Join the #1 nationwide community gathering of US-Japan interests in the US this year, here in downtown Portland!
Leaders join from around the US and Japan.
JASO is honored to welcome the National Association of Japan America Societies (NAJAS) Annual Meeting this August. NAJAS brings top experts from the US and Japan into Portland to discuss the latest in the US-Japan relationship. More than 140 attendees are signed up, including 28 representatives from Tokyo, Hokkaido, Kumamoto, and Fukuoka.
For the first time ever, NAJAS is opening some of its most consequential discussions to members of the hosting Japan America Society. The full schedule has been announced. Naturally, NAJAS reserves the right to change or adjust the schedule or speakers if needed.
8:15am WELCOME
- Andrew Wylegala, President, NAJAS
- Masayuki Yamaguchi, Chair, JASO
- Kazuo Okamoto, Executive Director, America Japan Society, Tokyo
8:30-8:50am OPENING REMARKS
- U.S., Japan and Asia in 2025 Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki (via video)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Japan, Korea & Mongolia Robert Koepcke, Department of State
8:50-9:35am ALLIANCE PANEL
U.S., Japan and Asia in 2025
- Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Koepcke
- Ambassador David Shear, NAJAS Secretary
- Emma Chanlett-Avery, Deputy Director, Asia Society Policy Institute, NAJAS Vice Chair
- Moderator: Ambassador Kurt Tong, NAJAS Chair
9:45am-12:00pm INDUSTRY PANELS (held consecutively)
U.S. Japan Synergy and High Technology
- Genta Ando, Executive Director, JETRO
- Anita Rajan, General Director, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC
- William Chou, Deputy Director, Japan Chair at Hudson Institute
- Moderator: Mr. Jacob Schlesinger, President & CEO, The United States-Japan Foundation
U.S.-Japan Collaboration to Strengthen Workforce, for a Semiconductor Renaissance in the United States and Japan
- Jun Takei, Policy Director & Principal Engineer, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR
- Joseph Ritter, Director, Sales, JSR Micro
- Liam Dohn, Vice President & GM Sales, Tokyo Electron, US, Austin, TX
- Moderator: Dan Dias, Director, Economic Development Office, City of Hillsboro
12:30-2:00pm LUNCHEON
- Keynote Remarks from Japanese Ambassador to the United States Shigeo Yamada
- A Conversation with U.S. Ambassador Nina Hachigian, Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy
In addition to the panels and speakers, breaks and lunch include the opportunity for you to introduce yourselves and network widely among the more than 100 attendees from all over the US and Japan.
JASO recognizes and thanks Travel Portland for its work to support this gathering. JASO recognizes and thanks NAJAS local partners Mackenzie., and NAJAS national partners Hitachi High-Tech, NHK World Japan, and Japan Foundation New York, for helping to make these discussions possible.
Note: you may attend just one or two events if you are not able to be present throughout. However, fees remain the same, and are non-refundable.
The JASO Check-In desk is open from 8-8:15am, 8:40-8:50am, 9:35-9:45am, and 12:15-12:30pm. You only need to check-in once, when you first arrive. We reserve the right to make you wait to enter the convention meeting rooms until an appropriate break, should entering cause significant disruption.
