<This year's main theme is "Hokkaido opens the way. ＞

The Hokkaido Space Summit is a space business conference held at the Hokkaido Spaceport, a commercial spaceport open to the private sector, to create connections between space and all industries in Hokkaido.

Last year, the third annual event, was attended by approximately 3,300 people both onsite and online, creating a lot of excitement and business opportunities.

This year, the fourth time the conference is being held in Hokkaido, the main theme of the event is "Hokkaido Opens the Way. The main theme of this year's event is "Hokkaido is Pioneering. We will present a more concrete vision of the future in which Hokkaido will contribute to the domestic and global space business and strategies for Japan's renewed growth, focusing on talk themes specific to the spaceport and space transportation, such as Japan's space policy, global spaceport trends, and Japan's public-private rocket development.

■Front-runners from industry, government, and academia will take the stage! Seven sessions and lectures on Japan's space strategy, public-private rocket development, fostering Hokkaido's space industry, and more!

The main event of the conference will feature seven sessions and lectures on topics such as Japan's space strategy, global and Japanese rocket development, space ports, and fostering new industries (local development). The speakers include Prof. Shinichi Nakasuka, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo; Eigo Aoki, Co-founder & Director, Space Port Japan; Mihoko Araya, TMI Associates; and Takahiro Inagawa, CEO, Interstellar Technologies Corporation, among many others. After the conference, a meet-up party will be held to deepen exchanges among some of the speakers and participants who are interested in the space business.

List of Speakers (titles omitted, in alphabetical order)
Eigo Aoki: Space Evangelist, Co-founder & Director, Space Port Japan
Takahiro Inagawa: CEO, Interstellar Technologies Inc.
Masaharu Utsumi: Professor and Director, Aerospace Aircraft Systems Research Center, Muroran Institute of Technology
Mihoko Shintani: Partner, TMI Law Offices
Shinichi Takada: Co-founder and Director, Space Port Japan Incorporated Association
Shota Nakagawa: Manager, Aerospace Mobility Division, Kushiro Corporation
Shinichi Nakasuga: Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Ryo Fujii: Editor-in-Chief, UchuBiz, Asahi Interactive Corporation

*Please be sure to check the organizer's official website for the event status.