IPv6 at Dawn [IPv6 Technical Summit 2003 in Japan Report]

On December 5, IPv6 Technical Summit was conducted in Yokohama, Japan to overview the present and future of IPv6. The Techinical Summit replaces Global IPv6 Summit in Japan held yearly in December till last year. by focusing on the technical aspects of this technology. It included various presentations that talk about use of IPv6 in a concrete manner.

The conference agenda was as follows (read reports on each session by following the link).

•	Session 1 Plenary Sessions: IPv6 and its Application Technology
	Special Speech:IPv6 City
	Æç	Hiroshi Fujiwara , President, Internet Research Institute
	Keynote Speech 1:Real Space Network - New Information Society with IPv6 and Auto ID
	Æç	Osamu Nakamura , SFC Lab., Keio University/Auto-ID Center Japan Lab. Deputy Director
	Keynote Speech 2:Internet ITS and IPv6
		Kunihiko Takahashi , Platfom Working Group, Internet ITS Council/ITS Solution Business Unit Group Manager, NEC
•	Session 2 IPv6 Deployment Frontline
	Approaches to Micronode, and Mimisaki Annai as an Example
		Jiro Sajiki , Network Development center, Yokogawa Electric
	IPv6 Moves to Real Business
		Mitsutaka Sato , R&D Group Manager, Office of CEO, Freebit
•	Session 3 IPv6 Hot Topics
	Secure Hosts for Everyone - Toward Plug and Play Security
		Shin Miyakawa , NTT Communications/WIDE Project.
	About IPv6 Transition working Group
		Akihiro inomata , Fujitsu/IPv6 Promotion Council
•	Session 4 Updates
	IETF Updates
		Shinsuke Suzuki , Hitachi/KAME Project
	Domestic and International Strategies of IPv6 Promotion Council
		Shuji Nakamura , IPv6 Business Development Group, E-Government Rersearch Center, Mitsubishi Research Institute/IPv6 Promotion Council
	JPNIC Update
		Toshiyuki Hosaka , IP Business Group, Japan Network Information Center
	IPv6 Diffusion Metrics Development
		Takashi Arano , CTO, NetCore/Chair, IPv6 Deployment Committee, IAjapan

These sessions were followed by a "Night Session", where attendees exchanged information. Sponsors showed their products at this session, drawing large audience.