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ITU Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré visited NICT

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June 25, 2012

Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary General of International Telecommunication Union (ITU), visited NICT during his stay in Japan on June 12, 2012.

Dr. Miyahara, President of NICT, welcomed Dr. Touré and Mr. Tominaga, Vice President, explained the brief overview of the NICT’s research activities and its efforts for standardization in the ITU. Mr. Tominaga also explained that NICT will try its best to support ongoing and future initiatives of ITU such as, standardization activities in the field of resilient ICT to cope with natural disasters and "Kaleidoscope" to encourage collaborations in standardization among academia, research institutes, industries and governments.

Dr. Touré expressed his appreciation to NICT for its vital contribution to ITU and expected NICT to continue its efforts.

Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary General of ITU (left) and Dr. Miyahara, President of NICT (right)
Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary General of ITU (left) and Dr. Miyahara, President of NICT (right)
From the left:
From the left:
Dr. Christopher Clark, Head, ITU Sector Membership
Dr. Eun-Ju Kim, Director, ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary General of ITU
Dr. Miyahara, President of NICT
Mr. Tominaga, Vice President of NICT
Dr. Kumagai, Vice President of NICT
Dr. Enami, Vice President of NICT
Dr. Imase, Vice President of NICT

Dr. Touré also made an on-site visit to laboratories in NICT regarding Network Incident analysis Center for Tactical Emergency Response (nicter) at Network Security Research Institute and Optical packet and circuit integrated network system at Photonic Network Research Institute.

Dr. Inoue, Director, Cybersecutiry Laboratory, Network Security Research Institute, explained the nicter.
Dr. Inoue, Director, Cybersecutiry Laboratory, Network Security Research Institute, explained the nicter.
Dr. Miyazaki, Director General, Photonic Network Research Institute, explained the optical packet and circuit integrated network system.
Dr. Miyazaki, Director General, Photonic Network Research Institute, explained the optical packet and circuit integrated network system.

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