JCC/ JETRO/ NFIA / RVO Seminar “How the Expo 2025 Osaka can create business opportunities for Japanese companies in the Netherlands”
Dear JCC members and relations,
JCC, JETRO Amsterdam Office, NFIA and RVO will be holding a seminar on Monday 4 November on the theme ‘How the Expo 2025 can create business opportunities for Japanese companies in the Netherlands’ in order to use the forthcoming Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan as a new opportunity for investment exchange between Japan and the Netherlands.
During the Expo 2025, the Netherlands aims to further strengthen its economic, political and cultural relations with Japan. Furthermore, the Netherlands wants to realize collaborative innovation in the key industries*, based on “common ground” and “strong ties” with Japan, with which it has been interacting for more than 400 years. As part of this, the Netherlands plans to send several trade missions to Japan during the Expo 2025 .
For more information on the Netherlands participation at the Expo 2025 Osaka, please click here:
JP: https://nlplatform.com/osaka-expo-japan
ENG: Homepage Expo 2025 | NL Expo 2025
We are very honored that Ambassador Minami from the Embassy of Japan in the Netherlands will be welcoming us and will give an opening speech. From the Dutch government, Commissioner Hilde van der Meer of the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA) and other speakers will be introducing the details of the Dutch government’s specific efforts towards the Osaka Expo, as well as introducing the new administration’s climate change measures, particularly hydrogen, and business opportunities for Japanese companies.
After the seminar, there will be time for networking. We sincerely hope that this seminar will be useful in gathering information for your company. We look forward to your participation!
- Date and time: 15:00-18:15 (CET) on Monday, 4 November *Registration starts at 14:30
- Venue: Van der Valk Hotel Zuidas (Tommaso Albinonistraat 200, 1083HM Amsterdam)
- Participation fee: Free of charge
- Capacity: 100 people (first come, first served basis)
- Language: English, with presentation material in Japanese / English
- How to register: via JCC members only website
Program:
14.30 : Registration starts
15.00 : Opening speech – Hiroshi Kurihara, Chairman of JCC, Executive Advisor of EXPO 2025 and Hilde van der Meer, Commissioner of NFIA
15.10 : Speech by Ambassador Minami, Embassy of Japan in the Netherlands
15.15 : Trend of the Japanese investment in the Netherlands – Tetsutaro Shimogasa, Executive Director of JETRO Amsterdam
15.25: How Expo creates the business opportunities for Japanese companies/ investments in the Netherlands – Hans Kuijpers Director Investment Projects of NFIA
15.45: The progress of the Dutch participation in the Expo – Marc Kuipers, Consul General of the Netherlands (Video)
15:55: Information Netherlands business programming – Willeke van der Dussen (Program Manager Expo 2025 Osaka, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
16:05: Road2Osaka: incoming & outgoing missions – Kamal Afarmach, Business Development Manager Japan/Business programming Expo25, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)
16:15 – 16:25 : BREAK
16.25: Business & cooperation opportunities based upon an analysis of the Deeptech ecosystems in Japan & the Netherlands – Naomie Verstraeten, Chief Innovation & Technology of Brainport
16:35 Update on Hydrogen policy and Opportunities (collaboration /investment) in the Netherlands. – Han Feenstra, Program manager Hydrogen, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate
16.45 Opportunities for Japanese companies to invest in Hydrogen in NL – Overview of projects and subsidies for hydrogen projects – Jörg Gigler, Managing Director TKI New Gas | Energy Innovation NL
16.55: Q&A
17:00: Closing remarks
17:05 – 18.15: Networking
18.15: Closing
(*key industries such as the transition to renewable clean energy, sustainability, circular economy, high tech and digital transformation, life sciences and healthcare, sustainable agricultural food and high tech greenhouse horticulture, and cultural activities; including semiconductors, AI, deep tech, health tech, hydrogen, and offshore wind power)