14:30-

Registration

15:00-15:05 

Opening Remarks 

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

15:05-15:25     

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

15:25-15:40      

TOPIX Revisions and the Introduction of JPXI Indices (tentative)

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

15:40-16:00 

Identifying Growth Opportunities in AI, Japanese Equities and Semiconductors with Thematic Index Strategies (tentative)

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

16:00-16:20   

Beyond Core Bonds: Key Themes Reshaping Fixed Income Investing in a Higher-Rate Environment

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

16:20-16:50

Investment Strategies for the AI Era: The Future of Index Innovation 

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

Jacob Ayres-Thomson, Founder and CEO of 3AI

16:50-17:00

Break

17:00-18:00

Institutional Perspectives: Investment Strategy in an Evolving Market Environment (Panel Discussion)

Panelists

•        Ayumu Shiotsu, Deputy Chief Manager, Equity Investment Department, Nippon Life Insurance Company

•        Yasuyuki Ota, Manager, The Hiroshima Bank, Ltd.

•        TBD

Moderator
Osamu Okuyama, Senior Manager, ETF Market Development Department, Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)

18:00-18:05

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