<p>Jean-François BENCE Head of Unit, Section for External Relations European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Sandy BOYLE Vice-President of the Section for External Relations European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Paolo CARIDI Policy Officer European Commission</p><p>Noriko CARPENTIER-TOMINAGA Director Comité d'Echanges Franco-Japonais</p><p>Teresa COSTA MACEDO Member European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Vladimíra DRBALOVÁ Member European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Filip HAMRO-DROTZ President of the Section for External Relations European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Jonathan HATWELL Head of Unit, DG for External Relations European Commission</p><p>Martin HEINEMEYER Researcher European Institute for Asian Studies</p><p>Dobromir HRISTOV Former exchange student in Japan Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria</p><p>Noriyuki INOUE Dean of the Law Faculty Kobe University</p><p>Masanobu ISHIKAWA Professor, Non-Profit "Gomi-Japan” Kobe University Shada ISLAM Senior Programme Executive European Policy Center</p><p>Silviu JORA Policy Officer, Innovation, DG for Enterprise and Industry European Commission</p><p>Krzysztof KAMIENIECKI Member European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Ayako KAWAMURA Director Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation</p><p>Yukako KINOSHITA Corporate Responsibility and EU Policy Research Manager Hitachi Corporate Office, Europe</p><p>Marzena KISIELEWSKA Administrator, Section for External Relations European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Sahoko KITO Special Researcher/Advisor Mission of Japan to the EU</p><p>Ichiro KOKUBO</p><p>Erika KOLLER Member European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Kaori KURODA Civil Society Organization Network Japan</p><p>Eddy LAURIJSSEN Special Advisor European Institute for Asian Studies</p><p>Paul LIM Senior Academic Advisor European Institute for Asian Studies Florence LIOU Japan Desk Officer, DG for External Relations European Commission</p><p>Henri MALOSSE President of the Employers Group European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Norio MARUYAMA Head of Political Section Mission of Japan to the EU</p><p>Hisakazu MATSUSHIGE Dean of the School of International Public Policy Osaka University</p><p>Marco MIGLIARA Trainee, Conferences and Interpretation Unit European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Jaroslaw MULEWICZ Member European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Alida NADEJDE Desk Officer, Delegation for relations with Japan European Parliament</p><p>Yuichi NAKAYAMA Former Intern of the EESC</p><p>H.E. Nobutake ODANO Ambassador Mission of Japan to the EU</p><p>Emilie ONO Researcher at European Institute for Asian Studies European Institute for Asian Studies</p><p>Anja OTO-KELLENS Executive Director Belgium-Japan Association & Chamber of Commerce</p><p>Eve PÄÄRENDSON President of the Contact Group on Japan European Economic and Social Committee Krzysztof PATER Member European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Jonathan PEEL Member European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Jaroslaw PIETRAS Director-General Secretariat-General of the European Council</p><p>Marie-Christine PONCIN Japan Economic Desk Officer, DG for External Relations European Commission</p><p>Beatriz PORRES Administrator, Section for External Relations European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Anne RANDERSON Managing Director Cross Cultural Horizons</p><p>Jette ROSSEN Conferences and Interpretation Unit European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Triin SAAG Trainee, Section for External Relations European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Madi SHARMA Member European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Akiko SUZUKI Associate Director for Research Osaka University</p><p>Toshiro TANAKA Director, EU Studies Institute Keio University</p><p>Ewa TOMASZEWSKA Administrator, Section for External Relations European Economic and Social Committee Xavier VERBOVEN President of the Labour Market Observatory European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Dirk WESTENDORP Member European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Elisabeth WOLFF Conferences and Interpretation Unit European Economic and Social Committee</p><p>Masahiko YOSHII Vice-President, European Institute in Japan-Kansai Kobe University</p>