FOURTH JICST/NTIS CONFERENCE
Boston
July 14-15, 1994
Learn the Latest Methods in Locating and Acquiring Japanese
Scientific and Technical Information
The conference is the fourth in a highly successful series to
be organized jointly by the U.S. Department of Commerce National
Technical Information Service (NTIS) and the Japan Information
Center of Science and Technology (JICST). It is designed to provide
practical assistance for those who need access to Japanese
scientific and technical information (JSTI).
The conference will address the basic questions of what STI is
available from Japan and how American users can gain access. The
conference will draw heavily on the experiences of U.S. companies,
academic institutions and Government agencies. In addition, the
major suppliers of JSTI will be on hand in an exhibit hall to
discuss and demonstrate their products and services.
AGENDA
Thursday, July 14, 1994
7:30-8:30 am Registration/Coffee
8:30-9:00 am Welcome
* Dr. Donald Johnson, Director, NTIS
* Mr. Tateo Armimoto, Director, S&T
Information Division, Science and
Technology Agency, Japan
9:00-9:45 am Keynote Addresses
* Mr. Sumio Horiuchi, Vice-President, JICST
* Dr. Mary Good, Under Secretary for Technology
U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington DC
9:45-10:00 am Refreshment Break
10:00-11:30 am Panel: How Small and Medium-Sized Companies
Acquire and use Japanese Science and Technology
Information (JSTI)
(Case studies on how companies have
successfully met their JSTI needs. Why they
perceive access to JSTI as desirable. Pitfalls
to be avoided. The most effective approaches.
How the acquired material is used in the
company.)
Moderator:
Dr. Russell Jamison, Vice President for
R&D, Smith & Nephew Richards Inc.
Speakers:
Michael W. Chinworth, TASC/Rosslyn,
Arlington, Virginia
Topic: Technology Assessment: Challenges
to Small and Medium-Sized Companies.
Lee Howell, Research Assistant and
External Affairs Officer for Japan, Center
for Strategic and International Studies,
Washington, DC.
Topic: Understanding Japan's Science and
Technology Administration and Policy
Regime.
Stephen Blakely, President, Blakely and
Associates, Alton, Illinois
Topic: The Relevance of Japanese
Scientific and Technical Information to
Technology-Based Business Studies.
11:30-12:00 Demonstration: First public demonstration of
MIT CD/ROM-based interactive Japanese
language/culture system
*Professor Shigeru Miagawa, Director, Japanese
Language and Culture Program, MIT
12:00-1:30 pm Luncheon and demonstrations in the exhibit area
1:30-3:00 pm Panel: Commercial Packaging and Dissemination
of JSTI
(Providing access to JSTI on a commercial
basis. What is available in the marketplace?
How has the market responded?)
Moderator:
David Andrews, Chief Executive Officer,
InterLingua, Los Angeles, California
Speakers:
Hilary Handwerger, National Center for
Manufacturing Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Hal Morimoto, Executive Director, Comline
Business Data Inc., New York City
Madeline Dovale, SEMATECH Corporation, Austin,
Texas
Hitoshi Inoue, National Academic Center for
Science Information System, Tokyo
Topic: NACSIS International: 1994 Update
Ryo Sasaki, National Diet Library, Tokyo
Topic: Acquisition of JSTI in the National
Diet Library
3:00-3:15 pm Refreshment Break
3:15-4:30 pm Panel: Acquiring and Understanding Japanese
Patent Information
(How to identify and obtain Japanese patent
information. How Japanese patent practice
differs from American practice. Obtaining
permission to translate and reprint copyrighted
Japanese materials.)
Moderator:
Mindy L. Kotler, President, Japan Information
Access Project
Speakers:
Gary Hamilton, Esq., Gambrell, Wilson &
Hamilton, Austin, Texas
Topic: Comparing the Japanese and U.S.
Patents Systems.
Steven W. Johnston, Patent Translator,
Seabrook, Texas
Topic: Using Japanese Online Patent
Information.
Jeffrey Foreman, Esq. Patent Attorney, IBM
Corporation, Arlington, Virginia
Topic: Using and Finding Japanese Patent
Information.
4:45-5:15 pm Demonstration: New MIT Japanese database
gateway system
* Carol Fleishauer, Associate Director for
Collection Services, MIT Library System
5:15-5:30 pm Refreshment Break
5:30-7:00 pm Panel: Using Databases to Obtain JSTI (Part 1)
(What databases are available and what are
their characteristics? Actual user experiences.
How can the databases better meet the needs of
American users? What does the future hold?)
Moderator:
Maureen H. Donovan, Japanese Studies Librarian,
The Ohio State University
Speakers:
Glenn Hoetker, NASA Scientific and Technical
Information Program and RMS, Inc., Washington,
DC
Yukio Sueyoshi, Nihon Keizai Shimbun America,
Inc.
Mari Ikeda, Japan Center for Information and
Cultural Affairs
Topic: Japan Information Center Network.
Koji Tamura, JICST, Tokyo
Topic: JICST's Company Information File.
Friday, July 15, 1994
8:00-8:30 am Coffee
8:30-9:00 am Special Address
Dr. Daniel Wang, Chevron Professor and Director
of the Biotechnology Process Engineering
Center, MIT
Topic: Access to Japanese Biotechnology.
9:00-10:30 am Panel: Using Databases to Obtain JSTI (Part 2)
(What databases are available and what are
their characteristics? Actual user experiences.
How can the databases better meet the needs of
American users? What does the future hold?)
Moderator:
Maureen H. Donovan, Japanese Studies Librarian,
The Ohio State University
Speakers:
Alan Engel, International Science and
Technology Associates, Inc.
Keisuke Okuzumi, Japan Database Promotion
Center, Tokyo
Topic: Summary of Japan's Data Service.
Akira Ohashi, Electronic Devices Information
Service Co., Ltd.
Topic: ELNET and ELISNET.
Shereen Hubbard, Foreign Broadcast Information
Service, Washington, DC
10:30-10:45 am Refreshment break
10:45-12:15 pm Panel: Tools for Understanding and Handling
JSTI
(Translation services. Machine-aided
translation. Computer processing of Japanese
language text. Dissemination and exchange
through network services.)
Moderator:
Carl Kay, President, Japanese Language
Services, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Speakers:
Carl W. Hoffman, President, Basis Technology
Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts
Topic: Reading Japanese Text Online.
Glenn Akers, Ph.D, President, Language
Engineering Corporation, Belmont, Massachusetts
Topic: Machine Translation.
Burton Lee, X-Guide Program Manager, U.S.-Japan
Technology Center, Stanford University,
Stanford, California.
Topic: Using the Internet to Access JSTI.
Carl Kay (affiliation above)
Topic: Translating Japanese STI.
Yoshiko Shirakizawa, JICST
Topic: Current Status and Future of the
JICST Machine Aided Translations System.
12:15-1:45 pm Luncheon and demonstrations in the exhibit area
1:45-2:15 pm Special Address: Michiyuki Uyenohara, Special
Consultant, NEC Corporation
Topic: Science and Technology Strategies
of Japanese Corporations.
2:15-3:45 pm Panel: Advances in Teaching and Learning
Technical Japanese
(University programs, including internship
programs; target audience; new teaching methods
and aids, including those involving
computer/network technologies)
Moderator:
Dr. Michio Tsutsui, Director, Technical
Japanese Program, College of Engineering,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Speakers:
Richard Dasher, Associate Director, U.S.-Japan
Technology Management Center, Stanford
University, Stanford, California
Topic: Technical Japanese Language and
Cross-Cultural Training at Stanford
University.
Dr. James L. Davis, Assistant Professor
(Technical Japanese), Department of Engineering
Professional Development, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin
Topic: Computer-Assisted Distance
Education and Technical Japanese
Instruction at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
(Prof. Davis will speak by telephone from
Tokyo. He will be assisted by Mr. Wayne
Utke of the University of Wisconsin.)
Dr. David Mills, Associate Professor,
Department of East Asian Languages and
Literatures, University of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania and Director, Technical Japanese
Language Project, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Boston
Topic: How to Make an Engineer Functional
in Japanese: Innovations at MIT.
Dr. Michio Tsutsui (affiliation above)
Topic: Two Programs for Engineers and
Scientists at the University of
Washington.
3:45-4:00 pm Closing Remarks
*Sumio Horiuchi, JICST Vice President
4:00 pm Adjournment
REGISTRATION
Registration Fee: $295 (Cancellation is subject to $50 fee).
You can register for the NTIS/JICST Conference by contacting
Barbara Payne at (703) 487-4819. (National Technical Information
Service, 5285 Port Royal Road (306 F) Springfield, VA 22161). Quote
Order Number: CONF94-1.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
The conference will be held at the:
Copley Plaza Hotel
138 James Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
Reservations: (617) 267-5300
A special conference rate of $129/night (single or double) is being
offered. You must mention the NTIS/JICST Conference to receive this
special rate. For hotel reservations, contact the hotel directly.
Rooms held open until June 13.
