Practitioners from major companies, start-ups, and local governments will gather at "Global Bridge Conference 2025" on December 12! Global Bridge Conference 2025" will be held on December 12 to find the "next step" for overseas expansion.

LIVERNESS CORPORATION has developed the "LIVERNESS", a new website for all companies and local governments that are considering and promoting overseas business development.Global Bridge Conference 2025 [GBC2025].will be held on Friday, December 12, 2025.

interpoint (interword separation)Click here for a report on last year's event.

The conference will bring together practitioners from large and medium-sized companies, start-ups, and government and local governments to discuss realistic overseas expansion strategies and the latest policies in depth through panel discussions and poster exchanges. It will provide an opportunity to find concrete tips and new connections to accelerate global expansion.

A panel session "TheFrom the Region to the World: Overseas Connections of Local Governments TodayThe "Mere Old Man" will implement the "Mere Old Man" program.

Proactive moves by local governments to connect with foreign countries have begun across the country. Behind this trend are more strategic and diverse objectives, such as the formation of start-up ecosystems and overseas deployment of local problem-solving know-how, in addition to the traditional strengthening of local industries. In this session, we will discuss why local governments have embarked on new overseas strategies, and the results and challenges that have emerged, using practical examples from Sendai City and other cities as a starting point. The session will then discuss how local governments can engage with the world and what kind of value they can create for the region in the future, in addition to encouraging local companies and startups to take on new challenges.

Past cases)

interpoint (interword separation)Sendai City Sendai Global Startup Hub Operations　

interpoint (interword separation)Ibaraki Prefecture Business Matching Project with promising foreign companies, etc.　

interpoint (interword separation)Hiroshima Prefecture: Creation of demonstration projects for overseas startups, etc.　

interpoint (interword separation)Ota Ward Research project on the possibility of creating partnerships between companies in Ota Ward and overseas ventures　

We will have a program of discussions with researchers, ventures, and companies from a variety of perspectives, not limited to the themes of this session. For more information,Global Bridge Conference 2025Please refer to our website.

From the Region to the World: Overseas Connections of Local Governments Today
Date: Friday, December 12, 2025, 17:00-17:50
Place: Nihonbashi Congress Square 3F Hall C & D
(Tokyo Tatemono Nihonbashi Bldg. 3F, 1-3-13 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0027, Japan)

speaker

Sendai City
Startup Support Division, Innovation Promotion Department, Bureau of Economic Affairs
Mr. Hiroshi Kamakura

After joining a trading company as a new graduate, he worked as a sales representative for overseas manufacturers of precision equipment in Japan, facility maintenance for electric power companies, and export agent for coating machines and FA robots, etc. He was also engaged in new transactions with startups. In the Startup Support Division, which was newly established in 2023, he was involved in the establishment of the Sendai Startup Studio, a one-stop support center for startups, and was in charge of establishing a consultation system for startups and planning and managing related events. Since the current fiscal year, he has been in charge of supporting the growth of early- to mid-stage startups and accompanying them on their global expansion to secure overseas business opportunities.

LIVERNESS Corporation
Executive Officer
Shuhei Tsukada

D. in Applied Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo. D. in Agriculture. Participated in the management of RIVERNESS since 2003, when the company was in its early stages of establishment. After accumulating practical experience in experimental classes and various types of writing, developed and introduced advanced technologies in the agri-field and launched a project to build an ecosystem for regional startups. He is committed to technology and business development in collaboration with major and medium-sized companies, venture companies, and researchers with a hands-on approach.

Audience registration is now open.

We look forward to welcoming large and medium-sized companies, start-ups, government and local government officials, and many others to this conference.

Contact Us

For inquiries regarding this matter, please contact
Strategic Development Division, Liverness Corporation (Attn: Akinaga)
[email protected]