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About The IAFOR Global Innovation & Value Summit

The IAFOR Global Innovation & Value Summit 2020 will again be held in Tokyo, one of the world’s greatest cities, bringing together some of the biggest names in business in Japan, and global leaders in the public and private sector. GIVS2020 will consider and contextualise questions of innovation and value with a focus on innovation ecosystems in the global, regional and local ecosystem of Japan.

About IAFOR

Founded in 2009, The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) is a mission-driven politically independent non-partisan and non-profit organisation dedicated to encouraging interdisciplinary discussion, facilitating intercultural awareness and promoting international exchange, principally through educational interaction and academic research. Based in Japan, its main administrative office is in Nagoya, and its research centre is in the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), a graduate school of Osaka University. Through its international, intercultural and interdisciplinary conferences, research, and publications, IAFOR is a network hub for interdisciplinary discussion across Asia and beyond.

IAFOR
| THINK – The Academic Platform
| IAFOR Documentary Photography Award
| IAFOR Documentary Film Award
| IAFOR Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award