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• 5th Annual Women's Leadership Counts Conference - “Impact Leadership in the New Normal – VUCA World"

  • When
    Thursday, November 08, 2018
  •  
    2:30 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    InterContinental Los Angeles Century City at Beverly Hills (Los Angeles, CA)

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  5th Annual Conference
  

  Impact Leadership in the New Normal – VUCA World
  

  Thursday, November 8, 2018
  2:00-2:30pm Registration
  2:30-5:30pm Program
  5:30-6:30pm Networking Reception

  InterContinental Los Angeles Century City at Beverly Hills
  2151 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067
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  In 2014, the Japan America Society of Southern California's Women's Leadership Counts Initiative (WLCI) was created as a first-of-its-kind initiative to provide a platform for women in business on both sides of the Pacific to engage in professional and leadership development. 

  Together with our partner organizations, business executives and community leaders, the WLCI will create a network that inspires action and moves the needle on women's leadership.

  Impact Leadership in the New Normal – VUCA World

  Originally introduced in the 1990s by the US Army War College to describe a new world of military engagement, VUCA is an acronym for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. The VUCA concept also resonates with an increasing number of executives who are facing the constantly changing challenges brought on by politics, economics, society and technology. What this environment requires is truly strategic leaders–both women and men–who can adapt to changing conditions and navigate this uncharted terrain to be effective. To maximize global and diverse talent, leaders must be innovative, collaborative, decisive, adaptive and creative. Our speakers will share their success stories and challenges to survive and thrive in a VUCA world.  

  
  Who Should Attend

  Current and future corporate, business, academic, non-profit and entrepreneurial women and men leaders who value the U.S-Japan collaboration and wish to expand their networks.

  
  

  Why You Should Attend
  

  • LEARN from global leaders - Understanding the culture of the parent company, management, or client from Japan or overseas is key to having a successful career
  • DISCOVER your potential - Build leadership and management skills and navigate through unique corporate culture in a professional environment
  • INVEST in yourself – Exchange ideas as well as challenges you are facing with peers and mentors, and learn tactics to advance your career
  • BUILD your professional network – Meet a diverse group of women and men representing a wide variety of industries

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  Keynote Speaker

  
  

  RENEE WHITE FRASER, Ph.D. - BIO
  Founder & CEO, Fraser Communications

  Panelists

  
  

  LYNNE A. HUMENIK - BIO
  President & CEO, Hitachi Cable America Inc.

  
  

  
  

  RODERICK M. SHERWOOD III - BIO
  Managing Partner, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman, and CEO, Cinemoi North America LLC

  
  

  
  

  DENITA WILLOUGHBY - BIO
  Vice President, Supply Management and Logistics, Southern California Gas Company

  Moderator

  
  

  KAORI IIDA - BIO
  Los Angeles Bureau Chief, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.)
  Former Senior Economics Correspondent, Wash., D.C. News Bureau, NHK

  
  

  Admission
  

  $60 Members
  $75 Non-Members
  $115 Admission plus new 1 year JASSC Membership ($75 value)
  

  
  

  For attractive sponsorship opportunities, click here to download information or contact Kay Amano at amano@jas-socal.org or call 310-965-9050 ext 104.
  
  

  PRESENTING PARTNER
  

  
  

   
  

  GOLD SPONSOR

  
  

  
  

  SILVER SPONSORS

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Sanders Charitable Fund

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  TABLE SPONSORS

  Hitachi, Ltd.

  Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc.
  

  J.P. Morgan
  

  KPMG LLP

  
  

  COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS
  

  Asian American Professionals Association

  Koyamada International Foundation

  Little Tokyo Service Center
  

  Los Angeles Latino Chamber of Commerce

  National Association of Women Business Owners Los Angeles

  Women In International Trade - LA

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• Executive Chef Omakase Holiday Dinner at Shiki Beverly Hills

  • When
    Monday, December 03, 2018
  •  
    5:30 PM
  • Location
    Shiki Beverly Hills, 410 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

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  Monday, December 3, 2018 
  5:30pm Reception
  6:30pm Dinner

  
  
  

  Shiki Beverly Hills
  410 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

  Enjoy authentic, genuine Japanese dishes in the heart of Beverly Hills, through a 5-course Omakase menu and premium sake paring prepared by the Executive Chef of Shiki, Nao Sugiyama, and Michelin-starred Master Sushi Chef, Mori Onodera!
  

  Read the review of Shiki Beverly Hills by Jonathan Gold

  Admission
  $250 per guest, 5 course dinner with premium sake pairing

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• 7th Annual Japan Bowl of California

  • When
    Saturday, March 16, 2019
  •  
    8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)

  
                 
  
  

  
  

  Japanese Language & Culture Team Competition for High School Students

  To register a team for the competition, please follow this link: Japan Bowl® of California

  Saturday, March 16, 2019
  Registration - 8:00am - 9:00am
  Preliminary Rounds - 9:30am - 11:20am (Registration is Required)
  Championship Rounds - 1:15 - 4:00pm (Open to public, no registration is needed)
  Awards Ceremony - 4:30pm - 5:30pm

  Loyola Marymount University
  1 LMU Drive,
  Los Angeles, CA 90045
  

  Japan Bowl® of California is an academic team competition that tests the achievements and caliber of high school students who are studying the Japanese Language. This uniquely designed high school contest evaluates not only the students’ proficiency of the Japanese language, but also their knowledge about Japan as a country. Japan Bowl recognizes their efforts to study such a complex language and encourages these students to enhance their Japanese language skills even further each year. The competition format models popular quiz shows such as, “It’s Academic,” the longest-running television high school quiz show in the world. Teams sent to Japan Bowl® can compete at three different levels depending on how long they have studied Japanese. This challenging and exciting atmosphere created at Japan Bowl® will allow students of all levels to showcase their Japanese language skills and knowledge. Students will also have opportunities to make connections with new language partners from all over California who have a similar interest in Japanese.

  Championship Rounds and the Awards Ceremony is open to the public, we encourage you to attend and support the students!

  Please note absolutely no photography, video taping or audio recording is allowed during the competition.
  

  For additional details, visit www.jas-socal.org/JapanBowl

  2018 Major Sponsors

  We thank our generous sponsors and supporters for making Japan Bowl possible!

  

  Sanders Charitable Fund
  

     
  

    

  
  

  Japan Bowl^® is a registered trademark of The Japan-America Society of Washington, Inc. The Japan Bowl^® name and logo may be used only with the permission of The Japan-America Society of Washington, Inc.

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