Connecting Japanese capital with global infrastructure

Advance your fundraising potential by connecting with Japan’s most active and influential institutional investors at the Infrastructure Investor Tokyo Forum.

Take advantage of unparalleled in-person networking and gain valuable insight into Japanese investors’ current appetite in the asset class, the long term resilience of the asset class and better understand how to safeguard investments moving forward.

Buy your Infrastructure Investor Network membership today and join us at the Tokyo Forum in June 2024.

2023 investors included:

Key themes include:

  • Merits of investing in higher-risk assets as opposed to core infrastructure in the current economic environment.
  • How to find value in growth technologies?
  • The role of data in ESG investing
  • How has the depreciating yen impacted on LPs’ investment strategies?
  • Battery storage and the growing demand for grid-scale batteries

Gain transformative insights

Share perspectives on Asian investment strategies, learn more about Korean investor appetite and identify high-yield assets across the region with leading investment practitioners

Expand your fundraising horizons

Gain access to 3,000+ investors and managers globally. Setup pre-event meetings and continue the conversation after the event with your Network membership.

Build a global network of influential investors

Create and nurture sustainable relationships with infrastructure’s elite by using our sophisticated networking platform.

Apply for a complimentary institutional investor pass

Complimentary investor passes are limited to foundations, endowments, trusts, insurance companies, single family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.

Apply for a pass and a member of our team will be in touch to confirm your eligibility.

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Part of Japan Korea Week:

The Infrastructure Investor Tokyo Forum is just one part of the Japan Korea Week; the largest gathering of institutional investors in Asia. Attracting the most active and influential institutional and private investors, the event is the go-to event to fundraise with Asia’s biggest investors.

2024 Agenda

For more information on speaking at the Japan Korea Week, please contact Andrew Wolff
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Day 1 Day 2
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Agenda

Tokyo Forum - Day 1 - Thursday 13th

All times in JST; Live Sessions with Japan Investors Simultaneous translation in Japanese and English
08:30 - 09:00

Registration and networking

09:00 - 09:10

PEI Opening remarks

09:10 - 09:30

Keynote Presentation: Infrastructure and Japan’s foreign investment regime

Ryusuke Bushimata
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Ryusuke Bushimata

Director, Research Division & Legal Office, International Bureau

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09:30 - 10:20

Keynote Panel: Infrastructure investing at maturation: Will it remain a resilient asset class?

Daniel Kemp, Niall Mills
  • How will the interest rate environment and continuing geopolitical uncertainty shape GPs’ investment strategies going forward?
  • Will the impact of digitalisation and decarbonisation continue to drive investment opportunities in the asset class?
  • 2023 was a challenging year for fundraising – are GPs seeing stronger interest in 2024?
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Daniel Kemp

APAC Editor, Infrastructure Investor

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Niall Mills

Global Head, Igneo Infrastructure Partners

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10:20 - 10:50

Break

10:50 - 11:40

Panel: Seizing on the growth opportunities in the energy transition

Yuriy Humber
  • How do you find value in growth technologies such as hydrogen and carbon capture?
  • What are untapped or niche areas of the energy transition to look at with the most growth potential?
  • How should LPs view supply chain and regulatory challenges when making investments?
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Yuriy Humber

President, Yuri Group

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11:40 - 12:00

Presentation

Ross Israel
Ross Israel, QIC

Ross Israel

Head of Global Infrastructure, QIC

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12:00 - 13:10

Lunch and Networking

Stream A: Risk Return and Sustainability
13:10 - 13:50

Panel: The rise and rise of infrastructure secondaries

Jingjing Bai, Joji Takeuchi
  • What are the key market drivers spurring on the growth of infrastructure secondaries?
  • Understanding the pricing dynamics of the current secondaries market
  • How can secondaries investing benefit Japanese LPs as a means of J-curve mitigation?
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Jingjing Bai

Senior Advisor, Bfinance

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Joji Takeuchi

Executive Manager, Private Asset Investments, Strategic Fund Investment Group, Asset Management One

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13:50 - 14:30

Panel: Investing in infrastructure through an ESG lens

Takaaki Hoshino, Philip Kent
  • The case for ESG: why it should be at the forefront of Japanese LPs’ investing decisions in the asset class
  • The role of data in ESG investing: are we moving towards greater standardisation?
  • Successful case studies where ESG integration has created long-term value for infrastructure assets
Takaaki Hoshino, DBJ Asset Management

Takaaki Hoshino

Executive Officer, Head of Global Fund Investment, DBJ Asset Management

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Phil Kent, Gravis Capital Management

Philip Kent

Director, Gravis

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14:30 - 15:10

Panel: Equity vs Debt – which is the better strategy in the current market?

Sayaka Iwase
  • How have infrastructure debt GPs performed in the current interest rate environment?
  • Does infra debt have a comparative advantage to equity in light of the current global economy?
  • Which types of deals will be attractive for infrastructure debt in the near-to-mid-term?
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Sayaka Iwase

General Manager, Five Arrows Managers S.A., Rothschild & Co., Tokyo Office

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Stream B: Infrastructure investing strategies
13:10 - 13:50

Panel: Specialise or diversify? What are the optimal investing strategies for Japanese LPs in the current environment?

Hiroto Asakawa, Serkan Bahceci, Jamie Storrow
  • How has the macroeconomic climate impacted on asset allocations?
  • What are the correlations and synergies between investing in GX and DX? (energy transition & digital)
  • What are the main drivers behind the increasing number and size of sector specific funds in the market? Where are the opportunities in the mid market?
Hiroto Asakawa, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Research Institute

Hiroto Asakawa

Chief Senior Consultant, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Research Institute

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Serkan Bahceci

Head of Research, Arjun Infrastructure Partners

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Jamie Storrow, Northleaf Capital Partners

Jamie Storrow

Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure, Northleaf

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13:50 - 14:30

Panel: Spotlight on the Australian market

  • Are there still major privatisation investing opportunities in the pipeline?
  • Investing in Australian mid-market renewables
  • Understanding the current local regulatory environment – help or hindrance?
14:30 - 15:10

Panel: Japan investors’ guide to understanding infrastructure valuations

  • Will core infrastructure valuations remain strong in a higher-interest-rate world?
  • Understanding the difference in valuations between private vs. public market infrastructure
  • Will regulatory pressures and/or other factors lead to tighter scrutiny over asset valuations?

 

15:10 - 15:50

Break

15:50 - 16:10

Presentation

Daniel Humprey Rodriguez
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Daniel Humprey Rodriguez

Head of Private Markets Research, PEI Group

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16:10 - 17:00

Panel: Japanese LPs – still bullish for increasing infrastructure allocations?

Takako Koizumi, Koji Someno , Tomoya Hori, Miho Hosoya
  • As Japanese LPs now have some track record in the asset class – how do they evaluate their commitments so far?
  • How has the depreciating yen impacted on LPs’ investment strategies?
  • What are the lessons learnt so far from their investments? Would they have made any changes in retrospect?
Takako Koizumi, Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments

Takako Koizumi

Executive Director, Head of Investment Management Department, Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments

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Koji Someno, Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company

Koji Someno

Head of Real Asset Fund Investment Div., Alternative Investment Department, Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company

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Tomoya Hori

Director, Private Equity Investment Department, Japan Post Bank

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Miho Hosoya

Investment Consulting Division Senior Consultant

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17:00 - 18:00

Cocktail Reception

Agenda

Tokyo Forum - Day 2 - Friday 14th

All times in JST; Live Sessions with Japan Investors Simultaneous translation in Japanese and English
08:30 - 09:15

Japanese LP breakfast briefing

09:00 - 09:30

Registration and networking

09:30 - 09:35

PEI Opening remarks

09:35 - 09:55

Keynote Presentation

Grace Qiu
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Grace Qiu

Senior Vice President, Economics and Investment Strategy Department

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09:55 - 10:40

Keynote Panel: Accelerating Japanese institutional capital into infrastructure and alternatives

Hidekazu Ishida, Toru Masuda, Tadasu Matsuo
  • What structural and regulatory changes need to be made to help accelerate LPs investments into infrastructure and private markets? What is the future role of the gatekeeper model in this context?
  • Which Japanese LPs have found the most success from allocating to infrastructure and what are the takeaways that other Japanese investors can learn from their success?
  • Corporate pension funds are still lagging; how do we enable them to invest more in private markets and infrastructure?
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Hidekazu Ishida

Chief Advisor

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Toru Masuda

Executive Manager, Fellow

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Tadasu Matsuo, Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST)

Tadasu Matsuo

Managing Director and Head of Global Alternative Investments, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

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10:40 - 11:10

Break

11:10 - 12:00

Panel: Japan’s domestic infrastructure investing challenge – where is the deal flow?

Dan Shulman, Jose Antonio Millan Ruano
  • Recent offshore wind auctions – what are the lessons learnt? How do we overcome the structural barriers to investing in the sector?
  • Battery storage and the growing demand for grid-scale batteries – where are the investing opportunities for private capital?
  • Are there opportunities in investing in niche domestic infrastructure assets that may have been overlooked?
Daniel Shulman, Shulman Advisory

Dan Shulman

Principal, Shulman Advisory

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Jose Antonio Millan Ruano

CEO

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12:00 - 12:50

Panel: Moving up the risk curve – the case for investing in core plus and value add.

Alexander Wellsteed, Dr. Mathias Bimberg, Sam Lissner
  • What are the relative merits of investing in higher-risk assets as opposed to core infrastructure in the current economic environment?
  • As competition has increased for core-plus infrastructure assets, are returns still as attractive as in previous years? Are deals harder to access?
  • Which subsectors and geographies have the strongest growth potential?
Alexander Wellsteed, Asian Development Bank

Alexander Wellsteed

Principal Evaluation Specialist, Asian Development Bank

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Dr. Mathias Bimberg

Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure

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Sam Lissner, Ridgewood Infrastructure

Sam Lissner

Principal, Ridgewood Infrastructure

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00:50 - 13:50

Lunch and Networking (followed by Close of conference)

 

For more information on speaking in 2024, please contact Andrew Wolff.

E: andrew.w@pei.group

Hiroto Asakawa, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Research Institute

Hiroto Asakawa

Chief Senior Consultant, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Research Institute

Serkan Bahceci

Head of Research, Arjun Infrastructure Partners

Jingjing Bai

Senior Advisor, Bfinance

Dr. Mathias Bimberg

Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure, Prime Capital

Ryusuke Bushimata

Director, Research Division & Legal Office, International Bureau, Ministry of Finance, JAPAN

Tomoya Hori

Director, Private Equity Investment Department, Japan Post Bank

Miho Hosoya

Investment Consulting Division Senior Consultant, Mercer Japan

Yuriy Humber

President, Yuri Group

Hidekazu Ishida

Chief Advisor, System 2

Sayaka Iwase

General Manager, Five Arrows Managers S.A., Rothschild & Co., Tokyo Office

Daniel Kemp

APAC Editor, Infrastructure Investor

Takako Koizumi, Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments

Takako Koizumi

Executive Director, Head of Investment Management Department, Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments

Sam Lissner, Ridgewood Infrastructure

Sam Lissner

Principal, Ridgewood Infrastructure

Toru Masuda

Executive Manager, Fellow, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank

Tadasu Matsuo, Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST)

Tadasu Matsuo

Managing Director and Head of Global Alternative Investments, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

Jose Antonio Millan Ruano

CEO, Nozomi Energy

Niall Mills

Global Head, Igneo Infrastructure Partners

Grace Qiu

Senior Vice President, Economics and Investment Strategy Department , QIC

Daniel Shulman, Shulman Advisory

Dan Shulman

Principal, Shulman Advisory

Koji Someno, Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company

Koji Someno

Head of Real Asset Fund Investment Div., Alternative Investment Department, Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company

Alexander Wellsteed, Asian Development Bank

Alexander Wellsteed

Principal Evaluation Specialist, Asian Development Bank

2024 sponsors

Position your brand at the centre of the infrastructure investment community.

Enhance your market credibility, position your brand prominently in front of your primary targets, and achieve your investment and business objectives. Sponsorship provides you with:

  • VIP access
  • Thought-leadership opportunities
  • High-profile branding
  • And much more …

For exclusive sponsorship packages, please contact Alexander Jakes at alexander.j@pei.group

Apply for a complimentary Institutional Investor pass

Complimentary investor passes are limited to foundations, endowments, trusts, insurance companies, single family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.

Apply for a pass and a member of our team will be in touch to confirm your eligibility.

Find your next investment opportunity

AISIN Employees' Pension Fund
Asian Development Bank
AXA Life Insurance
Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec
Development Bank of Japan
DIC Pension Fund
Government Pension Investment Fund
Manulife
Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments
National Pension Fund Association
The Dai-ichi Life Insurance
Toyota Tsusho Corporate Pension Fund

Find your next investment, discover revolutionary insights here

Network with your peers
Our investor-only breakfasts, networking breaks, lunches make up a small percentage of the opportunities you will have to enrich your network, exchange valuable perspectives with your investor peers and diversify your investment strategy.

Gain expert insights

Safeguard your investments by hearing from our industry-leading speaker line-up, discover the latest trends and stay aligned with future innovations in the market.


Explore opportunities
Discover remarkable investment opportunities in sectors including emerging markets, energy transition, infrastructure debt and more.

Meet with the best and brightest funds
Connect and arrange one-to-one meetings with infrastructure’s biggest fund and asset managers in the market.

Apply for a complimentary pass

Complimentary investor passes are limited to foundations, endowments, trusts, insurance companies, single family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.

Apply for a pass and a member of our team will be in touch to confirm your eligibility.

Apply

日本の資本を世界のインフラと結びつける

Infrastructure Investor Tokyo Forumで、日本の最も影響力のある機関投資家とのつながりを強化し、資金調達の可能性を高めませんか?

このフォーラムは、対面のネットワーキングを通じて、日本の投資家がこの資産クラスに対してどのような選好を抱いているかを把握する貴重な機会です。また、この資産クラスの長期的な強靭性を探求し、将来の投資を確実にする知見を深めることも可能です。

ぜひ、「Infrastructure Investor Network」のメンバーシップを取得し、20246月に開催する東京フォーラムにご参加ください。

2023年の投資家参加企業は以下の通りです。

東京フォーラムの主要テーマは次のとおり:

現在の経済環境におけるコアインフラストラクチャーに対する高リスク資産への投資メリット

成長技術における価値発見の方法

ESG投資におけるデータの役割

円安がLPの投資戦略に与える影響

バッテリー蓄電システムと増加するグリッドスケールバッテリーの需要

Japan Korea Weekの詳細を見る:

Japan Korea Week

10-14 June

Japan Korea Weekは、日韓の主要なインフラ投資家が集う貴重な機会。新たなトレンドや様々な課題に注目し、投資を最適に保護する戦略を提供します。

詳細を見る

 

Seoul Forum

10-11 June

Seoul Forumに参加し、韓国で最もアクティブなインフラ投資専門家たちと共に、ネットワークの構築と資金調達を進めませんか?

詳細を見る

さらなる洞察で、より強固な戦略を練る:

並外れたネットワーキング:

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アジアで最も経験豊富で成功を収めているインフラ投資の実務者から、貴重なインサイトを得ませんか?

資金調達を進める:

最もアクティブな日本および韓国の機関投資家との出会いにより、資金調達の可能性を拡大しましょう。

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