Dear SSJ-Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to the next GRIPS Forum at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies on November 29.

Speaker: Mr. Kentato TOKUSEI Product Management Lead Google Japan / Google Korea
Theme: “Surprising Value of Data”
Date & Time: Monday, November 29th, 2010 (16:40 -18:10)
Venue: GRIPS Sokairo Hall, 1st Floor
Language: English, with simultaneous Japanese interpretation Attending the GRIPS Forum is free of charge but prior registration is recommended

In 1998 Larry Page and Sergey Brin set out to build a search engine that would organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. More than ten years later, Google has become a household name and a critical tool for people around the world. But the story you don't often hear about Google is what its evolution says about the value of data.
The talk will present just a few examples of problems that could be solved through analysis of such data, and some of Google's efforts to help our users gain insight from them.

Speakers' Profile:
Mr. Tokusei is Director of Product Management for Google Japan and Google Korea. He joined Google (California, USA) in 2003 and internationalized a number of products such as Google AdWords. For Japan in particular, he launched the first version of Google Maps, Google Earth. He moved to Tokyo in 2009 to take on the current role director of product management in Google Korea.
He holds bachelor’s and master's degrees in computer science from Cornell University and Stanford University in USA, respectively.

About GRIPS Forum
Since its establishment in 1997, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), as the only graduate school in Japan specializing in policy research, has promoted education and research on a wide range of policy issues. Utilizing our vast policy network, this Forum invites leaders from various fields including government, academia and business, as well as staff from our own faculty, to deliver lectures on current policy concerns. The Forum welcomes attendance of GRIPS faculty and students as well as participants from outside the university. Simultaneous interpretation will be available (Japanese/English).

For registration and inquiries, please contact:
GRIPS Forum
Email: gripsforum@grips.ac.jp
Tel: 03-6439-6035
Fax: 03-6439-6030

Please register by Friday, November 26, 2010.

For Access & Map to the GRIPS campus:
http://www.grips.ac.jp/about/access.html
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8677 If you are arriving by a private car, for security purposes, please inform us of your car details (type, color, and
number) in advance.