WHEN:
5:30pm – 8:00pm, November 11, 2009 (PST)
Registration and Networking: 5:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Program: 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PST)
WHERE:
Location: 950 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA
Bldg 950 (brick building)
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC
FEES:
$20 for early registration by 11/7/09
$35 for registration between 11/8 – 11/10/09 5:00pm (PST)
$50 for walk-in registration on 11/11/09
DRESS:
Business casual
OTHER INFORMATION:
Registration at www.keizai.org
Please Bring Business Cards for Networking
EVENT OVERVIEW
More and more people are using social networking to further their business. How can professionals use business networking tools to stay in touch with contacts abroad and further their careers, and how can businesses use these tools to foster their business in an international context? How does the concept of leveraging existing contacts differ from networking? Finally, how do business networks fit into Japanese business culture, and what can be expected in the future?
Join us for this evening of a stimulating perspective on the timely topic of social networking, with plenty of time for Q&A. The 2009 theme of Keizai Society is “Revitalization – Finding the real economy” and we want to influence economic recovery from Silicon Valley. New ideas were generated in tough times in the past, and some of you may be considering to start new businesses or change the career paths. Please bring many business cards in order to exchange with attendees and panelists, since it is important to network and help each other in these tough times. And please forward this message to your friends and colleagues to expand the power of Silicon Valley.
PRESENTATIONS:
Konstantin Guericke
Konstantin was most recently CEO of jaxtr, a social communications start-up with over 10 million registered users that was sold to Sabse Technologies in 2009. Before jaxtr, Konstantin co-founded LinkedIn and as VP Marketing led the company’s marketing efforts from launch to profitability in 2006. Prior to LinkedIn, Konstantin served as VP Marketing at Presenter and as VP Sales and Marketing for Black Sun Interactive, a pioneer in social Web software at the dawn of the Web. Konstantin graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering. While at Stanford, he studied at the Stanford Center for Technology & Innovation in Kyoto and worked at Softbank in Tokyo. View his profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/konstantin.
View his presentation at http://www.slideshare.net/outloutl/keizai-preso.