Czech-Japan Hub Working Groups pool the cost of market intelligence, organise sector missions, and present one coordinated counterpart to ministries, regulators, municipalities and industry associations. The leverage is sectoral. The doors are the ones a single company would never open on its own.
A founding moment does not arrive every decade. Three independent dynamics are converging at the same time – and each one alone would justify acting now.
EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai built the most extensive Czech-Japan network in a generation. Relationships forged in the pavilion, during the conferences, meetings and informal events might lose its dynamic within 12 to 18 months without a proper follow-up. The Hub is that follow-up. Working Groups are how the network turns into deals.
Both jurisdictions are rewriting the rules at once. Japan: the Active Cyber Defense Law and the revised Wood Use Promotion Act. The EU: CBAM phase 2, the Cyber Resilience Act, and CSRD. Czechia: NIS2 transposition and the AI Act at national level. Each of these reshapes who can sell what to whom – and at what cost.
Supply chains across allied economies are being rebuilt around semiconductors, energy, critical materials, and mass-timber construction. Czechia and Japan sit on the same side of every one of those lines. The question is which sectors organise fast enough to capture it.
Expert Working Groups are the Hub’s sector communities. They bring together companies, universities, research institutions, and public-sector partners active in one field. Each group is a trusted space where members exchange know-how and market intelligence, gain collective access to regulators and major counterparts, and help shape the standards and policies that affect their sector in both countries.
These are not ad-hoc consortia. They are ongoing communities with a defined rhythm, an elected chair, and a membership base that deepens over time.
Regular gatherings where members share market intelligence, trusted contacts, and hard-won lessons. The kind of insight a consultant cannot sell you. Closed-door conversations among peers who know your sector from the inside.
As a group you reach doors that stay shut to a single company. Joint meetings with Japanese ministries and industry associations, coordinated outreach to major corporations, and direct engagement with public agencies on both sides. The group speaks with one voice.
Contribute to the rules and standards that shape your sector. Joint position papers, formal consultations, and a seat in policy discussions in both countries.
Regular sector market reports in a Czech-Japan lens – collectively prepared and financed, member-only access.
Coordinated missions to Japan or from Japan – with a programme of meetings at relevant ministries, associations, and major-corporation level.
Joint position papers on relevant regulatory issues to the sector.
Group meetings in Prague, Ostrava, Tokyo or Osaka to strengthen the connections and relations.
Formalised partnership with a Czech and/or Japanese counterpart association or prefectural body.
The Hub provides the secretariat, translation, bilateral liaison, follow-ups, and continuity. Members bring the strategic input and the contacts.
Regular working meetings from 2027 onward, combining hybrid and in-person sessions in Czechia and Japan. In the founding year 2026, each Group opens with a kick-off event; the full rhythm establishes from 2027.
Each Working Group is led by a Chair appointed by the Chairman of the Hub. The Hub also assigns a dedicated coordinator to each Group, responsible for organisation, follow-up, and bilateral liaison between sessions.
Deliberately mixed: industry partners, universities, research institutions, public-sector partners, and individual experts. C-level executives and domain specialists rotate in according to the agenda for each session.
| Membership Tier | Access |
|---|---|
| Founders 2026 (until 30 September 2026) | All Groups + permanent Founding Member status + right to nominate the Group’s first-year agenda |
| President’s Circle & Patron Member | All Working Groups |
| Corporate Member & Institutional Member | One Working Group of choice |
| Individual Professional | Participation as invited expert, subject to Group Chair approval |
| Other tiers | By invitation to specific sessions |
Founders 2026 closes on 30 September 2026. After that date, Founding Member status is no longer available.
Where Czech materials engineering, mass-timber expertise, and modular construction meet Japan’s decarbonisation roadmap and the revised Wood Use Promotion Act. Anchored by the EXPO 2025 Czech Pavilion as a built reference.
The Group that crosses the line between cyber and physical security, business continuity and incident response, IT and OT. Bilateral platform for CISOs, CSOs, and heads of crisis management under NIS2, CRA, and ACDL.
Working Groups are accessible through Hub membership at Corporate tier and above. Founders 2026 closes on 30 September 2026.
