Asian VC Network Forum 2010
Challenges Ahead and Role of Venture Finance for Accelerating Innovations
Today, Asia is perceived as a region that holds a critical key to maintaining sustainable development of the global economy, thus faces heightened expectations to become a new “Innovation Center”. In promoting venture companies - primary drivers of innovation activities - to develop their businesses across the Asian region, venture capital (VC) firms with global perspectives play a critical role, by providing a wide breadth of assistances venture companies need; from supplying risk money to mentoring over corporate management issues.
AVCNF will be accompanied by a business pitch session by Japan's venture companies in leading-edge technology fields such as life science and green tech (“Presentation of Venture Businesses” on Day 2). If you are interested, you can apply for "One-on-One" meetings with the venture companies of your choice. (NOTE: In order to obtain brief profiles of the participating venture companies, as well as the sign-up form for the One-on-One meetings, please consult with Masaki Ijiri of MHIR at the Point of Contact listed below.)
In the morning of Day 2, you can opt to participate in an optional tour to the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), which is a public institute that houses leading-edge, state-of-art research facilities in advanced technology fields such as biotechnology, nano-technology, and IT.
We look forward to welcoming a wide range of participants to this event.
Date & Venue of the Forum
| DATE | November 24th (Wednesday) & 25th (Thursday), 2010. | |
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| VENUE | “Plaza Heisei” at Tokyo International Exchange Center | |
| ORGANAIZER | Steering Committee for Asian Venture Capital Network Forum 2010 | |
| EXPECTED PARTICIPANTS | Representatives of Asian VC firms & related organizations (national associations of VC/PE industry, support agencies); investment officers of large-scale corporations; venture companies & incubation organizations; etc. | |
Admission free for overseas participants (in general)
Program Outline
- *All sessions with simultaneous interpretation
- *The Program may be subject to change.
November 24th
3F International Conference Room
| 9:30-9:40 | Opening Remarks Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry |
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| 9:40-10:20 | Key Note Speech 1: European Perspectives on the Architecting of Pan-Asian VC Network ? Sharing lessons and implications drawn from EVCA’s experience Georges Noel (Director, European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA)) Secretary, Venture Capital Platform Council) |
| 10:20-10:50 | Key Note Speech 2: Can Asia Grow into a “Nexus of Innovations”? ? What are the requisites to be met? Michael Korver (Professor, Hitotsubashi University) |
| 10:50-12:10 | VC/PEA Session 1: Identifying the Challenges Ahead for Accelerating Innovations ? Country-specific analysis Masatoshi Go (Chairman, Japan Venture Capital Association) Mr.Zhao zhong yi (Venture Capital Association of Investment Association of China) Mr. He Xiaofeng (Vice-Chairman, Beijing Private Equity Association) |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15:30 | VC/PEA Session 2: Identifying the Challenges Ahead for Accelerating Innovations ? Country-specific analysis Mr.Johnny Kok Chan (Chairman, Hong Kong Venture Capital & Private Equity Association) Mr.Kwang Jae Lee (Vice President, Korean Venture Capital Association (KVCA)) Mr.Jin-Taek Park (Managing Director, Korean Venture Capital Association) Mr.Tan Kim Seng (Chairman, Industry Development Committee, Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association) Mr.Kenneth Lin (Chairman, Taiwan Private Equity & Venture Capital Association) |
| 15:30-15:45 | Break |
| 15:45-17:15 | Panel session 1: Architecting Asia’s New Market Structure and VC Network Panelist: Masatoshi Go (Chairman, Japan Venture Capital Association) Mr.Zhao zhong yi (Venture Capital Association of Investment Association of China) Mr. He Xiaofeng (Vice-Chairman, Beijing Private Equity Association) Mr.Johnny Kok Chan (Chairman, Hong Kong Venture Capital & Private Equity Association) Mr.Kwang Jae Lee (Vice President, Korean Venture Capital Association (KVCA)) Mr.Jin-Taek Park (Managing Director, Korean Venture Capital Association) Mr.Tan Kim Seng (Chairman, Industry Development Committee, Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association) Mr.Kenneth Lin (Chairman, Taiwan Private Equity & Venture Capital Association) Moderator: Michael Korver (Hitotsubashi University) |
| 17:15-17:30 | Conclusion Masatoshi Go (Chairman, Japan Venture Capital Association) |
| 18:00-20:00 | Cocktail Reception |
November 25th
- *Attention: There are two conference rooms.
3F International Conference Room
| 10:00-10:10 | Opening Remarks Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry |
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| 10:10-11:40 | Presentation By VC firms Mr.Yuichiro Nakamura (General Manager, Corporate Planning and Business Strategy Office, Fujitsu) Mr.Frank Pho (Vice President – Fund Investments, Business Development Bank of Canada) Mr.Kenneth Lin (Chairman and CEO, Premier Venture Capital Corp.) |
| 11:40-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15:00 | Panel Session 2: ”Cross Border Investment" an attractive option in today`s market Condition? Panelist: Moriyoshi Matsumoto (President and CEO, Japan Asia Investment) Hirohide Ogiwara (Operating Officer & Director, SBI Investment) Mr.Kyeong ku Kang (Executive Director, KTB securities Co., Ltd. Tokyo office) Mr.Tan Kim Seng (Managing Director, 3VC1) Moderator: Hironori Higashide (Professor, Waseda University) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Break |
| 15:30-17:00 | Panel Session 3: What can venture businesses bring to “Open Innovation”? Panelist: Dr. Satoshi Kabasawa (Councilor, Corporate R&D Strategy Office, Panasonic Corporation) Dr. Takashi Morishita (General Manager, CVC Office, New Business Development, ASAHI KASEI Corp.) Toshihisa Adachi (President and CEO, ITOCHU Technology Ventures) Kazunori Ozaki (Chairman and CEO, Ant Capital Partners) Moderator: Jyusuke JJ Ikegami(Associate Professor, Waseda University) |
| 17:00-17:10 | Closing Remarks Japan Venture Capital Association |
3F Media Hall
| 10:00-12:00 | Presentation of Venture Businesses 1 |
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| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-17:00 | Presentation of Venture Businesses 2 |
- *VC-backed venture companies of Japan with leading-edge technologies (including life science, clean technology, and ICT) will make pitch. Exhibition Booths of the companies are available in 4th Floor.
Business Pitch and booth exhibition by Japanese ventures
The program for Day 2 of the AVCNF will include a "Business Pitch" session by some of the promising Japanese ventures in leading-edge tech areas such as life science and green tech.
These ventures will also set up exhibition booth, which you can freely look around.
Timetable for the business pitch session is as follows (subject to change):
| Time | Company Name |
| 10:00 | Aquafairy Corporation |
| 10:15 | Solar Silicon Technology Corporation |
| 10:30 | Clean Venture 21 Coprpration |
| 10:45 | Shinoda Plasma Co., Ltd |
| 11:00 | W-SCOPE Corporation |
| 11:15 | AQUA SCIENCE Corporation |
| 11:30 | Monoco Qtex,Inc. |
| 11:45 | MECARO |
| 12:00 | TES New Energy Co. |
| 12:15 | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST) |
| 13:00 | Osteopharma |
| 13:15 | Cellseed Inc. |
| 13:30 | Japan Stent Technology Co., Ltd. |
| 13:45 | IMMD, Inc. |
| 14:00 | Aqumen Biopharmaceuticals, K.K. |
| 14:15 | MISUZU & SUN MEDICAL HLDGS Co., Ltd. |
| 15:00 | Nobot, Inc. |
| 15:15 | ET Mobile Japan Co., Ltd. |
| 15:30 | HCM Corporation |
| 15:45 | MARS FLAG, Co., Ltd. |
| 16:00 | Koozyt, Inc. |
| 16:15 | Yoshimura Food Holdings Inc. |
| 16:30 | Dream Dining Corp. |
Optional Tour to National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST)
The optional tour to AIST will be held from 10:00-11:00 a.m. on November 25th (Day 2). ASIT is a public institute that houses leading-edge, state-of-art research facilities in advanced technology fields such as biotechnology, nano-technology, and IT. Please note that this is an R.S.V.P event, with the quorum at 30 persons. For more information about AIST, please visit their homepage at
http://www.aist.go.jp/index_en.html
Registration & Points of Contact
REGISTRATION
To Participate in the ASIAN VC Network Forum, Please Download and Fill in the "Registration form (doc/51KB)" and, send it e-mail at avcn2010@mizuho-ir.co.jp. To Join the optional tour to AIST, please check the appropriate box under the "Optional Side Events Registration" part of this Registration Form.
POINTS OF CONTACT
Japan Venture Capital Association (JVCA) / Planning Department
Tel: +81 (0)3-3595-6616
Mizuho Information & Research Institute (MHIR) / Social Security and Economics Division / ATTN: Mr. Ijiri, Mr Takeoka
Tel: +81 (0)3-5281-5406
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry / Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau / New Business Policy Office
