UPCOMING EVENTS
July 23, 2007
JETRO Clients present at Red Herring Japan Technology Summit
Kyoto, Japan
Three JETRO BIC clients (Realcom, Voice-Bank, and DTS) will join panel discussions and make company presentations at Red Herring's "Japan Insights" technology Summit in Kyoto, Japan. This dynamic two day event will delve into Japan’s technology marketplace and celebrate its numerous―often underrepresented―innovators. Strongly interactive in format, the event comprises six editorial tracks of focus: Web 2.0; Entertainment; Wireless; Investment; Cleantech; and Digital Living / Digital Workplace.
www.herringevents.com/japan07
Date : July 23, 24
Place : Hotel New Otani, Kyoto, Japan
June 22, 2007
New Executive Director joins JETRO BIC
San Jose, CA
Mr. Yutaka Hayami assumed the BIC executive directorship on June 22, 2007. Mr. Hayami served previously at the JETRO Brussels Center in Belgium and as the Director for IT Security Policy at METI HQ in Tokyo, Japan.
www.jetrosf.org/bic/en/about.php
June 6, 2007
Japanese “Super Creator” software developers visit Silicon Valley
Palo Alto, CA
Japanese “Super Creator” software developers in Silicon Valley
Date & Time: Wednesday, June 6, 2007, 4:00PM - 8:00PM
Place : Crowne Plaza Cabana - Cyprus Room
4290 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Partner Name: Information Technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
Take this unique opportunity to meet and discuss business prospects with three of Japan’s “Super Creators.” Super Creators are a distinguished group of software engineers chosen by Japan’s Information Technology Promotion Agency (IPA), an agency overseen by the Japanese Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) to provide advising and grant programs to encourage the development of innovative new software applications.
The event will include presentations by three Super Creators who will introduce their respective technologies, products, and company strategies. This event seeks to provide an excellent opportunity to explore collaboration and partnership possibilities with these entrepreneurs. Following the presentations will be a networking session with food and drinks.
There is NO CHARGE for admission, please pre-register using the link above.
Speakers:
Hidekazu Kondo, CEO
Lunascape Corporation
www.lunascape.jp
Daiyu Nobori, Chairman and Representative Director
SoftEther Corporation
www.softether.com/jp
Kinya Tagawa, Co-Founder and Design Engineer
Takram Design Engineering
www.takram.com
*This event is a cooperative effort between IPA and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), a government related organization that promotes investment and economic linkages between Japan and the rest of the world. JETRO’s San Jose-based US-Japan Business Innovation Center (BIC), which supports US-bound technology ventures from Japan, will welcome the three Super Creators to Silicon Valley to explore collaboration and partnership possibilities at the frontier of innovative global business.
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