G1 Institute
一般社団法人G1
FormationFirst held: 13 February 2009; 15 years ago (2009-02-13)
Incorporated: 1 April 2013; 11 years ago (2013-04-01)
FounderYoshito Hori
TypeNon-governmental organization
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
Region served
Japan
Official language
Japanese and English
President
Yoshito Hori
Websitehttps://g1.org/en/
Formerly called
G1 Summit
[1]

The G1 Institute (一般社団法人G1, ippan shadan hōjin G1) is a non-profit general incorporated association (一般社団法人, ippan shadan hōjin) based in Tokyo, Japan. G1 stands for "Group of 1, Globe is One." and aims to bring together leaders to discuss contemporary issues and create a future vision for Japan.[1] The G1 Institute organises several annual events, including the G1 Summit and G1 Executive Conference in Japanese language, and the G1 Global Conference and G1 Silicon Valley in English language.[2]

History edit

Japanese entrepreneur Yoshito Hori first launched the G1 Summit in February 2009 as a three-day event in Fukushima, Japan. According to Hori, during a conversation in September 2007 with World Economic Forum's Klaus Schwab at the 2007 Summer Davos in Dalian, China, he had asked why there was no annual Japan summit. Klaus supposedly answered the WEF did not have the resources and suggested Hori to start his own summit in Japan. Hori pursued this idea which led him to start G1 as a Davos summit inspired event in Japan.[3][4]

G1 Summit (一般社団法人G1サミット, ippan shadan hōjin G1 samitto) was incorporated on April 1, 2013. The organization name was changed to G1 Institute (一般社団法人G1, ippan shadan hōjin G1) on April 1, 2016. [5]

Organization edit

Membership and participation is invitation-based and centres on leaders from industry, education, and government.[6][7]

Activities edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "About Us". G1 Institute. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Events". G1 Institute. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Globis initiates Japanese innovation". The Japan Times. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  4. ^ "G1 Global Conference 2014 takes up sales tax question". The Japan Times. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  5. ^ "ippan shadan hōjin G1 no jōhō" 一般社団法人G1の情報 [Information on general incorporated association G1]. National Tax Agency Corporate Number Publication Site (in Japanese). 14 June 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Membership Criteria". G1 Institute. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  7. ^ "9 Ways Japan Can Better Tell Its Story to the World". The Diplomat. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2024.