JAPANESE

1. Promoting MICE Human Resources Development

2017 Yadoya-Juku Seminar, for professional managers in the hospitality industry, primarily at hotels.
“Introduction to MICE for Hotels: How to Approach the MICE Business that Secures Future Sales.”
2016 2016 Initiative for Building the Platform for Tourism Human Resources Development,
Okinawa Prefectural Government
‘You Can Do It!’ MICE Player Training Seminar
2016 2015 Initiative for Building the Platform for Tourism Human Resources Development,
Okinawa Prefectural Government
Group training seminar by industry
2015 MICE sales training instructor, JTB Corporate Sales
“What a Corporate Meeting Planner Expects from Travel Agencies”
2012 MICE Human Resources Development Seminar hosted by Tourist Bureau, Niigata Prefecture Department of Industry, Labor, and Tourism
2011 MICE Human Resources Development Seminar hosted by Shizuoka Prefectural Government
Instructor
2011 MICE School, Japan Education Centre for the Hotel Industry
Instructor for the first semester, “Communication Skill Training”
2010 The 2nd Tokyo Metropolitan MICE Human Resources Development Seminar
Instructor, Meetings & Incentives Promotion “Case Study: From a Host’s Point of View”
2009 The 1st Tokyo Metropolitan MICE Human Resources Development Seminar
Instructor, Meetings & Incentives Promotion “Case Study: From a Host’s Point of View”
2009 MICE Human Resources Development Seminar, JTB Corporate Sales


2. Lectures, Panel Discussions, etc. (including coordination)

2017 Established “Okinawa MICE Network” Anniversary Symposium
Panelist at panel discussion: “Draw the future of Okinawa with MICE”
2017 2017 Kyoto MICE Seminar 2017
“Global Trend in Meetings and Incentives and Their Future Potential”
2016 The 4th Gunma Convention Forum
Keynote speech: “Revitalizing Community through Hosting Conventions (MICE)”
Panelist at panel discussion: “Making Communal Efforts through Hosting Conventions ”
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2016 +Plus Akasaka Community College
“What is MICE? Asking Experts about Inbound MICE Promotion, One of Key Economic Policies Introduced by the Japanese Government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and their Effects”
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2015 The 25th International Meeting Expo
Panel discussion: “In Order to Enhance Japan’s Global Competitiveness in Meetings & Incentives”
2014 The 24th International Meeting Expo
Panel discussion: “Successful Corporate Events: Meetings, Training, and Incentives”
2014 The 1st MICE Women’s Networking Event
Planning, administration, panel discussions,  and collaboration of CPA (current JCAM) and MPI
2013 MPI Japan Chapter 2013 Year End MICE Connection
Keynote speech: “Planner’s Priorities in MICE Promotion Initiative and for Having Successful MICE”
2013 Tourism Section, Fukuoka Regional Summit
Guest speaker & panel discussion: “What We Need to Do to Expand MICE Promotion”
2012 MPI Japan Chapter 2012 Year-End MICE Connection
Part I. Special Lecture by Makito Takami, MICE Counsellor, Japan Tourism Agency: “In Order for MICE in Japan to Enhance Global Cooperation”
Part II. Panel Discussion: “Challenges and Lessons Conceived by Frontline MICE Professionals”
2012 IME panel discussion: “Successful Corporate Events: Meetings, Training, and Incentives”
2011 The 50th Conference Business Feasibility Study Forum
Keynote speech: “Realities of the Meeting Business and Challenges for Hotels and Agents”
2011 The MPI Japan Chapter 15th Anniversary Event
Part II. Panel Discussion: “What a Foreign Financial Meeting Planner Expects from Suppliers”
2009 Japan MICE Year Pre-Event Okinawa MICE Project 2009
Special Lecture: “What a Corporate Meeting Planner Expects from Destinations and Venues: Process of Deciding Destinations/Venues and Tips for Making Proposals”
2009 Sales Staff Kickoff Meeting, Top Tours
Keynote speech: “Travel Agencies Chosen by Organizers”
2009 Travel Vision
Seminar keynote speech at Royal Park Shiodome

3. Government, Organizations, Committees

2017 Cool Japan Regional Producer, Cabinet Office
2017 Adviser of Okinawa MICE Network
2017 Planning Sub-Committee, MICE Global Competitiveness Enhancement Committee, Japan Tourism Agency
MICE Economic Ripple Effect Sub-Committee, Japan Tourism Agency
2017 Tokyo Metropolitan Tourism Advisory Board
Tokyo Metropolitan MICE Coordination Promotion Council
2016 Cool Japan Regional Producer, Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, Cabinet Office
2016 Member of Okinawa Prefecture MICE Promotion Strategy Formulation Committee
2016 Member of Tokyo Metropolitan Tourism Advisory Board
2016 Member of Tokyo Metropolitan MICE Advisory Board
2015 Member of MICE Branding Review Committee, Japan Tourism Agency
2015 Member of Tokyo Metropolitan MICE Advisory Board
2014 Member of Tokyo Metropolitan Tourism Advisory Board
2014 Member of Tokyo Metropolitan MICE Advisory Board
2014 Member of Planning Sub-Committee, MICE Global Competitiveness Enhancement Committee, Japan Tourism Agency