“Tohoku Regional Panel Discussion for Commission on Town Development utilizing ICT and Global Expansion” to be held

1.Background

  The MIC has held “Commission on Town Development utilizing ICT and Global Expansion” convened by the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications from December 2011 in order to deliberate on the state of new town development utilizing ICT, measures for promotion toward its realization and for global expansion of new town development models utilizing ICT with a view to develop new cities utilizing ICT.
  It is planned that the regional panel discussion will be held in about five places nationwide to reflect comments of parties concerned of town development such as local residents, local business communities and municipality etc. that play an important role in regional town development in deliberations at the Commission through opinion exchanges with them.
  The MIC has decided to hold the third meeting of the regional panel discussion in Tohoku and it is officially announced herein.
 

2.Outline of Regional Panel Discussion

  (1) Time and date
  May 10 (Thu), 2012: 15:00-17:00
  (2) Place
  Tohoku Regional Bureau of Telecommunications, 2F Main Conference Room 3-2-23 Honcho, Aoba-ku, Sendai (in the Sendai second government building)
  (3) Attendees (Honorifics omitted)
     (i) Members of Commission
     Motoyuki Oka: Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sumitomo Corporation
     Osamu Sudoh: Dean of the University of Tokyo Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies
    Teruyasu Murakami: Chairman of the Research Institute for Industrial Strategy
     (ii) Parties concerned of town development
     Isoo Sasaki: Mayor of Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture
     Yoshitaka Shibata: Vice President of Iwate Prefectural University
     Shigeo Suzuki: Mayor of Kuzumaki Town, Iwate Prefecture
     Yoshiaki Nemoto: Emeritus Professor of Tohoku University
     Hashiura Ryuichi: Former Chairman of Youth Group, Sendai Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  (4)Minute (plan)
     1.Basic ideas on new towndevelopment utilizing ICT
     2.Current state and issues of efforts concerning towndevelopment utilizing ICT in Tohoku
     3.Free discussion