The Event
Latin America and the Caribbean has achieved great accomplishments in agricultural development, renewable energies and innovation in social policies. Meanwhile, Japan continues to strengthen its economic and commercial ties with the region to support its growth in the coming decades, which will generate various opportunities and synergies in these and other sectors.
In that sense, the objective of the event is to expand and strengthen the commercial ties between Japan and Latin American and the Caribbean countries (LAC) and to provide a better understanding of investment and trade opportunities.
High ranking government officials and private sector leaders of both regions will share their perspectives about the future challenges and opportunities to expand and strengthen economic and cooperation ties between both regions. The forum will address issues such as the economic and commercial relations between Japan and Latin America and the Caribbean, investment in quality infrastructure, collaboration in innovation and entrepreneurship, and financing for emerging markets.
Panel Discussions
Japan and LAC economic and trade relationships
Quality Infrastructure Investment
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Responsible Investing
Business Site Visits and JETRO Seminar
ICT and Smart Life
Site visit will include experiencing NEC Group’s ICT core assets, including IoT-related solutions, security, and smart energy. Then, the group will proceed to learn people’s future lives with various advanced consumer electronics and household equipment at home in the years from 2020 through 2030 at Panasonic.
Innovation in automobile
The group will visit Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) to learn about innovations and new technologies on automatic driving, safety protection, and clean energy including carbon dioxide emissions.
Robotics and Future
The group will visit Robotics Tsukuba to learn robotics in the area of search and rescue, transportation, and patient care.
Japanese Food Business
Site visit includes a distribution center and a leading supermarket to understand the strict requirements and attention to detail prevalent in the Japanese food business.
Seminar
Experts from the Japan Export and Trade Organization (JETRO) will explain the way in which JETRO supports Japanese SMEs in developing business: by conducting marketing research and exploring business ideas, etc.