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Schedule and Outline for
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Global Venture Forum 2006
GVF - BIOTECHNOLOGY
This year GVF - Bio will be held concurrently with Bio-Japan.
For further information about Bio-Japan - see:
http://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/biojapan/2006/
Wednesday & Thursday, September 13-14, 2006
GVF - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Tuesday and Wednesday, November 14-15, 2006
Osaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Sponsors:
The Organizing Committee of Global Venture Forum (Consisting of Osaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (OCCI),
Osaka Prefecture Government, Osaka Municipal Government) and under the
auspices of: Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry.
FAQ's
What is the Global
Venture Forum 2006?
What Industry Sectors
are Represented at GVF 2006?
What Kinds of
Companies Will Benefit?
How Can Your Specific
Goals be Achieved at GVF 2006?
How will Presenters be Nominated?
Who Will be in the
Audience?
How Much Will it Cost
to Present at GVF 2006?
Who are the
Organizers?
How do I Apply?
What is the Selection
Timeline (Schedule)?
Comments of Previous
Presenters
What is the
Global Venture Forum? This is the
twelfth year that the
Global Venture Forum will be held. GVF started in 1995 as a forum
for companies and entrepreneurs involved in high-tech and emerging
fields of business to meet with potential and prospective Japanese partners.
Participation is for companies seeking
business development opportunities and technology alliances,
partnerships in Japan. Although Japan is the central focus, GVF
has fostered partnerships that ended up in China, and other parts of Asia. Business presenters with innovative technologies, products and
services will be nominated to participate
from about 13 countries from around the world.
GVF is a not-for-profit, public service
event, supported by the Japanese Government (Ministry of
International Trade and Industry) and the Osaka Prefecture and Municipal
Governments, JETRO and other organizations.
What Industry Sectors are
Represented at GVF? This year, GVF
will be split into two events on two separate dates. The first will be
GVF - BIO (biomedical, health care technologies,
medical devices, etc.) which will be held on September 13-14, and the
other, GVF - IT (infotech, telecom, software,
internet-related technologies as well as any kind of electronic device)
will be held on November 14-15.
What Kind of
Companies Will Benefit? Companies looking for partners:
- To enter the Japanese market;
- To license or cross-license technology
and know-how;
- To establish corporations or joint
ventures in Japan;
- To help finance the establishment of
a business;
- To help finance R&D, technology
commercialization, etc.
How Can Your Specific Goals
be Achieved at GVF? I. Business-Plan Presentations:
The purpose of the 25-30 minute
presentations is to find business and technology alliance partners.
However, summaries of technologies and objectives are mailed or sent out
over the Internet to literally thousands of Japanese firms. Therefore, the
audience that attends your presentation is qualified, motivated and ready
to listen to your proposition. English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation will be
provided.
II. Individual Business Talks:
(1) Pre-Arranged Business Talks:
The heart of GVF is the one-on-one
business match-ups. Presenters have the
opportunity to arrange private meetings with
Japanese firms, either ones you may know specifically, or with ones you
allow the Osaka Chamber to arrange on your
behalf. The Osaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry
will do its best to find prospective business partners in their industry
sector. All promotion of your company's participation are included in the modest
participation fee.
(2) Open Business Session:
Following each presentation, Open
Business Talks are encouraged between the presenter and companies
from the audience who are interested to initiate business contacts.
III. Networking Luncheon:
The Organizers will host either a luncheon
or an evening reception (or both) during the event to provide presenters with an opportunity to
informally meet the audience and to begin to build their own business
network.
How will the Presenters be
Nominated?
- Specialists from business,
technical and academic fields representing over fifty organizations will
volunteer their time to serve as the Nominating Committee to select presenters.
- Nominating criteria is based on the
creativity of the technology, product or service and its potential for
success in Japan.
- Up to 30 companies will be nominated
from among all applicants - expected to exceed 100 worldwide from as
many as 13 countries.
Who will be in the Audience?
Over the last few years, the
audience at GVF has consisted of over
400 business people representing major manufacturing, industrial,
distribution and financial companies with specific interests in the
selected industry sectors.
GVF
draws principally from the Kansai region of western Japan which is centered in Osaka but
about one-third of the
audience normally attends from Tokyo.
How Much will it Cost to
Present at GVF 2006? It costs
nothing to apply. If selected to be a presenter, there is a participation
fee per presenting firm which includes most of your costs. Only after the Nominating Committee has made
its final selections and notified prospective presenters will applicants
be asked to pay the participation fee. Notifications are normally sent
out in mid-August and applicants have ten-days in which to confirm their
participation. Officially the registration fee has not been announced.
However, last year it was $US 1500.
The participation fee includes the following:
- Simultaneous interpretation (English -
Japanese) of your formal presentation;
- One professional interpreter for two-days
full-time at all private business talks;
- Any equipment needed for your
presentation including OHP, video, LCD projector, slide projector,
screen, microphone etc.;
- Private booth for meetings including desk
and chairs and any specialized equipment needs.
- Lunch during both days of the event;
Who are the Organizers? GVF is organized by the Osaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry
(OCCI).
With over 30,000 members, the OCCI
possesses extensive influence in Western Japan giving support to
strengthen business and technical alliances between Japanese and
overseas companies. Click on the link above to be connected to the
Osaka Chamber's GVF2006 website.
How do We Apply for GVF? Application Procedure:
- Step One: Answer
questions on the application form
which you can find by clicking here.
- Step Two: After finishing the
questions, sign the
Declaration and return it by email to
gvf2006@wibv.com or by mail or fax to:
Email:
gvf2006@wibv.com,
URL:
http://www.wibv.com
Please feel free to use separate
pages and we recommend that you send brochures or other hardcopy documents to help the Nominating Committee
understand your submission. The Secretariat must receive the
signed declaration before your registration is
official.
What's the GVF 2006
Timeline (Schedule)?
For GVF
BIO
- Application Deadline: Friday,
June
9, 2006
- Evaluation of Business Plans and
Nomination by the Nominating Committee: mid- to late June.
- Notification of Nomination &
Mail-out of Information Package: mid-July
- Participation Fee Deadline: On
confirmation
- Deadline for Draft of Presentations:
early-August
For GVF
IT
- Application Deadline: July 28, 2006
- Evaluation of Business Plans and
Nomination by the Nominating Committee: late August,
- Notification of Nomination &
Mail-out of Information Package: mid-September,
- Participation Fee Deadline:
September 20, 2006,
- Deadline for Draft of Presentations:
mid-October.
Comments of Previous
Presenters:
Eurus Technologies (USA)
"We found the conference to be one of
the best-organized, worthwhile meetings on foreign business
relationships. We gained significant insight into how business should be
conducted and maintained in Japan along with innumerable beneficial
contacts."
Flying Null Limited (U.K.)
"The event worked very well and
resulted in many contacts that we would not otherwise have been able to
establish. The variety and quality of presenters ensured widespread
interest from Japanese companies."
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