Progress / "25th Strategic Logistics Seminar" to be held on October 23rd

August 25, 2025 / Seminar

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Progress Club (formerly E-Logit Club), which focuses on logistics personnel training, will hold its 25th Strategic Logistics Seminar at a venue in Tokyo on October 23rd.

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The company described the seminar as bringing together "more than 40 speakers, including leading business executives, practitioners, and researchers from the industry, to discuss a variety of themes that will shape the future of logistics."

The keynote speakers will include Kazuyuki Takino, CEO and co-founder of Mujin, and Shoichiro Iwata, founder of Askul.

Furthermore, an information exchange session will be held after the seminar, open to all participants. This will provide an opportunity for attendees to ask questions directly to the speakers.

■ Outline
Date and time: Thursday, December 10th, 23:12-00:17
Venue: Fujisoft Akiba Plaza (Akihabara), 6th floor (private rental)
Organizer: Progress, Ryoichi Kakui

<<Click here for details and application>>

■Seminar theme
Global supply chain
International Expansion and M&A Growth Strategies for Logistics Companies
Growth Opportunities through CLO
Robotics, AI, Autonomous Driving
SDGs
EC
Logistics startup

■ Keynote speech
Mujin CEO and co-founder
Kazuyuki Takino

Force Marketing and Management
Shoichiro Iwata (Founder of ASKUL, former President and CEO)

■Speakers (in no particular order, partial list / 31 confirmed speakers)
Koji Tamura (Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, SCM Division and CLO, Mitsubishi Foods Corporation)
Seiji Akamine (Executive Vice President, Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.)
Seiji Onozuka (Partner, Roland Berger)
Keita Matsuyama (Managing Partner, New Commerce Ventures)
Masako Mori (General Manager, Logistics Planning Department, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.)
Hiroaki Matsuoka (Representative Director, Fuji Transport)
Takashi Adachi (President and CEO of Japan Post Capital)
Tetsuya Tsukada (General Manager, Logistics and Procurement Department, Supply Chain Division, Suntory Holdings)
Tsuneaki Kawachitani (Executive Officer, Funai Research Institute Logistics)
Mikiko Tashiro (Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager, Consulting Division, Funai Research Institute Logistics)
Mr. Eiji Shimizu (Representative Director, Shimizu Transport)
Kenta Nishida (Representative Director, All Japan Light Cargo Association)
Masaya Aso (CEO of LexxPluss)
Shigenobu Kobashi (President and CEO of LINKS)
Itsuki Ishida (CEO of MonoLu)
Kohei Fujita (Head of Investment, Venture Investment Strategy, Mercuria Investment)
Yukimitsu Hamuro (CEO, Logpose Technologies)
Shingo Kajita (CEO of comvey)
Shotaro Abe (Director and Head of Corporate Strategy Office, ROMS)
Hideki Suzuki (President and CEO of MTI)
Hideharu Kawachi (Senior Managing Executive Officer, Seino Holdings)
Yudai Yamaguchi (Aoyama Gakuin University, Kyoto Women's University, NEC Research Fellow and Evangelist)
Toru Kajino (Acting General Manager, Global SCM Division, Toridoll Holdings)
Yuko Okutani (Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Mitsubishi Warehouse Co., Ltd.)
Jun'ichi Tanaka (CEO of Logidine)
Makoto Takegawa (General Manager, Logistics Division, Beams Holdings)
Ryo Sato (Managing Director, IA Partners)
Tsuyoshi Fukuya (CEO of WeFabric)
Takeshi Hazama (President and CEO of Hakobel)

*The full list of over 40 speakers will be announced sequentially.

■ inquiry
Progress Club
Mail:infodesk@ourprogress.jp

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