Loglass Corporate Planning Summit 2026 to be held on July 2 (Thu) featuring 16 experts including Kunio Ito and Ken Kusunoki of Hitotsubashi University

Loglass Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Tomoya Fukawa), a DX service provider creating new ways of data-driven management, is pleased to announce that 16 experts will speak at the "Loglass Corporate Planning Summit 2026" to be held on July 2, 2026. These include Kunio Ito of Hitotsubashi University, who led the "Ito Report," and Ken Kusunoki, author of "Competitive Strategy as a Story."

Under the theme "Corporate Planning, Expanding Further," the event will feature lectures on topics directly relevant to corporate planning, such as "FP&A," "Global Management," and "AI x Management." The offline venue will also host a networking session (by lottery) for participants.

Program Contents

Opening: The Changing Structure of Management - How Japan Should Fight in the AI Era Tomoya Fukawa (CEO, Loglass Inc.) Taro Fukuyama (Representative Partner, Rice Capital)

Keynote: Harold George May (Outside Director at Earth Corp., Kewpie Corp., Advisor at Panasonic, Former President and CEO of Takara Tomy) Masahiro Kotosaka (Professor, Keio University / Associate Fellow, Said Business School, University of Oxford)

FP&A Session: Will FP&A Take Root in Japanese Companies? Thorough Debate by Kunio Ito and Zenichiro Ishibashi Kunio Ito (Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University) Zenichiro Ishibashi (Professor, Chiba University of Commerce / Chair, FP&A Program Committee, Japan CFO Association) Sakiko Nojima (PIVOT MC)

Global Management Session: What Management Reforms Realized ASICS' 10x Market Capitalization? Hiroto Hirota (Chairman and CEO, ASICS Corp.) Takaaki Yasuda (Professor, Keio University)

AI x Management Session: Professor Kusunoki's "Theory" x Ajinomoto's "Practice" | The Essence of Data Management in the AI Era (Tentative) Ken Kusunoki (Specially Appointed Professor, Hitotsubashi University) Eiichi Mizutani (Executive Officer, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.)

Group Management Session: GENDA x SHIFT | How to Stay Strong Despite Growth? The Secret Behind Group Management Accelerating M&A Tomonori Toda (Department Manager, GENDA Inc.) Shun Yamaguchi (Department Manager, SHIFT Inc.)

Management Meeting 2.0 Session: Advancing Management through "Meeting Design" | Practices by KDDI Group CFO Keishi Iai (Director and CFO, KDDI Smart Drone Inc.)

Management Maturity Model Session: What lies beyond efficiency? The roadmap for enhancing management described by MIXI Hidehito Terui (Department Manager, MIXI, Inc.)

Personnel Planning Session: Connecting Management Strategy to HR: Organizational Theory in a Period of Transformation by LINE Yahoo's HR Leader Shingo Ogasawara (CBU Lead, LINE Yahoo Corp.)

Concept: "Corporate Planning, Expanding Further." FP&A, Management x AI, Value Creation. In response to the waves of change, corporate planning is widening its horizons to all possibilities. Since each enterprise faces a different environment, there is no uniform "correct answer." Therefore, Loglass hosts this summit so that like-minded practitioners can gather, engage in dialogue, and find the form of "expansion" suited to their own company.

Overview: Event Name: Loglass Corporate Planning Summit 2026 - Creating Good Economic Conditions through Corporate Planning Organizer: Loglass Inc. Date: July 2, 2026 (Thu), 12:30-19:30 Venue: JP Tower Hall & Conference (Directly connected to Tokyo Station) / Online Capacity: 1,000 at venue / 4,000 online Fee: Free Application Deadline: June 25 for venue / July 2 (noon) for online.