The New Club of Paris 20^th Anniversary, Japan

14-18 April, 2025

Program subject to change

14 April

10:30 – 16:00 Daytrip to Doshisha University in Kyoto, Value Research Center https://www.valueresearchcenter.com/value-model, Introduction NCP & Q&A

18:00 – 20:30 Ceremony of the 20^th anniversary of NCP followed by networking at Sumitomo Club, Higobashi

15 April   

10:00 – 11:30  Visit to the Museum of Osaka Chamber of Commerce, followed by discussion; Introduction NCP & Q&A

12:00 – 14:30 Lunch at Café in Osaka University, Nakanoshima Center, followed by discussion; Introduction NCP & Q&A

15:30 – 17:00 Visit to NTT Quint Bridge at Quint Bridge, Kyobashi; Presentation NCP

17:00 – 19:00   NTT/FCAJ/NCP Internal Strategy Meeting                        

16-17 April  EXPO days                          

Spanish pavilion: Tour and NCP Presentation (16 April)

Daikin: Daikin HQ; Zero-carbon air conditioning is important for our overheated planet. Visit their “ice cool spot” at the Expo and/or their office.

UN/UNESCO: Tour around SDGs; 30 UN entities have been invited to join the expo under the motto “United for a better future”; The focus will be on the SDGs, what to do until 2030.

German pavilion “Wa”: https://expo2025germany.de/kreislaufwirtschaft-en/ Circular Economy.

Austrian pavilion: https://www.expoaustria.at/ Tour (17 April).

Nordic pavilion: https://thenordics-expoosaka.com/en Finland; theme “Happiness”  celebrating Finland’s seven-year streak as the world’s happiest country and sharing insights into their unique approach to well-being.

Jellyfish pavilion  Joint pavilion with Ritsumeikan “Learning for the Future” https://en.ritsumei.ac.jp/expo2025/special/sp05/

Cartier Women pavilion: https://womenspavilion.cartier.com/

Kawasaki to Sponsor Future Society Showcase Projects Exhibition “Future Life Expo: Future City” Project at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan

18 April (Tentative)

Meeting at Kansai University;

Institute for Innovative Global Education (IIGE).

Partner Organizations:

• Japanese Innovation Network: https://ji-network.org/en/
• World Capital Institute: https://worldcapitalinstitute.org/
• World Intellectual Capital Initiative (WICI): https://www.wici-global.com/
• Quintbridge

We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Professor Ikujiro Nonaka (10 May 1935 – 25 January 2025). His pioneering contribution to Knowledge Management theory, particularly the SECI model, has significantly influenced academic thought and business practices around the globe. His insights on tacit knowledge, the creation of organizational knowledge, and the concept of “ba” (place) have transformed our understanding of knowledge management and the innovation economy.

Professor Nonaka’s intellectual legacy will live on through the countless scholars, business leaders, and practitioners he inspired during his distinguished career. His contributions to management theory, with a particular emphasis on the humanization of management, will remain invaluable to future generations.

Condolences to the family and friends on behalf of the entire NCP community.

EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT

The New Club of Paris together with the World Capital Institute and the University of Catania announce the International Conference

Beyond Sustainability:
Knowledge Capital and Alternative Economics for the Anthropocene

Call for Abstracts

Background

The concepts of sustainability and regeneration have opened up to alternative economic frameworks including the circular and bioeconomic approach, social ecological economics and degrowth. The Bioeconomy refers to a more sophisticated and sustainable model of the economy based on the efficient and regenerative use of biological resources. Social ecological economics is committed to dealing with environmental depletion, finding climate just alternatives to unsustainable production and consumption, while intellectual capital can provide the qualitative grounds for degrowth.

The concept of sustainability in its advanced dimensions of knowledge-based alternative economics has thus gradually evolved compared with the original idea of bioeconomy and circular economy.

Focus

The realization of these new approaches has meant that an economic environment has developed where new skills and new capabilities are required and consequently deemed necessary for the activation of entrepreneurial dynamics. Hence, the need arises to qualitatively define the scope of these new skills as well as the methodological requirements for their education.

The theme of the delimitation and teaching of new approaches in economics, is absolutely essential for the tangible and intangible creation of economic models based on these innovative principles. A gap is often witnessed between scientific and academic conceptual constructions and concrete managerial and entrepreneurial activity. As is evident, the reduction of this gap is only possible if adequate training mechanisms together with innovative and targeted teaching capable of integrating the new possibilities offered by innovative frameworks are activated alongside an adequate scientific and empirical approach.

Following this approach, a different economic model would become a safeguard for democracy and for the pursuit of a specific purpose: drawing a new contract between the human and more-than-human worlds. In this sense, safeguarding natural capital and redefining the framework of interactions at a social and economic level would take on the value of protecting democratic rules and regulating social relations, allowing new levels of intercultural and global governance.

Contributions that can coherently address topics such as those specified below are invited:

• Alternative models of economy and economics beyond sustainability
• Circular bioeconomy and regenerative approaches
• Climate justice and ecological economics
• Social knowledge capital for degrowth
• New impact measurements for alternative economics
• Balancing environmental and socioeconomic goals
• Caring for nature as a precondition for development
• Progressive taxation: from taxing labor to taxing consumption and concentration
• Transformation towards a common good economy
• Teaching new paradigms: topics, methodology and dynamic integration of technology
• Finding a way through alternatives to sustainability
• Digital transformation, AI and technological advancements for efficiency in circular and bio-regenerative economies
• The role of governmental institutions and public administrations in changing paradigms

Important dates

Contributions are warmly welcomed according to the following milestones and due dates:

• Deadline for abstract submission 30th of September 2024 (structured abstract required: background; objective; methodology; findings; implications. Max. 1000 words) to email kcwsncp.conferencerg@unict.it
• Abstract acceptance notification 14th of October 2024

Publication opportunity

Publication opportunities, that will be announced shortly, are substantially based on a special issue of a relevant scientific journal and a book from a well-known international editor.

Conference registration and fee

More information about the conference and the call for Abstracts can be found here: https://www.jointconferenceragusa.unict.it/

NCP General Assembly

The NCP General Assembly will take place on November 22nd, 2:00 – 4:00 pm CET, University of Catania, Ragusa, Italy, and online. Please book the date in advance. The remote access link will be shared closer to the event. More Information about the General Assembly and the conference will be available soon.

An international transdisciplinary conference at the intersection of knowledge management and urban development for regeneration Knowledge Cities World Summit (KCWS) 2023_will take place in Lindau, Germany, from November 28 to 30, 2023.

“Adapting to climate change through the regenerative transformation of cities and regions” is the theme for this year’s KCWS.

The conference focuses on four thematic areas that are currently considered crucial for necessary change processes:

– Socio-ecological transformation needs in cities and regions

– Culture and art as fundamental references for successful change processes

– Reforms for future education to address planetary issues

– The role of artificial intelligence in the Anthropocene and its impact on it

The NCP Roundtable on Sustainable Transformation of Cities and Regions: Understanding, Enabling and Shaping Profound Change will take place on November, 29th, 9:30 – 11:30.

Led by: Stefan Guldenberg, Klaus North, Waltraut Ritter

The preliminary program of the conference can be downloaded from here:Preliminary Program

More information about the event is available here: World Capital Institute

INTANGIBLES: BACK TO THE FUTURE?

With this International biennial Conference series, WICI Europe, the regional jurisdiction of the Global International Association WICI (World Intangible Capitals Initiative), aims to investigate the central importance of intangibles and the associated information for the long-term, inclusive, and balanced growth of European companies, markets, and regions; in so doing, the event series intends to relaunch and foster at the policy level the crucial issues, dynamics, and reflections linked to these “special” resources for the management, development, and growth of a knowledge-based, digital, sustainable and inclusive global economy.

For many years, academics and other commentators have expressed their concern that the current financial reporting model largely “hides” the contribution that the most important intangibles – especially if internally generated – make to both business performance and value creation. In this vein, several observers believe that financial reporting today does not fully reflect the real strengths of a company, its sources of competitiveness, and its capacity to create long-term value as well as its sustainability over time. And yet the pervasiveness and transversal nature as well as the elusiveness of these resources make it difficult to manage and measure them in a coherent and holistic way at organizational, industry, and macro levels.

On the other hand, in this crucial moment for the promotion of the sustainable behavior of companies, especially in the European Union, it is to be noted that the disclosure of intangibles is an integral part of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) (a new addition to art. 19 (1) of the 2013 Accounting Directive). In this respect, the EU is going to be the first economically advanced region of the world to mandate the disclosure of sustainability- and non-sustainability-related intangibles in the company reporting system.

Furthermore, as pointed out in a 2021 joint WICI-Value Reporting Foundation position paper, some SDGs (growth, decent work, responsible production) cannot be achieved without the contribution of intangibles. In other words, there seems to be no contradiction between pursuing corporate sustainability and developing and disclosing intangible capital (human, social-relational, and organizational-intellectual). Indeed, the two are the pillars of a new economic and financial system and of an innovative way to carry out business and corporate governance activity.

After the successful events held in Paris (2015), Frankfurt (2017), and Brussels (2019), and a pause due to the pandemic crisis, the objective of this hybrid format Conference is to engage with European and international institutions and a diversity of stakeholders interested in contributing, from a policy perspective, towards a better understanding, measurement, reporting, and management of intangibles, thus providing new inputs and ideas towards these crucial reporting issues for the future.

FOR CONFERENCE REGISTRATION CLICK ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING LINKS:

In-person participation in Brussels:Link

Online participation:Link

Participation is free of charge, but previous online registration is requested.

PROGRAMME

MORNING – START AT 9:15 (CET) – Plenary Room

Welcome coffee from 8.45 am

09:15 – WELCOME

Jean-Philippe Desmartin (Chair, WICI Europe; Head of Responsible Investment, Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management; and Co-Chair, EFFAS Commission on ESG)

Takayuki Sumita (Chair, WICI Japan, and member of the “Integrated Reporting and Connectivity Council” (IRCC), IFRS Foundation) (video message)

Hans Buysse (Chair, Administrative Board, EFRAG)

09:30 – PLENARY SESSION 1 – THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE OF WICI

Stefano Zambon, (Secretary General, WICI Italy-O.I.B.R.; Co-founder and former Chair, WICI Global; and member of the “Integrated Reporting and Connectivity Council” (IRCC), IFRS Foundation)

Jean-Philippe Desmartin (Chair, WICI Europe; Head of Responsible Investment, Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management; and Co-Chair, EFFAS Commission on ESG)

Mario Abela (Chair, WICI Global; Strategic Advisor, Value Balancing Alliance; and member of the “Connectivity Council”, EFRAG)

9:45 – PLENARY SESSION 2 – THE VIEWS OF THE POLICYMAKERS

Sven Gentner (Head of Corporate Reporting Unit, DG FISMA, European Commission)

Futoshi Nasuno (Secretary General, Cabinet Office, Japanese Government)

Alessandro D’Eri (Senior Policy Officer, ESMA) (tbc)

Chair: TBA

10:25 – PLENARY SESSION 3 – WHICH INFORMATION ON INTANGIBLES DO INVESTORS AND MARKETS “CONSUME” FOR THEIR DECISION-MAKING?

Jean-Baptiste Rouphael (Head of Sustainability Research, ODDO BHF); Francois Perrin (Head of ESG, GBL-Groupe Bruxelles Lambert); DWS or Schroeder

Chair: Jean-Philippe Desmartin (Head of Responsible Investment, Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management; Co-Chair, EFFAS Commission on ESG; and Chair, WICI Europe)

11:10 – 11:25 QUICK COFFEE BREAK

11:25 – PLENARY SESSION 4 – CORPORATES AND PROFESSIONALS AT THE FOREFRONT: GAPS AND NEEDS ABOUT THE PRODUCTION OF INFORMATION ON INTANGIBLES

Tjeerd Krumpelman (Head of Advisory, Reporting & Engagement, ABN AMRO); Giorgio Calimani (Head of Financial Statements and Administration – Pirelli Group) (tbc) or Jan Bishop (CFO, Roche) (tbc); SAP

Chair: Michel Dewolfs (Chair, WICI Belgium, and Co-CEO, Areopa)

12:10 – MIDDAY KEYNOTE SPEECH

Andreas Barckow (Chair, International Accounting Standards Board-IASB)

Intangibles: The Roadmap of the IASB

Chair: Hans Buysse (Chair, Administrative Board, EFRAG)

12.25 – PLENARY SESSION 5 – INTANGIBLES AND THE VIEWPOINTS OF INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY STANDARD SETTERS

Patrick de Cambourg (Chair, Sustainability Reporting Board, EFRAG) (in video connection)

Richard Barker (Board member, International Sustainability Standards Board-ISSB) (tbc)

Eelco van der Enden (CEO, Global Reporting Initiative-GRI)

Chair: Stefano Zambon, (Secretary General, WICI Italy-O.I.B.R. Foundation; and Professor of Business Economics, University of Ferrara)

13:10 – 14.00 – LUNCH

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

14.00 – PLENARY SESSION 6 – THE RESPONSES: INTANGIBLES, CONNECTIVITY, AND INTEGRATION IN REPORTING: UNCONGENIAL TWINS?

Georg Lanfermann (Chair, German Accounting Standard Setter-DRSC); Laura Girella (Technical Director, Connectivity and Integrated Reporting, IFRS Foundation); Chiara Del Prete (Chair, Sustainability Reporting TEG, EFRAG; former Chair, Financial Reporting TEG, EFRAG; and Chair of the International Forum of Accounting Standard Setters); Seema Jamil-O’Neill(Technical Director, UK Endorsement Board-UKEB)

Chair: Mario Abela (Chair, WICI Global)

1st SLOT OF PARALLEL SESSIONS (15.00 – 15.40)

15:00 – PARALLEL SESSION A – THE VALUE OF IP AND HUMAN CAPITAL IN COMPANY VALUE CREATION (care of WICI France/Institut Francais de I’lmmateriel-IFI)

Stephane Trebucq (Professor of Human Capital and Global Performance, University of Bordeaux)

Andre Gorius (President, WICI France-Institut Francsis de l’lmmateriel-IFI)

Michael Kos (Intellectual Property Finance and Valuation Expert, World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO)

Chair: TBC

15:00 – PARALLEL SESSION B – INTANGIBLES AND CREDIT MERIT (care of WICI Belgium)

Tjeerd Krumpelman (Head of Advisory, Reporting & Engagement, ABN AMRO)

Martjin Bos (Eumedion) (tbc)

Jed Wrigley (Senior Advisor, Eight Roads) (tbc)

Chair: Michel Dewolfs (President, WICI Belgium, and Co-CEO, Areopa Group)

2nd SLOT OF PARALLEL SESSIONS (15.40 – 16.20)

15:40 – PARALLEL SESSION C – INTANGIBLES AND SME’s (care of WICI Italy)

Ludo Pyis (Founder and President, Areopa)

Paul Thompson (EFAA Director) (tbc)

Gianluca Manca (European Banking Federation (tbc)

Chair: Alessandro Lai (President, WICI Italy/Italian Foundation for Business Reporting-O.I.B.R.)

15:40 – PARALLEL SESSION D – ACADEMIC STUDIES ON INTANGIBLES BETWEEN MARKET RELEVANCE AND PREFERENCES OF INVESTORS & PREPARERS – The EAA Intangibles Study Group

Presentations by:

Christina Dargenidou (University of Exeter)

Janice Denouncourt (Nottingham Trent Business School)

Clemence Garcia (Gakushuin University, Tokyo)

Laura Girella (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)

Jan Marton (University of Gothenburg)

Chair: Stefano Zambon (Professor of Business Economics, University of Ferrara)

16:20 – CONCLUSIVE PLENARY SESSION

Jean-Philippe Desmartin (Chair, WICI Europe; Head of Responsible Investment, Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management; and Co-Chair, EFFAS Commission on ESG)

16:30 – END OF CONFERENCE