An event organised by Invest in Tuscany. Tuscany & Japan Meet to Discuss ICT

"From Scuola Superiore Sant Anna to the CNIT, the High-Tech Sector of Tuscany will flied to Japan with Mr. Martini, President of the Regional Government of Tuscany".

In Japan, the delegation led by the President of the Region of Tuscany, Mr. Claudio Martini, has been accompanied by 14 ICT companies and research centres.
On 26th April in Tokyo the event "Invest in Tuscany: ICT Business Opportunities in Leonardo da Vinci's Homeland" took place.

This initiative, which has been organised by Invest in Tuscany with the cooperation of the Italian Trade Commission in Tokyo, has been divided into two parts.
In the morning session, the opening address was followed by the presentations from businesses and universities on issues regarding the scientific and technological trends and developments of ICT in Tuscany and Japan.
In the afternoon, 85 B2B meetings between Tuscan an Japan companies took place.

The seminar has arisen a lot of interest as proven both by the number of bilateral meetings (85) during the afternoon, the people who participated to morning seminar (about 130) and the name of the Japan companies, labs, universities and other organizations that have attended the event.
Among them, for instance Ministry of International Affairs and Communications (MIC), Waseda University, Yokosuka Research Park R&D Promotion Committee, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Sakura Lab Research, or companies like Hitachi Ltd, Cornes Dodwell Limited, Information Technology Development Co Ltd, Internix Inc., Iwasaki Electric Co Ltd, Kandenko Co Ltd, Mitsubishi Corporation, Seiko Instruments Inc., Soliton System K.K., Sony Corp. ,Tokyo Electric Power Company, Tyco Electronics AMP K.K., UNIDUX Inc.

The Gala Dinner with Tuscan food was the occasion to conclude a busy business day.


For further information, please have a look at the program (PDF file)
Invest in Tuscany. ICT Business Opportunities in Leonardo da Vinci's Homeland


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