Prime Locations for Business Success in Japan, Hyogo/Kobe

Registration


Form of Event: Webinar
Themes: Healthcare, Biomedical, ICT, AI/IoT, Health-Tech, Business in Japan, Hyogo, Kobe
Date and Time: Friday, December 10, 2021 7:00am -8:10 am (JST)/
Thursday, December 9, 2021 2:00pm-3:10pm (PST)
Fee: Free of charge
Hosted by: Hyogo-Kobe Investment Support Center, Hyogo Business & Cultural Center, Kobe Trade Information Office
With support from: Washington State Department of Commerce, Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle, JETRO San Francisco
Public relations cooperation: Japan-America Society (the State of Washington, the State of Oregon, Northern California), Japan Business Association of Seattle

Agenda

1. Benefits of doing business in Hyogo/Kobe: Masakazu Furukawa
Deputy Director-General, Hyogo-Kobe Investment Support Center, Hyogo Economic Development Center
2. Benefits of doing business in Hyogo/Kobe Ⅱ: Junko Kobayashi
Executive Director, Hyogo Business & Cultural Center
3. Hyogo and Kobe startup ecosystem: Kenju Inada
Director. Kobe Trade Information Office
4. Introduction of Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster: Keiko Kobayashi
Chief Project Coordinator, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe, Center for Cluster Development and Coordination, Startup Group Global Expansion & Collaboration
5. Building Partnerships in Japan: Joshua Flannery
CEO, Innovation Dojo Japan LLC
6. How Progenicyte Japan's business leaped by expansion to Japan: Kiminobu Sugaya
Representative Director, Professor of Medicine, PROGENICYTE JAPAN CO.,LTD.
College of Medicine, University of Central Florida
7. Why Base Your Business in Kobe -- Not Tokyo: Frith Maier
CEO, Native English Institute
8. Bonds Investment Group's activities in KOBE: Sho Nakayama
Associate, Bonds Investment Group
9. Our Support for American Startups: Takaya Yamashita
Chief Executive Director, JETRO San Francisco