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Enhancing your Quality of Life through Japanese Design
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3:30 pm Registration opens
4:00 - 5:30 pm Seminar
5:30 - 7:00 pm Networking reception & Japanese designer tabletop displays
Keynote Speaker
Keiko Matsuura, Design Coordinator for JETRO
Ms. Matsuura will discuss the functionality of Japanese products by explaining the formation and development of traditional Japanese craftsmanship. She will illustrate certain regions in Japan which are famous for crafting specific products, such as pottery, lacquerware, etc...
Additional Speakers
Japanese design related companies will make a presentation explaining the philosophy and functionality of the products they will be exhibiting at the reception.
Table-Top Exhibits
Japanese design related companies who participate in this program will have a table-top exhibit (6 ft. rectangular table) during the networking reception. These companies will display products they are interested in having enter the U.S. market.
If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Highland or Tsubasa Hashimoto of JETRO at jetrochicago@jetro.go.jp or call 312-832-6000.
"Japan America Society of St. Louis" is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. University of Missouri - St. Louis 362 SSB 1 University Boulevard St. Louis MO 63121-4400