Special Events
Date: Monday, January 22, 2024
Time: 12:00–14:00
Venue: Tokyo American Club Manhattan Venue (B2 Floor)
Speakers: Jesper Koll, global ambassador and expert director, Monex Group Inc.; Dave McCaughan, chief storyteller, Bibliosexual; William Hall, president, IPSOS Healthcare Japan
Moderator: Patrick Newell, Founder, Tokyo International School
Hosting Committee: ACCJSpecial Events
Co-host: Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan
Member Fee: ¥4,200
Guest Fee: ¥7,600
Registration/Cancellation Deadline: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 (17:00)
Meal: Plated lunch
ANZCCJ Member / Guest Registration: https://accjevent01222024.peatix.com
Event Overview
Get ready for an intellectual showdown as three of Japan’s most seasoned experts—Jesper Koll, Dave McCaughan, and William Hall—go head-to-head. The experts will try to outdo each other with comments about Japan using three letters of the alphabet, random numbers, and unmarked graphs. Topics may include economics, social trends, health, culture, education, and whatever else spontaneously emerges.
This fun and informative series is the ACCJ’s longest-running annual program.
Starting with A, B, and C, eight installments (A through X) have been held, leaving only Y and Z to complete the alphabet.
Is this the end of the program? Will there be an ABC 2.0? To find out, be sure to register early!
About the Speakers
Jesper Koll
Global ambassador at the Monex Group Inc., Jesper Koll has been researching and investing in Japan since becoming a resident in 1986. Starting out as a parliamentary aide, he later served as head of equity research and chief Japan strategist at JP Morgan and Merrill Lynch. He is one of Japan’s top economic advisers and commentators.
Dave McCaughan
Storyteller at Bibliosexual and chief strategist at Ai.agency, Dave McCaughan spent 30 years wandering Asia as the strategy planning leader for McCann Workgroup. This included ten years in Tokyo studying, planning, and building brands. Since 2014, he has split his time between his home in Bangkok, his Hong Kong-based brand and media consultancy, Bibliosexual, and Ai.agency, a Tokyo-based research agency.
William (Bill) Hall
President of IPSOS Healthcare Japan, William Hall has some 50 years of experience doing business in Japan—primarily in market research with an interregnum as Japan president of two Fortune 500 companies. He is a highly regarded expert on the Japanese market as well as on demographics, healthcare trends, and the impact of aging on Japanese society.
Patrick Newell (Moderator)
Co-founder of Tokyo International School, TEDxTokyo, Living Dreams, and 21 Foundation, Patrick Newell has, for the past 25 years, been a leader and catalyst, in Japan and globally, in shifting how to learn and align organizations with an increasingly fast-changing world. He is also curating the SingularityU Japan Partnership Program.
NOTE 1: This event is ON THE RECORD.
NOTE 2: If you cancel after the stated deadline, the full meeting fee will be charged to your account. Sorry, no substitutions or walk-ins.
NOTE 3: If you are driving to 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 parking fee will apply.
NOTE 4: Please note that, as with all guest presentations, the content and comments of the speakers reflect their own opinions and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of the ACCJ.