KN1  Development of taste/smell sensors for salvitas society

We propose construction of salvitas information society realized by taste/smell sensors, which can get chemical, psychological information. The word “salvitas” is a Latin word used in medieval times meaning safety, security and health. The taste sensor can detect and quantify the taste felt by humans, while the smell sensor (electronic nose) is a sensor to detect chemical substances with a potential to transform into smell information. These sensors developed in Kyushu University are biomimetic sensors, which were successful first in the world. The principle of these sensors and many applications will be explained in the talk.

KN2 Future for Wireless Communication Society and activity of Japan
         Globalization and Localism on Information Society

The rapid expansion of the information society instantaneously destroys the company tradition and the trust which have been obtained for long period. The large benefit easily shifts to small companies. This lecture gives the presentation of “anote-konote” about the policies of MNP,MTP and MVNO, the local and the global standardization for the next generation mobile communications, the value of multi-functional mobile terminals, the engineering strategies and its business model, and the relation between the customers, the providers and the manufactures.

KN3 The forming of a network among manufacturing industries
          in East Asia:
          Where do Japanese firms fit into?

Manufacturing network has been forming in the East Asia, mainly in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China. The firms in each country have competitiveness in their comparative advantageous area. Japan develops and produces materials and production equipments and supplies them to South Korea and Taiwan. Capital intensive industries such as semiconductors and LCD are developed in South Korea and Taiwan. Their semiconductors and LCD are supplied to China and manufactured to the final product through labor intensive assembly.
In this lecture, the recent pattern of the division-of-labor in such an Asia manufacturing industry, the positioning of Japanese manufacturing sectors, and collaborative strategies with Asian companies will be suggested.