Speaking Engagements | Earth Company

Earth Company Speaking Requests

For Corporates and Professionals

For Schools and Educational Institutions

For Government Agencies

[Purpose]

Professional development, awareness raising, informative seminars

[Themes]

Intro to SDGs, case studies to sustainable solutions, encoruaging eco-shifts

[Past Speaking Events]

2020, "Current Status of Social Ecosystem in Asia" to SIGMAXYZ Co., Ltd.
2022, "Balancing Profit and Impact" at the TBN Asia Conference 2023
2022, "Forefront of SDGs and What Companies Need to Do in the Future" to Pasona Panasonic Business Service Co., Ltd.
2023, "Becoming non-extractive inhabitants of the Earth" at the Inspir8 Leaders talks, AVPN Conference 2023

[Purpose]

Lectures, integrated learning, inquiry-based learning

[Themes]

Intro to SDGs, current global issues - how to get involved - and what needs to be done

[Past Speaking Events]

2022, Panelist on "Humanism in Business" to IPMI Business School Indonesia
2023, Speaking on "The Intersection of Sustainability and Tourism" to National University of Singapore
2023, Speaking on "What is Social Entrepreneurship and Becoming a Socio-Entrepreneur" to Stenden University students
2023, Speaking on "Impact Management" to Stenden University students

[Purpose]

Focused group discussion, informational hearings

[Themes]

Intro to SDGs, case studies to sustainable solutions, encoruaging eco-shifts

[Past Speaking Events]

"Social Impact Assessment Training and Basic Course for Reviewing Local Government Projects", for Japan prefectural and city council members
"The world was in a state of emergency even before COVID-19", for Japan prefectural assembly members and city assembly members
"Eco-shift and work style reform of administrative facilities" for Japanese administrative staff

For Corporates and Professionals

[Purpose]

Professional development, awareness raising, informative seminars

[Themes]

Intro to SDGs, case studies to sustainable solutions, encoruaging eco-shifts

[Past Speaking Events]

2020, "Current Status of Social Ecosystem in Asia" to SIGMAXYZ Co., Ltd.
2022, "Balancing Profit and Impact" at the TBN Asia Conference 2023
2022, "Forefront of SDGs and What Companies Need to Do in the Future" to Pasona Panasonic Business Service Co., Ltd.
2023, "Becoming non-extractive inhabitants of the Earth" at the Inspir8 Leaders talks, AVPN Conference 2023

For Schools and Educational Institutions

[Purpose]

Lectures, integrated learning, inquiry-based learning

[Themes]

Intro to SDGs, current global issues - how to get involved - and what needs to be done

[Past Speaking Events]

2022, Panelist on "Humanism in Business" to IPMI Business School Indonesia
2023, Speaking on "The Intersection of Sustainability and Tourism" to National University of Singapore
2023, Speaking on "What is Social Entrepreneurship and Becoming a Socio-Entrepreneur" to Stenden University students
2023, Speaking on "Impact Management" to Stenden University students

For Government Agencies

[Purpose]

Focused group discussion, informational hearings

[Themes]

Intro to SDGs, case studies to sustainable solutions, encoruaging eco-shifts

[Past Speaking Events]

"Social Impact Assessment Training and Basic Course for Reviewing Local Government Projects", for Japan prefectural and city council members
"The world was in a state of emergency even before COVID-19", for Japan prefectural assembly members and city assembly members
"Eco-shift and work style reform of administrative facilities" for Japanese administrative staff

Aska Hamakawa

Since leaving PricewaterhouseCoopers as a management consultant, Aska's career revolved around disaster relief and climate change in the Pacific Islands and Japan working for various NGOs as well as an academic institution. In 2014, with the aim to create a regenerative future we can pass on to next generations, Aska and her husband founded Earth Company, a social accelerator that nurtures and supports paradigm-shifting changemakers in Asia Pacific. So far, they have supported 21 projects in 8 countries impacting 2.7 million lives. In 2019, she and her husband launched a progressively conscious eco hotel, Mana Earthly Paradise, in Ubud.

Awards & Recognitions:

Aska has two BAs from Boston University and an MA from the University of Hawaii.
Certificate in Marketing Strategy from Cornell University
Awarded the Dalai Lama’s Unsung Heroes of Compassion Award in 2014,
Featured by the Newsweek as "Women of the Future" in 2018 and "100 Japanese Respected by the World" in 2021,
Selected as Asia 21 Young Leaders Class of 2022.

Tomo Hamakawa

Tomo is a seasoned development professional having lived and worked in various corners of the world from the Tibetan plateau, Indian drylands, Indonesian tropics, to Japanese metropolises. He has extensive field experience working for international and local development NGOs across Asia and Africa, including Kopernik, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, and the World Bank. He was formerly an Assistant Professor at the Global Leadership Program at the University of Tokyo.

Awards & Recognitions:

BA in Social Anthropology from Harvard College
A Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School
Asia Pacific Leadership Program Fellow (2008) and Innovation Fellow (2020) at the East-West Center
Awarded the Dalai Lama’s Unsung Heroes of Compassion Award in 2014,

OTHER SPEAKERS

Earth Company Staff

Our staff, who have diverse backgrounds and are working on SDGs through Earth Company's activities, are able to provide easy-to-understand examples of Earth Company's activities, case studies from around the world, and provide background to the world's pressing issues.

Speaking Themes