JETRO Spotlight #18 | Print |
Welcome to the latest edition of JETRO Spotlight USA, JETRO USA's national e-newsletter featuring the latest articles and events on our website. Each month JETRO brings you relevant and timely articles highlighting business opportunities between the United States and Japan along with updates on JETRO seminars and events.

This Month's Featured Articles

CosmoCom, supplier of contact center technology, attributes product improvement to Japan partnership


Meir Yaniv, senior vice president of market development at CosmoCom, says, "The testing of the product that the Japanese partner is doing on your product is so detailed, so accurate, so exact, that you end up with another product."
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March Events

Partner Event: Japanese Food Culture Festival in New York

Date: Sunday, March 4, 2007 - Saturday, March 10, 2007
Location:Various locations throughout New York


Come and taste the Flavors of Japan in a weeklong celebration of the Japanese Food Culture Festival in New York.

Partner Event: Doing Business With Japan

Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Location:Jackson, Mississippi

720 North President Street

Jackson, MS 39202


Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour will deliver a keynote address at JETRO-Houston's 'Doing Business With Japan' Seminar.

Matsuri-Japan Bash Party at SXSW Music Festival

Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007
Location:Brush Square Park Austin, Texas
 5th and Neches
 Austin, TX 78701


JETRO hosts a Japan Bash Party for Japanese bands traveling to Austin for the South-by-Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival.

Partner Event: 50th Anniversary of Sister City Relationship - Sendai, Japan & Riverside

Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - Saturday, March 24, 2007
Location:Location varies (see Schedule of Events)
 Riverside, CA


Join in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the historic sister-city relationship between Sendai, Japan and the City of Riverside. It is the oldest sister-city relationship in the nation.

Adopting Digital Technology in Manufacturing Processes

Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Location:JETRO Chicago
 1 E Wacker Dr Ste 600
 Chicago, IL 60660


Successful cases of innovative integration of IT into manufacturing processes.

Partner Event: RFID World 2007

Date: Monday, March 26, 2007 - Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Location:Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center on Lake Grapevine
 1501 Gaylord Trails
 Grapevine, TX 76051


Visit JETRO's Booth #915 in Longhorn Hall of the Gaylord Texan Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas at RFID World.

4th Tuesday Tech Exchange - Complying with U.S. Export and Re-export Controls

Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Location:JETRO Los Angeles
 777 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 2650
 Los Angeles, CA 90017


Learn the basics of U.S. export control rules and the key elements of an effective compliance system to prevent violations and protect you and your business from facing civil and/or criminal penalties.

Goin' Mobile Japan! Conference at CTIA Wireless 2007

Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Location:Room 305 A, West Building, Orange County Convention Center
 9800 International Drive
 Orlando, FL 32819


Explore the latest in mobile and convergence technology in Japan at JETRO's Goin' Mobile Japan! Conference at CTIA Wireless 2007.

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