12:00 p.m. Katsuyuki Tsukada, Nihon Unisys Company (JR) "Development of the New Business Model of Digital Contents Trade" 12:20 p.m. Tetsu Fukuoka, Sumitomo Corporation of America (HR) "Current Activity of Venture Capitals in Silicon Valley" 12:40 p.m. Takayuki Niikura, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (RH) "Japan and Regional Choices" 1:00 p.m. Kotaro Inuzuka, Toyobo Company, Ltd. (FC) "Application of Smart Structure Technologies at TOYOBO" 1:20 p.m. Takeshi Myoi, Tokyo Electric Power Company (RD) "Strategies and Management of R&D at Tokyo Electric Power Company" 1:40 p.m. Takihiko Ashiya, Kansai Electric Power Company (RH) "Proposal of Strategic Viewpoints in Diversification Based on Analysis of Failures in the U.S. Telecommunication Industry"

12:00 p.m. Akira Kobayashi, Japan Patent Office (DO) "How to Handle Patents in Venture Companies" 12:20 p.m. Joseph Huang, AllCan Investment Company (MH) "Venture Capitals and Entrepreneurship in the Silicon Valley and the Greater China Region" 12:40 p.m. Seishi Nakatani, Shiraimatsu Pharmaceutical (DO) "Evaluation of the IT Industry Potential" 1:00 p.m. Tetsuo Fujita, Japan Research Institute (GS) "The Role of Information Technology on the Economic Development of Japan" 1:20 p.m. Makoto Kawashima, Ministry of Finance (DO) "Recent Changes to the Banking Business Model and the U.S. Response" 1:40 p.m. Eui Yong Chung, Samsung Company (GS) "Collaboration Between the U.S. and Korea in the Semi-Conductor Industry"

Although China's software industry has grown substantially over the past decade, it could have grown even more had it not been for several obstacles, the most important being rampant violations of the copyrights of software developers. In response to this situation, software companies and associations, domestic and foreign, have lobbied the Chinese government to adopt policies to help the industry. While they have had some lobbying success, in part thanks to both companies and relatively vibrant associations, the industry still faces large hurdles, and a basic dilemma: if it is to fully grow, the industry needs the government to adopt (and implement) more favorable policies, but the government for the moment is likely to be more influenced to adopt policies favored by competing interests that are economically and politically more powerful than the software industry. Scott Kennedy is an assistant professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University. He received his Ph.D in political science from George Washington University in 2002. His dissertation, "In the Company of Markets: The Transformation of China's Political Economy", examines the growth in business influence on the policy making process in China. He recently finished editing a book, "China Cross Talk: The American Debate over China Policy since Normalization, A Reader" which is an anthology of op-eds, congressional testimony, speeches and editorial cartoons that present the most memorable scenes from the debate of the past quarter century. Kennedy has published articles in numerous popular and academic periodicals, including The China Quarterly, Problems of Post-Communism, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the China Business Review. From 1993 to 1997, Kennedy was a research assistant at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. He received his M.A. in international relations from Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in 1992 and his B.A. in foreign affairs from University of Virginia in 1989. He has lived in China off and on for four years since the late 1980s, and has traveled throughout East Asia.

Ambassador Kato will give a brief talk after which he would like to spend the rest of the hour answering your questions about the relationship between the United States and Japan. Brief Biography of Ryozo Kato, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America Ryozo Kato was appointed ambassador of Japan to the United States on November 8th. Ambassador Kato graduated from Tokyo University, faculty of law, in 1965, whereupon he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan. He has held numerous posts in the Ministry, including posts director of the Security Affairs Division (1981-1984), Treaties Division (1984-1987), General Affairs Division (1990-1992), North American Affairs Bureau (1992-1994) and as director-general of the Asian Affairs Bureau (1995-1997) and the Foreign Policy Bureau (1997-1999). Most recently, Ambassador Kato was the deputy minister for Foreign Affairs at the Ministry from 1999-2001. He is married to Hanayo and they have three children.