Timetable:

Opening Remarks

Masafumi Shukuri, Chairman, JITTI USA & JTTRI

Greetings by Guest of Honor

Shigeo Yamada, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America

Keynote Speeches

Kenichiro Sasae, President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs; Former Ambassador of Japan to the United States

• Speech Title: "Japan-U.S. Partnership for the Future"

Kurt Tong, Managing Partner, Asia Group; Former Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo

Moderator

Aiko Doden, Journalist; Distinguished Senior Fellow, Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Panelists

Ricki Garrett, President and CEO, Sister Cities International

Frank Jannuzi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation

Kazuyo Kato, Executive Director, Japan Center for International Exchange, USA

Jessyca Livingston, Executive Director, US JET Program Alumni Association

Moderator

Aiko Doden, Journalist; Distinguished Senior Fellow, Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Panelists

Jennifer Aguinaga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Travel and Tourism and Acting Director of the National Travel and Tourism Office, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Peter Dodge, Director, Public Affairs, Brand USA

Shigeki Murata, Commissioner, Japan Tourism Agency, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 

Masatsugu Odaira, Minister of Public Affairs, Embassy of Japan in the United States of America