How can I say "we met at x event" politely in an email?

Question

I'm trying to email someone pretty high up in a company and want him to remember who I am.

Edit: I met him briefly at a trade show. We exchanged business cards and spoke for less than five minutes.

Should I use:

お目にかかりました

or, what I think is probably more appropriate, an expression using some kind of 授受表現 like

お目にかからせていただきました

お会いしていただきました

お会いさせていただきました

or something similar? I have a feeling there's a kanji word for this kind of situation, but I don't know what it is.

Have you spoken with that person, or just saw that person? It depends on that. — , Jul 20 '12 at 14:23

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 20 '12 at 16:52

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I think the best choice would be:

({先日 / [date] に} [event]で) お目にかかりました

I think this would also work:

ご挨拶させていただきました

These sound a bit awkward to me:

お目にかからせていただきました

お会いしていただきました

お会いさせていただきました

edited Jul 20 '12 at 16:52

Flaw

answered Jul 20 '12 at 13:24

oldergod · Answer 2 · 2012-07-20T23:57:54.513

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if you really 'met' him, like greeting and not just saw him from far away you could say something like:

ご挨拶させて頂きました。
ご紹介させて頂きました。

etc.

edited Jul 20 '12 at 23:57

answered Jul 20 '12 at 06:57

oldergod

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We don't say 「お」挨拶... We'd say ご挨拶させていただきました... I think ご紹介させていただきました means "I introduced (someone) to you". (I think the を is normally left out) – Jul 20 '12 at 13:06
Note: not お挨拶, but ご挨拶 basically ご is used for kanji-characters (jukugo), and お is used more hiragana characters. お会い: ok, ご会い: ng, but お挨拶: ng, ご挨拶: ok – Jun Mukai Jul 20 '12 at 09:17

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