KYOTO, Japan, August 12, 2026 - (JCN Newswire) - Companies can measure revenue, costs and profit with precision. Yet they struggle to see, compare and manage the value their decisions create or destroy across customers, employees, partners, shareholders, communities and the natural world.

That measurement gap is the focus of the Valuism Conference 2026, held jointly with the 9th Global Conference on Creating Value (GCCV), from December 10-12, 2026 at Doshisha University in Kyoto. Under the theme "Making Value Visible," the conference brings together researchers, business leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers and practitioners working to turn multi-stakeholder value from a principle into a measurable management discipline.

As sustainability disclosure regimes, including Japan's SSBJ and the European Union's CSRD, raise expectations for credible evidence, organisations face a more fundamental question than how much data to report: what do their decisions actually do to the people, relationships and ecosystems on which long-term performance depends? The Kyoto programme addresses that question through sessions on value measurement, intangible and trapped value, voiceless stakeholders, technology for value visibility, innovation, Service-Dominant Logic, Indigenous value systems and the Mori Economy of Mana, and value creation principles rooted in Japanese martial philosophy.

The conference builds on the 2025 Valuism Conference in Kyoto, which brought together nearly 100 participants from around the world. The 2026 programme moves from shared vocabulary toward implementation and will close with work on research, education, industry and governance priorities for 2027 and beyond.

"Business has spent generations perfecting the measurement of financial value, while much of the value created or destroyed across the wider stakeholder system remains difficult to see," said Professor Philip Sugai. "Our goal is not to add another sustainability label. It is to build a practical, transparent architecture that helps decision-makers see who benefits, who bears costs, what remains invisible, and where better decisions can create more durable value across the whole system."

Confirmed speakers include Susan Watson, Dean of the University of Auckland Business School; Anne-Laure Mention, Professor of Innovation at RMIT University; Gautam Mahajan, Founder of the Creating Value Alliance; Arnaud Blandin of INSEAD-CEDEP; Will Baber of Kyoto University; Drew Franklin and Billie Lythberg of the University of Auckland; Yuriko Nakao of Kansai University; Marco Koeder, Co-Founder of Valuufy; and Yoshie Sugai, Founder of Chiseikan Dojo. Additional speakers will be announced.

The Australian Embassy in Japan has approved the conference as an official Anniversary Event for the 50th Anniversary of the Signing of the Basic Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation between Australia and Japan. The anniversary program creates a platform for deeper Australia-Japan cooperation in innovation, research translation, sustainability and responsible business.

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