Dear Members,

As you are aware, a NASSCOM delegation is visiting Japan from 13^th - 15^th June 2011. We would also like to inform you that Mr. Som Mittal, President - NASSCOM, would be delivering a Keynote Speech titled “Revitalizing Japan  - Partnering with India for transformation and globalization" at the Global ICT Summit on 14^th June 2011 from 14:55 - 15:25 hrs. The key speakers at the event include KDDI Corporation, Fujitsu Limited, NEC Corporation, NTT Communications and Sony.

Global ICT Summit 2011 - “ICT for Empowering People's Ties in Rebuilding Japan”

“Global ICT Summit 2011 (GIS2011)”is hosted by NIKKEI Inc. and supported by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC).

Dates: 13th & 14th June 2011

Venue: NIKKEI Hall (Ohtemachi, Tokyo, Japan)

Participation fee: Free (pre-registration required) (Registration Deadline – June 1 at 17:00 JST)

The main subject of the meeting is “ICT for Empowering People's Ties in Rebuilding Japan” to deal with how Japan can rebuild social infrastructure including electric power supply system, and ICT infrastructure to unite people, after the great earthquake inflicting devastating damage on eastern Japan last March. While suffering the damage, people have become aware that social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, were playing key roles in supplying many kinds of information on the earthquake, and significance of communication among suffering people in the disaster area is emphasized than ever. The people are now placing great expectations on ICT as social infrastructure bringing in human linkage, while they are anxious for rebuilding of physical infrastructure such as roads electric supply, and railways. The present Summit is intended to discuss roles to be played by ICT and policies to be sought hereafter and the like, based on lessons and reflections from the disaster in toto, by inviting executive managers of ICT relevant companies and policy makers from both inside and outside Japan.

For further details, please refer to http://www.ict-summit.jp/2011/en/program.html. Incase you are interested in participating, please click on http://www.ict-summit.jp/2011/en/registration.html.

Thank you.

Dear Members,

The 59th India IT Club meeting is scheduled on June 13th 2011 at the Embassy of India in Tokyo from 6 PM Japan time.

A NASSCOM delegation, led by its President - Mr. Som Mittal - is visiting Japan from June 13th to 15th. They will join the India IT Club meeting on the 13th where Mr. Mittal shall share with us the latest on what's happening in the Indian IT and BPO industries. We shall also have a free flowing interaction with Mr. Mittal centering around IT opportunities in Japan. This will be followed by a networking dinner.

Kindly register for the meeting in advance by clicking on the "Online Meeting Registration" link on the home page of the India IT Club website.

Detailed Agenda:

18:00-18:45 - Registration with Tea/Coffee and Snacks
18:45-19:00 - Opening remarks by Mr. Arun Goyal, Minister Economic & Commercial.
19:00-19:30 - Presentation and Discussion by Mr. Som Mittal (President - NASSCOM)
19:30-20:00 - Q&A
20:00-20:10 - Vote of Thanks
20:10 - Networking Dinner

* Attendance charges - JPY 2000 per head, payable at the venue during registration before the programme starts.

Thank you.

Dear Members,

The 59th India IT Club Meeting is scheduled to be held on June 13, 2011 at the Embassy of India in Tokyo.

Venue: Embassy of India, Tokyo

Time: 18:00 JST

Please click on the Online Meeting Registration link on the Home Page to register for the meeting.

Thank you.

Dear Members,

The 58th India IT Club Meeting is scheduled to be held on April 21, 2011 at the Embassy of India in Tokyo.

Venue: Embassy of India, Tokyo

Time: 18:00 JST

Agenda: Cloud Computing creating challenge for network security

Panel Members:

• Yasu Hosoya, Managing Director, FLAG Telecom Japan Limited heads up Reliance Globalcom's local operation in Japan
• Mahendra Negi, COO/CFO. Trend Micro Inc.

Obento Dinner: JPY 2000 / person

Please click on the Online Meeting Registration link on the Home Page to register for the meeting.

You may contact Mr. Harsh Obrai (Director, India IT Club) for any clarifications (090-6654-0574).

Thank you.