PARTICIPANTS
参加者
Member of the House of Representatives, Director of Agriculture and Forestry Division
Let's use innovation and support for new players in the market to change Japan's agricultural sector.
Yasuhiro Sato
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Director & Executive Office President, Group CEO
One Mizuho is striving to increase farm production competitiveness and resolve food-related issues through farming x technology x finance collaborations.
The Japan Research Institute, Limited
Center for the Strategy of Emergence Senior Specialist
Technology like IoT and AI has the potential to bring creativity and profitability to the agricultural sector.
SOSV / Food-X
Managing Director
Excited to meet other industry leaders and potential startups needing investment.
AgBiome, Inc.
Co-CEO
Japan has a great track record in crop protection innovation. I'm keen to hear about new developments.
Cultivian Sandbox Food, AgFund
Managing Director
I am pleased to see important institutions in Japan focusing on tech and the food and agricultural industry.
beanstalk
Founder
I'm very keen to meet agritech startups from across Asia, particularly those focusing on indoor farming.
First Green Partners
Managing Director
I am excited to learn more about Japanese agritech startups.
Farm Alliance Management Co., Ltd.
Representative Director
Japanese farming is approaching a new stage. AG/SUM will be our first chance to share this with the world.
Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley
COO, General Partner
Japan should be the world leader in agritech, but isn't. I hope AG/SUM brings attention and momentum to agritech.
AgTech Insight
Founder & CEO
It's a world economy and I'm happy to promote cooperation - but it NEEDS results - not talk without action.
Hokkaido University Research Faculty of Agriculture
Professor
IoT, big data, and AI are the keys to agricultural growth. The agri-innovation SIP aspires to achieve such growth.
euglena Co., Ltd
Representative Director & President
I hope to create opportunities for open innovation with major corporations and university startups.
RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG
CEO
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Associate Professor
I hope to integrate agritech with the latest crop breeding technology, and ensure food is plentiful and enjoyable.
HATAKE COMPANY
Representative Director & President
EverySense Japan
Representative Director & CTO
Farming is an economic activity and a regional culture. New value will be created through fusion with technology.
The Trendlines Group
Vice President
I am excited to share Israeli agritech innovations and to learn more about the Japanese agritech ecosystem.
Routrek Networks
Representative Director
I hope to find "made in Japan" solutions to food, water depletion, environmental destruction & aging farmer issues.
AgFunder
CEO & Co-founder
Japan has a good reputation for both food and technology, uniquely positioning it as a potential agritech leader.
PwC Consulting LLC.
Director
Harvest Judge
Japan Strategic Capital Co., Ltd.
Director
Harvest Judge
euglena Co., Ltd Director & CFO
Real Tech Fund Representative
Harvest Judge
Xinova, LLC.
Senior Vice President of Partnerships Group & Head of Marketing
I'm excited to both learn from and try to assist Japanese agritech startups.
Yasuaki Yamada
Nikkei Inc.
Manager of Editorial Innovation Center
Harvest Judge
vegetalia
Representative Director & President
I hope to start a "Green Revolution" among the next generation using the latest technology and plant science.
Loftwork Inc.
Representative Director
M2 Labo. Inc.
Representive Director & President
I hope that bringing together those interested in agriculture will create technology to supply tasty, safe food.
Planet Table
Founder
At AG/SUM I am looking forward to interacting with players both from Japan and overseas.
Mistletoe, Inc.
Investment Group, Director
Issues in Food and Agriculture are wide and vast, and best tackled through a “collective” movement.
TOMO International Co., Ltd.
Representative Director & CEO
Smart Yields
Chief Agricultural Officer
I'm very excited to see how Japanese creativity and innovation can impact agriculture.
Truffle Capital
Venture Partner
Balloon, Inc.
COO & CHO
I hope to engage in initiatives and provide encouragement that will open up new combinations of creativity and energy.
Takashi Kobayashi
Data Business Strategy Consultant
Agricultural Journalist
AGRIBUDDY Ltd.
CEO
I hope AG/SUM will be an opportunity to construct a system that exports Japan's knowledge and concepts.
seak inc.
Representative Director & President
Our vertically integrated platform oversees land acquisition to market development. We hope to work with other technologies.
GRA INC.
Representative Director & CEO
I want to talk about strengthening Japan's exports, establishing the Japan brand, and exporting technology.
Kakaxi, Inc.
CEO
We hope Japanese producers will use our products and aim to collaborate to improve the value of agriculture.
TANKA Co.,Ltd
Representative Director & President
I want to reduce food waste by maintaining freshness, and export farm produce from Kyushu to the world.
Senichi Makino
Maisen Fine Food Co.,Ltd.
Representative Director & President
Our mission is to produce foods that contribute to health and to protect the planet for future generations.
flux IoT
CEO
Motorleaf
CTO
Food-Origins
CEO
ALGAMA
CEO & Co-founder
Hugo Lercher
ALGAMA
Partner & Sales Officer
FarmDrive
Co-founder & Managing Director
Fritz Schlereth
Descartes Labs
Head of Product
Astrona Biotechnologies
CEO
BluWrap
Director
Sero Intelligence
CEO
Motorleaf
CEO
Sero Intelligence
Chief Operations Manager
Yasuyuki Hamada
Agri Info Design, Ltd.
CEO & Founder
I'm looking foward to introducing our existing initiatives and potential at AG/SUM.
Enowa Co., Ltd.
CEO
Through agritech we will put smiles on faces and create smart rice paddies by harmonizing wisdom and technology.
Kiichiro Katsumata
Drone Japan Co., Ltd.
Representative Director & President
Japan's agricultural industry is creating a new value in the world, led by innovative farmers' secret skills.
Futureagri Inc.
Representative Director
I hope to share ideas on improving productivity through robots and technologies that enable automated farming.
Fermenstation Co., Ltd.
Representative Director
I'm hoping that meeting people from wildly differing backgrounds will lead to interesting developments.
SPREAD Co., Ltd.
President & CEO
I hope to meet with investors and corporations that can work with us to develop sustainable agriculture.
Kazuki Okoso
Septenary Agriculture Inc.
Representative Director & President
I'm looking forward to the chance to connect to each company's strengths and technologies.
GINZA FARM Co., Ltd.
Representative Director & President
Financing and alliances with companies used to be hard for farms. I expect AG/SUM will help expand business.
Mizuki Yasuda
Farmship, Inc.
Representative Director
I want to discuss issues with many people and contribute to industry development.
Issey Maeda
AGRI HOLDINGS, INC.
Representative Director & President
One company alone can't set up a global agriculture and food value chain. I want to work with other companies.
Kanta Kobira
Farmfes. Co., ltd.
Representative Director & CEO
Farmfes lets you have your own farm. I'm hoping to collaborate with players from different sectors.
Arable Labs, Inc.
CEO
CropIn Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd
CTO
Nomaport Inc.
Representative Director
I hope agritech will accelerate the collaboration between agriculture and social welfare.
Atlantic Food Labs
Managing Director
It's a great opportunity to connect globally with different industry players.
Agro Innovation Lab GmbH
CEO
I'm excited to gain insights into Japan's startup scene!
Sigfox
Director of Special Projects
I'm really excited to share and learn around opportunities for the agricultural sector thanks to the Internet of Things.
The Mixing Bowl, Better Food Ventures
Partner
PrecisionHawk
VP Business Development
Local Roots
Founder / CEO
C4: Capital for New Commons
Executive Director
Happy to see speakers who will convey the concepts of financial innovation for sustainable agritech.
Oisix Inc.
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
We will use technology to create the future of agriculture and the future of meals served at the dining table.
Omnivore
Founding Partner
Terramera
CEO & Founder
Japan is a hotbed of innovation and technology. How can we use technology to unlock the power of nature?
The National Liaison Council of Rural Youth Clubs
President
Kyomaru-en Inc.
Representative Director
I believe agritech will lead to major changes in the agricultural sector.
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co.,Ltd.
Senior Manager
I want to use the extensive network and information available to insurers to support Japanese agribusiness.
Teruhide Sato
BEENOS, Inc / BEENEXT PTE. LTD.
Founder / Managing Partner
ACA Investments
Director
WhatAVenture
Partner
I hope to collaborate with Japanese companies that wish to explore AgTech business and innovation opportunities.
Zeroth
Managing Director
Executive Producer, Forbes AgTech Summit
Executive Director, Development, ForbesLive
Having spent 3 years focused on AgTech innovation I am excited to learn about what Japanese startups are doing.
RML AgTech Pvt Ltd
Managing Partner & CEO
Its a great opportunity to learn about what entrepreneurs are thinking in Japan about the future of Agriculture.
Rabobank
Head of F&A Start-up Innovation
I would like to see how Japan is looking at the future of food and agriculture.
AgThentic
Founder/CEO
Looking forward to moderating the Startup Showcase. Startups, bring your A-game!
West Base LLC.
Representative Director
Integriculture Inc.
CEO
We hope to offer an insight into cellular agriculture and its potential uses in cultured meat, regenerative medicine, and space farming.
PLANT DATA Co., Ltd.
Representative Director & COO
Keio University Graduate School of System Design and Management
Project Professor
ITO EN, LTD.
Managing Executive Officer and Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility Promotion Department
Brain Co., Ltd.
Representative
Daisuke Ito
ad-dice Co., Ltd.
vivid garden Inc.
Makoto Yorisada
Fineseed Inc.
Atsushi Kojima
Alterbooth Inc.
We will use this chance to review our food and health, and make proposals that will make more people healthier.
Shinya Kobayashi
Farmnote Inc.
Lisa Kikuchi
SenSprout Inc.
ECF Farmsystems
Founder & CMO
ECF Farmsystems
Founder & CEO
Nuritas
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
FFRobotics
Founder & CEO
Connecterra
CEO
Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Associate Professor
Stanford University
Research Scholar
Silicon Valley can potentially benefit from many of the exciting developments and deployments in Japan.
State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Maintaining the status quo is the greatest risk. We must pursue innovation to save Japan's agricultural sector.
PwC Consulting, LLC
Partner
Freight Farms
President and Co-Founder
OPTiM Corporation
President and Representative Director
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Special Professor
My vision is for IoT, big data, and the exponential evolution of artificial intelligence to lead to the start of a new agricultural era.
S2G Ventures
Managing Director
TBL Alpha Advisory
Advisor to the United Nations Social Impact Fund (UNSIF)
I am looking forward to meeting potential collaborators as we launch the UN's first investment funds with UNSIF.
Tokyo Delica Foods Co., Ltd.
Executive officer & Director, Corporate Planning Office
My aim is to improve supply chain efficiency and build a new value chain based on a vegetable quality evaluation index delica score.
Natural Art Inc.
Representative Director
I'm expecting a step forward in terms of the sophistication and globalization of Japanese agriculture, an industry that has traditionally been closed.
Food-Origins
CTO
FarmDrive
Co-founder & Managing Director
Farmshelf
CEO and Founder
BluWrap
CEO
Livin Farms Ltd
CPO & Co-Founder
NHK Publishing, Inc.
Editor in Chief
I am looking forward to a society where people and food are reconnected directly thanks to Agritech.
PS Solutions Corp.
Fellow, Ph.D
It would be great if AG/SUM can trigger the development of services useful for agriculture.
Miyagi University
Emeritus professor
Agriculture can be transformed into a growth industry. Let's share our know-how and consider systems for growth.
Mikkabi Agricultural Cooperative
Chairman
Farming leads to food, which in turn leads to health and happiness. I hope AG/SUM will link these together.
NA-RU Corporation
President
Let's consider agriculture as a space and bring together experts from various fields to create a multifaceted industry.
Kyodogakusha Shintoku Farm
Representative
We need big data to analyze light, water, and soil and identify optimal farming methods suited to that area
Yasuaki Fukunaga
Aeon Agri Create Co., Ltd.
President
To the next step
AWCLE Inc.
President and Representative Director
Japan has the best soil environment in the world. I want Japanese farming/food services to take root worldwide.
Announcer (Freelance)
Representative, Mirai House
I will seek out the true feelings of the participants responsible for the next generation of agriculture in Japan.
FUJITSU LIMITED
Senior Director, Akisai Business Division, Innovation Business Unit
Lawin Co.Ltd
President
I would like to contribute to innovation in the food and agricultural sector in Japan.
Chubu University
Professor
I support agritech startups using an interoperable information platform and API.
Ogatamura Agricultural Cooperative
Chair
SBI Holdings, Inc. / SBI ENERGY Co., Ltd.
Director, Managing Executive Officer / President & CEO
We will achieve sustainable and competitive agriculture by combining digitalization and reenergization.
PS Solutions Corp.
General Manager, Ph.D
GAP Extension Organization Inc.
Managing Director
My aim is for Global G.A.P. to contribute to agriculture in Japan.
PS Solutions Corp.
Senior Chief Engineer
I would like to discuss the application of information science and technology in the agricultural sector.
BUTAI FARM Co,.Ltd.
Representative Director
I hope this initiative leads to the creation of a business that solves at least one issue = agri solution.
Japan Junior Chamber, Inc.
President
PwC Consulting LLC.
Manager
FEM Co., Ltd
Representative Director
Let's rethink the concept of sustainable agriculture and work towards creating the future of agriculture.
Chris Wells
in the moment, ltd.
Narrator at NHK World
Parallel worker (Farmer, NK AGRI Co., Ltd., Cybozu, Inc., Japan Paella Association)
Producer, Evangelist
I hope to contribute to new styles of teamwork that go beyond the organization of producers, consumers and distributors.
Mizuho Research Institute Ltd.
Senior Research Officer
Ito Farm
Representative Director
There are 17,000 dairy farms in Japan. I hope we can create profitable equipment by integrating with the world.
Izunumanousan Limited Liability Company
president
I would like to create a society in which we can all discuss agriculture and rural areas (food & environment).
Tsubasa Mizuno
The University of Tokyo
Graduate Student
Kazuyuki Tanaka
vege.ABio Co., Ltd.
Representative
Jiro Wakasa
CQVentures Co., Ltd
Representative
Kazutomo Ogura
Hitotubasi university
Eric Platon
Cosmos X
Jack of all trades
Saiya Yokota
Keio University
Graduate Student
Kenji Nishimura
Takashi Sato
Takafumi Hirano
Mabune Fukasawa
Empag Pte. Ltd. / Waseda university
Media manager
Adrian Bell
AgroMavens
Adrian Bell
Rassarin Chinnachodteeranun
ListenField
CEO
Bekkai Town Council
Councillor Town
I hope it turns out to be an initiative that empowers regional areas.
Maisen Corporation
Senior Advisor
We are a fantastic group to brainstorm for the future.
Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
Representative Director, CEO
I hope AG/SUM will create opportunities for researchers to incorporate agritech into their research.
Fukushima Prefectural Government
Governor
Wodzynski
Consultant in Marketing
Looking forward to seeing unique agtech approaches from all over the world in the rich heritage of Japan.
Akira Omura
SAIL, ON Co.,LTD
Senior Managing Director
Atsushi Hirai
Tsukuba University
Student
Ryuichi Mihara
Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.
Manager
Kazuyuki Hirashita
Yanmar Information System Service Co., Ltd.
Group Manager
Toshimitsu Ogata
Baseball Magazine Sha CO.,LTD.
Ryo Shindo
Law firm
Lawyer
Tsutomu Shirakawa
Sun-Green Co., Ltd.
Chief manager
Gen Kawachi
Waseda University
Student
Junichi Kadono
Sapporo Holdings Co., Ltd.
Chief Manager
Junji Suetsugu
KIRISHIMA RANCH Co., Ltd.
CEO
Yutaro Koga
Kumamoto University
Student
Mitsunobu Takada
NS Solutions Corporation
Yuji Tajima
Ohira Engei Co., Ltd.
Tetsuo Takahashi
Showa Aircraft Industry Co., Ltd.
Manager
Satoshi Okada
Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute
Senior Project Manager
Hidetaka Degawa
JA Nakano City
Manager
Masayoshi Yasuda
Ohara Graduate School of Accounting
Assistant Professor
Naomi Simumba
Keio University
Student
Kazuo Osaka
Osaka Ringyo Inc.
Executive Chairman
Teruo Tsuji
Toyo Systems Development Co., Ltd.
Executive Director
Toshio Furuya
FURUYA FARM Co., Ltd.
CEO
Hiroyuki Kuroda
Venture Enterprise Center
General Affairs Planning Director
The Norinchukin Bank
Managing Director
Willow Cup Inc.
CEO and Co-Founder
Soft Robotics Inc
Director of Business Development
Strider agriculture
CEO
Local Roots
Co-founder / COO
MycoTechnology, Inc.
CEO
MycoTechnology, Inc.
COO
AbCelex Technologies Inc.
President & CEO
Plasma Nutrition
CEO
Plasma Nutrition
CTO
WEENAT
Founder/CEO
Bob McKay
AgriDigital
Executive Chairman
Mercaris
Director of Sales
Mercaris
Director of Market Operations
Clear Flight Solutions
Executive Director Asia
Eugene Chung
Clear Flight Solutions
Business Development Manager Asia
ViVi
Director
Japan Junior Chamber,Inc.
President
I want to discuss agribusiness possibilities from the perspective of businesspersons aged between 20 and 40.
Canandian Minister of International Trade
Higashisouya Agricultural Cooperative
Chairman
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Agricultural Counsellor
NKAgri Co.,Ltd.
President
I am looking forward to the expansion of open innovation in agriculture.
Tatsuaki Toda
Synaptech Inc.
President & CEO
Yoshihiko Iino
National Council of Agricultural Co-operative Youth Associations (JA-YOUTH)
President
Hideaki Yamada
The Norinchukin Bank
Managing Director
French Embassy
Agricultural Counsellor
I am excited to have an overview on agritech in the world.
Kisvin Science Inc.
CTO, Co-founder
Rice Technology Kawachi Co., Ltd.
Technical Adviser
Embassy of Canada
Counsellor and Senior Trade Commissioner
Let's explore collaboration in advancing agritech.
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Counsellor, Overseas Investment and Cooperation Division, International Affairs Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Director, Office for Strategic Communication Hub
I hope to tell the world about Japanese agriculture.
Nikkei, Inc.
Senior Staff Writer
i-eat Co., Ltd.
Representative Director
Leading Solutions Co., Ltd
Representative Director
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