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Venture Café Global Gathering Tokyo '26
Well-being in an Aging Society | [高齢化社会におけるウェルビーイング]
Feb 19, 2026, 4:20 PM - 5:30 PM GMT+9

Date: February 19th, 2026

Session Location: Toranomon Hills Glass Rock

Session Organizer: Glass Rock x Social Innovation Japan x Socious

Language: 日英 | English & Japanese

[ENG] 日本語が下に続きます

During the Venture Café Global Gathering, Glass Rock will serve as the Collective Impact Lab, providing a unique opportunity to explore local and global common agendas through the exchange of perspectives between Japan-based practitioners and international participants.

In this workshop-style session, participants will explore wellbeing in an aging society, a social challenge Japan is among the first to face, through healthcare and medical innovation.

RUN ORDER

– Introduction (5 min)

– Agenda Pitches (15 min)

*Stories shared by subject-matter experts

– Group Discussions (40 min)

*Participants divided into English- and Japanese-speaking groups

– Sharing & Wrap-Up (10 min)

Speakers lineup coming soon!

[日本語]

Venture Café Global Gatheringでは、Glass Rockは日本と世界を繋ぐ「Collective Impact Lab」となります。ここでは、日本を拠点とする実践者と海外からの参加者が視点を共有・交換することで、ローカルとグローバルに共通するアジェンダを探究する貴重な機会を提供します。

高齢化という課題は、日本が世界に先駆けて直面している社会課題のひとつです。ワークショップ形式の本セッションでは、参加者は高齢化社会におけるウェルビーイングを、医療・ヘルスケアのイノベーションを通じて探究します。英語が苦手でも問題ありません。是非この機会に日本と世界の共通課題を探りましょう!

実施予定プログラム(日英バイリンガルで実施予定)

– イントロダクション(5分)

– アジェンダ・ピッチ(15分)

※各分野の実践者・専門家によるストーリー共有

– グループディスカッション(40分)

※日本語/英語の言語別グループに分かれて実施

– 共有・まとめ(10分)

登壇者は後日発表予定です。

COLLECTIVE IMPACT LAB [ENG]

The Collective Impact Lab features a series of hands-on workshops that bring together Japan-based practitioners addressing social issues—centered around communities such as Glass Rock, Social Innovation Japan, and Socious—alongside international participants who are engaged in or exploring social impact.

Using Tokyo as a living context, participants will connect local practice with global perspectives through practitioner-led agenda pitches and bilingual group discussions across three themes: Urban Sustainability, Wellbeing in an Aging Society, and Opportunity in Contemporary Society.

Rather than prescribing solutions, the session emphasizes co-discovering Common Agendas and planting the seeds for international collective impact initiatives that can continue within existing ecosystems beyond the event.

COLLECTIVE IMPACT LAB [日本語]

Collective Impact Labでは、一連のワークショップを通じて、社会課題に取り組む日本の実践者と共に、国際的に社会的インパクトに関わる、もしくは関心を持つ参加者を結びつけます。

東京という“生きた舞台”を活用し、参加者は実践者によるアジェンダ・ピッチや、日英両言語で行うグループディスカッションを通じて、地域での実践と世界的な視点をつなげることができます。ディスカッションは都市の持続可能性(Urban Sustainability)、高齢化社会におけるウェルビーイング(Wellbeing in an Aging Society)、現代社会における新たな機会(Opportunity in Contemporary Society)という3つのテーマに沿って行われます。

本セッションでは、解決策を提示するのではなく、共通のアジェンダを共に発見すること、そしてイベント後も既存のエコシステムの中で継続可能な国際的なコレクティブ・インパクトの種をまくことに重点を置いています。

Speakers
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Robin Lewis
Founder
Robin is an award-winning social entrepreneur and educator based in Japan. He is the Co-CEO of Social Innovation Japan, a platform empowering people to learn and take action on today\'s most pressing challenges, which is a two-time winner of Japan\'s \'Minister of Environment Prize\'. He is also Co-founder of mymizu, a global platform reducing plastic waste through the power of technology and community, which has saved millions of plastic bottles from going to waste through its plastic-free hydration network. For 12 years, Robin has worked with social enterprises, NGOs and inter-governmental organisations such as the World Bank and UNDP, and has managed sustainable development projects in countries including Japan, Haiti, Vanuatu and Mozambique. To date, he has conducted programs for tens of thousands of people, including social entrepreneurship workshops, leadership training and scholarship programs. In 2020, he was recognised by M.I.T. Technology Review’s ‘Innovators Under-35’ Awards and in 2022 won Business Insider Japan\'s \'Beyond Millennials\' Award. Robin is a Board Member of one of Japan\'s leading innovation hubs, Shibuya QWS, and serves as an advisor and mentor to several impact organisations and accelerator programs. His work has been featured in media including CNN, Vogue and Netflix.
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Seira Yun
Founder and CEO

Seira Yun is the Founder and CEO of Socious, a decentralized ecosystem helping changemakers with funding, talent, and connections. Seira is a serial impact entrepreneur and an impact angel investor with years of experience in the impact sector, leading teams within the ICRC, UNHCR, and social ventures. Drawing from personal experiences as a migrant, an individual with autism, and a proud pansexual queer, Seira is driven to make the world a better place through social innovation. As a full-stack developer with a Master\'s degree in Social Innovation from the University of Cambridge, Seira enjoys blending technology with purpose. Upon exiting his first social venture in 2021, he founded Socious. He is also a board member at TELL, a suicide prevention non-profit.

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Reiko Suzuki
Co-Founder and Coach
Reiko is the Co-Founder and Coach at WellC, a coaching and collective wellbeing organisation supporting changemakers who believe in building a kinder, more regenerative future. Through WellC, Reiko works with individuals and teams to deepen self-awareness, leadership skills, and wellbeing. She supports people to design and lead careers and ways of living that are unique and meaningful to them, while enabling positive, regenerative impact within their organisations, communities, and society. Before becoming a Coach, Reiko spent 8 years working in the social impact space. Her experience spans initiatives such as mymizu, Japan’s award-winning free water refill app; UNU, the United Nations’ think tank and academic arm; and Fabric, a sustainability design consultancy working with international brands, startups. Drawing on her systems-level background, professional training from an ICF-accredited coaching school, and a Sociology degree from the University of British Columbia, Reiko’s practice bridges individual wellbeing with systemic change.
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TOMOHIKO HIYAMA
Executive Officer / General Manager, Regional Co-Creation Department

Hiyama is an Executive Officer and General Manager of the Regional Co-Creation Department at Club Tourism International Inc. Club Tourism is a travel company whose core customer base is active seniors, focusing on creating social connections and a sense of purpose through travel. Building on this expertise, Hiyama works to advance sustainable tourism destination development by harnessing the power of community collaboration.

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Tomoe Ueyama
CEO & Founder of Project MINT
Tomoe Ueyama is the founder and chief executive officer of Project MINT, an organization that empowers mid- to late-career professionals to redefine their personal and professional paths by discovering their ikigai (sense of purpose). Since launching Project MINT in 2020, Tomoe has designed and led workshops that promote intergenerational collaboration and authentic leadership. To date, Tomoe has trained over 200 professionals, with 70 percent transitioning into more fulfilling roles. Currently, Tomoe is piloting a new platform that enables professionals beyond retirement to engage in meaningful second careers. Inspired by her grandmother, a dedicated elementary school teacher who encouraged students to believe in their potential, Tomoe is passionate about empowering older adults to lead social change. Her work challenges conventional thinking by demonstrating that age is an asset and a powerful force for creativity, contribution, and leadership in a changing world. ​LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomoe-ueyama-4109336/ Website: https://www.projectmint.net/