| 1:00-1:30 |
Registration |
| 1:30-1:35 |
Welcome Remarks: Hiroaki Isobe, Executive Vice President, JETRO |
| 1:35-1:55 |
Keynote Speech: Yoshinori Suematsu, Senior Vice Minister for Reconstruction
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| 1:35-2:20 |
Keynote Speech: Charles D. Lake II, Chairman of the Board of Directors, The U.S.-Japan Business Council; Chairman and Representative, Aflac Japan
"Realizing Japan's Potential: A Business Perspective on the World's Third Largest Economy" |
| 2:20-2:35 |
Governments FDI Initiatives - Subsidies and Tax Incentives: Hiraoki Ishii, Deputy Director General, Minister's Secretariat, Economic and Fiscal Management, Cabinet Office |
| 2:35-3:00 |
Government's Subsidies and Tax Incentives: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Atsushi Kamata, Director, Trade and Investment Facilitation Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI |
| 3:00-3:15 |
Video message from prefectural governments: Takuya Tasso, Governor, Iwate Prefecture, Yoshihiro Murai, Governor, Miyagi Prefecture, Tuhei Sato, Governor, Fukushima Prefecture |
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3:15-3:30
3:30-3:45
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Q&A
Intermission
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| 3:45-4:10 |
Keynote Speech:
Takashi Hatchoji, Chairman of Hitachi America, Ltd.
"Reconstruction Support and Smart City Strategies" |
| 4:10-5:20 |
Renewable Energy Panel Discussion
"Japan's path from reconstruction to a new energy future"
Moderator: Michel DiCapua, Head of Research NA, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Panelists:
Tatsuya Shinkawa, Chief Representative, Representative Office in Washington D.C. of New Energy and Industry Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Lex Heslin, CEO, Beautiful Earth Group
Yoshikazu Nose, Senior Vice President, Global Environment & Infrastructure Business Development Group, Mitsubishi Corporation Americas
- Japan's Renewable Energy Policy
- Renewable Energy Outlook
- Partnership Opportunities for US-Japan Companies
- Japan's Smart City Initiatives - Implication for Global Market
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| 5:20-5:35 |
Q&A |
| 5:35-5:40 |
Closing Remarks: Motoatsu Sakurai, President, Japan Society |
| 5:40-6:40 |
Networking Reception |