MMF|Achievements of the Forum

■Brief History

The Multimedia Promotion Forum was established in 1994 through a progressive merger of the “Forum on a Human-Centered Next Generation Information System” (established in 1991) and the “Forum on Infrastructures of the Information Society” (established in 1992).
Later, due to the demands to keep pace with the radical changes in the communication network industry, it was decided upon that the “Forum on the Semiconductor Industry in an Age of Reconstruction” (established in 1993) should be consolidated into the Multimedia Promotion Forum. And with the consent of the chairman, Dr. Hiroo Toyoda, the enlarged organization made a new start.

The number of meetings held by the forum now counts over three hundred. Prominent experts in the industry, the academia, the government, and the political world have participated to discuss and share a wide variety of topics in the field of communications, including the latest trends and technologies, relevant regulations and policies, and the role of Japan in the international community.

（Forum Scenery）

■ACHIEVEMENTS OF PREDECESSOR ORGANIZAZATIONS (1991 - 1997)

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1991 “Forum on a Human-Centered Next Generation Information System” established.
(Chairman: Yutaka MATSUSHITA, Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University)

1992 “Forum on Infrastructures of the Information Society” established.
(Chairman: Tadao SAITO, Professor, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)

1993 “Forum on the Semiconductor Industry in an Age of Reconstruction” established.
(Chairman: Hiroo TOYODA, Counselor, NTT Electronics Corporation)

■ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE FORUM (1994 - July, 2004・・・)

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1994 “Forum on the Multimedia Promotion Forum” established.
(Chairman: Tadao SAITO, Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)

The Multimedia Promotion Forum now holds about three to four discussions a month to keep abreast of the rapid developments in the communications field, and to facilitate a free exchange of opinions for those in the industry, the academia, the government, and the political world. The multimedia environment is ever progressing. It will certainly be our greatest pleasure to contribute in a “successful realization of the coming multimedia environment”, and more broadly for a “sound development of the multimedia industry”.

※You can see each forum details from 2004 in Institute for secretariat AHRI site.(It is only Japanese.)

■TRENDS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY AND THE MULTIMEDIA PROMOTION FORUM

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