"Science Plaza 2005Fall" was held at NTT Atsugi R&D Center
on Friday, October 28th, 2005. Entitled "Nanoscience Opens Up the
Quantum World", the Science Plaza symposiums have been implemented
with the aim of bringing together various people from inside and outside
of NTT while gathering diverse opinions through discussions on our latest
research accomplishments.
At Science Plaza 2005Fall, following an opening address from the laboratory
chief, Dr. Takayanagi, brief summaries of each exhibited poster were given
in the form of short presentations. After lunch, symposium lectures were
given by three distinguished technical members of NTT Basic Research Laboratories.
The lecture topics and respective presenters were "Current status
and outlook for diamond FETs as high-frequency power devises" by Makoto
Kasu, "Micro/nanotechnology and quantum effects" by Koji Yamaguchi,
and "Single-electron dynamics" by Toshimasa Fujisawa. Each lecture
was well-attended and was followed by enthusiastic question-and-answer
sessions.
As regards the poster exhibits, 27 posters presenting our latest research
accomplishments were displayed. While explaining the originality and impact―as
well as the future prospects―of our research accomplishments in detail,
these poster sessions generated pretty intense discussions on the research
topics, and many meaningful opinions were received. At the video screening,
promotion videos summarizing some typical research topics were shown in
a short, easy-to-understand manner along with footage from some previously
hosted international symposiums. This year’s "Lab tour"―an
inspection of the research facilities at NTT BRL that has been highly appraised
over the years―took in four destinations and was repeated a total of five
times during the day. Care was taken to ensure that anybody wishing to
attend the tour could do so. After all the lectures, presentations, and
exhibitions were completed, a banquet was held in the research center’s
dining room, becoming a place for the meaningful discussions during which
the various guests could deep their mutual relations.
More than 200 people from research institutes, universities, and general
industries, as well as from NTT Group, attended Science Plaza 2005Fall,
and thanks to the efforts of all those who attended, the conference could
end on a high note. We would thus like sincerely express our gratitude
to all the attendees.
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