YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT #42
A Yokohama innovation night at TECH HUB YOKOHAMA: English and Japanese sessions on global innovation, AI, and successor ventures, plus networking.
- When
- Wed, July 22, 2026 · 16:00–20:30 JST
- Where
- TECH HUB YOKOHAMA, 横浜ランドマークタワー, 横浜市西区みなとみらい2-2-1 · Hybrid
- Region
- Kanto (Tokyo)
- Organizer
- Venture Café Tokyo
- Language
- JA/EN
- Source
- gather.us
Summary
YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT #42 runs from 16:00 to 20:30 at TECH HUB YOKOHAMA in the Yokohama Landmark Tower, Minato Mirai. The evening mixes short sessions with an open networking window in the cafe area. Most sessions can be joined either in person or online, and a text-based simultaneous translation tool is offered so Japanese and English speakers can follow the same talks.
The lineup opens at 16:30 with a bilingual orientation on how to get the most out of the gathering. GLOBAL INNOVATION NIGHT in YOKOHAMA Vol.7 follows at 17:00 in English. At 18:00 a Japanese-language session examines women's well-being in the AI era, looking at health, working styles, and connection from a Yokohama perspective. At 19:00 a Japanese session turns to atotsugi (successor) ventures and the founders using regional businesses as a base to change Japan and markets beyond it.
One in-person-only session at 18:00 gives university students 30 minutes with people they would not meet in ordinary campus life. Networking in the cafe area is in-person only and stays open the full 16:00 to 20:30 window. Pre-registration through the event page is requested.
About the community
YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT is a recurring innovation gathering in Minato Mirai, numbered by edition and open to anyone who registers in advance. Each edition pairs a handful of 30 to 60 minute sessions with a long, unstructured networking window in the cafe area. The regular crowd mixes founders, corporate innovators, investors, students, and people working around the Yokohama startup ecosystem. Programming alternates between Japanese and English tracks, with a text translation tool offered so both groups can follow along.
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