<http://www.icajapan.jp/>



Thursday April 15 at FCCJ:

Joint Round-Table with the Mobile <http://www.mobiliser.org/article?id=75>
Intelligence Tour

JAPAN MOBILE ROCKS



The International Computer Association (ICA) and the Mobile Intelligence
<http://www.mobiliser.org/article?id=75> Tour (MIT) are pleased to announce
a major joint networking and business development round-table event on
Thursday, April 15, 2004, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club. JAPAN MOBILE
ROCKS will bring together top mobile industry executives, developers,
strategists, planners, and academics from Europe, Australia, and Japan for a
combined round-table session on Japan's wireless Internet and its growing
success.



2004 is shaping up as Japan's mobile breakout year. Terminal makers like
Sharp and Matsushita are selling 3G handsets in the US and Europe, Japanese
mobile content developers are expanding partnerships in London, Paris, and
San Francisco, and -- at home -- 3G and super-cool new technologies are
creating revenue based on e-wallets, CD-quality mobile music, and global
roaming. The operator-driven business model pioneered by Japanese carriers
is shaking up foreign markets long hooked by the alternative, vendor-driven
model. Has Japan finally found its niche as the world's mobile tech leader?
JAPAN MOBILE ROCKS will be this season's best source of mobile business
knowledge available anywhere.

ROUND-TABLE SESSION SPEAKERS:

MODERATOR - JAN MICHAEL HESS - Founder & CEO - Mobile Economy, Berlin

Since 2000, Jan has led Berlin-based Mobile Economy GmbH
<http://www.mobileeconomy.de/home.php3> , a "Mobile Lifestyle Think Tank."
Jan is also editor-in-chief of mobiliser.org <http://www.mobiliser.org/> ,
an online magazine commenting on key issues in the mobile data industry.



MICHAEL ALFANT - President - Building 2 <http://www.building2.com/> , Tokyo

Mike Alfant started IT solutions company Fusion Systems Japan in 1992 and
led it to a successful $50m acquisition in March 1999. His current company,
Building 2, commits energy and capital to a growing portfolio of private
companies, including broadband, wireless, and 3G telephony infrastructure
initiatives. Mike is chairman of the ACCJ's Technology Committee.



TOMO MOROHASHI - Chief Engineer and General Manager - eAccess
<http://www.eaccess.ne.jp/> Ltd., Tokyo

Prior to joining ADSL telecommunications provider eAccess, Morohashi-san
spent seven years at DDI Corporation (now KDDI). He moved to eAccess in
2001, where he initially managed the team designing and building one of the
largest ATM/IP back-haul networks utilizing NTT's dark fiber capacity.



MIKE BENNER - Corporate Officer, Corporate Sales Management Department -
Vodafone KK, Tokyo <http://www.vodafone.jp/>

Mike heads corporate sales at Vodafone KK where he is leveraging the global
footprint and brand of the Vodafone Group to boost domestic sales. Mike has
held positions at various telecom industry companies including NTT, Cable &
Wireless Japan, Titus Communications, and 360 Networks.



SANDRA BARON - Mobile Consultant - Swisscom <http://www.swisscom.com/> ,
Switzerland

Since 2000, Sandra has served as a mobile Internet consultant to several
European operators and is perhaps one of the few strategists to have worked
on both i-mode and competitor Vodafone live! Her clients have included KPN
Mobile Group, E-plus, BASE, and now Swisscom Mobile.



WALTER ADAMSON - Founder & Principal - Digital
<http://www.digitalinvestor.com.au/> Investor, Australia

Walter Adamson is the founder and principal of Digital Investor - an
Australian-based consultancy. His clients include IT services companies,
telcos, CIOs, and their customers. He is an advisor to IT/telco companies in
Australia, the UK, and the USA and is Principal Advisor, Strategic
Alliances, to the Australia Telecommunications Cooperative Research Centre
(ATCRC).



MEETING DETAILS
Date: Thursday April 15, 2004
Time: 6:30 (pm) Doors open, 6:30 Networking / cash bar (one free drink)
7:00 Dinner*, 7:40 Round Table discussion, 9:00 Finish
Venue: Yurakucho Denki Building, Foreign Correspondents' Club
Map <http://www.fccj.or.jp/static/aboutus/map.php>
Cost: 3,000 (yen) members, 5,500 (yen) non-members
*Dinner with one free drink included in meeting cost. Cash bar available.
No-shows will be billed.

RSVP REQUIRED

If you would like to attend please RSVP on our sign up page
<http://www.icajapan.jp/signup.html> by 5:00 pm on Tue. Apr. 13.