XXIXGeneral Assembly
Italy-Japan Business Group (IJBG)
Kanazawa, Ishikawa Province – 10/24/2017
Region of Hokuriku
Monday, 10/23/2017
Welcome Party: 18,00-21,00 @ Paul Bocuse – by invitation only
Bus: 17,15 Hotel Nikko Kanazawa to Paul Bocuse
20,45 Paul Bocuse to Hotel Nikko Kanazawa (21,00)
Tuesday, 10/24/2017 General Assembly @ Hotel Nikko Kanazawai
Welcome address: 09,00-9:45
Mr. Masami Iijima
Chairman, IJBG in Japan
Mr. Mauro Moretti
Chairman, IJBG in Italy
Mr. Masanori Tanimoto
Governor, Ishikawa Prefecture
Mr. Susumu Kyuuwa
Chairman, Hokuriku Economic Federation
Political Session: 9,45 – 11,00
Mr.Akira Amari *Live or Video Letter (TBD)
Chairman, Japan-Italy Parliamentary Friendship Association
Hon. Ivan Scalfarotto
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Development
H.E. Keiichi Katayama
Ambassador of Japan to Italy
H.E. Giorgio Starace
Ambassador of Italy to Japan
Mr. Koji Yonetani
Executive Vice President of JETRO, Japan External Trade Organization
Mr. Aristide Martellini
Head of the Trade Promotion Section, Embassy of Italy, Tokyo
Coffee break: 11,00 – 11,15
*** Order of Panel 1 and Panel 3 may be exchanged which is subject to confirmation Ishikawa Prefectural Government
Panel 1: Food and Agriculture: 11,15 -12,25
Moderator: Kyuuta Asada
CEO, Asadaya Co., Ltd.
Mr. xxxxx
Cxxxxxx Ishikawa Prefectural Government
Mr. Massimo Comparini
CEO, E-GEOS
Mr. xxxxxxxxx (TBD)
The Norinchuukin Bank (*Japan Agriculture Corperative Family) (TBD)
Mr. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
BARILLA JAPAN (TBC)
Mr. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Japan xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mr. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Italy xxxxxxx
lunch: 12,25-13,15
Panel 22: Manufacturing (Transport/Machinery/Aerospace/Industrial Design): 13,15-14,25
Moderator: Mr. A. K. (TBD)
Editor, Nikkei Inc.
Mr. xxxxx
Exxxxxxxx, JETRO - Japan External Trade Organization
Mr. Andrea Boragno
CHAIRMAN & CEO, ALCANTARA SPA
Mr. xxxxxxxx
Sxxxxxx, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TBD)
Mr. Giuseppe Aurisicchio
EXECUTIVE MANAGER, MERMEC SPA JAPAN
Mr. Atsushi Oi
President, Japan Institute of Design Promotion - JDP
Mr. Alex Terzariol
Industrial designer
General Manager of MM Design
ADI EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
MOU exchange ceremony between JDP and ADI
Coffee break: 14,20 – 14,40
Panel 3: New Technology and Innovation, 14,40-15,50
Moderator: Mr. Akira Nakaminato
Principal Executive Advisor, Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute
Mr. Toshiyuki Kondo
Vice President and General Manager
Member of the Board
Manufacturing Division
ACM Technology & Production
Toray Industries, Inc.
Mr. Pier Francesco Rimbotti
CHAIRMAN, INFRASTRUTTURE SPA
Mr. Kensuke Kitani
Chief Executive Officer, Shimabun Corporation
Mr. DANIELE ALZETTA (tbc)
LEONARDO, HELICOPTER DIVISION
Mr. Nobutou Minegishi
Corporate Executive Officer
Department Manager, Environmental Survey Dept.
Institute of Environmental Informatics,
Idea Consultants, Inc.
Mr. Marco Zoli
CHAIRMAN, MARPOSS JAPAN
Panel 4: Investment & Banking, 15,50-17,00
Moderator: Mr. Kaneyuki Iseda
Head of Italy, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Mr. Takeshi Shimojo
General Manager Milan Branch, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Mr. Luigi Boggio
CHAIRMAN, STUDIO TORTA
Mr. Takeshi Imatoki
General Manager, Nomura Bank International Plc.
Mr. Hitoshi Seki
Financial Advisor, Italian Foreign Direct Investment Desk
Mr. xxx xxxx
Mitsubishi Corporation (TBD)
Mr. Francesco Tilli
HEAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS, SIMEST SPA
Annex Panel: Tourism, 17,00-17,20
Mr. xxxxxx xxxx
Gxxxxxx, Kanazawa City Hall (TBD)
Mr. xxx xxxxxa
ENIT, Italian State Tourist Board
Prize Umberto Agnelli : 17,20-17,35
(Prise for Mr. Takayuki Terashima, President of Telecomstaff)
Mr. Umberto Vattani,
President Italy Japan Foundation
Final Speech of the two Co-Chairmen: 17,35 - 17,45
Press Conference: 17,45 – 17,55
Farwell Party: 18,30-21,00@ Tsujike Teien
Bus: 18,00 Hotel Nikko Kanazawa to Tsujike Teien
Bus: 20,45 Tsujike Teien to Hotel Nikko Kanazawa (21,00)
Wednesday, 10/25/2017
Industry Visit at Kanazawa
Bus: 08,30 Hotel Nikko Kanazawa
Shibuya Kogyo Co., Ltd. (09,00 – 10,00)
Hakuichi Co., Ltd. (10,30-11,30)
Arrival at Hotel Nikko Kanazawa (12,00)