Interview
2021 French Japanese Business Summit: Key Takeaway Videos
An exclusive series of video interviews, including famous architect Kengo KUMA
On November 9th, the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan organized the 4th edition of the French Japanese Business Summit titled “Visions for 2050 – A path towards an imaginative and sustainable future”, after a series of successful sectorial conferences held throughout the year. Over 960 participants - 470 on-site and 490 online - attended the summit.
This edition featured 35 top-level speakers, including KUMA Kengo, Jean-Dominique SENARD, and many other experts, high level government officials and top-level executives from major companies.
A first concrete step towards sustainability was taken with the signing ceremony of the Air France-KLM Corporate SAF programme.
Journalists Regis Arnaud (FJE, Le Figaro) and Yann Rousseau (Les Echos) sat down with a number of speakers to discuss key takeaways from their respective sessions on "Joining Forces for Sustainability", "Innovations for Energy and Sustainability", "Transitions and Transformations" and "Financing the Future".
The French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan is pleased to introduce this exclusive series of video interviews with:
- Masayuki Adachi, President & COO, HORIBA, Ltd.
- Virginie Cavalli, President & CEO, Air Liquide Japan.
- Jerome Chouchan, CEO, Godiva Japan & Manufacture Belge de Chocolats
- Olivier Durand, Executive Vice-President, Faurecia Clarion Electronics
- Hidenori Furuta, Representative Director of the Board, COO & CDPO, Fujitsu
- Guillaume Glass, General Manager Japan-Korea-New Caledonia, Air France-KLM
- Nobumitsu Hayashi, Deputy Governor, JBIC
- Hiroshi Komiyama, Chairman, Mitsubishi Research Institute
- Kengo Kuma, Architect, Kengo Kuma and Associates
- Norbert Leuret, President, LVMH Japan KK
- Yoshio Murata, President, Takashimaya
- Kumiharu Shigehara, President, International Economic Policy Studies Association
