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2001 e-Silkroad in Sapporo Report |
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| "e-Silkroad in Sapporo/Dynamic Network Asia 2001",with the "e-Silkroad
Sapporo declaration" were adopted, and the "kick-off seminar" (the first
seminar) was started in June 2001. In the convention in September, about 80 companies (40 companies from Japan and 40 companies from 5 other overseas nations in Asia) sent IT companies and venture capital to Sapporo for display from Asian countries, such as Japan, South Korea, China, and India. Investment and matching businesses, personal exchange of IT persons concerned in Asia, the seminar session, and so forth were performed. The outline about "e-Silkroad in Sapporo" in 2001 introduced that the design of each region in Asia would be connected with man, technology, and information. |
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| e-Silkroad in Sapporo Event Outline |
 During
the e-Silkroad in Sapporo Event, 300
persons participated, such as Japan-South Korea IT researchers, business
staffs, and other persons conerned on June 20, 2001. The theme
was "exchange of technology, man, and investment in connection with IT
of Asia cooperation," "the formation of a city vision of Asia by the newest
IT technology," and etc. Session
seminars performed personal exchange in areas such as IT companies
and venture capital, investment, matching of businesses, and IT persons
concerned of Asia. From six Asian nations, about 80 companies (45 companies
from Japan and 35 companies from overseas), about 4000 persons, were mobilized
at the Sapporo Park Hotel on September 5. Moreover, the
support which amounts to no less than 50 companies centering on media
relation companies, such as domestic major IT companies, a
governmental agency, various organizations, broadcast, support, and cooperation
were gotten/achieved/were present, and it became the event of a maximum
scale, also a channel of exploitation. Moreover, it became the contents
which do not have a precedent in the whole country as an event which IT
staffs of Asian countries (mainly by Japan and South Korea) interchanged.
The exchange event of IT companies of Asia was the first also in Hokkaido. |
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| Exhibition Significance of e-Silkroad in Sapporo |
| The currency crisis of the 1990s is conquered. 5 - 7% of long-middle
term potential rate of growth is expected by positive IT information investment,
and the countries of East Asia are predicted that their substance GDP
will be set to Japan and that will be set in many countries by 2010. The brittle anchor (weak point) of each country which brings about imbalance of local development, such as technology, market and capital power in South Korea, contents in China, and the information infrastructure in Japan, is held in each country in the situation that Hokkaido cannot yet free itself from the structure of economic depression of Japan, and these weak points can induce true IT competitive power in Asia by fixing the organization which can complement a partnersÕ mutual weaknesses. Therefore, construction of the new network by the cooperation between Asian countries used Japan and South Korea as the core is called. It contributes to the digital network society used human being, nature, and culture as the core through IT industrial prosperity of Asia. It is necessary to promote the trial creates the enterprise model of local new culture or an area. From the viewpoint of "construction of the Asia e-Silk Road", "network construction of the central talented people of the Asia IT industry", and "network construction of the central talented people of the Asia IT industry" that was scheduled to hold "e-Silkroad in Sapporo" in Sapporo as the first step -- seeing -- it can be said that it was about a very big meaning also in the self-governing body in Japan |
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| The spread effect 1 of e-Silkroad in Sapporo |
| The e-Silkroad in Sapporo Event was taken up by the media, not only
by the newspapers or news programs, but by the entire country and gave
an impact to a self-governing community all over the country. Business,
IT-industry, and the Asia nations considered it as a big epoch-economy
event which Sapporo valley and Sapporo-city performed. Moreover, many people in the world know this event by the Internet broadcasting performed on real time and thought that they watched a replay. Furthermore, it came to be widely known for the following promotions by citizens. There were over 15 newspaper magazines reports, 10 news and other TV programs, advertisements 2 full pages, page for 3 minutes of Hokkaido newspaper, and a special feature article 2 full pages, related spot CM advertisement of STV, advertisements within a program of FM Hokkaido, Bic Camera, e-Silkroad cafŽ, Sapporo BizCafe, each Sapporo related bulletin board, etc., related mailing list etc. The special edition about an event was constructed by commercial broadcasting, and after the event obtained much concern. |
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| The spread effect 2 of e-Silkroad in Sapporo |
 It
is thought by Sapporo until now that many businessmen come to the international
and unique contents which were not seen, and the ripple effect of the
unique event of this Sapporo is high one beyond anticipation. The oral
tradition in all the opportunities from them (Major IT companies, such
as the university of the government persons concerned and the city persons
concerned, such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, South Korean Daejeon-city,
China Shenyang-city, Shenzhen-city, Bangladesh, and India, and each country,
the research organization persons concerned, Sony, FUJITSU, Hitachi, and
NTT, CTC, a Japan-South Korea woman enterpriser and the venture supporting
group of Japanese every place, the pro-gamer of South Korea and Japan,
etc.) who are opinion leaders is taken into consideration. They are 43
excellent lecturers to whom internationality is rich and plays an active
part in IT or the business front line, and persons concerned. Moreover,
it stems from this event and a role of a base for maintaining the continuous
relation with the every place region in Asia where e-Silkroad Cafe served
also as the showroom of birth and Sapporo-valley on the big camera Sapporo
inside of a shop is expected. Furthermore, in this event, a tie-up announcement
with the IT system company in Sapporo, such as the Hokkaido Nikko communication
and Hudson, is also made. The exhibition companies of Japan and South
Korea discussed the possibility as a complement function of difference
also at the event hall. The proceeding has already begun to be inquired.
After an event an exchange of mail of each company took place. It has
also come out of the motion that turned very much to business that an
exchange and a meeting of data take place frequently, and the potential
possibility to future also one very strong key-men who the economic channel
of South Korea determines migration to Sapporo. |
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| e-Silkroad in Sapporo executive committee official score |
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_ Supports 11 companies |