The Advisory Board, an external committee whose role
is to evaluate the work of NTT Basic Research Laboratories (BRL), met from
January 28 - 30, 2013. This was the seventh meeting of the Advisory Board,
which was first convened in 2001 to provide an objective evaluation of
our research plans and activities to enable us to employ strategic management
in a timely manner. On this occasion, we were happy to welcome six new
members.
Over the course of the three days the board made valuable
suggestions and comments in relation to our research and management activities.
They commented that the research level is generally high on an international
scale, and that it is important for us to maintain this toplevel research
and transmit information about our research achievements to the world.
They also raised several issues related to human resources, the research
budget and internal and external collaboration. We plan to make improvements
based on these valuable suggestions.
At this meeting, the BRL researchers had a lunch with
the board members and a poster session, where they had chances to present
their researches to the board members. The poster session was performed
with the dinner party where the board members and the BRL researchers were
able to interact in a casual atmosphere. For the BRL and NTT executives,
we organized a Japanese style dinner, which provided a good chance to discuss
the future management strategy of NTT BRL from an international perspective.
The next board meeting will be held in two years. |
