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Invitation to EIJS Academy seminars 2011-2012
The 7th Seminar on Tuesday, May 23, 2012

Topic : Outlook for China's economy in post-Hu Jintao administration

Speaker: Mr. Long Ke, Senior Research Fellow, Fujitsu Research Institute

Under the current economic climate, China’s economic growth has more impacts on the global economy. In 2012 autumn, China’s new leader will be appointed and in the post-Hu Jintao administration, what changes we will see in policy decisions in terms of currency, finance, industrial structural reform? We would like to invite China economy specialist Mr. Long Ke and to hear his view and insights on the outlook for China’s economy in post-Hu Jintao administration.

Mr. Long Ke has been conducting his research at Fujitsu Research
Instiute since 1998. His research focuses on the China’s economy and development finance. He has published several books and paper on China's economy. "Warning on China Crisis - economic growth slows down in 2012" (Nihon Jitsugyo 2010) is one of the best selling books of his publications.

 

Date and Time : Wednesday,  May 23, 2012
6.00 p.m. – 7.00 p.m.  Drink & Snack (served before lecture)7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. Lecture and Discussion 
           
Place: Alfred Nobel Auditorium, Embassy of Sweden 
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10-3-400, Roppongi 1-chome, Minato-ku,
Tokyo 106-0032
Five-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line Roppongi 1-chome Station
Five-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Kamiya-cho Station

Fee: JPY3,000 per person, payable at the door
Free for those who are from sponsoring companies (*)
Free for students, please bring your student ID
Language: English

(*) EIJS Academy 2010-2011 Sponsoring companies

Gadelius K.K., Nippon Ericsson K.K., Nihon Tetra Pak K.K., Sandvik K.K., Höganäs Japan K.K. and in cooperation with the Embassy of Sweden

 Please sign up by May 18th (Friday) via e-mail to eijsjap@gmail.com or fax to (03-5562-9090) for the attention of Ms. Futagawa, EIJS Tokyo Office. 

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 EIJS Academy seminars 2011-2012 

 April 24, 2012 

World Class beyond Toyota - Japanese "Hidden Champions" 

Speaker: Professor Stefan Lippert, Professor of Interntional Business, Temple University Japan Campus
 

February 23, 2012

"Asian Integration and the Role of Japan" 

Key Note Speakers: H.E. Mr. Yasuo Fukuda,

Former Prime Minister of Japan,
Chairman, Boao Forum for Asia

 

Panelists:

Member of the Board, Senior Executive Vice President, Corporate Functional Officer Global Strategy and Business Development, Mitsubishi Corporation

 

Professor Takashi Shiraishi, President

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
 
Moderator: Professor Marie Söderberg, Director, EIJS
 
January 18, 2012
"Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
- What you imagine will come true in ten years"
Speakers: Ms. Reina Otsuka,
President, Ecotwaza Co., Ltd.
 
 
December 14, 2011
"Towards a Sustainable Society:
Ethical Consumption in Japan"
Speakers: Dr. Florian Kohlbacher, Senior Research Fellow
German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ) Tokyo
 
 
November 25, 2011
“Entrepreneurship in Japan:
Seeking Opportunity in a No-Growth Economy"
Speakers: Professor Michael Korver
Hitotsubashi University
Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy
 
October 12, 2011
“Outlook for the Japanese Economy
- from the experience of reconstructing Japanese firms "
Speakers: Mr. Kunihiko Yogo
Professor, Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business
 
 
July 13, 2011
“Are you happy at your office?
- The Japanese management model at the crossroads"
Speakers: Mr. Hotaka Katahira
Chairman, Marunouchi Brand Forum
 
 
June 20, 2011
"Japanese Consumer Dynamics"
Speakers:
• Professor Parissa Haghirian,
Guest Professor of Japanese Economy at University of Munich,
Associate Professor of International Management,
Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University, Tokyo
• Professor Emmanuel J. Chéron,
Professor of Marketing, Sophia University, Tokyo
• Mr. Aaron Toussaint, Research Manager at Five by Fifty
marketing research agency
• Professor Stephanie Assmann,
Associate Professor of Cultural Studies, Akita University
 
 
May 25, 2011
“Foreign Capital Spells the End of the Community Firm? The Impact of Cross-Border M&A on Japanese Firms"
Speaker: Professor George C. Olcott, Ph.D.
Project Professor, Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), University of Tokyo
 
 
April 19, 2011 
“Japanese Geeky-Girly Innovation and Subculture-Inspired Technology and Design"
Speaker: Mr. Morinosuke Kawaguchi
Principal, Associate Director, Arthur D. Little, Japan Inc.
 
 
February 16, 2011 
“Challenges for Japan in the Globalized World - Through the Changing Pattern of Trade and Investment"
Speaker: Dr. Sayuri Shirai, Ph.D.
Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
 
 
January 26, 2011
“Regional Economic Integration in Asia-Pacific and Japan's FTA Policy"
Speaker: Dr. Shujiro Urata, Ph.D. Professor,
Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University
 
 
December 21, 2010 
“Deflation and Monetary Policy"
Speaker: Dr. Tsutomu Watanabe, Ph.D.
Professor, Hitotsubashi University 
 
 
November 8, 2010
"The Truth behind the Headlines:
An in-depth look at what's really going on in the Japanese economy"
Speaker: Dr. Seki Obata, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Keio Business School
 
 
October 20, 2010
"A Warning about China Crisis"
Speaker: Mr. Long Ke,
Senior Research Fellow, Fujitsu Research Institute
 
 
September 29, 2010
 
"Outlook of the Japanese Economy and Policy Options"
Speaker: Dr. Richard Jerram, PhD., CFA
Head of Asian Economies,
Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Limited
 
 
June 30, 2010
"University-Industry Collaboration in Japan and its Impact on Innovation"
Speaker:
Professor Robert Kneller, J.D., M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Tommy Shih, Research Fellow
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), University of Tokyo
 
 
May 19 , 2010
"The beauty of Japan's Galapagos effect - and how to go beyond"
Speaker: Dr. Gerhard Fasol
President, Eurotechnology Japan K.K.
 
 
April 20, 2010 
"Innovation and Change in Japanese Management? - What Western managers Can Learn from Japanese Firms" 
Speaker: Parissa Haghirian
Associate Professor of International Management,
Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University
 
 
March 25, 2010 
"Can Japanese Companies Shift Their Strategy in the Face of Rapidly Changing World"
Speaker: Professor Yoko Ishikura
Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy
 
 
February 24, 2010
"Private Equity Investment in Japan
- Revitalizing Japanese Companies: First-hand insights from the Japanese Private Equity Market"
Speaker: Mr. Taisuke Sasanuma
Representative Partner
Advantage Partners, LLP.
 
 
January 20, 2010 
"Blue Ocean Strategy: Its Theory and Practice to
Re-Invent the World" 
Speaker: Professor Yoshihiko Abe
President, Value Innovation Japan, Co. Ltd.
Visiting Lecturer, Tokyo University of the Arts
Visiting Professor, Graduate School, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
 
 
December 16, 2009
"How RFID/Barcode can improve patient safety and Supply Chain Management efficiency?
- from Factory to Bedside"
(RFID: Radio Frequency Identification)
Speaker: Dr. Masanori Akiyama, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute
The University of Tokyo
 
 
November 18, 2009 
"Deployment of Broadband, Mobile and Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting in Japan: Consequences of the Japanese Telecom Policies"
Speaker: Dr. Hitoshi Mitomo
Professor, Graduate School of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies and Global Information and Telecommunication Institute, Waseda University
Director, Waseda Institute for Digital Society 
 
 
October 14, 2009 
"The Good Life and its Discontents in Japan"
Speaker: Dr. Florian Coulmas, Director
German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo
 
September 29, 2009 
"Innovation for Global Business Growth: How Japanese companies are trying to innovate themselves to grow business globally"
Speaker: Dr. Kazuo Ichijo
Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy , Hitotsubashi University 
 
 
February 18, 2009
"Japan - Kamikaze Capitalism to
Smartpower Dynamism"
Speaker: Mr. Jesper Koll
President and CEO
Tantallon Research Japan KK
 
 
January 15, 2009 
"What key business challenges do leading companies in Europe face?"
Speaker: Mr. Fredric Helgesson
CEO, S4K Research AB
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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