TAC Talk Winter Season

Be one of just 15 Members to secure a front-row seat for the next season of enlightening TAC Talk lectures.

A TAC Talk season pass guarantees holders access to all six talks, with priority registration one week before general sign-up opens.

Browse the lineup of intriguing talks below.

Pass holders are free to attend in person or virtually. What’s more, reservations can be transferred to Members registered under the same membership.

Winter TAC Talk Schedule

• Dec 1: A New Space Age: Chris Blackerby, Garvey Mcintosh and Shinsuke Nakasuka
  A panel discussion on the new commercial space age of public and private sector collaboration with Astroscale’s Chris Blackerby, Garvey McIntosh, NASA’s Asia representative in Tokyo, and Professor Shinsuke Nakasuka, a space technology expert at the University of Tokyo.

• Jan 12: Robert Rÿker
  The music director of the Tokyo Sinfonia discusses his music career and what it takes to establish an orchestra—as he did in India, Canada and Japan.

• Feb 9: Kinota Braithwaite
  The children’s book author and bilingual Montessori instructor shares his experiences of encouraging children to be proud of their heritage and of teaching Black History Month in the classroom.

• Feb 23: Suzanne Kamata
  The Tokushima-based American author of The Baseball Widow reads from her book and answers audience questions.

• Mar 9: Alice Gordenker
  A screening of the American journalist’s documentary Horimono, about the taboo of tattoos in Japan and a group of inked pilgrims who visit a Mount Oyama shrine each summer.

• Mar 23: Jesper Koll
  The Member and economist explains why he remains optimistic about the economy and business environment of Japan.