Summary of the Meeting

With the main theme of "Future Prospect for Retail Industry 〜How Retailers and Manufacturers Can Work Together〜", we will return to CGF's vision of "realizing better lives through better business," or in other words, consumer orientation, and deepen the discussion of what our industry should be.

There are three main backgrounds for the above:

  • The transformation of consumer behaviors such as transformation of means of buying and transformation of eating habits in the With Covid-19, and transformation of working styles and diversification of values in the Post Covid-19
  • Changing behavior on the demand side (consumers) is essential to achieving Carbon Neutral (decarbonization)
  • The declining working population and labor shortage are already the most serious issues for Japan due to the super low birthrate and super aging population

PROGRAM

Moderator : Tsutomu OKUBO

Senior Manager, GFSI Japan Local Group, CGF

13:15-
Reception opens on the ground floor at 13:15
14:00-14:05
Opening Remarks and Organizer's Address

Takeshi MATSUKAWA

General Manager, Japan & Asia-Pacific Region, CGF

14:05-14:15
Greeting

Hirofumi NOMOTO

Chairman & Representative Director of TOKYU CORPORATION
Chairman of Japan Retailers Association

14:15-14:25
Key Message from Retailer College

Frans MULLER

CEO, Ahold Delhaize and CGF Co-Chair

14:25-14:35
CGF Policy Statement

Wai-Chan CHAN

Managing Director, CGF

14:35-15:00
Japan Activity reports

Co-chairs such as GFSI Japan LG, Japan Sustainability LG, and CHL Japan LG

GFSI Japan Local Group Co-chair

Kazufumi NAGASHIMA

Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Quality Assurance Department, Kirin Holdings Company, Limited

Japan Sustainability Local Group Co-chair

Nobuyasu KITAMURA

Vice General Manager, Sustainability Management Department, Suntory Holdings Limited

CHL Japan Local Group Co-Chair

Kiyoshi MATSUNO

Associate General Manager, Nutrition&Wellness Group, Sustainability Development Dept., Corporate Division, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

15:00-15:45
Consumer Behavior in Mature Markets – Collaboration between Retailers and Manufacturers

Yuji ITO

Head of Consumer & Retail, KPMG Japan
Partner, KPMG FAS

Hiroyuki MINO

Head of Consumer packaged goods, KPMG Japan
Partner, KPMG Consulting

15:45-16:10
Visiting sponsors exhibition booths and showing introductory videos
16:10-16:30
Beyond Delivery Together: Realization of a new sustainable transportation platform

Katsuhiko UMETSU

Permanent Executive Fellow & CSO（Chief Standardization Officer）, Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.

16:30-17:00
How to respond to a Society with a Declining Population through the Power of Digital
〜From the award-winning case studies of Digi Den Koshien 2023〜

Kyoko NISHI

Deputy Director-General, Secretariat of the Council for the Realization of the Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan

17:00-17:30
Challenges Toward Carbon Neutrality
〜Food and Retail Industries〜

Yuji SADAOKA

Operating Officer & General Manager, Industry Research Department, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

17:30-17:40
Closing remarks

Masahiko KATO

President & CEO, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

Cocktail Reception

17:50-19:20
Invitation-only
Mizuho Marunouchi Tower

Registration

Please register by clicking on the "Registration" button below. After completion, you will receive an email confirming your registration from the Secretariat.
  • Registration for on-site participation.
  • Each company may register up to three persons, including the representative (or a person equivalent to the representative).
  • The cocktail reception is by invitation only. After receiving your registration, we will contact you.
  • The deadline for registration is by 5:00pm on Friday, 12 April 2024.
Email : japanday2024@pco-prime.com
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