The 2014 JASC Spring Luncheon, Innovation Excellence, will feature: Mr. Takashi Hatchoji (Chairman of Hitachi America, Ltd.) and Mr. Ira Shapiro (Former US Trade Ambassador under the Clinton Administration.)  Hitachi Ltd. is a Japanese company that operates in 11 business segments and ranked 38 on the Fortune Global 500 in 2012. Ira Shapiro was involved in the NAFTA negotiations and US-Japan trade talks during the 1990's. Other speakers of note include Denver Mayor Hancock and Mr. Paul Washington, Director of the Denver Office of Economic Development.