At the last event, Vol.4, we learned a lot of good example to explain how/why Arts are connected to financial centres. Thanks to the actual visit of The World Alliance of International Financial Centers (WAIFC) members to Tokyo, we hereby organise another event together with the financial centres from all over the world!
Art and Finance Vol.5 is to learn more example of their activities related to Arts followed by the onsite networking session.
Organizer: JIAM
Supported by: FinCity.Tokyo and WAIFC
Title：Art x Finance – Vol.5 , Arts at Worldwide Financial Centres
Date：18:00 -19:00 (JST) on 15th Oct, 2024
Venue：Hybrid (online and offline)
KABLE, KABUTO ONE 3F, 7-1 Nihonbashi Kabutocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
| 18:00 – 18:10
(10 mins) |
Welcome & Opening remarks | Keiichi Aritomo, JIAM Director and Chairman of WAIFC Dr. Jochen Biedermann, Managing Director, WAIFC |
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| 18:10 – 19:00
(25 mins) |
Panel discussion | 1. What Arts/Artists can bring to the Global Financial Hubs?
2.What interventions from IFCs do artists/art industry like to see in order to better integrate themselves within IFCs 3. Challenges that artists and the art industry face by bringing in voice(s) of artists 4.The role of IFCs in facilitating the art industry to navigate these challenges to better integrate themselves in our societies and within financial centers. |
A representative, Enterprise NGRA Jae Choi, Busan Finance Center Maestro Masato Suzuki Dai Sugiyama, SMBC Trust Bank |
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Masato Suzuki received a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Tokyo National University for Fine Arts and Music (now Tokyo University of the Arts), and completed courses at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He was awarded 20th Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the 18th Hideo Saito Memorial Fund Award, and the 18th Hotel Okura Music Award. Suzuki is Principal Conductor of Bach Collegium Japan (BCJ), Conductor and Creative Partner of Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director of Ensemble Genesis. He is also the designated principal guest conductor of the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra. He regularly appears on the radio program “The Pleasure of Early Music” on NHK FM. Executive Producer of the Chofu International Music Festival, stage direction, planning and production, and composition, Suzuki’s boundary-less activities are expected much from various quarters. Suzuki is a visiting professor at Kyushu University.
He has worked in the wealth management business for more than 20 years at Citibank Japan Ltd. and SMBC Trust & Banking Co.
Currently, as Executive Officer of SMBC Trust & Banking, he is responsible for private banking and wealth management business.
