About the Forum

Creating new value
as we aim to become the

“Davos Forum of the East”

The Social Value Co-Creation Forum is a general incorporated association whose purpose is to build a platform and forum where diverse talent gathers to discover issues that elude traditional perspectives and ways of thinking and to create new value through solutions, ultimately expanding globally as a value creation forum from Japan.

Overview

English Name
Japanese Name

Social Value Co-Creation Forum (abbreviation: SVCCF)
一般社団法人社会的価値共創フォーラム (Ippan Shadan Hojin Shakaiteki Kachi Kyoso Forum)

Office Location

Nihonbashi Takashimaya Mitsui Building, 18th Floor
2-5-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-6125 Japan

Established

June 17, 2025

Purpose

To build and provide to society a platform to create new value through the process of synchronizing diverse perspectives and values from fields such as academia, science and technology, culture, and the arts across the boundaries of various disciplines and fields of expertise, with the goal of bringing to light social issues and searching for solutions.

Business

To achieve our purpose, we are engaged in the following business operations:

（1）Building and operating a value creation platform

（2）Planning and increasing social awareness of the above value creation platform

（3）Providing grants and assistance for research related to the above value creation platform

（4）Making public policy proposals

（5）Collaborating with national and local government organizations

（6）Other operations necessary for the achievement of our purpose

We provide a forum for talent with diverse values and perspectives to come together from a wide range of fields, including academia, the arts, and business to discuss social issues. We also work to develop creative talent and next-gen talent with the ability to discover new value from wide-ranging perspectives and use that value to generate innovation.

We aim to achieve a new type of collaboration among industry, the arts, academia, and government, which will enable us to propose public policy and measures based on the above initiatives.

Representative Director

Tetsuo Yoshida
(Executive Expert, JERA Co., Inc.)

Directors

Kunihito Takaichi
(General Manager, Sustainable Development Dept., Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
Koichi Sonoda
(Managing Executive Officer, Enterprise Value Creation, JERA Co., Inc.)
Masakazu Sugiyama
(Professor, Director, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)

Auditor

Toshiro Matsubuchi
(Marco Polo Office)

Managing Members