[Svjen-list] News from SVJEN (3/3/2008) Part 2

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伏見信也氏による「Why Only Nintendo? Challenges Facing the Japanese Software
Industry」と題する講演会のご案内です。

■□■□■□■□■□■□JETRO Partner Event■□■□■□■□■□■□

Why Only Nintendo? Challenges Facing the Japanese Software Industry
Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 12:30PM - 1:30PM ENGLISH
Host: Japan Society of Northern California

Every day you drive your Toyota Prius to work; when you return home you
watch a Sony television, and your DVD player has a laser semiconductor
produced by Mitsubishi. Everyone knows that the market is filled with
Japanese high-tech products. You might, however, not realize that with the
exception of the one running on your game console, you probably have never
seen a Japanese software product.

Participate in our brown bag lunch discussion as Dr. Shinya Fushimi,
Visiting Fellow of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center,
Stanford University, and Head of Data Centric Solution Business, Mitsubishi
Electric Corporation, in Tokyo, Japan presents his analysis on why the
Japanese have been so weak in the global software market. He will discuss
the intrinsic differences between software and hardware, and use these
differences as a framework to identify the critical mistakes Japanese
software companies have made.

Dr. Shinya Fushimi has spent twenty years in the Japanese IT industry,
serving various R&D and management positions. He received his BS, MS, and
PhD in computer science from The University of Tokyo. Dr. Fushimi has been
honored with a number of academic awards including the Moto-oka Memorial
Prize and Best Paper Award for a Young Researcher. Prior to joining
Shorenstein APARC, he was with the Sloan Master’s Program of Graduate
School of Business, Stanford University, and received an MS degree in
Management.

Cost:
Free for Japan Society and Mechanics' Institute members $10 General
Admission (pay at the door)

Please visit JETRO website for registration information.
http://www.jetro.org/index.php?option=com_events_jetro&task=view&content=det
ail&event_id=304

Co-sponsored by the Mechanics’ Institute Supported by JETRO San Francisco

Location:
Mechanics' Institute
57 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
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