BJA 60th Anniversary Event
Belgian-Japanese Investments – Past, Present and Future

Tuesday 10 October 2023 - 13:30 at imec, Leuven

The BJA Investment Committee and BJA Legal & Tax Committee are thrilled to welcome you to a special BJA 60th anniversary event focused on the future of Belgian-Japanese investment relations while looking back to where it all started. We are delighted to offer you an insightful program with inspiring speakers and highlights from innovative business players, enhancing opportunities for great networking and exchanging ideas.

Program

13:30	Registration with welcome coffee
14:00	Introduction by Wim Eynatten, Partner, Deloitte & BJA Legal & Tax Committee Chair
14:05	Opening words by Prof Gilbert Declerck, Member of the Board, imec international & BJA President &
	Prof Jo De Boeck, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, imec
14:15	Japanese investments in Belgium by HE Ambassador Masahiro Mikami, Embassy of Japan to Belgium
14:25	Opening keynote: First Japanese investor in Belgium, Honda – Masaya Wakuda, President,
	Honda Motor Europe Logistics NV, and Erik Chabot, Director, Honda Motor Europe Logistics NV
14:35	Setting the scene: EPA impact, BE-JP trade statistics, double tax treaty, expectations toward the future
	by Daan De Vlieger, Partner, Deloitte, Global Trade Advisory and by Tomofumi Matsui, Manager,
	Deloitte, Global Trade Advisory
15:05	Coffee & Tea break
15:30	Geert Noels, CEO & Chief Economist, Econopolis, with an inspiring forward-to-the-future looking story with a focus
	on macro-economic outlook and geopolitics
16:00	Panel discussion led by Hanne Decoutere, VRT News Anchor & Journalist, with a panel of Japanese investors in Belgium & Belgian investors in Japan
	Emmanuel Hazard, VP Finance, AGC Group
	Ryohei (Hachi) Yagi, Scientist, Corporate R&D, Umicore
	Yoshihiro Nakata, CEO & President, Toyota Motor Europe & BJA Vice-President
	Olivier Renson, Vice President – Business, Kaneka Belgium & Member of the Board, Kaneka Europe Holding
	Fried Vancraen, CEO, Materialise
16:45	Closing words by Kurt Leuridan, CEO, Tokai Optecs & BJA Investment Committee Chair
	Followed by Networking Cocktail
18:00	Event adjourns

There is also an opportunity to join a guided visit to the imec Cleanroom from 17h45 until 18h15.
Please note that this visit is currently fully booked.