Japan, Germany and CEE:
Opportunities in CEE for Japanese companies based in Germany

日本、ドイツと中東欧地域
ドイツに拠点を持つ日本企業への中東欧地域での投資機会


What: This is an Executive Briefing for top Japanese management of Japanese companies based in Germany. The city of Dusseldorf has the highest concentration of Japanese businesses based in Europe. Many Japanese companies in western Europe (Germany, France, UK) are considering expansion options into Central Eastern Europe, attracted by the combination of lower-costs, high-quality human resources, improving infrastructure, and convenient access to EU markets.
概要：ドイツに拠点を持つ日本企業の経営陣向けのブリーフィング機会。デュッセルドルフはヨーロッパにおける日本企業が最も集まる場所です。低コスト、高クオリティな人材、改善しているインフラ事情そして他のヨーロッパへのアクセスの利便性から多くの西ヨーロッパ（ドイツ、フランス、イギリス）に拠点を持つ日本企業が中東欧地域への進出を検討しています。


When: 10 December 2019, 16:00 – 20:30
イベント日時：2019年12月10日　16:00‐20:30

Where (Location/Venue): Hotel Nikko, Dusseldorf, Germany
場所：ホテル日航、ドイツ、デュッセルドルフ

Who will attend?
This is a VIP event, by Invitation-only. We expect less than 50 senior-management guests for this highly-focused Executive Briefing.
  • Top executives of Japanese companies based in Germany
  • Select Investment locations in CEE (Cities, Special Economic Zones, etc.)
  • Advisors, financiers, consultants

イベント参加者：招待者のみが参加可能なＶＩＰイベントとなっております。50人以下のシニアマネージャーが招待されます。

  • ドイツに拠点を持つ日本企業のトップ経営陣
  • 中東欧地域の選ばれた地域（都市、経済特区等）
  • アドバイザー、投資家、コンサルタント

Japanese executives have VIP Complimentary invitations.  We also have a limited number of tickets available for service providers (such as law firms, advisors, etc.)  Please submit your request for attendance to tb(at)biznespolska.pl.
日本人経営陣はＶＩＰ招待状を有し、法律事務所、アドバイザリー等のサービス業者へは限られた数のチケットをご用意しております。tb(at)biznespolska.plまで、参加希望の方はご連絡下さい。

Format & Agenda - 形式とスケジュール
15:45 Registration

16:00 Welcome Guests & Economic Briefing of Poland/CEE
     ゲスト紹介＆ポーランド/中東欧地域の経済紹介

16:15-16:45 Entry Options (M&A, Greenfields, etc.)  参入への手引き（M&A, グリーンフィールド等）
     "How to approach CEE-based companies for acquisition, from perspective of Japanese buyers"
  • DC Advisory, Tetsu Kawakami (Frankfurt).
“日本のバイヤーによる中東欧地域に拠点を置く企業買収へのアプローチ方法”, DCアドバイザリー、川上　哲（フランクフルト)
Panelists (2) on Legal and Financing options:
  • Takura Kawai, Advocate/ Partner - EMEA/ CEE Japan Desk, Dentons  ( 川井拓良, EMEA/ CEE統括パートナー弁護士, デントンズ法律事務所  )
  • Yasuyuki Saeki, Director, M&A Advisory for Japanese corporates, PWC (Brussels)

16:45 - 17:00 How Japanese companies are boosting competitiveness with Business Services Centres in CEE. While many Japanese corporates have set up BSCs in CEE in recent years (such as Toyota, Hitachi, Fujifilm, Ricoh, Fujitsu, Nissan, NTT Data, Transcom, etc.), the region remains attractive with its strong language skills, large tech talent, and lower human capital and operating costs. Speaker: Thom Barnhardt, founder of European Business Services Association, CEE Business Services Awards, and publisher of CEE Business Services Directory.

17:00 - 17:30 Case Studies (2) of new Japanese Investors in CEE: (Manufacturing, Automotive, Finance/Insurance, etc.)中東欧地域における日本人投資家のケーススタディ（２）（製造業、自動車産業、ビジネスサービス、金融・保険等）
  • Case Study of recent Japanese investment in Slovenia, Ph.D. Zoran Stamatovski (MBA), Slovenia Investment Agency.
      最近のスロベニアにおける日本人投資家のケーススタディ

In recent years, Japanese companies have begun to grow their businesses in Slovenia to boost production for the European market and increase their presence in the area. This year alone, Yasukawa Electric Corp. launched its first European industrial robot manufacturing facility in Slovenia, and Sumitomo Rubber Industries launched a new production site there to manufacture rubber parts for medical equipment.

17:30 – 17:40 Employment issues for Japanese companies expanding in Europe:
  • Michael Pils, Taylor Wessing (Dusseldorf)

17:40 – 18:00 Manufacturing in CEE. Special Case study on southern Poland and its Special Economic Zones: Katowice (KSSE) -  ポーランド南部と特別経済特区: カトヴィツェ
KSSE was the best Economic zone in Europe from 2015 to 2017, and 2nd in the World in 2019 (according to FDI Business Financial Times). Some of the top Japanese investors operating in the Zone are Makita, Meiko Trans, NGK Ceramics, and Toyo Seal.
  • Mateusz Rykała - Vice President, Member of the Board, Katowice Special Economic Zone
18:15 – 20:30 VIP Networking Dinner and Tastings of top wines from CEE. ＶＩＰネットワーキングディナーと中東欧地域の最高級ワインの試飲
Registration kindly requested:
Supporters:


Location Partners:
Guests attending are from these companies (as of 30 November):
MUFG, Mitsui, Fujifilm, Yaskawa Electric, Takenaka, Kajima, Daiwa Capital, Sojitz, Meiko Trans, Frankus, Deloitte, NRW, CEC Government Relations, Country of Slovenia, Katowice Economic Zone, DJW, BakerTilly. Asagao, Kubas Kos Gałkowski, K&M Europe, DC Advisory, Dentons, PWC...

The final list of confirmed Attendees will be listed here on 9 December.

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Tetsu Kawakami, DC Advisory
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Takura Kawai, Dentons
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Thom Barnhardt, European Business Services Association
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Zoran Stamatovski, Spirit Slovenia
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Michael Pils, Taylor Wessing
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Mateusz Rykała - Vice President, Member of the Board, Katowice Special Economic Zone
Language: Primary language: Japanese; secondary: English
     言語：日本語、英語

Partners and Alliances and Associations パートナー、協力団体
We have several key Alliances/Associations supporting the event: Deutsch-Japanischer Wirtschaftskreis (DJW)  (Dusseldorf-based); Slovenia Investment Agency, and the Katowice (Poland) Special Economic Zone.
     イベントの重要な協力パートナー：

Organizers 主催者：
CEE Business Media, based in Poland, is focused on Investment into the markets of Central & Eastern Europe. With 25 years in the region, we organize 4 annual major Investment Summits & Awards, including: ポーランドに拠点をおき、中東欧地域への投資にフォーカスを当てている。以下の年4回の主な投資サミット＆アワードを25年に渡り開催


CEE Business Media also operates the leading English-language business portal in Poland: はポーランドの主要な英語でのビジネスポータルと協力関係を築いています。
 BiznesPolska.pl and EuropeanBusinessServices.com. Contact at CEE Business Media: Thom Barnhardt, tb(at)biznespolska.pl, 48-508-143-963
Biznespolska.pl©  2017 CEE BUSINESS MEDIA