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Hack Osaka, the annual international innovation conference which takes place in Osaka City, will be held for the 11th time this year, and for the first time will be a two-day event.
The Hack Osaka venue will allow us to host a wide variety of activities, including keynote speeches, talk sessions by prominent figures in the startup world, pitch contests, exhibitions, and business matching between startups and corporations - as well as with venture capitalists.
This is one of the largest innovation festivals in the Kansai region, bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, corporations, students, local governments, and various other players in the startup ecosystem from Japan and abroad, to Osaka.
EX-Fusion Inc.
Kazuki Matsuo
Flora Co., Ltd,
Anna Kreshchenko
METI-KANSAI The Kansai Bureau of Economy,Trade and Industry,
Kazushige Nobutani
Osaka prefecture / The Consortium for Japan International Asset Management Center Promotion,
Kunihiro Ishibashi
for Startups, Inc.,
Tomonori Izumi
Stroly Inc,
Machi Takahashi
Sagri Co., Ltd,
Shunsuke Tsuboi
Rebright Partners Pte Ltd.,
Takeshi Ebihara
GET IN THE RING OSAKA 2023/2024 -Impact Society-
MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd.,
Ryusuke Hirota
Sozo Ventures / Fintech Association of Japan
Kenichi Saito
NordicNinja VC,
Tomosaku Sohara
Fintech Association of Japan / Funds, Inc.,
Takao Tomomichi
National University of Singapore,
Benjamin Tee
Woven Capital,
Michiko Kato
Zehitomo inc.,
Jordan Fisher
Plug and Play Japan,
Kathy Liu
Stripe, Inc.,
Daniel Heffernan
Sollective K.K.,
Erika Iwai
EDGEof INNOVATION, LLC,
Alex Odajima
14:05～14:55
Open Innovation: Attractiveness of Collaboration with Overseas Startups
Mizuno Corporation,
Shinichi Saito
Mizuno Corporation,
Masaki Terashita
Mizuno Corporation,
Hiroki Nakajima
Shinjiro Hiyama(Former pro baseball player, Baseball commentator, YouTuber)
14:55～16:30
Global Startup Pitch
11 high-profile overseas startups will take the stage
＊Pitch Time for Exhibitors
Consulate-General of France in Kyoto, U.S. Consulate General Osaka-Kobe, Embassy of Switzerland in Japan, British Consulate-General Osaka, Consulate-General of Germany in Osaka-Kobe, Consulate of Canada, Royal Thai Consulate-General,Osaka, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, Embassy of Israel in Japan Economic & Trade Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Singapore in Japan, Consulate of Switzerland in Osaka, Swissnex in Japan
【Events held at the same time】
・Innovation Stream KANSAI7.0
Organzer / Umekita Future Innovation Organization
（Dec.19th(Tue) 20th (Wed) Knowledge Capital Congrès Convention Center）
https://u-fino.com/program/isk7/
・WestShip2023
Organzer / Uzabase, Inc.
（Dec.20th (Wed) Knowledge Capital Congrès Convention Center）
https://region.newspicks.com/ws2023
【Events held nearby】
・ASCII STARTUP Meetup #7
Organizer / Kadokawa Ascii Research Institute, Inc.
Date / Monday, December 18, 2023, 19:00-20:30
Place / akippa K.K. OSAKA OFFICE
https://20231218.peatix.com/
・We will take photos and videos of the entire venue during the event in order to publicize the event on our website and to provide information about future events. There is the chance that you may be interviewed by the media. We ask that when registering, you consent to photographs and videos that may include portraits of participants.
・Personal information provided during the registration process is solely used by Hack Osaka Executive Committee (Osaka City, Urban Innovation Institute, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Osaka, and Osaka Business Development Agency), within the scope of the purposes stipulated in advance, and will not be provided to third parties.
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：06-6359-1322
(Mon – Fri 9:30 – 17:30 ※Closed during national holidays and year-end/new year holidays)
：hackosaka2023_2nd@urban-ii.or.jp
