Meet the Speakers
The Valuism Conference 2025 brings together leading thinkers, researchers, innovators, and change-makers from around the world. Our speakers span academia, business, government, and civil society, reflecting the diverse voices shaping the future of value.
Director, Value Research Center, Doshisha University
Philip Sugai
Chair in the Keynote Speeches.
Chair in session 7: The Mathematics of Value Measurement.
Vice President, Capgemini
Paul Beddie
Moderator in the conference's closing.
Chairman, Valuufy; Distinguished Professor, Kyoto University GSM
Dr. Sachio Semmoto
Key note speech
Title: Value, Innovation, and Japan’s Global Role
President Customer Value Foundation; Founder Journal of Creating Value
Gautam Mahajan
Key note speech
Title: Value and Value Measurement, Global Efforts and Challenges
Shihan, Chiseikan Dojo, Kyoto
Yoshie Sugai
Key note speech
Title: Seiryoku Zenyo, Jita Kyoei - The Philosophical Foundation for Valuism
Strategic Growth Manager, UniServices
The University of Auckland
John Eyles
Chair in session 1: Innovation and Value Creation: Driving a Sustainable Future
Professor, RMIT University
Anne-Laure Mention
Session 1: Innovation and Value Creation: Driving a Sustainable Future
Session 2: Global Governance and Institutional Structures for Sustainable Value Creation
Session 8: Impact Measurement and Management: Rethinking Value in Finance and Beyond
Professor, Hitotsubashi University
Yoshinori Fujikawa
Session 1: Innovation and Value Creation: Driving a Sustainable Future
Description: The role of innovation in creating multi-stakeholder value.
Professor, Imperial College London
James Barlow
Session 1: Innovation and Value Creation: Driving a Sustainable Future
Co-Director, ESG-IREC,
Osaka University
Haruko Satoh
Chair in session 2: Global Governance and Institutional Structures for Sustainable Value Creation
Chair, British Japanese Law Association
Chizu Nakajima
Chair in session 2: Global Governance and Institutional Structures for Sustainable Value Creation
Assistant Professor, Kyoto University
Julie Ann De Los Reyes
Session 2: Global Governance and Institutional Structures for Sustainable Value Creation
Associate Professor of International Business | Graduate School of International Studies | Ewha Womans University
Hannah Jun
Session 2: Global Governance and Institutional Structures for Sustainable Value Creation
Chair in session 8: Impact Measurement and Management: Rethinking Value in Finance and Beyond
Professor of Social and Environmental Accounting
Kobe University
Katsuhiko Kokubu
Chair in session 3: AI and Big Data for Visualizing Substantive Sustainability Activities
Professor
Kansai University
Yuriko Nakao
Session 3: AI and Big Data for Visualizing Substantive Sustainability Activities
Description:This panel explores how AI and big data can shift corporate sustainability from compliance to real value creation, using advanced analytics and visualization to uncover deeper impact and drive meaningful action.
Professor Kwansei Gakuin University
Chika Saka
Session 3: AI and Big Data for Visualizing Substantive Sustainability Activities
Description:This panel explores how AI and big data can shift corporate sustainability from compliance to real value creation, using advanced analytics and visualization to uncover deeper impact and drive meaningful action.
Sustainability Reporting Expert
Naho Nakakubo
Session 3: AI and Big Data for Visualizing Substantive Sustainability Activities
Description:This panel explores how AI and big data can shift corporate sustainability from compliance to real value creation, using advanced analytics and visualization to uncover deeper impact and drive meaningful action.
Founder, Valuufy
Marco Koeder
Chair in session 4: Heritage Businesses and the Art of Long-Term Value Creation
Innovation Strategy & Tech Transfer Expert,
Founder MiraiSphere
Valerie Daldrup
Chair in session 4: Heritage Businesses and the Art of Long-Term Value Creation
CEO, Chinriu Honten
Nicolas Soergel
Session 4: Heritage Businesses and the Art of Long-Term Value Creation
Description: Lessons from long-lived businesses in balancing innovation with tradition.
Professor, Kyoto University
Will Baber
Chair in session 5: Creating Deep Value: Beyond Immediate Tangible Gains
Associate Professor, Aarhus University
Peter Kesting
Session 5: Creating Deep Value: Beyond Immediate Tangible Gains
Description: This panel explores how value can be created and protected beyond money or traditional business resources—through resilience, community well-being, and environmental stewardship. It highlights alternative approaches to sustaining deeper, long-term value.
Professor, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
Remigiusz Smolinsk
Session 5: Creating Deep Value: Beyond Immediate Tangible Gains
Description: This panel explores how value can be created and protected beyond money or traditional business resources—through resilience, community well-being, and environmental stewardship. It highlights alternative approaches to sustaining deeper, long-term value.
Researcher, TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology)
Dragos Valescu
Session 5: Creating Deep Value: Beyond Immediate Tangible Gains
Description: This panel explores how value can be created and protected beyond money or traditional business resources—through resilience, community well-being, and environmental stewardship. It highlights alternative approaches to sustaining deeper, long-term value.
Professor, Würzburg-Schweinfurt Technical University of Applied Sciences
Karsten Machholz
Chair in session 6: Circularity and Future Models for Value-Creating Systems
Research and Impact Fellow, University of Exeter
Diego Bermudez
Chair in session 6: Circularity and Future Models for Value-Creating Systems
Associate Professor, Western Sydney University
Youqing Fan
Chair in session 7: The Mathematics of Value Measurement
Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University
Haruyoshi Ito
Session 8: Impact Measurement and Management: Rethinking Value in Finance and Beyond
Description: How financial metrics are evolving to integrate sustainability and stakeholder impact.
Partner, Valuufy
Kyle Barnes
Chair in session 9: Valuism in Action, Valuufy and Real-World Strategies for Stakeholder-Centric Business
Associate Professor,
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Laura Girella
Chair in session 10: The Future of Intangible Assets and Value Measurement
Founder, AREOPA Group International
Ludo Pyis
Chair in session 10: The Future of Intangible Assets and Value Measurement
Director, Redefining Value, Global Reporting Initiative
Mario Abela
Chair in session 11: The Performance Management of Value
Professor Circular Transitions
Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven
Biljana Pesalj
Chair in session 11: The Performance Management of Value
…And More to Be Announced!
We’re excited to welcome more inspiring voices to the conference.
Stay tuned as we reveal additional speakers in the coming weeks.
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