I'll be speaking at the Creative City Summit 2014!
http://creative-city.jp/docs/CreativeCitySummit2014pamph.pdf

The following is an excerpt from the website below:
http://creative-city.jp/news/2014/1001_120000.html

Event Overview: The
Creative City Consortium has entered its fifth year since its establishment in August 2010.
During this time, a diverse range of private-sector companies, academics, government agencies, organizations, and individuals have collaborated to “realize a creative city through open
innovation,” working to explore what kind of environment would allow people to work, play, and live
creatively in urban areas.

The Creative City Consortium is engaged in activities aimed at realizing a “Creative City” under the themes of “Good Life,
” “Diversity,” andOpportunity, and is working to
realize the vision of a Creative City. Focusing on the theme of “Opportunity
,” we are pleased to announce the Creative
City Summit 2014: “Opportunity—From Idea to Business,”
a seminar featuring business leaders who have turned their ideas into successful ventures. The event will be held at Shibuya Hikarie Hall.

We look forward to welcoming everyone interested to the event. Please click here for more
details.

Date and Time: Saturday, December 6
, 2014, 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.　

Location
: Shibuya Hikarie Hall, Hall A [
Directions to the Venue] 2-21-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8510, 9th Floor, Shibuya Hikarie.
Directly connected to Exit 15 of “Shibuya Station” on the
Tokyu Toyoko and Den-en-toshi Lines, as well as the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon and Fukutoshin Lines.　Directly connected via a 2nd-floor connecting passageway to “Shibuya Station” on the JR Lines, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, and Keio Inokashira Line.

Capacity
: 800 people

Free admission

Speakers
: <Organizer’s Presentation> Mr
. Katsumori Matsushima (Vice Chairman, Creative City Consortium) “Innovation Taking Place
in Futako-Tamagawa”
<Special Lecture> Mr
. Muneaki Masuda (President and CEO, Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.)
“Tokyo Will Become a Creative City”
<Presentation & Talk
> Mr. Naohiro Nishiguchi(Executive Director, Japan Innovation Network
) “Even Large Corporations Can Spark Innovation!” Ayaka Nire
(CEO, GLOPATH Co., Ltd.
) “High School Student CEO—The World Is My Stage” Yutaka Sasamoto
(Representative Director, Twitter Japan Co., Ltd.; Chairman of the Board, WESYM Co., Ltd.)
　“Crowdfunding × Social Media × Business Creation”
<MODERATOR> Ms
. Nanako Ishido (Chairperson, CANVAS NPO / Representative Director, Digital Ehon Co., Ltd.)
Master of Ceremonies
: Ms. Keiko Fukumitsu (Former NHK Anchor, Freelance Announcer)

Organized by the
Creative City Consortium (Chairman: Hiroshi Komiyama)
; in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy


, Trade and Industry; supported by the Platinum Initiative Network and Toyo Keizai Inc.