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METI Minister Nishimura Attends the Conference on Public-Private Collaboration for Encouraging Startups to Expand Business Overseas

April 11, 2023

On April 11 (Tue.), 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) jointly held the Conference on Public-Private Collaboration for Encouraging Startups to Expand Business Overseas, and Mr. Nishimura Yasutoshi, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, attended the conference. The conference brought together the representatives of startups that are making progress in overseas business expansion,  leading companies that are expected to become business collaboration partners for the startups, and the executives and young staffs from administrative organizations that support such startups in expanding their businesses overseas. These participants held discussions on future collaboration.

1. Overview

2. Program of the conference

Part 1: Facilitating Collaboration between Startups and Leading Companies

  1. Opening remarks
  2. Presentations by startups making progress in overseas business expansion
  3. Pitches by selected startups under the fourth round of the J-Startup program
  4. Presentations by Keidanren member companies
  5. Presentations by administrative organizations

Part 2: Networking for Encouraging Startups to Expand Business Overseas

  1. Opening remarks
  2. Networking between startups, leading companies and administrative organizations
  3. Closing remarks
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