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NikkeiBP News Volume 52
NikkeiBP to Present "NikkeiBP BizTech Book Awards"


-- May 1, 2001--Under the auspices of Bookreview, NikkeiBP will establish "NikkeiBP BizTech Book Awards" with the aim of recognizing outstanding books that contributed to the advancement and development of technologies and business management in Japan. Award-winners will be selected in the two categories of technology and business management. To be considered for the first awards are books that were published in Japan from July 2000 to June 2001. The commendation ceremony will be held on October 30 during the autumn book week in Japan.

Screening of NikkeiBP BizTech Book Awards will be conducted in three separate stages based on such perspectives as innovativeness of themes and concepts, uniqueness and profundity in analysis, logic lucidity, and reader-friendliness in writing. In the first stage of screening, Bookreview will select around 2,000 books whose reviews are written by either the company or NikkeiBP. Secondly, a steering committee to be convened by NikkeiBP will narrow the selection down to twenty. Finally, a judging committee consisting of five prominent figures representing the business and academic circles will chose six winners in the categories of technology and business management, including one grand prize should there be an exceptionally outstanding title. Winners will each receive one million yen and the grand prizewinner will receive 1.5 million yen.

"Design Conference 2001 Japan" and "IP Japan 2001" to Open Soon


NikkeiBP will hold "Design Conference 2001 Japan" and "IP Japan 2001" on May 23 and 24 at Pan Pacific Hotel Yokohama, expecting to draw a total of 1,500 visitors. The events will consist of a number of presentations on the cutting-edge electronics technology which will be given by leading industry experts and scholars. With the aim of offering effective solutions for today's design engineers, the fourth Design Conference will focus on the eight themes of "Bluetooth," "IEEE1394," "USB2.0," "WDM/Optical Switching," "Next-Generation Mobile Communications," "High-Speed Bus and Interface for Servers/Routers," "System-In-Package" and "EMS."

On the other hand, IP Japan, a conference offering seminars and a table-top exhibition which will be held for the fifth time, will highlight the commercialization and application of IP, or intellectual property. As the event anticipates luring a considerable number of visitors from overseas, all the presentations will accompany English interpretation. Details of this event are available at http://ne.nikkeibp.co.jp/NEAD/ipj2001/ip_eng.html.

Survey: 44.6% Shows Interest in Taking a Web-Based Training Course


According to survey findings released by Research Department of NikkeiBP, the area of web-based training most widely taken in Japan is information technology (43.6%), followed by language (26.8%) and business & management (21.4%). This survey on e-learning was conducted from October 7 to 20, 2000 on NikkeiBP's online survey system Web-Res, collecting 5,677 valid responses.

When asked what type of a web-based course they wish to take in the future, 25.8% of the respondents said "IT-related" courses, while "hobby & cultural education" and "language" closed in at 22.7% and 22.3%, respectively. Nearly half the respondents (44.6%) said that they wish to take a web-based course in the future, but 71.1% stressed the need to lower the fee and 66.0% to improve the communications infrastructure for wider spread of web-based training. Detailed results with charts are available at http://res.nikkeibp.co.jp/r-marketing/rep_r017.html (in Japanese only).

"CiscoWave+Networkers" Held on the Largest Scale Ever


In cooperation with Cisco Systems, NikkeiBP organized "CiscoWave+Networkers" from April 11 to 13 at Makuhari Messe in Japan. Exceeding the initial target of 40,000, a total of 46,231 visitors attended the three-day show where 106 exhibitors gathered to showcase their latest hardware/software products and services in 630 booths. The scale of this year's show in terms of space was around 6.2 times that of last year's. CiscoWave+Networkers offered a total of four theme-specific zones focused on Internet solution, communication service, e-commerce & security, and e-learning.

In the show, the keynote speech entitled "Networking Society in the 21st Century" delivered by Professor Jun Murai, Faculty of Environmental Information at Keio University, drew much attention attracting an audience of 1,087. A questionnaire survey conducted during the show among the visitors revealed that 27.2% of the total respondents belonged to information systems/systems planning divisions and 72.9% were engaged in introduction of networks at their respective companies. When asked if they would like to attend the next CiscoWave show in year 2002, a whopping 86.0% showed interest.

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