BJA Friendship Committee Karaoke
Saturday 26 October 2024 BOA Karaoke
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.
13:30 | Registration with welcome coffee |
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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.
BJA Members: 40 €
Non members: 80 €
This event is supported by
You can find the presentations from the speakers HERE