Please register from this form.
Registration for the venue has been closed as capacity has been reached. We are still accepting applications for online lectures.
Date and time
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 3:30pm-5:00pm GMT
- Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 12:30am to 2:00am JST
- Following the seminar, a networking reception with the speakers will be held at the venue (until around 6pm).
Target Audience
Financial professionals, institutional investors, VCs, relevant ministries and organizations from Japan, the UK, and other countries, etc.
Venue
Ironmongers' Hall
- 4-minute walk from Barbican Station
Participation
  1. Attending in-person at Ironmongers’ Hall (first-come, first-served).
  2. Watching online.
To register, please complete the form below.
  • Free of charge, prior registration required (register by January 31, 2025, for in-person participation. Applications will close once the limit is reached.)
  • Event to be held in English, with simultaneous English-Japanese interpretation available.
  • For any media wishing to cover the event, please inquire by January 31, 2025.
Registration
Please register from this form.
Registration for the venue has been closed as capacity has been reached. We are still accepting applications for online lectures.
See more details on the leaflet.

Program

GMT (JST/Held on Wednesday, 5 February, the next day, in Japan time)
3:30pm
(12:30am)
Opening Remarks and Keynote Speech
Alderman Alastair KING DL
Lord Mayor of the City of London
3:37pm
(12:37am)
Greetings from the Organizer

(Video Message)

KOIKE Yuriko
Governor of Tokyo
3:41pm
(12:41am)
Fireside Chat
“The potential for new UK-Japan cooperation in financial economy and innovation-Fintech, Al”
IKEDA Satoshi
Director for Strategy Development Division and Chief Sustainable Finance Officer, JFSA (Financial Services Agency, Japan)

＜Interviewer＞
Anastasia NISHNIANIDZE
Trade and Investment Director, the City of London Corporation
4:07pm
(1:07am)
Speech 1
YOSHIDA Masanori
Executive Officer, Japan Exchange Group Inc.
4:15pm
(1:15am)
Panel Discussion
“Entering the Tokyo market – trends and opportunities for UK Asset managers”
Stephen JOHNSON
Managing Director Japan, L&G Asset Management

Ben DEAR
CEO, Osmosis Investment Management

Tomoko Kenny
Head of Japan business in Europe, BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN

＜Moderator＞
Jack KNIGHT
Deputy Chief Executive, The Investment Association
4:51pm
(1:51am)
Speech 2
YOSHIMURA Keiichi
Director General, Office for Startup and Global Financial City Strategy, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
4:58pm
(1:58am)
Closing Remarks
His Excellency Mr. SUZUKI Hiroshi
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United Kingdom

* Note: The above details are subject to change.
* Networking reception to be held after the seminar until around 6:00pm (only available to in-person participants).

Venue

Ironmongers' Hall
Shaftesbury Place, Barbican, London EC2Y 8AA

Access

  • 4-minute walk from Barbican Tube Station

Supporters

Embassy of Japan in the UK
Financial Services Agency, Japan
Japan Exchange Group, Inc.
Japan Securities Dealers Association