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13th German-Japanese Symposium

Date & Time: September, 13.-14. 2010
Venue: Saji Keizo Memorial Hall/ 10F, Osaka University Nakanoshima Center, 4-3-53, Osaka
Registration: Participant: JPY55,000, Student:  JPY10,000

On the occasion of the 13th German-Japanese Symposium, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Radu Popescu-Zeletin of Fraunhofer-Institute FOKUS as well as Mr. Berthold Butscher, Vice Director of Fraunhofer-Institute FOKUS, will be a member of the Committee Co-Chairs.
Ms. Linda Strick, Project Manager of Electronic Government and Applications of Fraunhofer-Institute FOKUS will hold a speech on the topic "CLOUD COMPUTING - PERSPECTIVES FOR THE NETWORKS".
For about 30 years the GJS has been a major driver in successfully facilitating the exchange of viewpoints and information on telecommunications, IT and media among German and Japanese specialists and leaders from related industries, government and academia. At this symposium, accomplishments, problems, and emerging expectations of next generation networks from a broad range of viewpoints will be reviewed.

For more information and registration, please visit the official website.

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Monday, September 13, 2010 (DAY-1)

9:00-10:30  SESSION 1 :  OPENING SESSION

Co-Chairs:

Prof. Dr. Haruhisa Ichikawa, Department of Human Communication, Faculty of Electro-Communications, The University of Electro-Communications
Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Arnold Picot, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Opening address:

Mr. Hiromichi Shinohara, Director and Senior Vice President, Research and Development Planning Department, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Arnold Picot, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
 
Keynotes:

Dr. Hideo Miyahara, President, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Mr. Alf Henryk Wulf, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG


11:00-12:30  SESSION 2 :  "OVERVIEW OF NGN DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT"

Co-Chairs :

Mr. Kazuo Hagimoto, Director, NTT Science and Core Technology Laboratory Group, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
Dr. Karl-Heinz Neumann, General Manager, WIK Wissenschaftliches Institut für Infrastruktur und Kommunikationsdienste GmbH

Speakers:

Mr. Gerd Eickers, President, The Association of Telecommunications and Value-Added Service Providers (VATM)

Mr. Kaoru Kenyoshi, Chief Manager, Carrier Network Business Planning Division, NEC Corporation Vice Chairman, ITU-T SG11
Mr. Bruno Orth, Senior Vice President Strategy and Architecture, Service Headquarters, Group Technology, Deutsche Telekom AG
Dr. Makoto Takano, Director, NTT-WEST Research and Development Center, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)

Lunch

14:00-15:30  SESSION 3 :  "CLOUD COMPUTING - PERSPECTIVES FOR THE NETWORKS"

Co-Chairs :
Dr. Yoshihiro Fujita, Executive Research Engineer, Science & Technical Research Laboratories, JAPAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (NHK)
Mr. Berthold Butscher, Vice Director, Fraunhofer-Institute FOKUS

Speakers:

Mr. Gohta Iwanami, President, Infocity
Dr. Kunio Kashino, Supervisor, Senior Research Engineer, NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
Dr. Tomohiro Kudoh, Group Leader, Grid Infraware Research Group, Information Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Ms. Linda Strick, Project Manager, Electronic Government and Applications, Fraunhofer-Institute FOKUS
Mr. Michael Thatcher, Regional Technology Officer, Microsoft Asia, Microsoft

16:00-17:30  SESSION 4 :  "FUTURE OF THE INTERNET, TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS AND CHALLENGES"

Co-Chairs :

Dr. Naoto Kadowaki, Executive Director, New Generation Wireless Communications Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Prof. Dr. Jöerg Eberspächer,  Technische Universität München

Speakers:

Mr. Thomas Michael Bohnert, Coordinator, Future Internet Research, SAP Research CEC Zurich
Dr. Toshiyuki Kanoh, General Manager, System Platforms Research Labs, NEC Central Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation
Prof. Dr. Hiroyuki Morikawa, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Prof. Dr. Yuji Oie, Department of Computer Science and Electronics, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Dr. Masami Yabusaki, President & CEO, DOCOMO Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH
Prof. Dr. Martina Zitterbart, Head of Institute of Telematics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

18:30-20:30  Symposium Reception


Tuesday, September 14, 2010 (DAY-2)

9:00-10:30  SESSION 5 :  "SERVICE DEPLOYMENT PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS"

Co-Chairs :

Dr. Fumiaki Sugaya, Executive Director, KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc.
Prof. Dr. Hendrik Berndt, Senior Vice President, DOCOMO Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH

Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Kazuo Hashimoto, Professor, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h. c. Kurt Rothermel, Head of Institute, Institut für Parallele und Verteilte Systeme, Universität Stuttgart
Dr. Hideharu Suzuki, Manager of Network Services and Architecture Group, Core Network Development Department, Rearch and Development Center, NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Mr. Paolo Traverso, Director, Center for Information Technology- IRST, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK)

11:00-12:30  SESSION 6 :  "ECONOMICAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE EVOLUTION OF COMPUTER NETWORK"

Co-Chairs :

Prof. Dr. Osamu Sudoh, Graduate school of Interdisciplinary Informatics, The University of Tokyo
Prof. Dr. Michael Dowling, Innovation and Technology Management, University of Regensburg

Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Michael Dowling, Innovation and Technology Management, University of Regensburg
Prof. Dr. Motoshige Itoh, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo
Prof. Dr. Masaru Kitsuregawa, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Dr. Nikolaus Mohr, Executive Partner, Accenture GmbH
Mr. Sanya Uehara, Senior Vice President, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.
Prof. Dr. Franz Waldenberger, Director of the Japan Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Lunch

14:00-15:30  SESSION 7 :  "ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT OF THE FUTURE INTERNET"

Co-Chairs :

Prof. Dr. Kenji Naemura, Visiting Professor, Institute of Information Security 
Mr. Frank Koch, Infrastructure Architect, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH

Speakers:

Dr. Morito Matsuoka, Executive Director, NTT Energy and Environment Systems Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
Dr. Christoph Mayer, Director, R&D Division Energy, OFFIS
Mr. Luis Neves, Head Corporate Responsibility, Deutsche Telekom AG
Dr. Yoshizumi Serizawa, Senior Research Scientist, Sector Leader, Communication Systems, System Engineering Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI)

16:00-17:30  SESSION 8 :  
GOLOBAL SESSION: "ICT FOR BOTTOM OF PYRAMID; COOPERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES"

Co-Chairs :

Mr. Mikio Yamamoto, Principal, A.T. Kearney K.K.
Prof. Dr. Heinz Thielmann, Director, Emphasys GmbH

Speakers:

Mr. Hajime Kii, Managing, Director, Grobal Business Division, NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Dr. Horst Melcher, President, Deutsche Telekom K.K.
Dr. Karl-Heinz Neumann, General Manager, WIK Wissenschaftliches Institut fur Infrastruktur und Kommunikationsdienste GmbH
Prof. Masaharu Okada, General Counsel, International Legal Division, University-Industry International Collaboration Center, Executive Director for Grameen Creative Lab @ Kyudai, Kyushu University
Prof. Dr. Heinz Thielmann, Director, Emphasys GmbH