Relic, a Business Co-creation Company, Announces CEO Kitajima to Speak at "Regional Revitalization Venture Summit 2026"
Relic, a business co-creation company, announced that its Representative Director and CEO, Takaaki Kitajima, will speak at the "Regional Revitalization Venture Summit 2026." He will participate in a session discussing public-private partnerships for regional revitalization over the next decade, sharing the company's achievements and insights in business co-creation.
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Relic Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Takaaki Kitajima; Representative Director and CTO: Ryo Oba), a business co-creation company, announced that its Representative Director and CEO, Takaaki Kitajima, will speak at the "Regional Revitalization Venture Summit 2026 ~Activate the 'Co-creation Engine' of Cities and Regions~" (organized by the General Incorporated Association Passionate Regional Revitalization Venture Alliance and the Startup City Promotion Council), to be held on Friday, May 29, 2026, at POTLUCK YAESU (Tokyo Midtown Yaesu).
On the day of the event, a session will be held to discuss new public-private partnerships to drive regional revitalization for the next 10 years, incorporating specific practical knowledge.
■ About "Regional Revitalization Venture Summit 2026"
More than 10 years have passed since regional revitalization initiatives began, and the "Era of Co-creation" that moves society as a whole is about to begin in earnest. This summit is a place where diverse players explore new value, with "co-creation engine" as the keyword, collaborating across differences in position and scale, such as regions and cities, public and private sectors, and large corporations and startups. Last year's 10th event saw the Prime Minister also speak, with over 600 attendees from both public and private sectors, making it one of Japan's largest regional revitalization events.
■ Event Outline
Name: Regional Revitalization Venture Summit 2026 ~Activate the 'Co-creation Engine' of Cities and Regions~
Date and Time: Friday, May 29, 2026, 10:00-19:30 (scheduled)
Venue: POTLUCK YAESU (Tokyo Midtown Yaesu 4F, 5F, 2-2-1 Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo)
Participation Method: On-site participation only (pre-registration required)
Organizers: General Incorporated Association Passionate Regional Revitalization Venture Alliance, Startup City Promotion Council
Application Method: Please apply from the special page below
https://netsui.or.jp/summit2026/
■ Session Outline
Session Name: Activate the Co-creation Engine. New Public-Private Partnerships to Create the Next 10 Years ~The Future of Regional Revitalization Driven by Cross-border, Collaboration, and Implementation~
Session Content: This is the final session summarizing the summit's theme, "Co-creation Engine." Leaders from diverse fields, including public and private sectors, urban and regional areas, and large corporations and startups, will gather to discuss the vision for regional revitalization over the next 10 years. In response to the question "Who, what, and how to create?", it will present a "design for co-creation" that drives the future of regional revitalization.
Speakers (titles omitted):
Madoka Akagi (Representative Director and CEO, AgeWellJapan Inc.)
Takaaki Kitajima (Representative Director and CEO, Relic Holdings Inc. / Relic Inc.)
Yasutomo Suzuki (Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture)
Shinichiro Shinoaga (Representative Director, General Incorporated Association Passionate Regional Revitalization Venture Alliance): Moderator
Time: 17:30 - 18:20
■ Speaker Profile
Representative Director and CEO/Founder Takaaki Kitajima
After graduating from Saitama Prefectural Kawagoe High School and Keio University, he supported new business development and organizational transformation for a wide range of companies, from small and medium-sized ventures to large corporations, at a venture firm specializing in organizational transformation and new businesses. He then joined DeNA, an IT mega-venture. He served as the head responsible for new business development, business strategy/planning, and open innovation with large corporations, overseeing the creation and growth of numerous businesses, expanding them to a scale of 10 billion yen. In 2015, he founded Relic Inc., growing it into a business co-creation platform with the No. 1 share in Japan for new business development support and co-creation achievements. The company has been ranked among the fastest-growing companies in the Asia-Pacific region by the Financial Times for four consecutive years and has received awards such as the Nippon New Business Creation Award and the Japan Service Award.
He is the author of the bestseller "New Business Development Management to Enhance Reproducibility of Innovation - Strategy, Organization, and Execution to Control Uncertainty (Nikkei Business Publications)," which has sold over 40,000 copies. In September 2021, he established Relic Holdings Inc. and transitioned to a holding company structure, also serving as the representative of the Relic Group, which comprises over 27 companies and 350 employees, achieving a business scale exceeding 10 billion yen as both an entrepreneur and an intrapreneur. He is a visiting professor of "Innovation Theory" at Osaka University Graduate School.
■ About the Glocal Innovation Division
This organization provides localized support for local entrepreneurship, new business development, business revitalization, and the development of innovator talent. It co-creates with local communities to implement, verify, and grow businesses, not just conceptualize them, promoting collaboration with companies, local governments, financial institutions, and educational institutions at 18 locations nationwide.
Specific initiatives include establishing joint ventures (JVs) with leading local companies and promoting collaboration with local governments, financial institutions, etc., at each base, such as engineering.
On the day of the event, a session will be held to discuss new public-private partnerships to drive regional revitalization for the next 10 years, incorporating specific practical knowledge.
■ About "Regional Revitalization Venture Summit 2026"
More than 10 years have passed since regional revitalization initiatives began, and the "Era of Co-creation" that moves society as a whole is about to begin in earnest. This summit is a place where diverse players explore new value, with "co-creation engine" as the keyword, collaborating across differences in position and scale, such as regions and cities, public and private sectors, and large corporations and startups. Last year's 10th event saw the Prime Minister also speak, with over 600 attendees from both public and private sectors, making it one of Japan's largest regional revitalization events.
■ Event Outline
Name: Regional Revitalization Venture Summit 2026 ~Activate the 'Co-creation Engine' of Cities and Regions~
Date and Time: Friday, May 29, 2026, 10:00-19:30 (scheduled)
Venue: POTLUCK YAESU (Tokyo Midtown Yaesu 4F, 5F, 2-2-1 Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo)
Participation Method: On-site participation only (pre-registration required)
Organizers: General Incorporated Association Passionate Regional Revitalization Venture Alliance, Startup City Promotion Council
Application Method: Please apply from the special page below
https://netsui.or.jp/summit2026/
■ Session Outline
Session Name: Activate the Co-creation Engine. New Public-Private Partnerships to Create the Next 10 Years ~The Future of Regional Revitalization Driven by Cross-border, Collaboration, and Implementation~
Session Content: This is the final session summarizing the summit's theme, "Co-creation Engine." Leaders from diverse fields, including public and private sectors, urban and regional areas, and large corporations and startups, will gather to discuss the vision for regional revitalization over the next 10 years. In response to the question "Who, what, and how to create?", it will present a "design for co-creation" that drives the future of regional revitalization.
Speakers (titles omitted):
Madoka Akagi (Representative Director and CEO, AgeWellJapan Inc.)
Takaaki Kitajima (Representative Director and CEO, Relic Holdings Inc. / Relic Inc.)
Yasutomo Suzuki (Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture)
Shinichiro Shinoaga (Representative Director, General Incorporated Association Passionate Regional Revitalization Venture Alliance): Moderator
Time: 17:30 - 18:20
■ Speaker Profile
Representative Director and CEO/Founder Takaaki Kitajima
After graduating from Saitama Prefectural Kawagoe High School and Keio University, he supported new business development and organizational transformation for a wide range of companies, from small and medium-sized ventures to large corporations, at a venture firm specializing in organizational transformation and new businesses. He then joined DeNA, an IT mega-venture. He served as the head responsible for new business development, business strategy/planning, and open innovation with large corporations, overseeing the creation and growth of numerous businesses, expanding them to a scale of 10 billion yen. In 2015, he founded Relic Inc., growing it into a business co-creation platform with the No. 1 share in Japan for new business development support and co-creation achievements. The company has been ranked among the fastest-growing companies in the Asia-Pacific region by the Financial Times for four consecutive years and has received awards such as the Nippon New Business Creation Award and the Japan Service Award.
He is the author of the bestseller "New Business Development Management to Enhance Reproducibility of Innovation - Strategy, Organization, and Execution to Control Uncertainty (Nikkei Business Publications)," which has sold over 40,000 copies. In September 2021, he established Relic Holdings Inc. and transitioned to a holding company structure, also serving as the representative of the Relic Group, which comprises over 27 companies and 350 employees, achieving a business scale exceeding 10 billion yen as both an entrepreneur and an intrapreneur. He is a visiting professor of "Innovation Theory" at Osaka University Graduate School.
■ About the Glocal Innovation Division
This organization provides localized support for local entrepreneurship, new business development, business revitalization, and the development of innovator talent. It co-creates with local communities to implement, verify, and grow businesses, not just conceptualize them, promoting collaboration with companies, local governments, financial institutions, and educational institutions at 18 locations nationwide.
Specific initiatives include establishing joint ventures (JVs) with leading local companies and promoting collaboration with local governments, financial institutions, etc., at each base, such as engineering.