Publications & Events
KEYNOTE EVENT | Changes in economic and financial developments and corporate management amid the COVID-19 catastrophe
Tuesday, October 6, 2020, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. JST (GMT+9:00)
Keynote speaker:
- Masayuki Oku, Honorary Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Moderator:
- Aiko Doden, Special Affairs Commentator, NHK
WEBINAR 1 | Somewhere over the hydrogen rainbow? Views on hydrogen's role in regional energy transition
Wednesday, October 7, 2020, Time to be confirmed
Speakers:
- Graham Bennett FEI, Head of Energy Transition and Vice President, DNV GL - Oil & Gas, UK & West Africa
- Yoshinori Kanehana, Representative Director and Chairman of the Board, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Nobuo Tanaka, Former Executive Director, The International Energy Agency (IEA), and Special Advisor, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
- Sacha Thacker, Chief Strategy Officer, InterContinental Energy
- Adeline Pang, Partner, White & Case, Melbourne
Moderator:
- Alexander Woody, Partner, White & Case, Tokyo
WEBINAR 2 | US Supreme Court to reconsider IP protection for software: How you can prepare
Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. JST (GMT+9:00)
Speakers:
- Stefan Mentzer, Partner, White & Case, New York
- Scott Weingaertner, Partner, White & Case, New York
Moderator:
- Dr. David Albagli, Local Partner, White & Case, Tokyo
WEBINAR 3 | Competitor JVs and collaborations in the automotive industry: Navigating the roadblocks
Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. JST (GMT+9:00)
Speakers:
- Dr. Matthias Kiesewetter, Partner, White & Case, Hamburg/Frankfurt
- Dr. Tilman Kuhn, Partner, White & Case, Düsseldorf/Brussels
- Martin Toto, Partner, White & Case, New York
- Howard Wettan, Partner, White & Case, Silicon Valley
Moderators:
- Brian Strawn, Partner, White & Case, Tokyo
- Shintaro Kitayama, Associate, White & Case, Tokyo
WEBINAR 4 | Accelerating digital transformation in "smart infrastructure": Perspectives on IoT, antitrust, and data privacy issues
Thursday, October 15, 2020, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. JST (GMT+9:00)
Speakers
- James Miller, Chair, The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ)
Task Force on the New Digital Agenda - Yoshitaka Sugihara, Vice President, The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
- Toshio Dokei, Partner, White & Case, Tokyo
- Tim Hickman, Partner, White & Case, London
Moderator:
- Arthur M. Mitchell, Senior Advisor, White & Case, Tokyo
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