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Symposium on ASIA-USA Partnership Opportunities (SAUPO) 2025
May 16, 2025 at 9:00 am – 5:30 pm
Organized by KSU’s Asian Studies Program, the Symposium on ASIA-USA Partnership Opportunities (SAUPO) is the largest Asia business conference in the USA since 2011. You will be entertained with innovative ideas, exciting discussions, live Shamisen performance, food & drinks, and valuable networking with business leaders, government officials, community organizers and scholars from USA and ASIA.
Confirmed Speakers at SAUPO 2025:
- Victor Osumi, President-Japan, Delta Air Lines; President, AmCham Japan
- Makoto Hidai, Manager, Offshore Wind Power, Shimizu Corporation
- Masahiro Indo, NOVARE, Shimizu Corporation
- Alex Gregory, former President & CEO, YKK Corporation of America
- Kiyo Kojima, Partner, Smith Gambrell Russell, President, JCCG
- Hiroshi Sekiya, President, Maintech, Japan
- Asahi Iwasawa, CEO, HATSU Japan
- Toru Ichikawa, Kanda University of International Studies, Chiba, Japan
- Shinji Matsuda, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan
- Yuumi Mochizuki, State of Georgia – Japan
- George Mui, Managing Partner, Global Consultants United
- Jessica Cork, VP for Global Engagement, YKK Corporation
- Michael Chen, Associate Dean, RCHSS, Kennesaw State University
- Kazuhiro Chikayama, J. F. Oberlin University
- Sweta Sneha, Executive Director, MSHMI, Kennesaw State University
If you cannot travel to Japan, please enjoy SAUPO via free Zoom livestreaming
895 2918 9082 – Passcode: Saupo2025
