“Tokai 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 opinions exchanges with them.
  The MIC has decided to hold the fifth meeting of the regional panel discussion in Tokai and it is officially announced herein.
 

2.Outline of Regional Panel Discussion

(1) Time and date
  May 30 (Wed), 2012: 13:30~15:30
(2) Place
  Large hall, Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology 1F (4-1-35 Noritake Shinmachi, Nishi-ku, Nagoya City)
(3) Attendees (Honorifics omitted)
  Toshihiko Ohta: Mayor of Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture
  Yoshinobu Kawano: General Director of Industry Promotion Department, Chubu Economic Federation
  Naoki Tokitsu: CEO of IIC Corporation
  Yoshitsugu Hayashi: Director of International Research Center for Sustainable Transport and Cities, Professor of Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
  Takayuki Morikawa: Professor of Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
  Hiroyuki Watanabe: Chief Engineer of TOYOTA Motor Corporation
(4) Minute (plan)
  1. Basic ideas on new town development utilizing ICT
  2. Current state and issues of efforts concerning town development utilizing ICT in Tokai
  3. Free discussion
 

3.Others

  If you wish to sit in on the Tokai regional panel discussion, please check press release issued by the Tokai Regional Bureau of Telecommunications (http://www.soumu.go.jp/soutsu/tokai/topics/event/0517-1.htm) (you need to make a prior application)