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Asia Pacific Initiative (API) held its inaugural Asia Pacific Initiative Forum (APIF) in Yokohama December 6-8th, 2019.
APIF is an invite-only forum which aims to look forward 30 years into the future of Asia and create a new innovative ecosystem together with business leaders from Japan, India, and the ASEAN countries. We seek to become an exchange platform, developing synergies through innovative ideas and the endeavors of our participant companies. We have continued to bear this goal in mind since beginning preparations for the forum in 2017. APIF offers numerous opportunities for individuals to discuss recent social, economic, and business trends, and share advice on how to expand firms’ operations by using critical technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, such as AI, big data, and IoT, to tackle social challenges.
The inaugural meeting brought together around 200 experts from various countries in Asia including Japan, representing unicorns, cutting-edge startups, and large firms initiating business model shifts in response to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. During the forum, participants discussed fields that will spearhead economic growth in Asia, such as mobility, healthcare, and agriculture. Moreover, we invited SUGA Yoshihide, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary; KURODA Haruhiko, Governor of the Bank of Japan; and The 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and examined the possibilities of Asia’s future together with business leaders during the forum’s special sessions.
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APIF 2019 YOKOHAMA PROGRAMAPIF 2019 SESSIONS
〈APIF President : Dr Makio Miyagawa〉
Asia Pacific Initiative (API) is pleased to announce that Dr Makio Miyagawa, the former Ambassador of Japan to Malaysia, joined our institution on January 1, 2020, as APIF President.
〈Profile of Dr Makio Miyagawa〉
Dr Miyagawa held successive positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Legal Desk Chief, Deputy Director of the US-Japan Trade Division and of the Russian Division, Director within the Economic Affairs Bureau and Asia Oceanian Bureau, Deputy DG (Director-General) of Climate Change Negotiations, DG of Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, and DG of Middle East and North Africa. He served in the Japanese embassies in the United Kingdom and Malaysia, and in the Japanese Mission in Geneva. Currently, he holds the position of Special Advisor on National Security, NSS, within the Cabinet Bureau of Japan. He received a D.Phil. in International Relations from Oxford University, and a BSc in Aeronautical and Spacecraft Engineering from the University of Tokyo. He has lectured at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and at the University of Tokyo, and has served as Director of the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA).
〈Outline of Inaugural APIF〉
| DATES | December 6th (Fri) – 8th (Sun), 2019 |
| VENUE | Hotel New Grand Yokohama Shiseido Global Innovation Center (S/PARK) Kyocera Research Center Yokohama Grand Intercontinental Hotel |
| Organized by | Asia Pacific Initiative |
| Special thanks to | City of Yokohama |
| Acknowledgements | Japan Bank for International Cooperation, MUFG Bank, Ltd., Shiseido Company, Limited., KYOCERA Corporation, JTB Corp., ANA HOLDINGS INC., ABC Cooking Studio Co.,Ltd., Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd., Money Forward, Inc., The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Co., Ltd., Topaz Capital, Inc. |
| Speakers and Advisors in Alphabetical Order(titles as of Dec 2019) |
Aadi Vaidya, Chief Operating Officer, Zilingo |
Sessions
DAY 1 Special Remarks by Parag Khanna
DAY 2 Special Remarks by SUGA Yoshihide, Chief Cabinet Secretary, Japan
DAY 3 Special Remarks by KURODA Haruhiko, Governor, Bank of Japan
DAY 3 Moderated Q&A Conversation with the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama
