GIS Forum TOKYO #34

1. Summary
2. Greeting
3. Program
4. Membership fee

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Call for Attendance!
Entrepreneurs, Corporate Top Executives, Corporate Planning Managements, Corporate Venture Managements, Venture Capitalists, Investment Bankers, Corporate New Business & Marketing Planning Managements, IT System Managements and Government Strategists, Welcome to join our upcoming　GIS Forum #34.

"#34 GIS Forum Tokyo dated on Nov.14" focuses on the current development, progress of and difference among Japan, U.S, Asia and E.U of venture business environment, history and Economy impact.
We will tap on company models, venture development process, IPO and M&A.
After the bubble economy, IT investment of U.S., venture business development including IPO and M&A are significantly down its size and hanging very low.
Where are they going?
By inviting Mr. Wlliam Stewart-President of U.S. APV and an opinion leader in U.S. Venture Business (One of very close friend of Mr. Paul Allen-Co-founder of Microsoft who is a one of key investment partners), we want to hear from him about the facts and prospects of U.S. Venture Business.
Even though we can see some people who speak violently "Now the age of VC and IT is over", actually how are VC Investment actions being implemented?
Looking at IT related application and technology sectors matrix with Medical, Bio, Defense related industries, Wireless, Tele matrix sphere, I heard many smart individual VC investment actions are steadily focused and expanded on.
And also how about in Japan?
Let's learn the current status and outlook in Japan whole one day.

#34 GIS Forum Tokyo is co-sponsored by YEO Japan (Young Entrepreneurs' Organization Japan eligible for younger than 40 years old entrepreneurs) and supported by The New Business Conference.
The opening address is provided by Mr. Hiroshi Saitoh-Director-General of Business Environment Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI and by Ms. Yuri Konno-Vice Chairman of The New Business Conference.
The opening address of Part 2 is scheduled by Mr. Hideaki Kumano-former Vice-minister of MITI and now President of Tokyo Small and Medium Business Investment Consultation Co., LTD.
This forum offer a unique program and variety of super figures in the topics.
As main speakers outside Japan, we are absolutely honored to have an invited speaker from the co-sponsor YEO, Mr. Peter Thomas, Chairman of the International Advisory Committee of YEO and Founder of Century21 Canada in addition to the mentioned speaker from Silicon Valley, Mr.William Stewart . We are to hear from them the ever green Venture Spirit.
From Japan, as a representing successful Japanese venture grown up to a billion dollar company, Mr. Hiroshi Yanai-, President & CEO of PIA Corp. and also serve as Vice Chairman of The New Business Conference provides a key note presentation.
From Japanese Ventures, the following young entrepreneurs are requested to speak and discuss about Japanese Venture status, issues and challenge at panel discussion session.
-Mr. Masataka Yamamoto - Chairman of YEO Japan and Founder ,President & CEO of Gendai Kohkoku Sha, who is making a very steady organic growth in his venture company leadership and his company is aiming at IPO in a few years.
-Mr. Kenichi Sano-Board Member of YEO Japan and Founder, President & CEO of Vision Co.,LTD From IPO ed venture leaders, graduate level of YEO, we invited two successful venture company leaders; Mr. Takeshi Hirano-former Chairman of YEO Japan and Founder, CEO of Fullcast Co., LTD and his company conducted successful IPO on JASDAQ July 2001.
-Mr. Michikatsu Ochi- President & CEO of EN Japan and he is making success focusing on his unique business models several times quoted in famous magazines.
The history and future of human being and ecosystem is same as the rise and fall of ventures. The principles of the survival of the fittest are universal.
In order to win the survival competitions, it depends on how much are you equipped with strong, sensitive spirits and energy for challenge to maintain to fit to and change oneself to the dynamically changing social economic infrastructure.

Business founders who created a history had the success of leading oneself, not as a follower, the structural changes of next generation in advance.
They founded first a venture business, made it to a corporation and a satellite corporations and created " a New Industries" and contributed to the big Structural growth in global society started as a dreaming, adventuring, challenging entrepreneur.
Those historical representatives are Edison, Watson, Ford, Rockefeller, and Bill Gates. May be also　Marco Polo and Columbus might be counted in.
However the probability ratio of success is 1 : 1 millions for facing the opportunity Of these new business creation happened only once in 100 years.
So, majority of all ventures will be born and start ventures at the late timing of paradigm shift or after almost new paradigm shift directed.

The big waves of Ubiquitous and Digital Revolution in Global Information Society exist in once thousand years paradigm shift environment.

There were thousand numbers of ventures who had started and run out ahead in to the market with their creative business models under this big new waves in DOTCOM age. But it is said number of survived ventureｓ is 0.1% .
That paradigm turning points are over now.
From now on, as the environment will change from a storm to a gust, normal storm, and venture business managements focus are expected to be as follows;
1).Flexibility and Adaptability of Operations
2) Winning Spirit, Power and much Training to change for survivals
3) Management Leadership to maximize Total Team Energy
4) Precision management.
5) Corporate governance, ethics and philosophy to contribute society.

What are the purposes of venture business? Let's study the principles of the venture business how entrepreneurs discover themselves and realize themselves in this society.
It depends on the company's management philosophy. The companies needed by the society would be never destroyed and live ever green.
On the hand, traditional companies, especially large enterprises manage core business by themselves internally and regarding other business they are going to reform their business processes by utilizing Virtual Enterprise Networking together with open and secure partners and customers.
This outsourcing model, will become the fundamental and standard management concepts. And also there were another way, once it was very much in fever that is a venture model of separating the niche business area from the company and establishing and developing a new venture business company.
This model should be driven only if the span off unit could have potential to take a significant share in that specified area to top 3 market shares rank in 5-10 years.

I think the real optimization of the company management power is how to quickly apply the venture spirits and methods into the BPR of main core business areas where that company has best of breed business environment.
Can we implant to the core business success unit with the venture spirit ?
So do we still need to have a venture spirited non Core units in the large corporation?
From efficiency management point of views, it would be expected to have higher success with much speedy and financially competitive company management power to shake hand with other already succeeded venture companies or partner companies in the virtual net operation rather than to develop and hold the internal non core ventures by oneself.
Our GIS Members and guests who joined mainly from large enterprises and YEO Members and also recent new young entrepreneurs, please join #34 GIS Forum together and talk and exchange your opinion about what the venture business is and know how how they could resolve their barriers.
I feel confident that this opportunity would be significantly usefull for both large enterprises and venture companies.
Every body-Top Executives, Venture Managements, Corporate Planning Management,
Investment Department Managements, New Business Department Managements,
Marketing Planning Managements and CIO'S, please join #34 GIS Forum all together.
(Special discount program which is equal price as member's fee is available for Government and Academy participants)

Junkyo Fujieda (jack@re-gis.com) https://www.re-gis.com
President of CRM Association Japan
Representing & Chairman, The Open Group Japan
President & CEO, Research Environment for Global Information Society Inc. (ReGIS Inc.)