Dear EIJS friends,

We would like to invite you to the EIJS Academy seminar to be held on June 13th.
It is our great pleasure to invite Dr. Gehard Fasol who will give a talk on the topic "How to turn Galapagos into a competitive advantage in both directions."

Please find as below the details of the seminar. We look forward to receiving your active sign up at eijsjap@gmail.com for the attention of Miki Futagawa
(Ms.) by Friday, June 8th.

Sincerely yours,
Miki Futagawa
EIJS Tokyo Office

European Institute of Japanese Studies
Academy Seminars presents:

How to turn Galapagos into a Competitive Advantage in Both Directions

Dr. Gerhard Fasol,
President
Eurotechnology Japan KK

Wednesday, June 13, 2012
The Alfred Nobel Auditorium, Embassy of Sweden

Overview:
In the last 20 years, several global revolutions were created in Japan, including the LED lighting revolution, mobile internet, electronic money. However, in each case Japan failed to capture much of the global value created by these revolutions. Dr. Fasol will talk about what is holding back Japan from capturing more global value from its unique creativity and how Western companies can do better in Japan, and avoid the most well-known trap.

About the speaker:
For the last 15 years, Gerhard Fasol has worked with more than 100 investment fund managers in Japan, advising them on technology inflections, initiated and managed business development and assisted M&A projects.
Dr. Fasol is currently working with several US and European companies in these areas, helping them onto successful paths in Japan. Dr. Fasol has been an Advisory Board member to the Chairman of JETRO and the only foreigner on Japan's "Post Galapagos working group". (Please find Gerhard's profile at the end of the mail).

Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Time: 6.30 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. Drink & Snack (served before lecture)
7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. Lecture and Discussion

Venue: Alfred Nobel Auditorium, Embassy of Sweden

10-3-400 Roppongi 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
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 2011-2012 Sponsoring companies Gadelius Holding Ltd., Ericsson Japan K.K., Nihon Tetra Pak K.K., Sandvik K.K., Hoganas Japan K.K. and in cooperation with the Embassy of Sweden

RSVP: Please sign up before June 8th at
eijsjap@gmail.com or fax to

(03-5562-9090) for the attention of Ms. Futagawa (EIJS Tokyo Office).

Profile of Gerhard Fasol, PhD:
Gerhard has an extensive business and academic career, as manager of one of Hitachi's R&D labs, University Lecturer in Physics at Cambridge University. He also served as Director of Studies at Trinity College Cambridge, Research Scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Science in Stuttgart, and invited Professor at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, was one of the first working on spin-electronics and magnetic memories in Japan, and has won a Sakigake research program from Japan's Science and Technology Agency while faculty member in Electrical Engineering at the University of Tokyo.
Gerhard graduated with a PhD in Solid State physics from Cambridge University and Trinity College, Cambridge, UK.

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Miki Futagawa
European Institute of Japanese Studies
Tokyo Office
c/o Embassy of Sweden