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Automotive Seminar in Tokyo Brazil Automotive Market – Opportunities & Challenges for the Japanese Automotive Sector Automotive Seminar in Tokyo Brazil Automotive Market – Opportunities & Challenges for the Japanese Automotive sector To our Clients Thank you very much for supporting our business. We are very honoured and pleased to announce PwC Japan’s upcoming “Brazil Automotive Market – Opportunities & Challenges for the Japanese Automotive sector” seminar with our guest speaker, Mr Marcelo Cioffi, PwC Brazil’s Automotive Leader. In 2012, around 3.3 million cars were assembled in Brazil and this number is expected to increase by a further 2.2 million cars to 5.5 million by 2018. In addition, given the current economic position, size and population of around 190 million people, Brazil can be considered to be an attractive and strategic market for many global automotive companies. As a consequence, over recent times many Japanese automotive and parts manufacturers have been accelerating their expansion or entry into Brazil. Marcelo Cioffi will share his insights & perspectives about the Brazilian market as well as speak about the opportunities & challenges faced by the Japanese Automotive sector. We hope this seminar will help your Automotive business innovation. Sincerely yours, Katsunori Sasayama, Partner PwC Japan Automotive Leader Overview ■Date & Time： July 9th, 2012 – registration opens from 13:30 ■Venue： PricewaterhouseCoopers Co., Ltd. Tokyo Office 22F Room D+E+F Sumitomo Fudosan Shiodome Hamarikyu Bldg. 8-21-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo ■Language： English and Japanese(Interpretation will be available) ■ Target participants：Corporate Planning, R&D, and Control department from Automotive manufacturers and Parts suppliers that are considering entry or expansion into the Brazil automotive sector ■Admission： Free ■Access: • JR: Shimbashi Station, A3 Exit (8 minutes by walk) • Subway: Ginza Line, Shimbashi Station, A3 Exit (8 minutes by walk) • Subway: Asakusa Line, Shimbashi Station A4 Exit (7 minutes by walk) • Subway: Oedo Line, Shiodome Station (5 minutes by walk) • Yurikamome Line, Shiodome Station (5 minutes by walk) • Subway: Hibiya Line, Asakusa Line, Higashi Ginza Station, Nankai Bldg., Exit (9 minutes by walk) Automotive Seminar in Tokyo Brazil Automotive Market – Opportunities & Challenges for the Japanese Automotive sector ＜Time＞ ＜Contents＞ ＜Speakers＞ 13:30-14:00 Registration Katsunori Sasayama, Partner 14:00-14:05 Opening remarks PwC Japan Automotive Leader Global automotive trends and the strategic appeal of Brazil 14:05-15:05 • Automotive forecast in Brazil and Argentina Marcelo Cioffi, Partner PwC Brazil Automotive Leader 15:05-15:20 Q&A – Open forum 15:20-15:40 Coffee Break Brazil market and investment opportunities in Brazil • Recent and future investment of Automotive industry 15:40-16:55 • Foreign investment in Brazil Automotive industry Ricardo Pazzianotto, Advisory • Current and future issues and their resolution on Brazil Automotive Director industry PwC Brazil 16:55-17:10 Q&A – Open forum Shigeru Shiina, Partner 17:10-17:15 Closing remarks PwC Japan Automotive Sub- Leader About the Speaker Marcelo is PwC’s Automotive Industry Leader in Brazil. Graduated in Accounting and Business Administration, he holds an MBA in Finance and has 18 years of professional experience in auditing and consulting for large and medium-size companies in the automotive industry. Marcelo has also attended a two-year international secondment to PwC US’Detroit office. Marcelo Cioffi PwC Brazil Automotive Leader Ricardo is an Industrial Engineer with over 20 years of experience working for consulting companies, mainly for PwC. During the past 8 years, he has been involved on projects covering Strategy, Operations, Supply Chain Management, Management, Economics and Regulatory on Automotive Industry, Transportation and Logistic sectors. Ricardo is a Director in PwC’s Strategy and SCM Group and is also responsible for AUTOFACTS in Brazil. He has recently assisted several automotive multi-national companies to study the Automotive sector in Brazil, develop market entry strategies, identified locations to build their plants , and negotiate with the Federal, State and Municipal Governments for tax and financial incentives. Ricardo Pazzianotto Ricardo graduated in Mechanical/Industryal Engineering, Post-Graduated in Industrial Engineering and PwC Brazil Operation Administration. Advisory Director Registration Please register via the following website: http://www.pwc.com/jp/seminar8/ ■Privacy Policy PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata, PricewaterhouseCoopers Co., Ltd. recognizes that the appropriate handling of personal information is its social responsibility. We have adopted the following privacy policy which has been made known to all employees (including temporary staff and hereafter referred to as "all employees"). We will ensure that all practical measures are taken to protect personal information, as well as paying due attention to the handling of such information. （http://www.pricewaterhousecoopers.co.jp/e/privacy/index.html） Inquiries for this seminar PwC Japan Automotive Seminar contact：Kenichi Shimokawa Sumitomo Fudosan Shiodome Hamarikyu Bldg. 8-21-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku Tokyo 104-0061, Japan E-mail: kenichi.shimokawa @jp.pwc.com ©2012 PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata, PricewaterhouseCoopers Co., Ltd., All rights reserved. PwC refers to the PwC Network member firms in Japan and/or their specified subsidiaries, and may sometimes refer to the PwC Network. Each member firm is a separate legal entity. Please see www.pwc.com/structure for further details..
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