Exhibit Overview

The special Life Contents Frontier exhibit, which is a part of METI's^*1 activities for the 2009 fiscal year to strengthen the international contents market by promoting new content creation through software and hardware integration, will be held at CEATEC JAPAN again this year.

The Life Contents Frontier exhibit is interconnected with official activities under METI's roadmap for the development of contents-related technologies^*2. This year, the exhibit will showcase the new roles and possibilities of content realized through the collaboration of software and hardware to enhance the senses and thoughts of people, as well as the specific solutions and technologies used to expand the potential of content. In addition, symposiums will be held to promote interaction and the exchange of ideas among a diverse range of participants such as producers and engineers who are involved in content and other related industries.

^*1 METI: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
^*2 For further details regarding the “Strategic Technology Roadmap 2009 in the Contents Field”, go to the URL below. Information is available only in Japanese.
http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/economy/gijutsu_kakushin/kenkyu_kaihatu/str2009.html

Dates：Tuesday, October 6^th to Saturday, October 10th, 2009

Location：Makuhari Messe (Hall 3, Digital Network Stage)

Exhibit space from participating companies

Exhibit space will encompass 360m² in the Makuhari Messe Convention Center (Hall 3, Digital Network Stage) and seven entrepreneurs of the industry chosen by general invitation will participate in a presentation called, “New Roles and Possibilities of Contents”, covering hypothetical user situations. Innovative industries that create new life contents will be promoted by using the wide range of functions available at CEATEC JAPAN 2009 to further publicize information to business people active in both the international and domestic IT and electronics fields.

Symposiums

Symposiums featuring key personnel involved in content technology development will be held as part of the CEATEC JAPAN 2009 Official Conference program. These symposiums will focus on the importance of content technology, problem resolution, future prospects and business developments of the content industry.

Date

Friday, October 9^th, 2009 10:30 am ～ 12:30 pm (4^th day of CEATEC JAPAN 2009)

Location

Conference Room 201, 2nd Floor, International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe

Seating capacity

200

Theme

“AR Technology Leads the Way — Japan’s Future Represented by Content Technologies”

Speakers/Panelists (in alphabetical order)

• Takashi Aso
  General Manager MR Development Promotion Div. Lens Products Group Image Communication Products Operations CANON INC.
• Takahito Iguchi, CEO, tonchidot corp.
• Masahiko Inami, Ph.D, Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University
• Mikiya Kato, Assistant Director, Media and Content Industry Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Arei Kobayashi, Project Manager, Special Research Project, KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc.
• Takahiko Sueyoshi, President & CEO, Koozyt, Inc.

Symposium Participation

Reservations to participate in the symposiums can be made at the Official Members site. You will be required to pre-register before the exhibition and register as an official member to participate in the symposiums. 
There are no charges involved for registration so please take this opportunity to register online.

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