Keio University

Past Distinguished Lecture Series

*Speaker's titles and affiliations are as of the time of the lecture. *Archived videos of the lectures from the 9th session onward are available on the official Keio University YouTube channel.

The 12th

"Toward a Sustainable Global Society (GX with DX)"

Satoshi Katsuno (Chairman & Director, Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.)

Lecture on June 12, 2025

The 11th

"WONDER LEARNING +AI"

Yoshiaki Sakito (CEO & CWO, DearOne, Inc.; CEO, Real-dear, Inc.; Director and CMO, AI inside Inc.)

Lecture on May 23, 2024

The 10th

"The Potential of Mobility to Create the Future"

Kazuaki Shingo (Operating Officer and Chief Production Officer, Toyota Motor Corporation; President, Toyota Compact Car Company)

Lecture on October 11, 2023

The 9th

"Advancing DX and GX in Finance"

Junichi Nakajima (Commissioner, Financial Services Agency)

Lecture on May 19, 2023

The 8th

“Creation of an International Hub for Advanced Metallic Materials—The Next-Generation Tatara Project—”

Koji Sato (Representative Executive Officer and President, Hitachi Metals, Ltd.)

Lecture delivered on December 11, 2019

The 7th

“Solve with AI”

Peter Fitzgerald (President, Google Japan)

Lecture delivered on December 11, 2019

The 6th

“MUFG’s Initiatives toward Digital Transformation”

Hironori Kamezawa (Deputy President, Group COO, and Group CDTO, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.; Deputy President, MUFG Bank, Ltd.)

Lecture delivered on November 12, 2019

The 5th

“Mazda’s Challenge: Building Cars That Contribute to the Earth, Society, and People”

Akira Marumoto (Representative Director, President and CEO, Mazda Motor Corporation)

Lecture delivered on October 9, 2019

The 4th

“Post-Olympic Architecture and Cities”

Kengo Kuma (Architect)

Lecture delivered on July 20, 2019

The 3rd

“The Lineage of Keio Architecture”

Fumihiko Maki and Yoshio Taniguchi (Architects)

Lecture delivered on July 19, 2019

The Second Session

"Impact of AI on Society"

David Kenny, Chairman of IBM

Lecture: November 6, 2018

The First Session

"Polishing Your Individuality to Become 'Different'"

Tomomi Nakamura, President and CEO, SUBARU CORPORATION

Lecture: October 10, 2018