En Factory Inc. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Kenta Kato) will present a seminar at the “Employee Engagement Improvement Conference 2026,” held from 10:00 to 16:50 on May 26, 27, and 28, 2026. The conference focuses on how companies should understand engagement. Depending on that understanding, organizations can become either “companies that continue to change” or “companies where something never quite fits.” The event asks whether companies have made increasing systems and programs an end in itself, and whether they stop at reacting to survey scores. What organizations truly need to face is the “people” behind the numbers. What connects management and frontline teams is neither slogans nor employee benefits. What is needed is the ability to structurally understand, design, and fully implement both meaningful work and ease of working. The Employee Engagement Improvement Conference 2026 aims to refine that capability through academic foundations and practical examples from companies taking on challenges at the front line, freeing engagement from purely intuitive discussion. Event overview: Name: Employee Engagement Improvement Conference 2026: How to Build an Organization That Continues to Be Chosen Dates: May 26–28, 2026 Time: 10:00–16:50 Venue: Online via Zoom Fee: Free Organizer: BitA Inc. ou ly Company Note: The event will be held over three days, May 26, 27, and 28, with the same content each day. Program featuring en Factory: Title: Change from Within the Company, or Change by Going Outside: Designing “Connections” to Improve the Quality of Relationships Time: 12:20–13:00 Speakers: Ryuta Yamashita, Executive Officer in charge of Corporate Business, Otobank Inc. Yamashita joined Yahoo Japan in 2011, moved to Recruit in 2014, and focused on product development and new business development as head of an e-commerce business. In 2019, he joined an apparel e-commerce startup and became a director. Since February 2022, he has served in his