大阪立地プロモーションセミナー2022

Osaka Business Promotion Webinar 2022
Osaka, the City of Entertainment and the Future of Osaka Startups

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   Osaka has long been known as a city of food and entertainment, and with the World Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, the city is getting even more exciting.
　This seminar will feature a variety of lecturers who are active in various fields to talk about the present and future of Osaka, including entertainment in Osaka, experiences of Osaka start-ups, and efforts by major overseas accelerators to build Osaka's ecosystem and to prepare for the World Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai.
   There will also be time for those attending the venue to exchange business cards with participants and lecturers.
   As a city of entertainment and diverse business, Osaka is attracting attention from startups and overseas companies. This is a great opportunity to hear the attractions and business opportunities Osaka has to offer, as well as to expand your network. Please feel free to join us.

Event Details

Program

*Program is subject to change without notice.

Lecturers

和田真治氏

  • Mr. Shinji Wada
  • Corporate officer, Deputy General Manager of the Innovation Creation Division, Chief Manager of e-sports Project, Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd
  • Born in Hyogo Prefecture, he joined Nankai Electric Railway Co. in 1987. He is currently in the Innovation Creation Office after working in accounting, corporate planning, group company management, and the Greater Namba Creation Office, which was created in 2019, and is also the project manager for the company's newly established e-sports business, which was launched in 2022.

    • 池田氏

  • Mr. Hiroshi Ikeda
  • Representative Director, ENTERFORCE Co., Ltd.
    Representative Director, e-Stadium K.K.
  • Born in Fukuoka, Japan. Music writer, e-sports team owner, and producer. With his musical experience from childhood, he started his music career in his teens. He later worked as an event producer and entertainment school instructor/manager before starting his own business in 2013. In 2019, he entered the e-sports industry by completely producing e-Stadium Fukuoka, a comprehensive facility specializing in e-sports. The following year, he established the professional e-sports team "ENTER FORCE.36". Believing in the power of entertainment, he is developing his business under the philosophy of contributing to world peace.

    • 金谷氏

  • Mr. Genki Kanaya
  • CEO, akippa Inc.
  • Born in 1984. President of akippa, a parking lot sharing service. After graduating from high school, he played in the Kansai Soccer League for four years, aiming to become a professional player. After retirement, he worked as a sales representative for a listed telecommunications company for two years, and in 2009 established a company from his home in Osaka City. akippa, a parking lot reservation application, was released in 2014, and as of September 2022, the total number of members has exceeded 2.8 million.

    • 安藤慎吾氏

  • Mr. Shingo Ando
  • Director, Osaka, Plug and Play Japan K.K.
  • Shingo Ando’s career first began with building an extensive amount of experience on both ends of the business scale spectrum – in a major telecommunications firm; and in a startup. Thereon, he departed Japan to proceed with his higher education with an MBA abroad and returned afterwards to further expand his resume under a foreign-owned healthcare company.
    Eventually, Ando joined Plug and Play Japan in January 2020 and now works as the head of the Osaka branch "Plug and Play Osaka" which is a new third location of Plug and Play Japan that opened, following Tokyo and Kyoto.

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    • Inquiry

  • IBPC Osaka (International Affairs Department, Osaka International Business Promotion Center)
  • 1-5-102, Nanko-kita, Suminoe-ku, Osaka
  • Nagisa Matsuba 
  • TEL: +81-6-6615-7130　　Email: event@investosaka.jp

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