International Cooperation and Challenges Facing Japan in Preventing Sports Manipulation and Corruption, and Protecting Athletes: Considering the Macolin Convention

Program

14:00 - Opening remarks / First Keynote 
The Scale of Japan’s Illegal Sports Gambling Market and Potential Rights Violations by Illegal Operators: Future Countermeasures Based on Global Trends
•    Hironori Inagaki (Representative Director, Sports Ecosystem Promotion Council / Partner, Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)) 

14:15 - Second Keynote 
The Role of International Cooperation Under the Macolin Convention and the Copenhagen Group, Promoted by the Council of Europe
•    Mr. Nicolas Saydé (Coordinator, Sport Integrity Division, Council of Europe) 
•    Mr. Corentin Segalen (Chair of the Group of Copenhagen (National Platform Networking)) [Online] 

14:30 - Greeting　
•    Mr. Toshiaki Endo (Member of the House of Representatives, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan / Chairman of the Japan Sport Association)
•    Mr. Hirofumi Ryu (Member of the House of Representatives, Constitutional Democratic Party)

14:45 – First Panel Discussion 
Confronting the Threats of Illegal Sports Betting and Free Riding: Measures and International Cooperation from the Perspective of Protecting Athletes
•    Mr. Takeshi Matsuda (Executive Board Member, Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) / Chairperson, JOC Athletes' Committee) 
•    Mr. Yoshikazu Nonomura (Councilor, Sports Ecosystem Promotion Council / Chairman, Japan Professional Football League) 
•    Mr. Shinji Shimada (Councilor, Sports Ecosystem Promotion Council / Chairman, Japan Professional Basketball League) 
•    Mr. Yuki Ota (Councilor, Sports Ecosystem Promotion Council / Member, International Olympic Committee (IOC)) 
•    Hironori Inagaki (Moderator: Representative Director, Sports Ecosystem Promotion Council / Partner, Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)) 

15:20 - Break

15:25 – Second Panel Discussion
Preventing Sports Manipulation and Corruption through International Cooperation, and the Role of a National Platform in Japan
•    Mr. Nicolas Saydé (Coordinator, Sport Integrity Division, Council of Europe) 
•    Mr. Christian Kalb (Managing Director, CK Consulting (External Expert of Group of Copenhagen)) [Online] 
•    Mr. Minoru Iwaki (Moderator: Director, Sports Ecosystem Promotion Council / Representative Director and President, Mynet Inc.) 

15:50 - Special Dialogue 
The Risk of Match-Fixing to Athletes and International Challenges in Combating Criminal Forces: Toward the Signing and Ratification of the Macolin Convention
•    Mr. Nicolas Saydé (Coordinator, Sport Integrity Division, Council of Europe) 
•    Mr. Toshikazu Yamaguchi (Councilor, Sports Ecosystem Promotion Council / Representative Director President, The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings) 
•    Hironori Inagaki (Moderator: Representative Director, Sports Ecosystem Promotion Council / Partner, Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)) 

16:15 - Greeting 
•    Mr. Yuichiro Tamaki (Member of the House of Representatives, Democratic Party For the People) 
Closing remarks
•    Mr. Toshikazu Yamaguchi (Councilor, Sports Ecosystem Promotion Council / Representative Director President, The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings) 

16:30 - Closing

Speakers