Japan Ice­break­ing Hours – Oulu meets Japan, Oulu

This will be the first-ever “Reverse Pitch­ing” event of Japan­ese com­pa­nies & a local munic­i­pal­i­ty in Oulu. Come and find out if you’re the ground­break­ing com­pa­ny they’ve been look­ing for! It’s the per­fect chance to make valu­able con­nec­tions with Japan in a cozy atmos­phere. 5 Japan­ese com­pa­nies and 1 local munic­i­pal­i­ty (busi­ness gate­way for Hokkai­do) wel­come you!

The event is aimed espe­cial­ly at tech star­tups, com­pa­nies, and research insti­tutes inter­est­ed in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Japan.

Time: 1 March 2024 at 12:15 – 14:00 EEST (Door opens at 12)
Place: Star­tup­Sta­tion (Hal­li­tuskatu 36A, 90100 Oulu)
Reg­is­tra­tion: https://www.lyyti.in/JAPAN_ICEBREAKING_HOURS__Startup_meets_Japan_8050

Par­tic­i­pa­tion is free of charge but reg­is­tra­tion is required.

Dress code: Casu­al or busi­ness casu­al (no neck­tie, no for­mal jack­et).

Fin­ger foods, snacks, and drinks will be avail­able.

Pro­gram:

12:00 Door opens (reg­is­tra­tion)

12:15 Open­ing remarks by Busi­nes­sOulu

12:20 Intro­duc­tion of JETRO (Japan Exter­nal Trade Orga­ni­za­tion, JETRO, is the Japan­ese gov­ern­ment-relat­ed agency that pro­motes trade and invest­ment between Japan and the rest of the world)

12:30–13:30 Reverse pitch­ing (10min each, 7–8min pitch­ing + Q&A)

• 12:30 1st pre­sen­ter: Marubeni Cor­po­ra­tion
• 12:40 2nd pre­sen­ter: NGK Europe GmbH
• 12:50 3rd pre­sen­ter: Niter­ra
• 13:00 4th pre­sen­ter: Kikko­man Europe R&D Lab­o­ra­to­ry B.V.
• 13:10 5th pre­sen­ter: Yoko­gawa Inno­va­tion Switzer­land
• 13:20 6th pre­sen­ter: City of Sap­poro

13:30 Net­work­ing

14:00 Clos­ing remarks by JETRO

View more infor­ma­tion about the event here.

Orga­niz­ers: JETRO, Busi­nes­sOulu

Sup­port­er: Busi­ness Oppor­tu­ni­ties for the Inter­na­tion­al Mar­ket