SESSION SPEAKERS

Tak Umezawa

CIC Japan

Chairperson

Chairperson, CIC Japan / Japan Chairman, KEARNEY / Non-executive director, for Startups, Inc. At Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), he has led the effort to develop CIC Tokyo, Japan's largest startup center. CIC Tokyo, opened in 2020, is a host for 320 companies and innovation clusters for life sciences and climate tech among others. As a KEARNEY partner, Umezawa has served leading corporations in Japan and the US for 25 years. Areas of his expertise include strategy, innovation, urban development, and organization. Umezawa sits on government committees on innovation, intellectual property strategy, and tourism. He holds a bachelor of law from the University of Tokyo and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.