Regional Scrum Gathering Tokyo 2027
Overview
Japan's largest Scrum and Agile conference, held every January since 2011. The 2027 edition returns to Bellesalle Haneda Airport in hybrid format. Beyond 90+ sessions including international keynotes, its "gathering" culture emphasizing attendee dialogue sets it apart, and tickets sell out early every year. A fixed point where product development leaders and practitioners convene at the start of the year.
Foundation
- Founded
- 2011
- Founder
- Yasunobu Kawaguchi and Scrum community volunteers (Scrum Gathering Tokyo Executive Committee)
Launched by Yasunobu Kawaguchi and community volunteers following "Innovation Sprint 2011," where Ikujiro Nonaka and Scrum co-creator Jeff Sutherland first met in January 2011. Held annually as a Scrum Alliance-endorsed Regional Gathering, with the executive committee incorporated in 2016. It remains the center of gravity for Japan's Agile community.
Transition
- 2011 野中郁次郎とJeff Sutherlandが邂逅したInnovation Sprintを機に初開催
- 2016 実行委員会が一般社団法人化
- 2026 ベルサール羽田空港で開催（800席・スピーカー90名超、キーノートにBjarte Bogsnes、Dave Snowden）
- 2027 1月6日〜8日にベルサール羽田空港でハイブリッド開催（公式Xで告知）
Voices
A TVer frontend engineer brought back keynote discussions such as "An introduction to Beyond Budgeting" on budgeting and business agility from a practitioner's viewpoint (from TVer Tech Blog's RSGT2026 report, in Japanese)
A sponsor and first-time speaker wrote that the Day 2 keynote "From Frameworks to Substrate" left a lasting impression with its metaphor of becoming the chef rather than reading the recipe (from a Classmethod DevelopersIO report, in Japanese)
Tokyo Gas's DX division attended with about 30 members and served as a Silver sponsor, reflecting as an organization on their challenge of creating a place at the conference (from Tokyo Gas DX's report, in Japanese)
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