Motorsports Opportunities In Japan Event

Here is the flyer for the event I organised. Speakers include; Nick Fry CEO of Brawn F1, Philip McKenzie of British Embassy Tokyo, Richard Philips MD of Silverstone Race Circuit, David Pickering Director of Transoprt iNet and me. The partners are UKTI, NEL, EMDA, EU and sponsorship was by Transport iNet.

Nick Fry, CEO of Brawn GP F1 team was the key note speaker at Motorsports Opportunities In Japan Event

I organised an event called Motorsports Opportunities in Japan last week. It took place at the Silverstone Innovation Centre and I did it in conjunction with UKTI, Northants Enterprise and Transport iNet. Nick Fry, CEO of Brawn F1 gave a fascinating speach on his experiences of working with Honda, Subaru and Mazda. 40 people attended, and Phil McKenzie from the British Embassy in Tokyo and I were fully booked out all afternoon with 'one to one' sesions. WE have a lot of follow up actions, and are hoping this event is the start point for many UK companies in the Motorsports and HPE sectors to develop business in Japan.

Omron release smile analysis software

Omron have just released OKAO smile analysis software. OKAO can automatically detect and identify the faces of one or more people in digital images and then assign a smile factor between 0 - 100%. JR are using the software for training and measurement of customer facing staff at the stations! ...... more info at .....

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/09/07/okao-vision-real-time-smile-measurement-and-analysis-software-from-omrom/

Innovation through regulation - why America's corporate innovation beats Japan's

Intersting article from the Economist:

http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13766329

Frequent Contact helps Bridge International Divide

Here is a great article from the Wall Street Journal about a Semiconductor company who have a good understanding of how to build business and relationships in Japan.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124180086098501323.html