2019 Backstage Interviews

Enjoy a backstage pass as the IGNITE team sits down to interview many of the fantastic speakers and presenters that attended IGNITE Sendai Conference 2019!

Backstage Interview - Tetsuya Mizuguchi

We sit down with award winning game designer and digital reality pioneer, Tetsuya Mizuguchi to discuss current and future applications of eXtended Reality (XR) technology.

quick clip: FERMENTATION

BACKSTAGE INTERVIEW - MICHAEL PERRY-CLEMONS

We sit down with author, social innovator, director of EMPower International, and founder of You Me We NPO, Michael Perry-Clemons to discuss the disruptive nature of technology and preparing the next generation for work in the 21st Century.

QUICK CLIP: FUTURE RUSH

BACKSTAGE INTERVIEW - YAN FAN & KANI MUNISADA

We sit down with Yan Fan & Kani Munisada, Co-founders of CODE CHRYSALIS, Tokyo’s only Silicon Valley-styled coding bootcamp, to talk about the opportunities for foreign entrepreneurs on the Japanese landscape—and not only Tokyo.

QUICK CLIP: SPEAK IT OUT

BACKSTAGE INTERVIEW - TIA HAYGOOD

We sit down with professional photographer, Toptia Photography founder--Tia Haygood--as she lays out her path to starting a business as a solo-venture in Japan. You don’t want to miss this one!

QUICK CLIP: FAILURE

BACKSTAGE INTERVIEW - dimitri akimaru

We sit down with Dimitri Akimaru, founder of Tokyo Tech Startups, Japan's largest meetup of tech entrepreneurs and investors, to discuss Sendai's budding entrepreneurial ecosystem, and give his take on what it takes to start a business in Japan.