6902)
Anvesh Madabushi
Investment Manager, Emerald Technology Ventures
Guy Wallace
Executive Advisor / M&A Director / Angel Investor
Nobuyuki Kitamura
Director, NIKKEI THE PITCH, Nikkei Inc.
Akira Okada
Managing Director, Jolt Capital
Deborah Magid
Co-Founder and Managing Director, NextStar Venture Partners; Operating Partner, True Global Ventures
Craig Dickman
Managing Partner, TitletownTech
Naoya Makino
CTO, Sagri Co., Ltd.
Teruo Nishimatsu
Director, Infrastructure & PPP, PwC Advisory LLC
Pang Sittakaradej
Head of SEED, ADB Ventures, Asian Development Bank
Una Softic
Managing Director & CSO, Intertangible; Strategic Advisor, Coinpost
Sera Tsutsumi
Senior Principal, DG Incubation
Yu Shinagawa
Founder & CEO, An-Nahal Inc.
Maiko Kojima
CEO & Founder, Crafter Inc. (Monex Group)
Ian Chun
CEO, Yunomi Life
Harry Dempsey
Tokyo Correspondent, Financial Times
Tennin Yan
CEO, QunaSys
Phillip Pon
CEO, EMURGO
Dylan DeAnda
Field Chief Technology Officer, Doppel
Kazuki Matsuo
Co-Founder & CEO, EX-Fusion
Reina Sasaki
AI Governance & Technology Policy / Former Bloomberg News
Seira Yun
Founder & CEO of Socious / Impact Angel Investor
2026 Schedule
Program
The main stage, closed-door Strategy Dialogues, and roundtables — with English-Japanese interpretation.
09:30 – 09:32
Welcome Remarks
09:32 – 09:34
Opening Remarks
09:45 – 10:15
Entrepreneur's Social Contribution with G1, KIBOW, Mito and LuckyFes
10:20 – 11:00
Japan Strikes Back: Web3 Rewrites the Economic Future
11:10 – 11:25
AI & Blockchain: Japan's Strategy and Policy
11:30 – 11:50
K-Culture Goes Global: The Technology Behind Korea's Cultural Rise
12:00 – 13:00
Networking Lunch
13:00 – 13:40
Women Building the Future: Capital, Boards, and the Pipeline Problem
13:50 – 14:30
Who Governs the Digital Public Square?
14:35 – 14:55
Web4: The Autonomous Agentic Web
15:00 – 15:15
Diplomacy and AI: The United Nations and Global AI Governance
15:40 – 16:20
Learning in the Age of AI: Redesigning Work and Education
16:30 – 17:10
Catalytic Funding & Impact Investment: Bridging Japanese Capital and Global Resilience
17:15 – 17:45
Womenomics to Founder-nomics: Rewriting Japan's Investment Playbook
17:45 – 17:55
Democracy & Diversity: What Japan—and the World—Choose Next
17:55 – 18:00
Closing Remarks
18:30 – 21:00
VIP Dinner
2026 Partners
Partners & Sponsors
The organizations that made Tech for Impact Summit 2026 possible.
Title Partner
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Media
2026 Partner Events
Partner Events
Ready for 2027?
The fourth Tech for Impact Summit returns to Tokyo on May 18–19, 2027. Join the waitlist to hear when the application window opens.