Speaking Engagements
Highlights
Kashiwanoha Innovation Fes 2021
Design & Innovation to solve Environmental Challenges. A conversation with Michiaki Matsushima, Editor-in-Chief of WIRED Japan
Leadership Spotlight
Interview focused on leading social change, small agile teams and keeping focussed in challenging times such as 2020.
A love for the Outdoors
Interview for KEEN’s Live With No Ceiling Global Campaign
Topics I am often asked to talk about!
See below for some specific examples from recent years
Sustainability/SDGs 101
Innovation for Sustainability (Creating long term value)
An introduction to Circular Economy (Examples from Japan and Overseas)
Creating a Circular Economy through innovation & cross-sector partnerships
Plastic waste - the problem and some solutions
Circular Systems Design
Systems Change
Innovation Design
Creating social/behavioural change through social entrepreneurship
Leveraging diversity for innovation
*Above are just some examples - please feel free to get in touch using the contact form to discuss your needs!
Examples of Speaking Engagements
Below are some examples of recent speaking engagements (both English & Japanese), excluding internal corporate seminars etc. that have not been shared publicly.
2023
2022
Keynote Speaker: Asia Pacific Week, Australian National University
Alterna Sustainable Management Program for Professionals: Guest Lecturer (Circular Economy, Ocean Plastics & Global Solutions)
Guest lecturer: AJINOMOTO GROUP Dialogue for the Future
Guest Creator: LOFTWORK Circular Design Workation
Venture Cafe Tokyo
Business Insider Japan Beyond Millennials 2022 Awards Ceremony (Winner)
Panelist: Plastic Ocean Japan Screening
2021
Kashiwanoha Innovation Fes 2021: Design & Innovation for the Environment
Hajimete SDGs, Junior Chamber of Commerce Joetsy: Talk on Plastic Pollution and mymizu
Ireland & Sustainability – A conversation with Ireland’s Climate Envoy, Sinead Walsh
PechaKucha Night Tokyo Vol 175 - International PechaKucha Day 2021
Roppongi Academy Hills: Young Sustainability Leaders Talk event
Alterna SDGs School for Professionals: Seminar on Plastics & the Ocean
Innovation & Design Talk @ Royal College of Art : Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Design
Plastic Oceans Documentary Screening
Talk for Students on the Innovation Design Engineering Program at Royal College of Art
Holland Circular Hotspot: Team NL Tokyo Expo: Circular plastics: Japan & The Netherlands
crQlr Meet up vol 1 (crQlr Awards)
Honey Magazine Sustainability Meetup
2020
UNDP: Youth Co: Lab Japan
TEDx Otemachi Countdown
Embassy of Sweden: Webinar on the Green Recovery
European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Roundtable on Circular Economy in Japan
trialog vol.9 QUALITY / MISSION (Partnered with Sony)
Panel on "Collective Impact" at Sustainable Brands Yokohama 2020
International Pechakucha Day 2020, joint event with British Chambers of Commerce and PechaKucha
2019
Hong Kong Social Enterprise Summit
Nippon Foundation Social Innovation Forum
Intralink Japan: Circular Economy - concept and examples from around the world