15th Annual Japan ETF Conference 2023 | S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC | 3 April 2023 | Imperial Hotel Tokyo, 1 Chome-1-1 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-8558, Japan

This event brings together industry leaders and financial practitioners to explore how passive strategies may offer new opportunities across regions, asset classes and themes.

Topics will also include:
• The latest developments in the Japanese and global ETF markets
• Using passive strategies to participate in sustainable investing
• Why U.S. equities may be an important piece of the puzzle for Japanese investors

2023 Speakers

Douglas L. Peterson
President and Chief Executive Officer, S&P Global

Dan Draper
Chief Executive Officer, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Annie Shum
Head of Business Strategy, CSOP Asset Management

Deborah Fuhr
Managing Partner & Founder, ETFGI

Dohei Echizenya
Director, Head of ETF Business, ETF Business Group, BlackRock Japan

Eriko Sakai
Senior Manager ETF, Business Dept., Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd

Franklin Khusman
Manager, ESG Innovation & Solutions, CFA, S&P Global Sustainable

Grace Chiu
Managing Director, Sales and Business Development, Asia, Direxion

Gunjan Chauhan
Head of SPDR Capital Markets and Strategic Partners, State Street Global Advisors

Hideki Takada
Director, Strategy Development Division, Strategy Development and Management Bureau, Financial Services Agency

Hiroki Nishimoto
Product Manager, Company Intelligence & Analytics, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Hirosuke Uraoka
Senior Vice President ETF Specialist, ETF＆Alternative Marketing Department Retail Business Division, Amundi Japan Ltd.

Hiroyuki Matsubara
Executive Director & Head of Sales 1st Department, Global X Japan

Hiroyuki Kishimoto
Senior X trackers Sales, Institutional Sales Dept., DWS Investments Japan Limited

Jason Lee, HKEX
Vice President, Exchange Traded Products

Jason Ye
Head of Strategy Indices, Asia Pacific, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Jiro Arai
Deputy Director of Environmental Economy Office Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environmental Burea, Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI)

Junichiro Ariga
Joint Global Head of ETF Business, Head of Product Development Department and Head of ETF Business Development Department, Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Kaori Shoji
CEO, Wanderism Co., ltd.

Kazuhisa Mikami
Head of Sales, Japan, Jane Street

Kei Okazaki
Head of ETF Secondary Trading, Senior Manager, Strategic Planning Group Equities Department, ETF Business Development and New Listings, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

Ken Kobayashi
Head of Japan Office, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Kenichiro Ono
Senior Stewardship Officer, General Manager Stewardship development Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management

Kenji Hanamura
Group Manager, ETF Business Development Department, ETF Business Development Group and Representative Director, Nippon Institutional Securities Co., Ltd.

Keri Neo
Head of Equities, APAC, Tradeweb Markets Inc.

Koei Imai
ETF Center Senior Adviser, Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Kohei Sasaki
ETF Business Group Product Specialist, Vice President, BlackRock Japan

Louis Kuijs
Chief Economist APAC, S&P Global Ratings

Makiko Hashimoto
Product Specialist, ETF and Benchmarking Solution, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Makoto Hoshino
Wealth, Investment Consulting | Principal, Mercer Japan. Ltd.

Mana Nakazora
Chief Credit Strategist / Chief ESG Strategist, Vice Chairperson Global Markets, Japan, DWS Investments Japan Limited

Masafumi Watanabe
Head of ETF Business Dept, Managing Director, ETF Business Dept., Nomura Asset Management

Masaki Sugihara
Head of Japan SPDR ETF Business, Exchange Traded Funds, State Street Global Advisors (Japan) Co., Ltd.

Matthew Tagliani
ETF Head of Product & Sales Strategy EMEA, Invesco

Meaghan Victor
Head of the Global SPDR ETFS Asia Pacific Distribution, State Street Global Advisors

Megumi Terayama
Director, Channel Management ESG, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Minah Kim
Senior Director, Equity Index & Cryptocurrency Products, Asia Pacific, CME Group

Minako Takaba
Sustainable Investment Officer, Asset Management One Co., Ltd.

Naho Nakakubo
ESG Solutions Director, S&P Global Sustainable1

Nippei Yasuoka
APAC Institutional Sales Manager, Optiver

Norimitsu Takeda
Chief Investment Officer, Zurich Life Insurance Company Ltd.

Olivier Trecco
Head of ASEAN, Japan, Australia ESG Solutions Sustainable1, S&P Global

Oran D’Arcy
Director, Investment Products, Cboe Australia

Osumi Yoshimasa
Trader, Nomura Asset Management

Peter H. Loehnert
Managing Director, APAC Head for ETF and Index Investments business (EII), BlackRock

Ryuji Ando
President, Reliable Investment Advisors Japan Co., Ltd 【RIA JAPAN】

Satsuki　Katayama
Liberal Democratic Party Member, House of Councillors

Seiji Ishii
Head of Japan at Coalition Greenwich, Coalition Greenwich

Simon Klein, CIIA
Global Head of X trackers Sales, Client Coverage Division, DWS International GmbH

Shoko Shinoda
Fund Analyst, Vice Office Manager, Rakuten Securities Economic Research Institute, Rakuten Securities Inc.

Sungchun Kim
Head / ETF market, Korea Exchange

Taiki Nakamura
Manager, ETF Business Dept., Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Takayuki Mamabe
Director, Corporate Engagement ESG, S&P Global Sustainable1

Takeki Yamada
Institutional Trading, Head of Japan Business

Tatsuya Goto,
Economic Journalist

Tim Brennan
Trading and Capital Markets Consultant, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Tim Edwards
Managing Director and Global Head of Index Investment Strategy, S&P Dow Jones Indices

Tom Digby
Director, Head of ETF Business Development & Capital Markets, APAC, Invesco

Toshihiro Nagahama
Executive Chief Economist, Economic Research Dept., Dai-ichi Life Research Institute Inc.

Hiromi Yamaji
Group CEO, Japan Exchange Group, Inc.

Yasuyuki Konuma
Director, Executive Vice President, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

Yoshio Horimoto
Vice Commissioner for Evidence-based Policymaking, Strategy Development and Management Bureau, Financial Services Agency, Government of Japan

Yuko Seimei
Representative Executive Officer, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Monex Group, Inc.

Yumiko Murakami
Chef Trader, Nissay Asset Management Corporation

2023 Sponsors

MAIN SUPPORTER:
• JPX

SPECIAL COLLABORATORS:
• iShares
• CME Group
• DWS
• Flow.Thaders
• Invesco
• Jane Street
• State Street SPDR