Fiscal 2005 ITS Info-communications System Symposium Report

The Fiscal 2005 ITS Info-Communications System Symposium was hosted by the ITS Info-communications Forum on June 16, 2005 (Thursday) at the Kasumigaseki Plaza Hotel. The symposium was a great success, attracting approximately 220 participants and nearly filling every seat in the meeting room.

	1.Greetings from the Organizer Shoichiro Toyoda, Chairman, ITS Info-communications Forum
	2. Greetings from a Invited Guest Kanichiro Aritomi, Director, Telecommunications Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
	3. Speech 1 Theme: "ITS from an Economic Viewpoint" Prof. Hirotaka Yamauchi, Dean, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Graduate School, Hitotsubashi University
	4. Speech 2 Theme: "Probe-Vehicle-Based Dynamic Route Guidance System (P-DRGS) " Prof. Takayuki Morikawa, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
	5. Speech 3 Theme: "Introduction to P-DRGS Research & Development Activities" Akinori Sato, Assistant Supervisor, Technology Development Group, P-DRGS Consortium
	6. Symposium Closing Remarks Mitsutoshi Hatori, Vice-chairman, ITS Info-communications Forum
	P-DRGS: Probe-Vehicle-Based Dynamic Route Guidance System
Symposium in progress