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Tuesday, November 7, 2006

Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
5101 Great America Pkwy
Santa Clara, CA 95054
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7:30 am        Registration and Buffet Breakfast

8:30 am        Opening Remarks

Kozo Yamamoto, Senior Vice Minister, METI
Michael W. Michalak, U.S. Senior Official to APEC, Bureau 
       of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Video - Opportunities in Japan's IT Market

8:50 am        Panel I:  Seizing Opportunities in Japan’s IT Market

Robert V. Dickinson, President and CEO, California Micro 
       Devices
Phil Keys, US Correspondent, Nikkei Electronics
Allen Spiegler, VP Worldwide Channels, Fox Technologies
Vinie Zhang, VP of Corporate Venture Capital Group,
       Hitachi
Moderator: Michael Kanellos, Editor at Large, CNET
       News.com

9:35 am          Audience Q&A

9:50 am       Coffee Break

10:05 am       Panel II:  Multiplying Capabilities Through Alliances

Brian Burns, VP of Asia Pacific Sales, ViXS
William Chen, VP of Sales, Authenex
John Ellenby, President and CEO, GeoVector Corporation
Scott Marquardt, Senior VP and Regional Manager SMO
       Asia Pacific, NXP Semiconductors (formerly Philips
       Semiconductors)
Masaru Sakamoto, VP of Corporate Planning &
       Marketing, NEC
Masafumi Yasukagawa, Senior VP & General Manager,
       Procurement & Export Division, Toshiba America, Inc.
Moderator: Michael Kanellos, Editor at Large, CNET
       News.com

10:55 am        Audience Q&A

11:10 am       Panel III:  Expanding Within Japan After Market 
                        Entry

Hajime Furuta, Governor, Gifu Prefecture
Paul Misener, VP for Global Public Policy, 
       Amazon.com
Jerome Noll, Senior Director, Japan Office & Business
       Development, Symantec Corporation
Moderator: Patrick Bray, Director, Pacific Vision Partners

11:50 am        Audience Q&A

12:00 pm       Networking Luncheon & Closing Remarks

Hiroshi Tsukamoto, President, JETRO
       Download his presentation (1.33 MB)

Yuji Muranaga, Chief Executive Director, JETRO, San
       Francisco