Alibaba Japan Supplier Day

On 15 November 2011, the 3rd Alibaba Japan Supplier Day was held
in Tokyo. This exclusive event is held twice a year for Alibaba World Passport Members. A total of 395 attendees from 330 companies participated in this event, which consisted of a seminar and a banquet.

In the seminar, we had a localization seminar, followed by a panel discussion, a special guest speech and a Alibaba Supplier Award ceremony which awarded the best suppliers of 2011 in Japan.
In the banquet, the suppliers had fruitful time sharing information frankly.

• Opening Remarks:
  Makoto Koyama - President of Alibaba.com, Japan
  
  
• Localization Map - How to Sell to the World
  Mr. Anzai and Mr. Nakabayashi - Industrial Designers
  
  
• Panel Discussion - How to make a successful overseas development
  Moderator: Makoto Koyama
  Panelist: Mr. Kazuki Moribe (Expert of overseas business)
  Panelist: Mr. Kazunori Yanase (One of our successful suppliers)
  
  
• Keynote - Structural Transformation of the Global Economy
  Prof. Eisuke Sakakibara “Mr.Yen” - Aoyama University

The banquet afterwards was well-received. There were a total of 10 tables, where suppliers from a certain industry were seated together so that they could share their insight and experience with each other. Suppliers were particularly interested in chatting with the winners and finding out about their best-practices.