Is Tokyo Ready to Become a Global Innovation Hub? (Venture Café Tokyo Thursday Gathering)
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About this event
This week's session is hosted by our partner, Venture Café Tokyo. Our co-founder Erdinc Ekinci joins the panel at Thursday Gathering #404, and the whole Openfor.co community is invited. It is free and open to everyone, in person at CIC Tokyo or online.
Register on the Venture Café Tokyo page
The session
Is Tokyo Ready to Become a Global Innovation Hub? An insider's perspective from global entrepreneurs, heading toward Tokyo Innovation Week 2027.
Tokyo does not have an innovation problem. It has a distribution problem. Three people who have built here talk about where the city wins, where it still loses good founders, and what has to change.
Speakers
- Erdinc Ekinci, Co-Founder and CEO, Openfor.co
- Fabien Brogard Cipriani, CEO, HirePlanner.com
- Tatsuo Ogura, Co-Project Manager, Global Gathering 2025, 2026, 2027
Why we are sharing it
If you are building from Japan for the world, or coming into Japan from abroad, this is your topic. It is also a good room to meet the Tokyo ecosystem in person.
Details
- Thursday, November 12, 2026, 7:00 to 8:00 PM JST
- CIC Tokyo, Toranomon Hills Business Tower 15F, and online
- English, with a live text translation tool
- Free. Registration is on the Venture Café Tokyo page.
What comes next
Openfor.co and Venture Café Tokyo are now working together. A session there, two Openfor.co events, and a few workshops on the road to InnoWeek. Details soon.