ICA June 16 Event at FCCJ

Topic: Vendors, technology, and Japan!
Speaker: Crissman Loomis - Assistant VP, IT Dept, Provider Management Group -
Manulife Insurance Japan

Vendors in Japan often act differently from vendors anywhere else in the world.
Technology looks surprisingly advanced when you visit Akihabara, and yet many
businesses in Japan run on end-of-life OS's and software. In the effort to
present unique market advantages, vendors often apply technologies in a
different way than anticipated. Join Crissman Loomis from Manulife Japan as he
shares some of the surprising experiences he has discovered by managing IT
vendors in Japan to leverage new technologies and reduce costs.

Topics Crissman will address include cultural difficulties with RFPs,
differences in technology usefulness between Japan and the West, and how to
manage multiple vendors to find the best price or technology for your
requirements. Specific examples will include discussion of the VoIP systems
available in Japan, how Manulife reduced annual printing costs by 60%, and how
to structure RFPs to get the best price within a reasonable amount of time. If
you're looking for ways to reduce your firm�fs IT costs, or the best ways
technology can be used in Japan, don�ft miss this event.

As Assistant Vice President running the Provider Management Group at Manulife,
Crissman manages all of the hardware and infrastructure for the mainframe,
server, desktop, network, and telecommunications systems. Manulife Insurance
Japan has over 100 regional sales offices in Japan supporting over 4,000 sales
agents and 1,500 other employees.

Meeting Details
Date: Thursday June 16
Time: 6:30 (pm) Doors open, 6:30 Networking / cash bar.
7:10 Dinner, 7:45 Presentation, 8:45 Finish
Venue: Yurakucho Denki Building, Foreign Correspondents' Club
http://www.fccj.or.jp/static/aboutus/map.php
Cost, including dinner: 3,000 yen for members, 5,500 yen for non-members
Cash bar available.
No-shows will be billed.

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RSVP REQUIRED
If you would like to attend please RSVP on our sign-up page at:
http://www.icajapan.jp/signup.html
by 17:00 Tuesday June 14

>------------------<< ICA SPONSOR >>-----------------<
PMP-JAPAN

PMP-Japan provides enterprise-wide program and project management consulting and
training services. Our core competencies are IT and Business Improvement. We
help our clients achieve quicker time-to-market and increased shareholder value
by creating project success. We guarantee an increase in our client's project
success rate. http://www.pmp-japan.com

>------------------<< ICA SPONSOR >>-----------------<
Skillhouse Staffing Solutions
IT and Administrative Support -- staffing services.
http://www.skillhouse.co.jp/eng_home.htm

>---------<< JCI Investor and Executive Network Event >>---------<
Business Exchange meeting of Executives will run on June 24th at Akasaka Prince
Hotel http://www.jci-inc.com/executive.html. Investor and Executive Network
provides executives, bankers, venture capitalists, Lawyers, accountants,
entrepreneurs and angels alike with opportunities to direct business matching.
The event is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and the cost is 10,000 yen. The deadline for
completing registration (payment by furikome and notification to JCI) is June
21st. The cost includes beverages and food. You can apply from the web site
http://221.255.83.197/public/html/modules/formmail/index.php?id_form=1

The venue for this event is Top of Akasaka at Akasaka Prince Hotel, 40F, 1-2,
Kioicho, Chiyodaku ( Akasakamitsuke, Ginza Line). Registration is limited to 100
people, so please apply early. For further information and registrations, please
contact seminar@..., Tel: 03-5226-5081. providing your name, company,
email, phone and fax numbers.

Fax Application Form (English): http://www.jci-inc.com/the15thE.kp.pdf
Meeting Details (English): http://www.jci-inc.com/6.24pe.pdf
Fax Application Form (Japanese): http://www.jci-inc.com/the15thJ.kp.pdf

>-------------<< Pink Cow Conspiracy >>-------------<
"Situational Leadership" - Chris Anderson and Mieko Kobayashi Advanced
Management Training Group, K.K. - http://www.amt-group.com

Situational Leadership can help anyone who wants to develop the competence and
commitment of the people they manage, lead or guide.
Situational Leadership is an effective tool for growing a successful business
through effective people management.

The presentation by Chris and Mieko will help managers and leaders learn to
identify what their staff need in order to develop competence and commitment,
how to flex their leadership style to those needs, and how to partner for
performance with their staff to ensure continued growth and development.

They will provide tips on how to diagnose what people need in order to develop
their skills and commitment, how to make sure leaders adopt appropriate
behaviors to meet those needs and how to put it into practice through one-on-one
partnering with staff.

== SPEAKER PROFILES ==
Mr. Anderson graduated with an honors degree in International Relations from
Queen's University in Ontario, Canada. Prior to joining AMT GROUP, Chris
completed graduate studies through the Asia Pacific Management Cooperative
Program at Capilano College in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and spent
time working in Korea.

Ms. Kobayashi brings a unique blend of communication skills and global
experience to AMT Group. As a presenter, she delivers communication and
presentation skills seminars in a form that is as enlivening as it is effective.

DATE: Wednesday 8 June
TIME: Doors open 19.00 'til late, Presentation starts 19:30
VENUE: http://www.thepinkcow.com
COST: No Charge for entry! Bar and food pay as you go
RedHook beer on special for the night!
Registration NOT required. Just turn up

Future events for 2005 will be on the 2nd Wednesday of the month:
13 Jul, 10 Aug, 14 Sep, 12 Oct, 9 Nov, 14 Dec

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