Sakura! is a new event co-sponsored by the JET Alumni Association of Northern California (JETAANC) and The Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco. The event will take place on Sunday, March 25, 2012 at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC) from 1:00-4:00 pm (registration begins at 12:30), followed by a networking reception from 4:00pm-6:00pm.

The event will include a Keynote Speaker and Panel Discussion featuring JET alumni. Afterwards attendees will be able to meet JET Alumni working in various fields and representatives from various organizations,companies and members of the Bay Area professional community during the networking reception. You will also have a chance to have your resume reviewed and discuss job hunting techniques with alumni.

For all JET alumni this is a great opportunity for you to make career contacts, catch up with old friends, and help recently-returned JETs – it’s your second chance to be a sempai all over again!!!!

This event is FREE for JET Alumni! Friends of JET Alumni and others interested in this event may also attend for a fee of $10 paid at the door FREE!

If would like to volunteer to help with this event or if your company or organization is interested in attending please contact Sakura! Coordinator Van Tran at  van.tran[at]jetaanc.org.

The Keizai Society will be having their next networking event on March 8 to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. See below for details:

Tohoku Transformation 1-Year Later: The US Role- March 8

Our distinguished speakers will discuss the new technologies used during the Tohoku disaster, and discuss what lies ahead in the drive to transform Tohoku, and Japan. Our mix of government and private-sector experts will review how Japan has overcome the immediate impact of the catastrophe, and the powerful role the Japan-US alliance played in the recovery.

Agenda
- Greetings: Hiroshi Inomata, Consul General of Japan in San Francisco
- Film Preview: Stu Levy, founder of TOKYOPOP, creator of a new film- Pray for Japan
- Keynote: Frank Clark, US Army Lt. Col, key leader in US rescue effort- Operation Tomodachi

Panel:
- John Raymont, nuclear energy industry veteran, President & CEO, Kurion Inc.
- Gaku Ueda, Head of the International Team & the Mobile Growth group, Twitter Inc.
- Ka-Ping Yee, Google Crisis Response team & architect of Google Person Finder, Google Inc.
- Richard Dasher (moderator), Director of US-Asia Technology Mgmt Center, Stanford Univ

Date: Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Registration/Networking: 5:00 P.M. – 9:30 P.M.
Venue: PARC (Palo Alto Research Center)

Registration: http://www.keizai.org