This closed-door symposium is co-organized by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the US Embassy in Japan, SPRIE-Stanford Project on Japanese Entrepreneurship (STAJE) of Stanford University, and the University of Tokyo (Science Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development SEED, Division of University Corporate Relations DUCR). The event in 2012 will focus on new generation Japanese entrepreneurs and the central role of venture capital in Japan's entrepreneurial ecosystem. SPRIE faculty co-director Professor Bill Miller, and SPRIE-STAJE project leader Robert Eberhart will serve as discussants/commentators at the event.

For information about the 2011 Symposium, please click here for the press release by the U.S. Department of State, and here for more details.