Tokyo, 12 February, /AJMEDIA/
With Tokyo’s startup ecosystem achieving high global rankings (#12 on Startup Genome, #15 on StartupBlink) and Japanese startups attracting significant investment capital, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will hold its first City-Tech Tokyo event, on February 27-28.
With an estimated 300 booths and 10,000 participants from 100 cities in 30 countries, City-Tech.Tokyo will create opportunities for innovation, collaboration and investment aimed at overcoming urban issues and enabling sustainable cities. Alongside seminars and exhibitions, a pitch contest will determine the best city-tech startup, with the winner receiving a prize of ten million yen. Decision makers from Japanese firms will also be able to meet advanced startups from Japan and abroad.
City-Tech Tokyo forms part of Global Innovation with Startups, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s strategy to build a world-class startup ecosystem in Tokyo. It will be held in conjunction with Global City Network for Sustainability (G-NETS) Leaders Summit.
G-NETS Leaders Summit is an event for leaders from cities around the world to gather to discuss initiatives to solve urban issues and future prospects. The event will confirm the collaboration among the world’s cities and we will announce the outcome to the world through a communiqué.
On the occasion of this event, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1 will be illuminated in red and white to symbolize the “SusHi Tech Tokyo” logo. Through these two events, Tokyo will present to the world a vision of how cities will create “a new value system to build sustainable societies” so the next generation can overcome the common urban challenges of the world; this is embodied in “SusHi Tech Tokyo.”
City-Tech Tokyo
Date: Monday, February 27 and Tuesday, February 28
Time: From 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Tokyo International Forum (3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku)
(in-person and online participation available)
Please see the official website (https://city-tech.tokyo/en/) for the latest info.
Global City Network for Sustainability (G-NETS) Leaders Summit
Date: Monday, February 27 through Wednesday, March 1
Venue: Hilton Tokyo (6-6-2, Nishi-Shinjuku 6-chome, Shinjuku-ku)
(in-person and online participation available)
Please see the official website (https://www.g-nets.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/) for the latest info.
