Announcement
We had a successful symposium on "System Design in the Broadband Age" in October 2001. Since then, wired communications have changed greatly. The ITU lauded Japan as the most advanced country in terms of broadband technology, while the U.S. is lagging behind. On the other hand, few things have changed in the wireless policy. Many debates still continue as to whether the spectrum should be traded as a private property or opened as "commons." We are going to follow up on our 2001 symposium and discuss how to implement new policy for the next-generation Internet.
Information
- Date and Time: December 4, 2003, 13:00-18:00
- Venue: ARK Academy Hills (Akasaka,) 1-12-32 Ark Mori building west wing 36F, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Map (Only in Japanese) - Language: Japanese / English (with simultaneous interpretation)
- Charge: ¥3,000 (an official receipt will be issued)
- Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
- Sponsors: MPHPT, Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives), GLOCOM (Center for Global Communications International University of Japan)
- Contact: RIETI, KATO Yuki
Tel: 03-3501-8398 Fax: 03-3501-8416
* The symposium will be videotaped and broadcast via the Internet in the near future. Associated documents will also be available on the RIETI website.
Agenda
| Opening Speech: | |
| NEZU Risaburo (RIETI Director / Senior Executive Fellow, Fujitsu Research Institute) | |
| Keynote Speech: | |
| IKEDA Nobuo (RIETI Senior Fellow) Handout: "System Design in the Broadband Age" [PDF:216KB] |
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| Coordinator: | |
| IKEDA Nobuo (RIETI Senior Fellow) | |
| Lawrence LESSIG (Professor, Stanford Law School) | |
| Robert PEPPER (Chief of Policy Development, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)) | |
| SUZUKI Shigeki (Director of International Economic Affairs Division, Telecommunications Bureau, MPHPT) Reference: "Current Status of Japanese IT services (Data and statistics)" [PDF:299KB] |
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| HAYASHI Koichiro (Professor, Institute for Media and Communications Research, Keio University) | |
| NAKAMURA Ichiya (RIETI Consulting Fellow / Executive Director, Stanford Japan Center Research) |
| Discussion |
| Coordinator: | |
| IKEDA Nobuo (RIETI Senior Fellow) | |
| TAKEDA Yoshiyuki (Director of Radio Department, Telecommunications Bureau, MPHPT) Handout: "Radio Policy Vision & Strategy for Frequency Liberalization" [PDF:801KB] |
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| Robert PEPPER (Chief of Policy Development, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)) | |
| Lawrence LESSIG (Professor, Stanford Law School) | |
| Peter PITSCH (Director of Communications Policy, Intel Corporation) | |
| TANAKA Yoshihiro (Founder and President, FuuUn & Rivals, Ltd.) |
| Discussion |
Agenda
| "Next-Generation Wireless Technologies: Wi-Fi, UWB, SDR, and Beyond" | |
| Peter PITSCH (Director of Communications Policy, Intel Corporation) Handout: "Intel's Call for Worldwide Spectrum Reform" [PDF:44KB] Handout: "A Future Proof Spectrum Policy" [PDF:2.4MB] |
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| "Spectrum Buyouts: A Mechanism to Open Spectrum" | |
| IKEDA Nobuo (RIETI Senior Fellow) Handout: "Spectrum Buyouts: A Mechanism to Open Spectrum" [PDF:146KB] Presentation: "Spectrum Buyouts: A Mechanism to Open Spectrum" [PDF:237KB] |
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* Please note that the above program and speakers are subject to change.
