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2020 GZERO Summit Japan

Eurasia Group
8-10 December 2020

The 2020 GZERO Summit Japan, hosted by Eurasia Group, took place virtually on 8-10 December 2020. The Summit brought together public and private leaders to discuss critical issues such as Sustainability, Geo-Technology, and the Fight Against Covid-19. Watch day one here and day two here.
 


Partners

 
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Pfizer
  • Suntory
  • Keidanren – Japan Business Federation
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
  • Meti
  • PWC Japan Group
  • Yomiuri Shimbun
 


Agenda

8 December 2020 JST


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19:00 JST
State of the World: Keynote Speech

Keynote: 
• Ian BREMMER, President and Founder, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media
 

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9 December 2020 JST

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07:45 JST
Welcoming Remarks

Keynote: 
• SUGA Yoshihide, Prime Minister, Japan

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08:00 JST
Keynote Panel Discussion: GZERO Summit on Post-Covid Geopolitics

Moderator: 
• TANAKA Junko, Former Washington Bureau Chief, NHK
Panelists: 
• Ian BREMMER, President and Founder, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media
• Jane-HARMAN, Director, President, and CEO, Wilson Center
• KONO Taro, Minister In Charge of Administrative Refore, Japan
• Kevin RUDD, President, Asia Society Policy Institute (26th Prime Minister of Australia)

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09:00 JST
VIP Roundtable Discussion: GZERO Summit on Post-Covid Geopolitics

Moderator:
• GASHA Kyoko, Anchor / Senior Producer Reuters
Panelists:
• Ian BREMMER, President, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media
• Stephen KARPIN, SVP and Country Manager for Japan, VISA, Inc.
• KONO Taro, Minister In Charge of Administrative Refore, Japan
• Catherine McKENNA, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Canada Government
• KOSHIBA Mitsunobu, Chairman of the Board, JSR Corporation
• MITACHI Takashi, Senior Advisor, The Boston Consulting Group
• MORI Masahiko, Presidnet, DMG MORI CO., LTD.
• Kevin RUDD, President, Asia Society Policy Institute (26th Prime Minister of Australia)
• SAITO Atsushi, Senior Fellow, KKR Global Institute
• TERAZAWA Tatsuya, Special Advisor to the Minister / Former Vice-Minister, METI Japan
• Joseph YOUNG, Chargé d'affaires AD Interim, U.S. Embassy Tokyo

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10:30 JST
Keynote Panel Discussion: GZERO Summit on the Fight Against Covid-19

Moderator:
• Alexander KAZAN, Managing Director, Global Strategy, Eurasia Group
Panelists:
• Larry BRILLIANT, CEO, Pandefense Advisory / Epidemiologist / Philanthropist
• Gargee GHOSH, President, Global Policy & Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Angela HWANG, Group President, Pfizer Biopharmaceuticals Group
• NISHIMURA Yasutoshi, Minister in Charge, Economic Revitalization, Japan

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11:30 JST
Green Growth, Sustainability, and ESG
Panelists: 
• ISOGAI Yuki, Partner and Technical Lead, Sustainability Center of Excellence, PwC Japan 
• NIINAMI Takeshi, CEO, Suntory
• NAKAO Takehiko, Chairman, Mizuho Research & Technologies and Former President, Asian Development Bank 
• Ian BREMMER, President and Founder, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media
 

 


Speakers

• KISHIDA Fumio, Prime Minister, Japan
• Lovisa AFZELIUS, Origination Partner, Flagship Pioneering 
• Ian BREMMER, President and Founder, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media
• Deborah ELMS, Founder and Executive Director, Asian Trade Centre
• David GORDON, Former Chairman, Eurasia Group
• Alicia GARCIA HERRERO, Chief Economist, APAC, Natixis  
• HAGIUDA Koichi, Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Japan 
• ISOGAI Yuki, Partner and Technical Lead, Sustainability Center of Excellence, PwC Japan 
• KASHIWAKURA Mihoko, Head of Japan Relations, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• KOIKE Yuriko, Governer of Tokyo
• NAKAO Takehiko, Chairman, Mizuho Research & Technologies and Former President, Asian Development Bank 
• NIINAMI Takeshi, CEO, Suntory
• Kevin RUDD, 26th Prime Minister, Australia
• Eric SCHMIDT, Former CEO and Chairman, Google
• SAKURADA Kengo, Chairman, Keizai Doyukai & Group CEO, Director, President, and Representative Executive Officer of SOMPO Holdings Inc.  
• TOKURA Masakazu, Chairman, Keidanren and Chairman of the Board, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
• TV Narendran, Global CEO and Managing Director, Tata Steel

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