IFIL.CH Journey 2009 visits Gaipro

A group of 8 students from various Swiss universities visited Gaipro on August 25, 2009. They were part of the IFIL.CH Journey 2009 to Japan which took place from August 22 to September 5. IFIL.CH was founded in December 2006 by six students of the University of Geneva, Bern and St. Gallen with the goal to encourage intercultural learning through different projects. Previous projects in the form of journeys have included far flung destinations such as Venezuela, New York, Israel/Palestine just to name a very few.

Gaipro was very happy to be included in their Japan itinerary. The objective of IFIL's Japan trip was to get a firsthand look how Japan deals with the current set of challenges in its economy, political system as well as its society. After a short Japanese style lunch Gaipro's Martin Stricker gave a brief presentation on some of the following topics:


1) Hurdles for startup companies in Japan
2) Is Japan innovative?
3) Japanese day-today business life

The discussion that followed the presentation was very active and the live simulation of a Japanese style meeting added a humorous touch to the entire visit.





Last but not least we would like to thank Mr. Dominique Ursprung and Mr. Simon Kneubuehl for their excellent organization and hope that the IFIL.CH Journey 2009 to Japan was a big success.