The 1989 Kyoto Prize Workshops

Telecommunication Technology Innovation and its Influence on Society

Amos Edward Joel, Jr.

/  Telecommunication Engineer

Advanced Technology

Electronics

1989

11 /12 Sun

13:10 - 17:15

Place: Kyoto International Conference Center

Address:Takaragaike, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0001 Japan

Finished

Program

13:10
Opening Remarks Kohei Habara
Greetings Kazuo Inamori
President, the Inamori Foundation
Greetings Yoshifumi Sakurai
Chairman, Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Advanced Technology;
Vice President, Setsunan University
Introduction of Achievements Kohei Habara
13:30
Lecture Amos Edward Joel, Jr.
Laureate in Advanced Technology
“Overview of Telecommunication Switching Technological Advances ? Past, Present and Future”
14:15
Lecture Kenichiro Hirota
Special Advisor, Institute for Future Technology
“Social Influence of Telecommunications”
14:45
Lecture Hiroaki Terada
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University
“Prospect of Multimedia Telecommunications”
15:15
Intermission
15:30
Lecture Hiromasa Ikeda
Executive Manager, NTT Communication Switching Laboratories
“Telecommunication Switching Technologies toward Future Society”
16:00
Lecture Tadao Saito
Member, Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Advanced Technology;
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, the the University of Tokyo
“Future Vision of Telecommunication for Information Society”
16:30
Panel Discussion
17:15
Closing

Laureates

Amos Edward Joel, Jr.

Telecommunication Engineer

A pioneer in the field of electronic switching for telecommunications. He proposed the basic concept of “Stored Program Control,” and by combining new switching technology with computer technology, he opened the door to upgrading and freely modifying electronic switching to meet public needs. He has been a leader in the development and introduction of highly advanced modern electronic telecommunication networks throughout the world.

*This field then was Field of Electronics, Telecommunications, Lasers, and Control Engineering.

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Related information

date
November 12, 1989
place
Kyoto International Conference Center 
Chairperson
Kohei Habara Member, Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Advanced Technology; Executive Vice President, ATR International