To promote research and development in the field of info-communications in the Kansai region through collaboration between industry, academia and government, the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) has established the Keihanna Info-Communication Open Laboratory at the Keihanna Human Info-Communication Research Center (KICR) in Keihanna Science City. in June 2003.

To use the open lab effectively, this council was established through collaboration between industry, academia and government.
It discusses the methods to effectively utilize the open lab, obtain high performance of networks, establish human-centered communication technologies, development and promotion of technology and research, and establish industry-academia-government collaboration.

Currently, a worldwide research is being carried out through three subcommittee meetings.
For example, High Performance Network Subcommittee is dealing with the optical communication technology and terabit network relations. Moreover, the Info-communication technology for the rapid advancement in the future and ubiquitous an age is taken domestically, the proof experiment that exceeds 30 of the researches with an ubiquitous home where man was able to live very comfortably and safely was assumed to be a theme etc. is conducted, and the result is expected in the human communications section association.

A new industry will be created based on the new technology developed at the open lab. The development of new technologies is essential for further development in ICT and to provide its users with comfort and convenience.

The current results obtained due to the collaborative efforts of the industry, academia, and government, have helped in the realization of a fine model. In order to improve our standards to the international level, we need to work hard to be identified as a global base for technological development.

Therefore, we request you to appreciate and support the conference.