FEATURED SPEAKERS
Amb. Shigeo Yamada
Ambassador of Japan
to the United States
Adm. Dennis C. Blair (USN-Ret.)
Retired U.S. Navy admiral &
fmr. Director of National Intelligence
Wendy Cutler
Senior Vice President
Asia Society Policy Institute
Sam Mihara
National Endowment for the
Humanities 51st Jefferson Lecturer
Matt Alt
Author of Pure Invention:
How Japan Made the Modern World
Jane Nakano
Senior Fellow, Energy Security
and Climate Change Program at CSIS
EMCEE
Nozomi Morgan
Michiki Morgan Worldwide
SPEAKERS
In alphabetical order by last name
Kim Andrews | Kim Andrews Nonprofit Consulting | Workshop Facilitator
Randolph Bell | Vice President of Government & Regulatory Affairs, JERA Americas Inc.
Steve Bloom | US-Japan Foundation, Senior Fellow | Workshop Facilitator
Matt Burkett | Japanese Culture Club of Arizona | Workshop Facilitator
Theresa Carney | Senior Director, Japan-America Society of Greater Philadelphia | Presenter
Emma Chanlett-Avery | Chairwoman, NAJAS | Panelist
David "Chet" Chetwynd | Chair, Japan-America Society of North Carolina | Workshop Facilitator
Ian Dickinson | CEO, LongPath Technologies
Dr. Frank Feltens | Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs, Smithsonian Institution | Moderator
Liseann Gouin | President, Japan America Society of Michigan and Southwestern Ontario
Dr. David Janes | Vice President, North America, International House of Japan & Executive Director, American Friends of the International House of Japan
Sohyun Jeon | Korea West Fellow, NAJAS
Jamie Kelly | Vice President, CIE-US | Speaker
Director General Hiroyuki Kojima | Director General, Japan Foundation New York | Presenter
Jason Lanclos | Louisiana Economic Development | Panelist
Steve Pollock | President, Japan Society of Northern California
Gabriel Rebeck | Japan Programs Director, Laurasian Institution | Presenter
Nobuko Saito Cleary | President, Cross-Cultural Communications
Yuki Shimazu | Special Advisor, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Matthew Paul Smith
| Lecturer, Tulane University
Doug Tassin | Board Member, Japan Society of New Orleans | Workshop Facilitator
Kazumi Teune Executive Director, Japan-America Society of Greater Philadelphia | Presenter
Kurt Tong | Managing Partner, The Asia Group
Jennifer Torres | Vice President, Japan Society of New Orleans | Presenter, Workshop Facilitator
Naoki Tsutsumi | Chief Strategy Officer, JERA Americas, Inc. | Panelist
Dr. Joshua Walker | President & CEO, Japan Society
Andrew Wylegala | President, NAJAS
Ryan Shaffer | President, Japan-America Society of Washington D.C. | Presenter
Matthew Paul Smith | Lecturer, Tulane University | Panelist
Kenta Yamashita | Deputy Director, Japan Foundation Los Angeles
Alice Yelen-Gitter | Senior Curator of Collections Research Emerita, New Orleans Museum of Art
Tom Yura | President & CEO, UBE C1 Chemicals America
Hiromi Zeppieri | Japan Foundation New York | Presenter