The symposium "Next-Generation Cyber Infrastructure as a Lifeline," hosted by the University of Tokyo's Collaborative Research Organization for Next-Generation Cyber Infrastructure, was held on Tuesday, March 26, from 9:50 AM to 3:00 PM.
★ Website for "Next-Generation Cyber Infrastructure as a Lifeline"
https://lifeline.nakao-lab.org/english.html
The Collaborative Research Organization for Next-Generation Cyber Infrastructure at the University of Tokyo, which is engaged in research and development, societal implementation, and talent cultivation for the "cyber infrastructure integrating information communication and computing" that will serve as humanity's "lifeline" in the Beyond 5G era, hosted the symposium.
Together with leading companies, the event discussed the future of industry-academia collaboration and international cooperation essential for advancing this field. The symposium attracted many participants interested in the utilization and societal implementation of next-generation information and communication technologies.
【Speakers】 ＊In no particular order, titles and affiliations are as of the time of the event.
- Yasuhiro Kato (Dean at the School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo)
- Muneo Gomi (Vice President, Ando-Hazama Corporation)
- Hiroyuki Kunibu (President, All Nippon Airways Trading Co., Ltd.)
- Nishihara Motoo (NEC Corporation, Corporate Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, and Head of Global Innovation Business Unit)
- Hajime Nakamura (KDDI Corporation Executive Officer, Representative Director and President of KDDI Research Institute, Inc.)
- Katsuhiko Kawazoe (Executive Vice President, Senior Executive Officer, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
- Shingo Kinoshita (Senior Vice President, Head of R&D Planning Department, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
- Riaki Hoshino (Executive Vice President, Senior Executive Officer, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation Co., Ltd.)
- Yutaka Otsuki (Vice President of the First Development Division of KWIC Wireless Networks, Kyocera Corporation)
- Matti Latva-aho (Director of 6G Flagship, Professor, Centre for Wireless Communications, University of Oulu, FINLAND, Global Fellow, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN)
- Akihiro Nakao (Director of the Next-Generation Cyber Infrastructure Collaboration Research Institute, Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo)