Event Programs
9:00 AM
Registration opens
10:00 - 10:05 AM
 Hall A
Welcome Remarks
Yuka Shimokawa (Head of Business Development, X&KSK)
10:05 - 10:10 AM
 Hall A
Opening Remarks
Ken Hasebe (Mayor, Shibuya City)
10:15 - 10:45 AM
Session #1
Hall A
If you were 25 years old now, what would you do?
Keisuke Honda (General Partner, X&KSK)
Susumu Fujita (CEO & President, CyberAgent)
Moderator: Naoyuki Hiraishi (Announcer "ABEMA Prime", TV-Asahi Corporation)
10:45 - 11:15 AM
Hall B
Break / Networking
11:15 - 11:45 PM
Session #2
Hall A
Shaping Tomorrow
Alexis Ohanian (Founder, Seven Seven Six & Co-Founder and Former Executive Chairman, Reddit)
Moderator: Tashi Nakanishi (CEO & Managing Partner, X& Group)
11:45 - 1:15 PM
Hall B
Lunch Break / Networking
1:15 - 1:30 PM
Hall A
Breathwork by Open
Raed Khawaja (CEO & Co-Founder, Open)
1:30 - 2:00 PM
Session #3
Hall A
Expats Transforming Japan’s Market
Russell Cummer (Founder & Executive Chairman, Paidy)
David Ha (Co-founder & CEO, Sakana AI)
Moderator: Joichi Ito (Co-founder and board member, Digital Garage & President, Chiba Institute of Technology)
2:00 - 2:25 PM
Hall B
Break / Networking
2:25 - 2:55 PM
Session #4
Hall A
Advancing Science, Extending Lifespan
Joe Betts-LaCroix (CEO, Retro Biosciences)
Moderator: Allyson Dias (Managing Partner, X& Group)
2:55- 3:20 PM
Hall B
Break / Networking
3:20 - 3:50 PM
Session #5
Hall A
What AI Needs Next
Jeremy Howard (Co-Founder & CEO, Answer.AI)
Moderator: Tiho Bajic (Managing Partner, X& Group)
3:50 - 4:10 PM
Hall B
Break / Networking
4:10 - 4:40 PM
Session #6
Hall A
A Dialogue across Screens
Simu Liu (General Partner, Markham Valley Ventures)
Hajime Syacho (Video creator)
Moderator: Tashi Nakanishi (CEO & Managing Partner, X& Group)
4:40 - 5:25 PM
Hall B
Break / Networking
5:25 - 5:35 PM
 Hall A
Tokyu Land Corporation's Urban Development and Startup Support in Shibuya
Yasuhiro Kurokawa (Operating Officer Shibuya Development Business Division Urban Business Unit, Tokyu Land Corporation)
5:35 - 6:05 PM
Session #7
Hall A
The Year of Startup Breakthroughs
Keisuke Honda (General Partner, X&KSK)
Fumiaki Kobayashi (Member, House of Representatives)
Moderator: Norihiko Sasaki (CEO, Pivot)
6:15 - 6:25 PM
Hall A
Prime Minister Kishida’s Speech
Fumio Kishida (Prime Minister, Japan)
6:25 - 6:30 PM
Hall A
Closing Remarks
Kohei Yamamoto (Managing Partner, X&KSK)
6:30 - 8:00 PM
Hall B
Closing Reception