Creating a more innovative society and new business styles based upon information and communication technologies. The Business & Society Zone is a venue that showcases innovative society and business styles of tomorrow, made possible by the evolution of technologies and the materialization of new services.

Establishing a new Technology Forum

The Technology Forum has evolved into a venue in which effective proposals and presentations are provided to specialists in a diverse range of fields such as business, government, and education. The forum also supports the business activities of exhibitors and this year, the establishment of a new Technology Forum will surely attract more business participants.
The 2009 show featured 35 seminar sessions on information and communication technologies (ICT), which were attended by a total of 4,146 core users.

A venue for highlighting tomorrow's society and business

In addition to improving business efficiency, ICT also makes a significant contribution to changing social infrastructures in order to achieve a more innovative, low-carbon society. The Business & Society Zone is evolving into a venue for presentations of high informational value that showcase social activities for future generations and the business scenarios of tomorrow.

Exhibitor Categories

Carrier services

• ・FTTH, broadband, next-generation communications services
• ・Mobile phones, PHS services
• ・WiMAX, Long Term Evolution (LTE), wireless broadband services
• ・Other carrier services

Mobile networks for organizations

• ・Smartphones, cellular telephones, PHS
• ・e-books
• ・Mobile PCs, Net Book
• ・Wi-Fi, Bluetooth®, UWB, ZigBee, wireless LAN technologies & products
• ・Memory cards, IC cards
• ・Telecommunications equipment
• ・Related products & services

Platforms (network computing)

• ・Operating systems
• ・Servers, storage
• ・PC
• ・Information terminals
• ・Displays, projectors
• ・Digital signage
• ・Peripheral equipment
• ・Digital office equipment
• ・Related products, systems & services

Network infrastructure products & systems

• ・Business equipment (push-button phone devices, PBX, wireless phones for company offices, business facsimiles, PDAs)
• ・Infrastructure equipment (switching stations, digital transmitters, fixed communications devices, base station communications devices)
• ・Internet equipment (modems, hubs, routers, LAN/WAN, optical access equipment)
• ・Other network infrastructure products & systems

Network services & systems

• ・Internet providers
• ・Cloud computing, SaaS, ASP
• ・PaaS, IaaS/HaaS
• ・IDC, Virtualized solution
• ・IP phone, VoIP, IPv6
• ・Grid computing
• ・Related products, systems & services

Middleware/Applications

• ・Web applications, web services
• ・Database
• ・BI, ETL, OLAP, DWH, knowledge management
• ・EAI
• ・Groupware
• ・ERP, SCM, CRM, SFA
• ・EC/EDI
• ・e-Learning
• ・Systems integration services
• ・Other systems, services, software

Outsourcing services

• ・Solutions
• ・Consulting
• ・Related systems & services

Green IT/Smart grid related

• ・Energy-saving hardware
• ・Energy-saving software services
• ・Data centers
• ・Web/videoconferencing systems
• ・Electronic management systems
• ・Smart meters
• ・BEMS and HEMS systems
• ・EV, HEV, PHV, FCV related systems
• ・Other environment and energy related systems and services

RFID

• ・RFID systems (management systems/development systems)
• ・RFID readers/writers, RFID printers
• ・RFID tags, RF chips
• ・Other RFID products & services

Security services

• ・Information security (virus measures, fraudulent access measures, firewalls)
• ・Office security (video monitoring systems, monitor robots, office entry control, biometrics)

Various social systems & services

• ・Social welfare systems/services
• ・Healthcare/medical electronic systems/services
• ・Education/academic related systems/services
• ・ITS/transportation systems/services
• ・Public/financial systems/services
• ・Distribution/logistics systems/services
• ・Venture support services
• ・Other social services, related equipment/system/software/content

2009 Review

HATS PLAZA (HATS Conference)

This year's HATS Conference exhibited interoperability demonstrations of VoIP service using SIP, MPEG-4, and IP PBX as well as FAX, home networking, and NGN.

ACCESSIBILITY PLAZA (Info-communication Access Council）

This exhibit showcased and demonstrated various accessibility equipment designed to meet the specific needs of the elderly and physically challenged.

Next-generation Computing Pavilion

This exhibit allowed visitors get an early taste of the world of next-generation computing, new transmission services for mobile PCs, latest PC technologies, and a hands-on corner where they could interact with the latest models of mobile PCs.

Research Park

The exhibit provided a venue for the beneficial exchange of information between the industry and venture businesses that have established their own technologies/business categories/business models, as well as research/ educational institutions.

2009 Report