Friday, June 7, 2024
The FEWture Conference
Program Details
To help you get the most out of your day at our 2024 conference, we have organized our sessions under 4 overarching themes:
Fundraising for the future of inclusion
Invigorating panel discussions
Inspiring workshops
Evening Gala with dinner & dance
In partnership with:
The FEWture Conference and Gala Schedules have been announced:
The FEWture Conference is raising mission-critical funds to support our community of diverse women in Japan as well as show solidarity with the following like-minded organizations fostering equity and inclusion:
Keynote Speakers
Akiko Domoto is Representative of the Japan Women’s Network for Disaster Risk Reduction. She is a former Member of the House of Councillors (1989-2001) and a Former Governor of Chiba Prefecture (2001-2009). Prior to entering politics, she was a Producer/Director/Newscaster, Tokyo Broadcasting System and received various awards for “The Baby Hotel,” a documentary series about unlicensed day care centers in Japan. She was Vice President/East Asia Regional Councillor, IUCN in 1997, and President of GLOBE Japan (1993-1999) and of GLOBE International in 1999.
She is the recipient of various awards, including UNEP's 25 Women Leaders in Action in 1997, and the Prime Minister’s Commendation for Efforts toward the Formation of a Gender-equal Society in 2012.
Watch the highlight reel of Domoto-sensei's amazing keynote speech at the 2024 FEWture Conference!
She was recently appointed President by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of the Commission for the Status of Women, was named a Forbes 50 Over 50 in Finance and cited by Business Insider’s as The 32 most important VCs in Los Angeles. Ms. Gray serves on Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Venture’s Women of Color Advisory Council, PGIM Real Estate’s Impact Advisory Council, and as a Lead Partner at the Portfolia Green & Sustainability Fund. Ms. Gray is the President of City of Los Angeles Commission on the Status of Women.
Ms. Gray holds a B.S. in Mathematical Science with an aeronautics emphasis from UC Santa Barbara and dual MBAs from Columbia University and UC Berkeley.
Featured International Speakers
Rika, a trilingual executive with a background in Fortune 500 companies and startups, has earned accolades like “Power 70” and “Power 80" at the Women of Channel awards and “Top 100 in Emerging Tech” by Women of the Future. She’s the board chair at STRIDES AI and a board member at Venus Shell Systems. Rika is also the bestselling author of “Dear Chairwoman” and recently released “Beyond the Black Swan: How the Pandemic and Digital Innovation Intensified the Sustainability Imperative - Everywhere” in January 2024.
Caroline is the recipient of numerous prestigious national and international awards. She was named Top 20 Diversity Leading Figure in Quebec, Top 75 Canadian Immigrant, Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada, and Top 100 Entrepreneurs changing the world.
Panel Discussions
Diversifying Tech / STEAM for Equitable Impact
In partnership with
Bringing together speakers with industry, practitioner, and academic backgrounds in STEAM and tech, this panel will touch upon topics such as women’s contributions to tech leadership, software development, the role of human intelligence versus AI, cybersecurity and education for girls and teens in STEAM fields. This panel will raise our understanding of the pressing issues of our times and how to foster girls’ and women’s literacy and leadership in frontier industries key to a more equitable and sustainable future.
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Enhancing Board Diversity for Innovation
In partnership with
Drawing on the multifaceted experiences and insights gained from (paid or unpaid) roles on boards of governance (corporate, nonprofit, professional association), we will dive into the nitty gritty of why diversifying decision-making at all levels yields more sustainable innovation, why a 360 degree view on problems and solutions is so key to good governance, and how diverse boards can leverage inclusive decision-making structures and best practices to ensure positive impact for people, prosperity, and planet.
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Building an Equitable and Inclusive Society in Japan... and Beyond
In this panel we feature the women leaders and representatives of the organizations we have chosen to support and for whom we are honored to raise funds through The FEWture Conference. These women will share insights on their pivotal efforts and work i) empowering LGBTQ and queer women in Japan, ii) supporting youth in institutionalized care with leadership development, iii) raising literacy on women's HERstory in Japan through theater, and iv) providing scholarships for studies abroad to people with disabilities. Focusing on the deep intersectionality of different forms of exclusion, we will learn about how we can all work collaboratively to create a more equal playing field for diverse womxn of all different backgrounds, seeking happiness and equal access to opportunities in Japan and beyond.
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Creative Strategies for Real Estate Investing & Economic Revitalization
In partnership with
Discover new avenues for creative financial wellness tailored for women in Japan. Delve into strategic investment tactics shared by industry experts, exploring how entrepreneurship, real estate, and financial prosperity intersect. Embrace the power of creative thinking to navigate real estate markets effectively, unlocking sustainable pathways to financial success through innovative approaches at the intersection of entrepreneurship and investment.
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Leading with Purpose: Women Transforming Public Service and Business
Having a deep sense of purpose both professionally and personally is the driving force that motivates many women; it helps them lead with the long game in mind, and with an aim to contributing and improving the state of their professions, industries, communities, countries - even international relations - for good. When women lead with purpose, they carve out more space for diverse folks to find a home in those spaces as well. Be inspired by this group of dynamic women who are making unique contributions by leading with purpose.
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Women's Entrepreneurship and Starting a Business in Japan
In partnership with
Are you an entrepreneur or thinking of becoming one? Join our insightful business panel for an immersive journey into entrepreneurship. Learn startup essentials, digital marketing strategies, and master networking techniques from our diverse panel whose experiences range from startups to serial entrepreneurs. In this session, you'll discover the secrets to finding your ideal clients and unlock the mindset of a serial entrepreneur.
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Hands-on Skills-Building / Holistic Well-being Workshops
Lower Your Expectations To Raise Your Game
Aiming for average is not typical advice you’d receive if you want to accomplish everything you do. But it turns out if you shift your mindset, work less, and become kinder to yourself, you can achieve surprisingly more than you imagined with greater ease.
This intimate, reflective, and active workshop will teach you how lowering your expectations can help you raise your game. By the end of the workshop, you can expect to i) take home new perspectives and possibilities for less effort and more impact thanks to the wisdom in the room, ii) understand practical ways you can lower your expectations to raise your game, iii) feel reassured that you can actually put what you learned into practice because you have a better understanding of what really works for you.
Relationships by Design
What if you could tap into the innate creativity, intelligence and personality of your relationships to guide you toward “right relationship”? We are constantly in ever-emerging relationships with everything around us. There are signals coming in all the time, from sometimes unexpected places, in our family, work, teams, companies, marriages, friendships, groups and networks. We can listen to and communicate with these signals to discover more information if we just know how to access them.
In this interactive Workshop, Sarah Furuya of SF Creative & Coaching will take you through a series of activities to explore: i) 3 types of relationship intelligence and how to play with them in your daily life, ii) 3 levels of reality and “quantam flirts”, and moving in and out of them skillfully, iii) getting creative with the tiniest steps towards getting into right relationship.
Practical Yoga Play
Take a break from the conference and enjoy Practical Yoga Play, a light-hearted yoga lesson incorporating movement, breath work, and mindfulness meditation with useful takeaways for womxn in business. No previous yoga experience is required and all levels of yoga practitioners are welcome. This session is suitable for all bodies, all outfits, and all everything - this is highly inclusive yoga. Come as you are.
Your MCs for the Day:
Your Dedicated Hosts for The FEWture Conference: the FEW Japan Board of Directors
General Admission Tickets Available Now!
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