Unfortunately, the event has been postponed due to an unexpected change in the speaker’s schedule. While the circumstances are beyond our control, we apologize for not being able to deliver the scheduled event. If you have registered to this event, your registration will be cancelled and the feel will not be charged to your ACCJ account.

We hope you can join us once we announce a new date and time for this event.

Time: 12:00-13:30
(The event will open at 12:15 for VIRTUAL audience)
Speaker: Owen Mahoney, President and Chief Executive Officer, NEXON Co., Ltd.
Hosting Committee: Information, Communications, Technology; Alternative Investment; Legal Services & IP

Registration for IN-PERSON Audience:
Member Fee: ¥5,000
Guest Fee: ¥8,400
Venue: Tokyo American Club, Manhattan Room (B2F)
Meal: Plated lunch
Registration/Cancellation Deadline: Friday, November 13 (Noon)

Registration for VIRTUAL Audience:
Member Fee: ¥1,400
Guest Fee: ¥4,400
Registration/Cancellation Deadline: Tuesday, November 17 (Noon)

IMPORTANT: Please review the instructions below carefully before registering to the event.

Event Overview

Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney will discuss innovation in the fastest growing and most technologically dynamic segment of global entertainment: online games.

Mahoney leads Nexon, one of the world’s largest videogame companies with a $20 billion market cap. Their multiple game franchises have generated lifetime revenue in excess of $1 billion by delivering double- and triple-digit growth decades after launch. Founded in South Korea in the 1990s, and now listed on the first tier of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nexon employs a geographically and culturally diverse workforce of more than 6,600 people in Japan, South Korea, China, the United States, and Europe.

Now in his sixth year as CEO, Mahoney has helped Nexon overcome innovator’s dilemma—the tendency of once-disruptive companies to stop innovating and stagnate. He will discuss the importance of aligning boards, shareholders, employees, and consumers in a commitment to constant—and often uncomfortable—innovation in pursuit of growth. His talk will include suggestions for avoiding stagnation and how those approaches differ between Japan, the United States, and elsewhere.

One of a small number of Western CEOs running a publicly traded Japanese company, Mahoney is an American raised in San Francisco and educated at the University of California. He has worked in Silicon Valley but has spent much of his adult life in Japan.

Mike Benner and Darren McKellin, Co-Chairs
William Dallyn, John Kirch, and Scott Warren, Vice-Chairs
ACCJ Information, Communications, and Technology Committee 

Frank Packard, Chair
Pieter Franken, Deborah Hayden, and Christopher P. Wells, Vice-Chairs
ACCJ Alternative Investment Committee

Catherine O’Connell and Scott Warren, Co-Chairs
Marc Fuoti, Chris Jacobson, and Aiko Okada, Vice-Chairs
ACCJ Legal Services and IP Committee

NOTE 1: This event is OFF THE RECORD.

NOTE 2: If you cancel after the stated deadline, the full meeting fee will be charged to your account. All guests must be accompanied by an ACCJ member. Sorry, no substitutions or walk-ins.

NOTE 3: If you are driving to the Tokyo American Club, please inform the ACCJ of the make, model, color and plate of the vehicle, by the registration deadline, as arrangements must be made. A 2,200 yen parking fee will apply.

NOTE 4: Please note that as with all guest presentations, the content and comments of the speakers reflects their own opinions and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of the ACCJ.

IMPORTANT NOTE - Please review before you register:
This event will be hosted as a hybrid event.

For those registering as an IN-PERSON attendee:

• To ensure safety of our members, guests and staff, we ask you to review the registration guidelines and safety measures before registering. Click here to view the guidelines.

• When registering for the event, you will be asked to complete a consent form. If you are bringing a guest, you will be responsible for ensuring that your guests understand and comply with the terms of the consent form. Please share the consent form with your guests before registering. Click here to view the consent form.

For those registering as a VIRTUAL attendee:

• Instructions for joining the virtual event will be sent to registered attendees after the registration deadline.

• The event will open at 12:15 for virtual audience.

IMPORTANT: Please make sure not to register for both in-person and virtual options. Register for only ONE option.