"Online Seminar" video released
With an eye on reviving the investment appetite of companies that has been dampened by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hyogo-Kobe Investment Support Center held an online "First Entry Promotion Seminar for Foreign Companies" in France and the United States, where it has overseas offices, to promote Hyogo Prefecture's investment environment and to discover potential companies looking to enter the prefecture.
1. Online seminar in France
(1) Date: Tuesday, July 6, 2021, 10:00-11:10 (French local time)
(2) Organizer: Hyogo Industrial Revitalization Center (Hyogo-Kobe Investment Support Center)
Hyogo Prefecture Paris Office
(3) Supported by: JETRO Paris, Japan-France Exchange Committee
(4) Program: Hyogo as a suitable location for French companies
①Opening remarks: Shinichiro Oe, Director of the Hyogo Prefecture Paris Office
②Presentation: Introduction of Hyogo Prefecture (Mr. Shinichiro Oe, Director of the Hyogo Prefecture Paris Office)
Initiatives to attract businesses and support their location (Akihiro Shiomi, Director of the Hyogo-Kobe Investment Support Center)
Introduction from a company operating in the prefecture (Eric Ginnard, former CEO of Decathlon Japan)
Introducing support organizations in France
(Patricia Cohen, Public Relations and Invest Japan Officer at the JETRO Paris Office)
Introduction of partner institutions in France (Noriko Tominaga, Representative of the Japan-France Exchange Committee)
Introducing Robo Meetings 2021
(Jean-Pierre Ciesielski, Saint-Quantinois Metropolitan Community)
3. Closing Remarks: Shinichiro Oe, Director of the Hyogo Prefecture Paris Office
(5) Language: French
2. Online seminars in the United States
(1) Date: December 9, 2021 (Thursday) 14:00-15:30 *US Pacific Time (PST)
(2) Organizer: Hyogo Industrial Revitalization Center (Hyogo-Kobe Investment Support Center)
Hyogo Prefecture Washington State Office (HBCC), Kobe Seattle Business Office (KTIO)
(3) Supported by: Washington State Department of Commerce, Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle, and JETRO San Francisco
Japan-America Society Washington State Chapter, Oregon State Chapter, etc.
(4) Program: First step to success in business in Japan - Hyogo and Kobe
① Moderator: Karin Zurg Black (International Affairs Officer, Port of Seattle Authority)
② Introduction: "Succeed Together in Kobe - and Beyond" (JETRO Kobe PR Video)
Video message: "Affording a rich life and work style on Awaji Island"
(Makiya Nanbu, Executive Officer of Pasona Group Inc.)
③Presentation 1: "The Advantages of Hyogo Prefecture as a Business Destination"
Convenience of doing business in Hyogo (Masakazu Furukawa, Deputy Director of the Hyogo-Kobe Investment Support Center)
Business Opportunities in Hyogo and Kobe (Junko Kobayashi, Director of the Hyogo Prefecture Washington State Office)
④Presentation 2: "Support for startups expanding into Hyogo and Kobe"
Hyogo-Kobe Startup Ecosystem (Noriki Inada, Representative of Kobe Seattle Office)
About Kobe Medical Industry Cluster
(Keiko Kobayashi, Chief Project Coordinator, Kobe Biomedical Industry Development Organization)
Building partnerships in Japan
(Joshua Flannery, Innovation Dojo Japan LLC)CEO)
⑤ Presentation 3: "Advantages for foreign companies doing business in Hyogo and Kobe"
Why Progenysite Japan has made such a breakthrough in Japan
(Kiminobu Sugaya, Ph.D., CEO of ProgenySite Japan, Professor at UCF School of Medicine)
Reasons for basing your business in Kobe
(Friis Meyer, CEO of NEI: Native English Institute)
⑥ Presentation 4: "Expectations from venture capitalists for US startups"
Introducing Bonds Investment Group (BIG) (Sho Nakayama, BIG Associate)
⑦ Presentation 5: "Explanation of JETRO's support measures for expansion into Japan" (Yamashita Takaya, Director of JETRO SF)
(5) Language: English
