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| TOKYO
MOBILE ROUNDTABLE | |
| ■MOBILE
ROUNDTABLE | The
Mobile Roundtable is a series of international conferences on mobile communication
and computing, organized by a group of researchers around the world (the Mobile
Roundtable Committee).
The objectives of the Mobile Roundtable are
to:
･Build and support a sustainable international network of researchers
to study the mobile
communication and computing business, market, and industry
･Exchange research results and views
･Facilitate communication, interactions,
and collaborations among researchers, practitioners, and policy makers around
the world
The first Mobile Roundtable will be held in Tokyo, Japan
in May 2002, followed by the
second in Stockholm, Sweden in May 2003 and the third in Austin, Texas,
U.S.A. in 2004. Preparatory discussions were made at the Seamless Mobility Workshop
in Stockholm in September 2001, organized by the Stockholm School of Economics
and Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology. |
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| ■BACKGROUND |
As
we enter the 21st century, our economic system is undergoing some radical changes,
including the creation of new products, services, and businesses driven by rapidly
advancing information and communication technologies. Innovations in the field
of mobile communication and computing have emerged as a pivotal point of such
changes.
The use and applications of mobile communication and computing
have been spreading rapidly.
The number of mobile telephone subscribers throughout
the world totaled 300 million at the end of 1998, and 700 million at the end of
2000. Some projected that mobile phones will surpass personal computers in number
as tools to access the Internet in the near future. The concept of mobile phones
has gone beyond mere wireless telephones as originally intended. Other devices
such as PDAs and wireless LANs have also emerged as alternative interfaces for
mobile communication and computing. The possibilities of mobile innovations and
the challenge of realizing them are enormous.
What are the characteristics
and challenges of the mobile communication and computing market, industry, and
business? What innovations are being made and targeted in this field? Where are
the mobile communication and computing market, business, and industry headed?
Are they institutionally embedded and path dependent? Will the future of mobile
computing and communication business and market differ by country/region or converge
internationally over time? Who are the major players and how do they compete with
each other? What types of management and strategy are being sought? We will explore
these topics and promote research on them through the Mobile Roundtable. |
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| ■TOKYO
MOBILE ROUNDTABLE | The
first Mobile Roundtable was held in Tokyo, Japan, on May 30 and 31, 2002. It was
organized by the Mobile Roundtable Committee and the Mobile Innovation Research
Program at the Institute of Innovation Research (IIR), Hitotsubashi University,
Japan. The venue was Ark Academy Hills, located in central Tokyo (http://www.academyhills.com).
Participants included researchers, practitioners, and policy makers around
the world who were interested or involved in mobile innovations. Through the two-day
meeting, research results, including works in progress, as well as experiences
and views of practitioners and policy makers, were presented and discussed. Opportunities
for international collaborative research were explored. |
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| ■QUESTIONS? |
If
you have questions about the Tokyo Mobile Roundtable, please contact:
Akira
Takeishi, Associate Professor
Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi
University
2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8603, Japan
Phone: +81-(0)42-580-8425
Fax: +81-(0)42-580-8410
Email: takeishi@iir.hit-u.ac.jp
http://www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp/ |
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| ■MOBILE
ROUNDTABLE COMMITTEE |
Per
Andersson
Center for Communication and
Information Research,
Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden |
Magnus
Boman
Swedish Institute of Computer
Science,
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden | |
Jeffrey Funk
Research Institute for Economics and Business
Administration, Kobe University,
Japan
(Mobile Innovation Research Program) | Sirkka
Jarvenpaa
Center for Business, Technology,
and Law,
University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A. | Karl
Reiner Lang
Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology,
Hong Kong | Timo
Saarinen
Institute of Electronics Commerce,
Helsinki School of
Economics and Business Administration, Finland |
Akira
Takeishi
Institute of Innovation Research,
Hitotsubashi University, Japan
(Mobile Innovation Research Program) |
Bertil
Thorngren
Center for Communication and
Information Research
Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden |
Virpi
Tuunainen
Institute of Electronics Commerce,
Helsinki School of
Economics and Business Administration, Finland |
Seiichiro
Yonekura
Institute of Innovation Research,
Hitotsubashi University, Japan
(Mobile Innovation Research Program) |
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