The 2nd Form(September 18-20, 2007)
On Sept. 18 through 20, 2007 the 2nd ICT Triangle Forum was held at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications (BUPT) in China. This trilateral event was set out to enhance collaborative interaction for research and education within the Triangle, the three institutes in Japan, China, and Korea whose major academic disciplines are Information and Communications Technology.
Following the 1st Forum held on Aug. 7 through 9, 2006 here at UEC, the Triangle’s coordination and cooperation led this Forum to success again with multiple interactive events of academic and student exchanges.
UEC sent 19 faculty members (5 grad students included) to participate in Academic Exchange Program and 11 students in Student Exchange Program, and Korea’s ICU sent 2 faculty members and 7 students. As it had been expected, an exceedingly large number of BUPT members participated.
Four main events took place in the 2nd Forum:
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Academic Exchange Program
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Student Exchange Program
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Coordination and Cooperation Meeting
- Technical Tour
1. Academic Exchange Program
As for the Academic Exchange Program, the International Symposium on Advanced ICT (AICT2007) hosted by the Triangle and the International Conference on Broadband Network and Multimedia Technologies (IC-BNMT2007) hosted by BUPT and China Institute of Communications were jointly held.
Close to 150 participated in the program, including those from other institutes and business enterprises. Starting with the plenary session on the morning of Sept. 19, in which Prof Tetsuya MIKI, UEC made the keynote address, for the two days presentations in the field of ICT were made in 4 sessions and produced wide-ranging information exchange.
 The Forum site, on-campus accommodation with high-tech facility for int’l exchanges |
 The site with break & banquet space |
 Prof. LIN, Jington, BUPT President in his address |
 Prof. MA, Yan, the plenary session emcee |
 Prof. MIKI, Tetsuya making the keynote address in the plenary session |
 Prof. NISHINO, Tetsuro making a presentation in AICT2007 |
 Assc Prof. YAMAGUCHI, Kazuhiko making a presentation in AICT2007 |
 The closing session of the Forum |
2. Student Exchange Program
The Graduate Student Session suggested by UEC was programmed in AICT2007 to introduce grad students’ researches. The session framework, program creation, and operations were all managed by the Student Committee exclusively made of the Triangle students, and it allowed them to gain experiences in collaborating on transnational activities. Mr. HAYASAKA, Mitsuo acted as the representative and Mr. WANG, Lei as the deputy representative of UEC in the Committee.
At the beginning, the Triangle student representatives introduced their institutes to the other two Angles. In the following two days 11 presentations by UEC, 14 by BUPT, and 7 by ICU were made. There was also the Culture Night on the final evening for participants to familiarize themselves with unique ways of life long nurtured in the other two Angles’ countries. UEC grad students demonstrated “How to dress Yukata, a Japanese traditional wear” and “How to make Origami, art of paper folding”, which stimulated the students’ keen interest and interaction.
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 In the Student Session #3 |
 The Student Session Participants |
 Origami cranes fledgling at Culture Night |
 Dressing Yukata for female at Culture Night |
3. The Coordination and Cooperation Meeting
During the Forum, 16 faculty members of the Triangle exchanged views predominantly on the following subjects to advance the Triangle’s coordination and cooperation in:
- Remote lecture via network
- Grad student exchange
- Establishing partnership for collaborative research on a subject basis
- Setting up sites for discussions concerning educational improvements
It was decided at the meeting that task forces for each subject would be formed to examine ways for implementation. In addition to the meeting, a group of faculty and staff visited the lab with which they would establish partnership for the latest news.
 The Meeting Participants |
 The BUPT main building |
 The building with Key Laboratory of Ministry of Optical Communication and Lightwave Technologies |
 Student dormitories |
4. Technical Tour
On the first morning of the Forum, the participants visited CNC, a major telecommunications firm in China, to observe their exhibition site. CNC would provide information-telecommunication and broadcasting network system to the Beijing Olympics in 2008, and the Forum participants were informed with updates of their preparations for the coming Olympics as well as technology and services currently under development.
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 IPTV demonstration |
Created: September 21, 2007 / Last modified:December 3, 2012
