We are glad to inform you that “2023 Hiroshima Business Forum for Global Peace” will be held on Thursday, April 20, 2023 online or in-person.

Mr. Takeshi (Tak) Niinami, CEO of Suntory Holdings Limited and a leader in the Japanese business community, is scheduled to speak at the opening and closing sessions.

The forum is held for concerned parties to share anew the importance of achieving global peace, a prerequisite for undertaking business activities, through multifaceted discussions on ways to connect business and peace building. The forum is also designed to provide the business community with opportunities to review its role in attaining a nuclear-free peaceful world and explore ways to make specific contributions to achieving this goal.

Forum Overview
1 Date: April 20 (Thu), 2023
2 Organization: Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe)
3 Venue:
　Hilton Hiroshima（11-12 Fujimicho, Naka Ward, Hiroshima）
　Online: We will send more information later to participants
4 Deadline to apply: April 17 (Mon), 2023, 5 p.m. (JST)
5 Main theme: International society/economy and contribution of business to peace in wake of invasion of Ukraine
6 Session 1 　The importance of information for peace and the role of information companies
  Session2 　How to tackle the weaponization of economics (energy, food, etc.)

For more information, please see the URL below:

 (You can apply for the forum online.)

Contact:
Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace
(Hiroshima Prefectural Office)10-52, Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, 730-8511
Tel：+81-(0)82-513-2366