2:30 PM – 3:00 PM 

REGISTRATION 

3:00 PM – 3:05 PM 

OPENING REMARKS 

Hiroshi Kagiwada, Executive Officer (Index Business and Client Services), JPX Market Innovation & Research   

3:05 PM – 3:25 PM 

BEYOND THE S&P 500®: HOW THE S&P 500 INDEX SERIES HELPS FACILITATE DIVERSIFICATION AND ACCESS TO NEW MARKET OPPORTUNITIES   

Sue Lee, APAC Head of Index Investment Strategy, S&P Dow Jones Indices 

3:25 PM – 3:45 PM 

TOPIX REVIEW AND AN INTRODUCTION TO THE JPX MARKET INNOVATION & RESEARCH INDICES   

Takao Shiomi, Manager, Index Business, JPX Market Innovation & Research, Inc. 

3:45 PM – 4:05 PM 

IDENTIFYING GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES IN AI, JAPANESE EQUITIES AND SEMICONDUCTORS WITH THEMATIC INDEX STRATEGIES   

Darius Nass, Associate Director, Global Equity Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices  

4:05 PM – 4:25 PM 

NAVIGATING A RISING RATE ENVIRONMENT WITH THEMATIC BOND INDICES  

Kangwei Yang, Director of Fixed Income Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices 

4:25 PM – 4:55 PM 

INVESTMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE AI ERA: THE FUTURE OF INDEX INNOVATION   

Panelists:

·      Jason Ye,  Senior Director of Factor & Dividend Indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices

·      Jacob Ayres-Thomson , Founder and CEO, 3AI

·      Hassan Salamony, COO and Co-Founder, 3AI

4:55 PM – 5:05 PM 

Break  

5:05 PM – 6:05 PM 

INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVES: INVESTMENT STRATEGY IN AN EVOLVING MARKET ENVIRONMENT  

 Institutional investors (life insurers, universities, and regional banks, to be confirmed)

6:05 PM – 6:10 PM 

CLOSING REMARKS   

Kentaro Kamei, Head of Japan Office, S&P Dow Jones Indices