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Naoto Yokoyama
Facebook Japan Executive Officer
New Partnership Project

2002 I joined NTT DoCoMo and engaged in overseas i-mode deployment. Since 2009 Google has been in charge of cloud business, mobile, android business development. Started new business and partnership business at present in 2014. Current focus areas are mobile, VR / AR, user growth. Rikkyo University graduate. He graduated from New York University.

Mariko Nishimura
Representative director HEART CATCH Co., Ltd.
producer

He graduated from International Christian University (ICU). He began his career as an engineer, afterwards he founded HEARTCATCH Co., Ltd. in 2014 through field marketing manager of a foreign-affiliated company and producer of a digital creative company. Technology × Design × Produce marketing as a strength and do mentoring for editing and venture. Mistletoe Corporation Fellow, NTV SENSORS.jp editor-in-chief.

Hiroyuki Ito
No Maps Executive Committee Chairman / Representative Director of Krypton Future Media, Inc.

After working at Hokkaido University, July 1995 established Krypton · Future Media Co., Ltd. in Sapporo city. With over 100 affiliated companies around the world, more than 30 million sound contents are the largest in the world. DTM software, music distribution aggregator, 3DCG technology, etc. We are advancing service development and technology development with sound as the idea source every day. It is also known as "Hatsune Miku" development company. Hokkai Gakuen University Economic Graduation. No Maps Executive Committee Chairperson, Visiting Professor at Information Hokkaido Information University also concurrently holds. Received the Ainu Ring prize in 2013.

Kojima Shinjiro
President Wes Corporation President and Representative Director

1981 Established Wes Corporation Co.
Currently organizing about 450 concerts in Hokkaido annually, starting with the planning, production and operation of the concert in 1999, Japan's first All Night Outdoor Rock Festival "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL". Also, since 2008 he operated the recording studio "Arimori Studio" in the artistic forest. We are broadcasting music culture nationwide from Hokkaido.

Kitagawa Yasuro
Special assistant president
Otaru University of Commerce Glocal Strategy Promotion Center Associate Professor Deputy Division Promotion Division Industry, Academia and Government Promotion Department

Born in 1975. 2000 After graduating from Otaru University of Commerce, he joined Hitachi, Ltd. After completing the graduate school in Otaru University of Commerce in 2008, he moved to Oracle Corporation in Japan. In August 2012 he joined Otaru University of Commerce Associate Professor Business Creation Center. From 2016, he is special assistant to the president, Deputy General Manager of Industry, Academia and Government Collaboration Promotion Division, Glocal Strategy Promotion Center. We support entrepreneurship based on industry, academia and government collaboration and consulting new business. In addition, we are also using regional resources in Hokkaido, supporting overseas expansion of companies in Hokkaido, and cultivating management human resources in sightseeing and medical fields.

Machida Takatoshi
Deputy Mayor of Sapporo City

1983 April Joined Sapporo City Hall. I am involved in the promotion of new industries that are driving the economy of Sapporo such as the information industry. After serving as the secretary manager and public relations manager, he became the education chief in 2013 and became deputy mayor of Sapporo city in May 2015. Currently under the jurisdiction of the Economic and Tourism Bureau. He graduated from Hokkaido University Law School.