The 2004 AHS Symposium, organized by the AHSRA, was held at the Sabo Kaikan, starting at 13:00 on Wednesday, July 7, 2004, with the participation of 430 associate AHSRA members and other parties involved in ITS and AHS. The reports in this issue present an overview of the event.
2004 AHS Symposium Program
Time
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Contents | |
13:00
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Greeting from the Organizer | Kenji Muraoka, Executive Director of Advanced Cruise-Assist Highway System Research Association |
13:05
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Greeting to Symposium Participants | Atsuo Miyaji, Director of the ITS Policy and Program Office of the Road Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport |
13:15
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Keynote Address: The Future of ITS | Hironao Kawashima, Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University |
14:00
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Session 1: Field Operation Tests on the Sangubashi Section of Metropolitan Expressway No.4 | Hiroyuki Mizutani, Advanced Cruise-Assist Highway System Research Association |
14:25
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Session 2: The Future of the AHS Undertaking | Akio Hosaka, Advanced Cruise-Assist Highway System Research Association |
14:50
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Special Presentation: ITS Enter the Second Stage - Interim Report of the Smartway Project Advisory Committee - |
Seiji Moriyama, Senior Deputy Director of the ITS Policy and Program Office of the Road Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport |
15:20
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Break | |
15:30
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Panel Discussion: Smartways and AHS - Personal Perspectives - |
Coordinator: Takaaki Hasegawa, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical
and Electronic Systems Engineering, Saitama University Panelists: Tadashi
Yoshida, Kajima Corporation Hideo Inoue, Toyota Motor Corporation Ryotaro Fukui, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. Rumiko Iwasada, Motor Journalist, Essayist |