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SUMMARY:Symposium on ASIA-USA Partnership Opportunities (SAUPO) 2025
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nConfirmed Speakers at SAUPO 2025: \n\n\n\n\nVictor Osumi\, President-Japan\, Delta Air Lines; President\, AmCham Japan\n\n\n\nMakoto Hidai\, Manager\, Offshore Wind Power\, Shimizu Corporation\n\n\n\nMasahiro Indo\, NOVARE\, Shimizu Corporation\n\n\n\nAlex Gregory\, former President & CEO\, YKK Corporation of America\n\n\n\nKiyo Kojima\, Partner\, Smith Gambrell Russell\, President\, JCCG\n\n\n\nHiroshi Sekiya\, President\, Maintech\, Japan\n\n\n\nAsahi Iwasawa\, CEO\, HATSU Japan\n\n\n\nToru Ichikawa\, Kanda University of International Studies\, Chiba\, Japan\n\n\n\nShinji Matsuda\, Chukyo University\, Nagoya\, Japan\n\n\n\nYuumi Mochizuki\, State of Georgia – Japan\n\n\n\nGeorge Mui\, Managing Partner\, Global Consultants United\n\n\n\nJessica Cork\, VP for Global Engagement\, YKK Corporation\n\n\n\nMichael Chen\, Associate Dean\, RCHSS\, Kennesaw State University\n\n\n\nKazuhiro Chikayama\, J. F. Oberlin University\n\n\n\nSweta Sneha\, Executive Director\, MSHMI\, Kennesaw State University\n\n\n\n\nIf you cannot travel to Japan\, please enjoy SAUPO via free Zoom livestreaming  \n\n\n\n895 2918 9082 – Passcode: Saupo2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n\ndownload flyer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZoom Link\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	From the archive:
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LOCATION:The Royal Park Hotel Iconic Tokyo Shiodome\, 1 Chrome-6-3 Higashishinbashi\, Tokyo\, Japan
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SUMMARY:Symposium on ASIA-USA Partnership Opportunities (SAUPO)
DESCRIPTION:The Asian Studies Program at Kennesaw State University (KSU) presents the next Symposium on ASIA-USA Partnership Opportunities (SAUPO.) \n  \nThe purposes of SAUPO include information exchange\, personal network building\, global visibility\, and investment to/from Asia. It is anticipated that over 400 business leaders\, diplomats\, non-profit activists\, scholars\, investors\, and government officials from Asia\, USA and other parts of the world will attend SAUPO in Atlanta. There will be a delegation of Chinese investors coming\, seeking for projects to invest. \n2018 SAUPO-Atlanta Confirmed Speakers include: \no Ken Harmon\, Interim President\, Kennesaw State University \no John Merrill\, Secretary of State\, Alabama\, USA \no Young-jun Kim\, Consul General of Korea in Atlanta \no Yutaka Nakamura Deputy Consul General of Japan In Atlanta \no Zhencheng Zhou\, Consul\, Director of Commerce\, Consulate General of China in Houston \no Mark Viken\, VP of Marketing\, Hisense \no Dan Forsman\, President & CEO\, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices \no Michael Sullivan\, Managing Partner\, Womble Bond Dickinson \no Lucy Lu\, Global Managing Partner\, Lucy Lu & Associates \no Nagendra Roy\, Senior Director -IT\, Aptude\, Inc. \no Donald Morrissey\, Huawei Technologies USA\, Inc. \no Martin Judge Jr.\, Chairman\, China Arena Football League (CAFL) \no Glad Cheng\, Chairman\, China Window Group \no Jessica Cork\, VP\, Public Relations\, YKK Corporation of America \no Frank Su\, President\, Kids’R’Kids China \no Wade Edwards\, Int’l Marketing Director\, Habitat for Humanity International \no Huandong Gao\, Sr. Director of Growth\, Walmart Headquarters \no Stephen Haverfield\, Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Alumni Association \no Yoshi Domoto\, Executive Director\, Japan-America Society of Georgia \no Wendy Lu\, Tax Senior Manager\, Aprio \no Landon Van Dyke\, Senior Advisor\, U.S. Department of State \no Brendan Tate\, U.S. Department of the Interior \no Brad Taylor\, VP\, The Coca-Cola Company \no Shiyu Wang\, Chairman\, Fargo Fortune Investment Group (China) \no Stan Shengqi Wang\, Managing Partner\, Tenfunder Investment Fund (China) \no Qixin Zhang\, Chairman\, Phoenix City Investment Fund; CPPCC Member (China) \no Michael Guo\, Sr. Director of Software Engineering\, LexisNexis \n\n\n	From the archive:
URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/symposium-on-asia-usa-partnership-opportunities-saupo/
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