Mentors
Advisory Board
Baron Davis
Baron Davis Enterprises
Founder
Mentors
John Rossant
CoMotion
NewCities Foundation
CEO | Founder and Chairman
Brano Perkovich
San Francisco 49ers
Chief Investment Officer
Edgar Chiu
SparkLabs Taipei
Managing Partner
Heather Werner
City of San Diego
Deputy Director, Sustainability
Noboru Koshizuka
The University of Tokyo
Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies
Peter Popovics
NordicBiz
Co-founder/Partner
Tak Umezawa
CIC Japan | A.T. Kearney
Chairman | Chairman
Greg Cangialosi
Betamore | Baltimore Angels
Chairman & Co-Founder
Managing Member
Anna Sandquist
Best Buy
Merchant Director, Connected Home and Connected Car
Hiroaki Miyata
Keio University
Professor, Department of health policy and management, School of Medicine
Edwin Olson
Allianz
Venture Investor
Jordan Sun
SoftBank Robotics America
Head of Product, Design, and Engineering
Penny Lee
Invariant
Principal at Invariant, Angel Investor
Sue Stash
Pandemic Impact Fund
General Partner
Tak Nagumo
Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting Co., Ltd
Smart City Institution Japan
Senior Managing Executive Officer | Executive Director
Naomi Koshi
Miura & Partners | Former Mayor of Otsu City
Partner
Abhi Nemani
EthosLabs.us
Founder
Alex Ryan
MaRS Discovery District
Academic Instituition
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Andrew Salkin
Resilient Cities Catalyst
Founding Principal
Elisse Douglass
Oakland Black Business Fund
Founder
Filippo Addarii
PlusValue Advisory Ltd.
Co-founder & CEO
Isaiah Steinfeld
Nike
Entrepreneur in Residence | Global Innovation Leader
Jonas Stiklorius
CrossBeat Ventures
Partner
Chris Richardson
Arizona State University
Founder
Christian Schmitz
PDIE Group
Deputy CIO – Product Ownership & Leadership Development
Manpreet Singh
Singh Capital Partners
Chief Investment Officer
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Michael Lake
Leading Cities
President & CEO
Ben Costantini
Startup Sesame (France)
Founder & CEO
Nao Sugawara
Bandai Town, Fukushima
CDO
Oren Simanian
Colosseum Sport
Founder
Saumitra Thakur
MedMountain Ventures
Managing Partner
Stephen Forte
Fresco Capital
Managing Partner
Trevor Parham
Oakland Black Business Fund
Co-founder and General Partner
Yusuke Harada
Arthur D. Little Japan, Inc.
Managing Partner
Hironori Iwasaki
Musashino Art University
Professor, College of Creative Thinking for Social Innovation
Ryan Jeffery
gener8tor
Managing Director, Sustainability
Bradley Tanaka
Team Uber
Startup Advisor/Mentor, Angel Investor, Entrepreneur
Sezin Aksoy
AXS
SVP, Global Data Strategy & Analytics
Amobi Okugo
Austin Gold FC |
The Ok U Go Foundation
Professional Soccer Player
Ben Seto
NZ Growth Capital Partners
Investment Analyst
Erik Kijak
3M Ventures
Manager
Holly Flanagan
Gabriel Investments.
Managing Director
Jennifer L. Maher
1776
CEO
Joyce Reitman
EMS Partners
Principal
Chuck Sacco
Drexel University
Assistant Dean, Entrepreneurship
Kenichiro Suzuki
Nikken Sekkei Ltd
Project Manager / Associate
Melissa Lesch
Park Street Public
Senior Vice President, State & Local Government Affairs
Sarah Kerner
CivStart
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Ben Frayman
Best Buy Health
Associate Director
Oliver Hall
Copenhagen Capacity
Head of AI & FinTech Investments, 日本担当
Randy Engler
Airbnb
Olympic & Paralympic Hospitality Lead
Shin Iwata
MIRAISE
Partner & CEO
Sushma Kaushik
Aavishkaar Capital
Managing Partner
Vy Le
BIG Factory & BDE (Baron Davis Enterprise)
Chief Operations Officer
Hironobu Azuma
The Japan Research Institute, Limited. l Smart-City Research Center (SCRC), Osaka Prefecture University
Principal
Andrew Ackerman
Dreamit Urbantech & Strategic Advisor, Second Century Ventures
Managing Director
Michiko Ashizawa
Yokohama City University
Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Business Administration
Serdar Topak
Tech Coast Angels Orange County
Chairman of Partnerships