ICA Newsletter

President's Message
Dear Friends of the ICA:

We would like to thank all who attended our sold-out Shinenkai last night, it
was a great success and a good networking event. We would also like to thank our
sponsors; Skillhouse, Temple University & PM Global for their generous support.
We have 3 events to promote in this mail below, we hope to see you at most or
all of them:

* Jan 20 - 2006 Japan IT Industry Shinnenkai-Future Trends
* Mar 8 - 20 (sign up by Jan 27) Planning and Managing Projects (P&MP),
Managing Integrated Programs (MIP)
* Feb 16 - ICA Event - Japan�fs Mobile Commerce Boom!
A Driver for Marketing Loyalty Program Consolidation

Lastly we would like to thank LINC Media for promoting our events in their
popular and informative email newsletters. They are free and cover a variety of
subjects on the Japan market, if you are not signed up already, I highly
recommend it.
Here is the URL: http://www.japaninc.com/subscribe_news.html

Sincerely

Darren McKellin
President - ICA

Partner Event - Access Technology
2006 Japan IT Industry Shinnenkai - Future Trends

Host: Access Technology, Japan

When: Friday, January 20, 7:00pm to 10:00pm

Location: Tokyo American Club

Distinguished Speakers:
Dick Wolven
Oracle Corporation, Inc., Senior Vice President
Oracle Applications Japan, General Manager

Eric Feigenbaum
Senior Director
Yahoo!

Cost:
\5,000* (Includes all-you-can-eat and drink;
*Receipts will be provided at the door)

Attendees:
200+ of Japan's IT-industry Professionals

You are cordially invited to the premier New Year kickoff event for the IT
industry in Japan. We will all have the chance to learn what some of Japan's top
IT-industry leaders expect in 2006 and beyond. This is a rare opportunity to get
an update of the current market as well as future trends.

In attendance will be hundreds of Japan's IT industry professionals from top
executives/management, sales professionals, engineering wizards, consultants as
well as non-IT-specific professionals in finance/accounting, human resources,
law, etc. If would like to receive an online invitation please inform us at
shinnenkai2006@....
Schedule:
7:00 - 7:30 PM - Registration
8:00 - 9:00 PM - Presentations by Distinguished Speakers
9:00 - 10:00 PM - Reception


Sponsor Event - PM Global

Please have a look at our upcoming training, designed by project managers, for
project managers. PM-Global would also like to offer you and others of the ICA,
a special course fee schedule, below:
Planning and Managing Projects (P&MP)
March 8-10 (3 days) - Tokyo Design Center
Early registration eligibility: Register by Jan 27
Professional Development Units (PDUs): 24

The most hands-on project management course available in Japan. Focus on the
definition, planning and control of key value-adding processes in projects. Case
studies are replaced with real projects that participants decide, giving project
managers a head start on their real work. Excellent for project teams that are
starting out a new project, or project managers needing knowledge in the
fundamentals, but at a deep level.
Managing Integrated Programs (MIP)
March 27-28 (2 days) - Tokyo Design Center
Early registration eligibility: Register by Jan 27
Professional Development Units (PDUs): 16

Starts from the premise that interdependent projects must be managed with added
skills and techniques. The aim is to improve program execution by using the
Planning and Managing Projects (P&MP) framework in each project, and conduct
special activities to initiate the program definition, manage interdependencies
between projects, and manage time based on one integrated schedule. Essential
for managers of multiple, connected projects, and the project managers of those
component projects.
Course Fees
(fees in JPY) Regular Fee Early Registation Fee
P&MP 200,000 180,000 (save 20,000)
MIP 150,000 120,000 (save 30,000)
P&MP + MIP
Package! 300,000
(save 50,000) 250,000 (save 1000,000)


*Please note that the early registration fee is to give individuals with fewer
resources a chance to benefit from these courses. Company sponsored participants
can still benefit from the package course fees

For details contact Aki Matsumoto at 03-5159-2151 or email at
matsumotoa@... Website: http://www.pm-global.com


ICA Event - February 16th
Speaker:
Yosuke I. Itoh III, Director, CSP and Media Industry Services, Abeam Consulting
LLP.

Title:
Japan's Mobile Commerce Boom!
A Driver for Marketing Loyalty Program Consolidation

Japan is beginning to experience a dramatic increase in m-commerce adoption,
driven in part by Mobile Suica's launch, set for January 28, and the
super-successful "FeliCa"-branded mobile contactless payment services which have
been adopted by NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and Vodafone as the de facto market standard
for m-commerce, e-wallets, transportation and other peer-to-peer data transfer
services. Our presenter, Yosuke Itoh will cover how these advances in m-commerce
are changing the landscape in the field of Loyalty Marketing.

Loyalty marketing programs are designed to create loyalty and increase sales
from your best customers. Adding mobility and mobile payments to these programs
opens up a whole new world of opportunities for mobile marketers and enterprises
in today�fs competitive marketplace. Up until now, the proliferation of such
programs among virtually all national brands has made program differentiation
difficult. Our presenter will explain why several national retail brands are
teaming up to form "coalition loyalty schemes", and how the m-commerce platform
is helping to make this an even more powerful tool. Prior to joining Abeam,
Yosuke Itoh was an Associate Partner at Accenture's European
Communications/HighTech practice , CTO & Operator Alliance Director with the
original Livedoor Inc., and VP of CIO office at SONY�fs Global headquarters.

Meeting Details
Date: February 16th
Venue: Foreign Correspondents' Club
Yurakucho Denki Building, 20F
http://www.fccj.or.jp/static/aboutus/map.php
Time:
6:30 (pm) Doors open
6:30 Networking
7:10 Dinner*
7:45 Round Table
8:45 Finish
*Dinner included in meeting cost. Cash bar available.

Cost: 3,000 (yen) members, 5,500 (yen) non-members
If you would like to attend please RSVP on our sign up page.
by 17:00 Tuesday February 14
No-shows will be billed!

>------------------<< ICA SPONSOR >>-----------------<
PM-GLOBAL

PM-Global 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.pm-global.com

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

>------------------<< ICA SPONSOR >>-----------------<
Temple University
The oldest and largest American University in Japan.
http://www.tuj.ac.jp

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