Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 8:30AM - 2:00PM
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JETRO Event

JETRO San Francisco US-Japan Business Innovation Center, US Market Access Center, Software Business Cluster and Environmental Business Cluster are proud to announce the first annual venture summit scheduled on March 18th, 2008 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose.

The summit features the most innovative and cutting edge technology ventures that are seeking to enter the US or Japanese market. The 2008 US- Japan IT Venture Summit is one event you won't want to miss. So mark your calendar today!

Registration fee: Free
Contact Info: JETRO San Francisco
US-Japan Business Innovation Center
Michiru Lackey
(408)351-3360
Michiru@jetrosf.org

Program

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM
Welcome and Introduction
- Yuji Muranaga, Chief Executive Director of JETRO San Francisco

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Presentation: The current state of the Japanese IT market and future trends
As a world economic leader to stay competitive with emerging markets in Asia and the rest of the world, the demand for new innovations has grown tremendously in recent years. This presentation will help you understand the current and future trends of the Japanese IT market.
- Yutaka Hayami, Executive Director of JETRO San Francisco

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Panel Discussion: How to prepare your company for successful Japanese Market Entry?
What are the key issues for a foreign venture company to successfully penetrate the market? What types of products are in demand and in what sectors? This will be a great opportunity for anyone with interests of doing business with Japanese companies.

Venture Presenting Companies:
- Orlando Campbell, CEO of Thaddeus Systems, Inc.
- Brenda J. Fox, Vice President Corporate Development of Codenomicon
- David Murphy, CEO of SilkCloud Inc.

Panelists:
- Takashi Baba, Vice President of Fujitsu America, Inc.
- Hiroshi Honjo, Managing Director of NTT DATA AgileNet L.L.C.
- Yoshifumi Nakata, President and CEO of MITSUI COMTEK　CORP.

Moderator:
- Makoto Abe, Principal of Japan Business Solutions

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Break

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Presentation: The current state of the US IT market and future trends
In this presentation, we will provide an overview of the latest trends in high-tech new venture formation in the US. Details will be provided on which technology sectors are launching the fastest growing companies. Does the current state of the US economy affect this growth? The latest trends in venture capital and private equity financing will be reviewed as well as what may be the next "hot" sectors in the US high-tech market.
- Chuck Erickson, Executive Director and CEO of US Market Access Center
- Omar Mencin, Managing Director of US Market Access Center

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Panel Discussion: How to prepare your company for successful US Market Entry?
For this panel discussion our experts will discuss how to best prepare your company to successfully access the US Market. Major issues discussed will include: How to determine what resources are required and what to keep in mind if you intend to raise additional capital in the US? What are key best practices for preparing a marketing and sales campaign for the US? How do you best prepare and position your company for sustainable growth and a successful exit?

Venture Presenting Companies:
- Yuuki Ishikawa, Principal Engineer of Realcom
- Nao Ito, President and CEO of Shop Airlines, Ltd. (subsidiary of Netprice)
- Hiro Takahashi, CEO of DTS

Panelists:
-Doug Felder, Director of OEM Business Development for NEXTHOP and CEO of Felder Associates
- Karin Hollerbach, CEO of Taku Group
- Stephanie Keller-Bottom, Partner and Co-Founder of i2 Innovation Intelligence
- Phil Wickham, Managing Director of ProCap Partners

Moderator:
- Jim Robbins, Executive Director of Environmental Business Cluster

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch and Networking

Information About Presenting Companies

Codenomicon, headquartered in Oulu, Finland, with offices in Silicon Valley and Hong Kong, the company markets its testing software and services directly and through international partners. Codenomicon’s customers include Adobe, Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Cisco Systems, F5 Networks, Nordea, Nortel, Microsoft and Siemens AG among many others. The company is privately held with investments from Eqvitec Partners and Prime Technology Ventures.
www.codenomicon.com

DTS has developed a "hybrid disk" storage technology which dramatically improves the speed of data retrieval in a server array. DTS's hardware and software solutions are used to increase the overall performance of databases and any applications that require constant retrieval of data from hard disk storage.
www.dts-1.com

NetPrice is an internet e-commerce website in Japan that makes products from overseas available to Japanese consumers. NetPrice’s users in Japan are able to browse and shop from a selection of international products, listed in Japanese, conveniently completing their transactions in Japanese Yen. NetPrice acts as an agent for US-based retailers, giving them the ability to sell into the world’s second biggest market without having to worry about shipping overseas, collecting foreign currencies or translating product descriptions into Japanese.
www.netprice.com/english.html

Realcom provides a database integration solution with technology that matches relevant data/files to each employee based on his/her division and role. Realcom also offers solutions for internal data security management, logging and reporting access to sensitive files and databases.
www.realcom.co.jp/en

SilkCloud is creating the next generation of document collaboration software for Mobile Professionals.
http://t7digitaldesigns.com/roundpeg/SilkCloud/index.htm

Thaddeus Systems Inc. develops Automated Business Surveillance and Prevention Software providing a single, real-time view for holistic decision-making. The software connects other Enterprise Applications, spreadsheets, custom in-house systems, Point of Sale Data, and Web Services, in a true "plug 'n play" mode."
http://www.thaddeussystems.com/

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