Dialogue  "Oracle Cloud Transformation and Sustainability"

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Jae Evans is responsible for accelerating Oracle IT’s cloud transformation and improving employee and developer productivity and user experience, anytime and anywhere. Her organization is also responsible for deployments, builds, and ongoing lifecycle management of global cloud regions for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

Prior to joining Oracle in 2020, Jae was Senior Vice President of Global Infrastructure Engineering and Operations at Walmart Labs. Her responsibilities included running the full lifecycle of the private cloud, hybrid cloud, network, and connectivity for internal- and external-facing production workloads. Jae has more than 20 years of experience building and leading global teams, and managing mission-critical production services across various industries including telecommunications, online gaming, retail, ecommerce, and enterprise cloud.

Lecture  "2022 IT Trends & Cybersecurity Challenges"

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A cybersecurity expert and successful entrepreneur, Ken Xie is Founder, Chairman and CEO of Fortinet, the global cybersecurity leader.
Fortinet’s broad portfolio of solutions spans network, infrastructure, edge, cloud and IoT, serving approximately 70 per cent of the Fortune 100 as well as Governments around the world. Its security driven networking approach combines security and networking to deliver the most advanced, AI driven protection across the entire attack surface. Fortinet is the third cybersecurity company founded by Ken that has been instrumental in shaping the cybersecurity industry. His second company, Netscreen developed the industry's first ASIC and dedicated hardware systems for high-performance firewalls and VPNs and was acquired by Juniper for $4 billion.

Ken earned an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and B.S. and M.S. degrees in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University.
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Ken is a member of the board for the Cyber Threat Alliance and the Center for Cybersecurity for the World Economic Forum.

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John Maddison has more than 30 years of executive management experience in the Cybersecurity and Telecommunications Industries. He joined Fortinet in 2012 to lead Cloud/SaaS Security development teams and is now the Chief Marketing Officer and EVP Products. He previously held executive leadership positions at Trend Micro focused on Advanced Threat Research and Cloud Delivered Security Services. He started his career with Lucent Technologies Mobile Division, Hewlett Packard Software and Cable & Wireless Global Networking.

John holds a B.S. degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Plymouth University, United Kingdom.

Lecture  "Truly Open, Truly Trusted"

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Takayuki Morita became President and Chief Executive Officer (Representative Director) of NEC Corporation, a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that deliver benefits to businesses and people around the world, on April 1, 2021.
Previously, he was Chief Financial Officer, where he managed the financial strategy and operations of NEC’s 100,000 employees and total revenue of $25 billion. He was also responsible for Corporate Business Development functions, including the oversight of M&A and other investments that have reinforced NEC’s solutions for society, such as major advancements in the digital finance, digital government and drug development fields.
Having joined NEC in 1983, Morita’s experience in the global ICT industry now spans nearly four decades, six years of which he spent working in the U.S. market. In the past twenty years, he has played a central role in the development of partnerships and alliances with corporations across the globe - having completed more than forty deals of corporate mergers & acquisitions and investments.

Lecture  "Trust-Connected-Society underpinned by Digital Technology"

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Since June 2019, Takahito Tokita has served as CEO and CDXO of Fujitsu Limited. After joining the company, Tokita spent the first 30 years of his career working as a Systems Engineer for customers in the financial industry. From 2017, he was based in London for 2 years serving as the head of Global Delivery Group, which maintains operations in a number of different countries internationally.
Over his tenure, Tokita has spearheaded various ambitious internal transformation initiatives, ranging from an overhaul of existing business processes and personnel systems to corporate culture. These efforts reflect Tokita’s vision for a new style of purpose and data-driven management aligned with Fujitsu’s purpose— “to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation."

Session 2  "A Future with Web3"

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Digital pioneer Daisuke Iwase leads KLKTN, his second startup. He is the co-founder of Lifenet, a disruptive Japanese fintech venture, which he took to IPO.

A graduate of Harvard Business School and a former Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum, Iwase is based in Hong Kong and an avid jazz pianist.

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Joichi "Joi" Ito is a digital architect, venture capitalist, entrepreneur, writer, and scholar focusing on the transformation of society and technology. He works to respond to complex challenges such as our democracy and governance, climate change, and redesigning systems of scholarship and science.

Joi served as director of the MIT Media Lab from 2011 to 2019 where he lead the establishment of the Digital Currency Initiative in 2015. He was the board chair and chief executive of Creative Commons and has served on numerous other boards, including at The New York Times Company, Sony Corporation, The Mozilla Foundation, The Open Source Initiative, ICANN and The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).

His recognitions and awards include a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oxford Internet and a Lifetime Achievement Award from EPIC. On his podcast Road to Henkaku he regularly features NFTs, and he is currently engaged in a web3 community development trial.

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Oki Matsumoto began his career at Salomon Brothers and joined Goldman Sachs in 1990, and became General Partner in 1994 at the age of 30. He took charge of trading, risk management, capital markets businesses in Asia, and also founded the special situations unit at Goldman. In 1999, he founded Monex which was jointly capitalized with Sony. Monex is listed on the Prime market of Tokyo Stock Exchange where he is presently Chairman of the Board & CEO.

Monex Group is a major online financial institution that operates retail online brokerages in Japan, US, China (including Hong Kong), and Australia, as well as one of the largest digital asset exchanges in Japan. It also runs asset management companies to pursue investment returns through engagement with listed companies to stimulate Japanese capital markets. He held a number of key positions on governmental councils and outside boards including Tokyo Stock Exchange from 2008 to 2013. He presently is an outside director of Mastercard, Incorporated and also a Vice Chair of Human Rights Watch.

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Ken Murai O'Friel is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and co-founder of WorkCo, a company that provides a global crypto-native solution to hire and compensate contributors legally and compliantly. Before founding WorkCo, Ken studied at Bates College and worked at Bank of America Tokyo.

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Ken Koyanagi just came back at the end of March from a 7-year stint in Southeast Asia and India as a Nikkei Asia Editor-at-large. Prior to that, he was the founding Publisher of the Nikkei Asian Review from its launch in November 2013, having led several other online product development projects mainly for the Japanese Nikkei Online Edition. He reported on the U.S. technology sector at Nikkei Silicon Valley news bureau in 2001-2005. After joining Nikkei in 1988, Ken reported on such beats as the Japanese capital markets, financial and technology sectors.
He studied the political science at the Penn State University graduate school, the French language and the political science at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

Session 4  "Towards Securing Reliable Digital Infrastructure"

Keynote speech "Towards a Reliable Internet Society"

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April 1985

Joined the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications

July 2001

Director, Space Communications Research Office, Information & Communications Policy Bureau, MIC

August 2003

Director, Research Promotion Office, Information & Communications Policy Bureau, MIC

July 2006

Director, Space Communications Policy Division, Information & Communications Policy Bureau, MIC

July 2007

Director, Telecommunication Systems Division, Telecommunications Business Department, Telecommunications Bureau, MIC

July 2008

Director, Land Mobile Communications Division, Radio Department, Telecommunications Bureau, MIC

July 2010

Director, Technology Policy Division, Global ICT Strategy Bureau, MIC

July 2011

Director, Radio Policy Division, Radio Department, Telecommunications Bureau, MIC

July 2014

Director General of the Tohoku Bureau of Telecommunications, MIC

July 2015

Deputy Director-General for IT Strategy, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI

July 2017

Director-General of Radio Department, MIC

July 2018

Director-General for Cybersecurity, MIC

July 2020

Director-General of the Telecommunications Bureau, MIC

July 2021

Vice-Minister for Policy Coordination, MIC

Lecture  "Trusted, Open, and Inclusive: Three Pillars of a Brighter Digital Future."

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Jose W. Fernandez was confirmed by the Senate as Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment on August 6, 2021.  He leads the State Department’s bureaus and offices that stand at the center of the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts on climate change, clean energy, health, supply chain security, and other economic priorities. Under Secretary Fernandez is also the United States Alternate Governor to the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the Inter-American Development Bank.  From 2009 to 2013, he served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, one of the bureaus he now oversees.

Prior to his most recent appointment at the Department of State, Under Secretary Fernandez was a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in New York. His practice focused on mergers, acquisitions, and finance in Europe and emerging markets, advising U.S. and foreign clients in the telecommunications, energy, water, banking, and consumer industries. He was named one of the “World’s Leading Lawyers” by Chambers Global for his M&A and corporate work, a “Highly Regarded” practitioner by the International Financial Law Review, and one of the “World’s Leading Privatization Lawyers” by Euromoney Publications.  He has been chair of the Inter-American law committees of both the American Bar Association and The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, as well as of the Cross-Border M&A and Joint Venture Committee of the New York State Bar Association.  Most recently, Fernandez was an adjunct professor at Rutgers Law School, where he taught the course on international business transactions.

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Julia Lopez was appointed Minister of State at the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport on 16 September 2021. In this role she is responsible for overseeing UK policy on telecommunications and digital infrastructure, data policy and reform, cyber security and digital identity, and media and the creative industries.

Julia was previously Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office from 14 February 2020 to 15 September 2021.

Lecture  "“Secure G”: Resilient, Interoperable and Open Telecommunications Networks’"

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Marc Ablong PSM was appointed Deputy Secretary at the Department of Home Affairs on 11 October 2018. Prior to this appointment, Marc filled the position of First Assistant Secretary Strategy and Capability, Department of Home Affairs, on secondment from the Department of Defence.
As at 1 September 2021, Marc leads the Strategy and National Resilience (SNR) Group responsible for strategic guidance and capability planning; intelligence; law enforcement; data and technology; electronic surveillance; and regional processing and resettlement.
SNR Group provides strategic leadership and policy development across the Portfolio and enables the work of other Groups in achieving our vision of a prosperous, secure and united Australia.
Marc spent 25 years in the Department of Defence in a range of positions across strategic policy and intelligence, capital equipment and acquisition policy, international policy, military strategy, maritime capability development, Air Force long-range planning, national support, information strategy and futures, strategic reform, and ministerial and executive coordination and communications.
In 2014, Marc was appointed First Assistant Secretary White Paper, to lead the development of the 2016 Defence White Paper, Integrated Investment Program and Defence Industry Policy Statement, which were released by the Government on 25 February 2016. Following the release of the 2016 Defence White Paper, Marc was appointed as the inaugural First Assistant Secretary Contestability. Marc subsequently held roles as First Assistant Secretary Naval Shipbuilding Taskforce and First Assistant Secretary Defence Industry Policy (which he undertook concurrently with his role as leading the Naval Shipbuilding Taskforce). From October 2017 to April 2018, Marc acted as the Deputy Secretary Strategic Policy & Intelligence.
Marc has attended the Joint Services Staff College, the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies and completed the Advanced Management Program 190 at the Harvard Business School. Marc was awarded the Public Service Medal in the Australia Day Honours 2018.

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Hiroyuki Morikawa graduated from Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo in 1987 and completed the PhD in Engineering at the same university in 1992.

Hiroyuki Morikawa has been engaged in research on Internet of Things/Big Data/DX, Wireless Communication System, Network Robotics, and Information Society Design as a professor at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo since 2006. Received awards including the three IEICE best paper awards, IPSJ best paper award, NTT DoCoMo Mobile Science Award, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award, Rinzaburo Shida Award, and Okawa Publication’s Prize. Hiroyuki Morikawa is a vice chair of OECD Committee on Digital Economy Policy (CDEP), Co-head of Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center, chairman of Smart Resilience Network, chairman of Digital Society Design Council, chairman of Information and Communications Council, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. An author of Data-Driven Economy (Diamond, Inc ) and 5G (Possibility of Next-Generation Mobile Communication Standards) (Iwanami Shinsho).

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Mr. Naoki Tani has been leading the R&D Innovation Division since June 2020. He is responsible for the entire R&D activities of NTT DOCOMO, including radio, mobile core, terminals, and services, and for the creation of a vision of future mobile systems and services.

Prior to the current assignment, he was Managing Director of loT Business Department from June 2014, where he was responsible for marketing strategy, service planning, business development, and technical support of loT business for 6 years. While in charge of loT business duties, Mr. Tani also assumed the role of Senior Vice President of NTT DOCOMO in 2017.

Mr. Tani started his career at NTT in April 1989, where he was involved in the initial development and deployment of mobile communications network systems. He has continued his responsibility for network development and deployment also after moved to NTT DOCOMO upon its establishment in July 1992, while shifting his focus of activity to international standardization, development, and deployment of 3G (W-CDMA) and LTE network systems.

Mr. Tani graduated from Tokyo University with a Master of Engineering in 1989 and from Duke University with a Master of Business Administration in 1997.

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Nobuyuki (Nobu) Uchida is an Executive Officer and Division Manager for the Technology, Strategy & Compliance Division at Rakuten Mobile. He joined Rakuten Mobile in 2018, and currently oversees the technology strategy vision for the company that includes spectrum, standards, satellite communication and government relations.

Prior to Rakuten Mobile, Nobu spent 19 years at Qualcomm, one of Rakuten Mobile’s key partners. He was responsible for M2M/IoT standards as Director of Engineering at Qualcomm Japan. From 2002 through 2007, Nobu worked on 3GPP2 standards development at the Corporate R&D Division at Qualcomm.

His career started at DDI Corporation (now KDDI Corporation) in 1992. At DDI, Nobu was engaged in mobile network system development and standardization.

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Atsuo Kawamura joined NEC Corporation in April 1986.
His career started as a software engineer for the development of digital telephone switching system for global communication service providers.
In 2012, he became General Manager of Carrier Services Division, responsible for overall network services and solutions for telecom carriers.
In 2014, he became Senior Vice President and headed the SDN /NFV business which is the core technology for next generation carrier network.
In 2017, he was promoted to Executive Vice President and head of Telecom Carrier Business Unit, supervising the provision of a wide range of end to end telecommunication products and solutions.
In 2018, he was assigned to the head of Network Service Business Unit, responsible for network service business to various enterprise customers as well as telecom operators. In 2021, Global 5G business was assigned as his additional responsibility.

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As Corporate Executive Officer and Vice Head of Service Platform Business at Fujitsu, Shingo Mizuno is responsible for Fujitsu’s network business worldwide, including wireless and optical products, network solutions and integration services that are becoming increasingly complicated and require high levels of skills and expertise. He has also recently taken on the role of President & CEO of Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc on April 1st, 2022 to further drive business growth in the US and worldwide.
Mizuno joined Fujitsu in 1989 and has held number of leadership roles within the company, mostly in the wireless business group. Prior to assuming the Corporate Executive position, he was a Vice President and Head of Mobile Solutions Division, leading Fujitsu’s mobile core network solutions for service providers as well as enterprise customers, and integration business with strategic partners. Previously he was engaged in 3G mobile system development over 10 years in Evolium, a joint venture company of Fujitsu and Alcatel. He also has wide experience of mobile system’s standardization and global deployment such as Open Radio equipment Interface (ORI).
He currently serves as Director for IOWN Global Forum, also contributes to several important committees for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Photonics Electronics Technology Research Association (PETRA) and the ITU-Association of Japan.

He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Tokyo University of Science.

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Mr Ari Kynäslahti has a long career working at Nokia. He joined Nokia in the beginning of 1995. In Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks he has worked in many manager positions, for example as Head of Mobile Networks Product Management, Head of LTE Product Management, Head of Global Radio Sales and Head of WCDMA Product Management as well as multiple positions in R&D and Business Development.

In his current position as Vice President Strategy & Technology, CTO he is responsible for creating business, technology and partnership strategies for MN and contributing to Nokia level strategy. He is also responsible for MN level portfolio and investment management as well as roadmaps and product decisions for MN SoC:s, BTS platform including RF platforms and baseband platforms and to define and maintain the product leadership plans in RF, BB, automation, AI/ML, ORAN/vRAN architecture and Private Wireless Networks. In addition to these, in his current position he is managing the co-operation with key interface partners, i.e. R&D, sales, standardization, research, chipset vendors and device vendors.

Mr Kynäslahti has M.Sc in Radio Technology with two minors: Corporate Strategy & international business and Economy from Helsinki University of Technology.

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Hiroyuki Morikawa graduated from Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo in 1987 and completed the PhD in Engineering at the same university in 1992.

Hiroyuki Morikawa has been engaged in research on Internet of Things/Big Data/DX, Wireless Communication System, Network Robotics, and Information Society Design as a professor at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo since 2006. Received awards including the three IEICE best paper awards, IPSJ best paper award, NTT DoCoMo Mobile Science Award, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award, Rinzaburo Shida Award, and Okawa Publication’s Prize. Hiroyuki Morikawa is a vice chair of OECD Committee on Digital Economy Policy (CDEP), Co-head of Beyond 5G New Business Strategy Center, chairman of Smart Resilience Network, chairman of Digital Society Design Council, chairman of Information and Communications Council, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. An author of Data-Driven Economy (Diamond, Inc ) and 5G (Possibility of Next-Generation Mobile Communication Standards) (Iwanami Shinsho).