Events - Speaker

Energy Opportunity in the “Land of Living Skies”: A Primer on Booming Saskatchewan. Luncheon with Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources, the Honourable Bill Boyd.

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (CCCJ) will host a Joint Chambers of Commerce Innovative MBA and Professional Development  Programs Seminar and Reception on March 7 at Roppongi Hills. This event is aimed at Country Managers, Heads of HR and Professional Development program candidates.

Following the Seminar and Q&A period, the CCCJ has arranged for a partially-sponsored post-seminar networking reception at Roppongi Hills Club for participants.

Following the nuclear accident in Fukushima, there has been great concern throughout Japan on food safety. The issue of food safety is highly charged, and there are many conflicting sources of information,
not all of which has been correct. As consumers, we have a right to know. Is food in Japan really safe?

There will be two independent nuclear experts presented, Dr. Wade Allison of Oxford University (Author of "Radiation and Reason") and Dr. Akira Tokuhiro of the University of Idaho (Professor of Nuclear and Mechanical Engineering).

The ANZCCJ in corporation with the CCCJ bring you this special event that will give a fabulous insight into some of the world’s most iconic brands. This will be followed by a very interactive Q&A session and topped off with a delicious buffet meal and beers and wines. Interbrand has been publishing the world’s most well-known brand evaluation ranking “The Best Global Brands”. This annual ranking of the world's top brands is based on a unique methodology analyzing the many ways a brand touches and benefits an organization, including delivering on customer expectation.

The ANZCCJ in corporation with the CCCJ bring you this special event that will give a fabulous insight into some of the world’s most iconic brands. This will be followed by a very interactive Q&A session and topped off with a delicious buffet meal and beers and wines. Interbrand has been publishing the world’s most well-known brand evaluation ranking “The Best Global Brands”. This annual ranking of the world's top brands is based on a unique methodology analyzing the many ways a brand touches and benefits an organization, including delivering on customer expectation.

It is perhaps fitting that the final official posting of Ambassador Kensaku Hogen’s distinguished diplomatic career was as Japan’s Ambassador to Canada from 2001 to 2005, a country for which he had developed great affection and admiration.  It was his second tour of duty posted in Ottawa during a stellar diplomatic and governmental career that took him around the world and back including being assigned as;  the UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information under Kofi Annan, head of the Press and Information Department at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C.