Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 5:30PM - 7:00PM
ENGLISH
JETRO Event

Presented by
Inland Empire's Green Valley Initiative
Les Hamasaki
Executive Director Green Institute for Village Empowerment, Inc.
Green Institute for Village Empowerment, Inc.

Dion Jackson
Project Manager
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the Inland Empire

Background:

Les Hamasaki, Executive Director of GIVE (Green Institute for Village Empowerment, Inc. a non-profit organization) will speak on the Inland Empire’s Green Valley Initiative whose mission is to establish California’s International Green Technology Center to combat climate change and to create a jobs-housing balance. And Dion Jackson, Associate Director, USC Center for Economic Development, will discuss the will discuss the investment opportunities for companies to locate their operations in the Inland Empire. The region is the fastest growing region in California with a projected growth of over 2 million people in the next 15 years that will require a million new homes, offices, schools, hospitals, shopping centers to be built. Currently, over 41% of all U.S. imports enter through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and the majority of the containers come to the Inland Empire’s advanced logistic centers. American and Japanese companies will be able to hear about the incentives available to locate their business in the Inland Empire.

Agenda:

5:00pm Registration & Networking

5:30pm Welcome and Introduction

5:40 Investing in California’s International Green Technology Center
Les Hamasaki, Executive Director, Green Institute for Village Empowerment, Inc.

6:10 “Green Valley Economic Development Strategic Plan”
Dion Jackson, Project Manager, Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the Inland Empire

6:40 Q&A and Discussion

6:55 Networking

Admission:

FREE

Registration:

Please provide your name and contact information to JETRO Los Angeles by email at Naomi_Duben@jetro.go.jp or by phone at 213-624-8855 x116

Note: An attendee list will be circulated during the seminar.

Contacts:

Naomi Duben (for English)
Naomi_Duben@jetro.go.jp
213-624-8855 x116

Kentaro Funaki (for Japanese)
Kentaro_Funaki@jetro.go.jp
213-624-8850

Note: An attendee list will be distributed during the seminar

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