PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 22 April 2008 -- The IEEE “Global Standards, Local Benefits” seminar will bring together leaders from industry and regional standards organizations to address the issues faced by today's policy makers and industry leaders, emphasizing how local entities can participate in and make use of global standards and best practices.
Hosted by the IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group in collaboration with Sony Corporation the conference will be held 14 May 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. The seminar will cover topics such as the IEEE-SA and global standards; the IEEE-SA Corporate Program; the Corporate Program's Intellectual Property Rights policy; and the entity standards process.
In addition, Japanese government ministries responsible for standardization will also make presentations. Technical topics slated to be addressed include battery standards, design automation, broadband over power lines, cognitive radio, carrier Ethernet, IEEE 802.16™/WiMax, and IEEE 802.20™ Mobile Broadband Wireless. Keiji Kimura, EVP and Officer in Charge of Technology Strategy of Sony Corporation will be the Keynote Speaker for the seminar. The initial list of program participants includes:
• IBM Corporation, Dr. W. Charlton Adams, Jr.
• Sony Corporation, Keiji Kimura
• Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Masao Matsumoto
• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI); Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC), Kyoichi Hirota
• Hewlett-Packard Company, Steven M. Mills
• Nortel , Dr. Bilel Jamoussi
• Mentor Graphics Corporation, Dennis B. Brophy
• Sony Corporation, Mikio Mukai
• NEC System Technologies, Ltd., Satoshi Kojima
• Fujitsu Microelectronics Ltd., Takashi Hasegawa
• Panasonic, Masato Ohura
• Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Thomas Lee
• National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Hiroshi Harada
• KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc., Kazunori Takeuchi
• Nortel Networks, Kenji Amemiya
• KDDI Corporation, Dr. Hideo Okinaka
• Qualcomm, Kazuhito Ishida and KTRC, Radhakrishna Canchi
The seminar website has been updated to include more detailed information regarding the seminar, including abstracts and speaker bios. To view the most up to date information about the seminar, as well as the full agenda, abstracts, and speaker bios, or to register for this free event, please visit: http://standards.ieee.org/corpforum/japan/index.html. Online registration ends 7 May 2008.
About the IEEE Standards Association
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About IEEE
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