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Activities
Slides
- Slides (SpeakerDeck) — decks from 2021 onward.
- Slides (SlideShare, older) — decks before 2021.
Blog
- Blog — main blog since 2019.
- Blog (Medium, older) — earlier posts.
- FoundX Review — also edited and updated.
Lectures
Talks
I occasionally accept public talks, talks for organizations, in-house corporate talks, and community talks.
Selected keynotes and talks since 2020:
- GEA (Global Environmental Action) International Conference 2026 — speaker (2026/10)
- Furusato Foundation — Public-Private Co-Creation Forum, keynote (2026/08)
- Japan Community Power Association — "Winning from the Regions: Greentech × Community Energy", keynote (2026/03)
- Ministry of the Environment — Environmental Startup Awards ceremony, keynote (2026/02)
- ASCII STARTUP TechDay 2025, keynote (2025/11)
- Kashiwa-no-ha Smart City INNOVATION SHOWCASE 2025, keynote (2025/10)
- Nagoya University — Seminar on Open & Close Strategy, keynote (2025/03)
- Muturelism Conference 2025, keynote (2025/03)
- Cabinet Office — Sogo-chi (Convergence Knowledge) Workshop, keynote (2025/02)
- Media is Hope — study session "Climate Tech in the Global Spotlight", keynote (2024/08)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government — X-HUB TOKYO Kickoff Event 2024, keynote (2024/06)
- Consortium for Satellite Earth Observation (CONSEO) — inaugural meeting, keynote (2022/10)
- JMA Consultants — R&D Innovation Forum, keynote (2022/05)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government — TOKYO Startup Station Anniversary Event, keynote (2020/02)
Committees & Advisory Roles
I serve on several government-related committees. Only representative roles are listed here.
- MEXT — Expert Panel on New Approaches to Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, member (2026/08–)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government — Startup Strategy Fellow (now Tokyo Startup Fellow) (2022/10–)
- MEXT — National Entrepreneurship Education Program, instructor (FY2021–)
- METI — Industrial Structure Council, R&D Reform Working Group, member (2021/11–2022/02)
- International House of Japan — Senior Visiting Researcher (2021/07–)
- METI — Green Innovation Fund, Energy Structure Transformation WG, member (2021/04–)
- NARO Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution — Startup Support Program (SBIR), reviewer (FY2021–FY2022)
Presentations as an invited expert:
- Cabinet Secretariat — GX2040 Leaders' Panel (2024/08)
- METI — Industrial Structure Council, Innovation Subcommittee (2024/02)
- Ministry of the Environment — Central Environment Council, exchange of views with the Policy Committee (2023/11)