General Co-Chair
Yoshihiro Ohba,
Chief Specialist, Kioxia Corporation, Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan
Adam Drobot,
Chairman, OpenTechWorks Inc., Wayne PA, USA
Advisory Chair
Hiroshi Esaki,
Prof., The University of Tokyo, Bukyo-ku Tokyo, Japan
Technical Program Committee Co-Chair
Tomoaki Ohtsuki,
Prof., Keio University, Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan
Adnan Aijaz,
Innovation Programme Lead (Industrial 5G), Toshiba Europe Ltd., Bristol, UK
Ahmed Abdelgawad,
Assoc. Prof., Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant Michigan, USA
Rajesh M. Hegde,
Prof., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur UP, India
Operations Co-Chair
Onur Alparslan,
Assoc. Prof., Osaka University, Suita Osaka, Japan
Fatma Marzouk,
Researcher, Instituto de Telecomunicacoes & Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro Aveiro, Portugal
Workshop Co-Chair
Sye Loong Keoh,
Assoc. Prof., University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Hidenori Nakazato,
Prof., Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo, Japan
Special Session Co-Chair
R. Venkatesha Prasad,
TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands
Roberto Minerva,
Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom Sud Paris, Paris, France
Vertical and Topical Program Co-Chair
Michele Nitti,
Assist. Prof., University of Cagliari, Cagliari Sardinia, Italy
Kazunori Iwasa,
Manager, Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan
Publication Co-Chair
Mithun Mukherjee,
Assist. Prof., NUIST, Nanjing Jiangsu, China
Hiraku Okada,
Assoc. Prof., Nagoya University, Nagoya Aichi, Japan
Industry Forum Co-Chair
Russell Hsing,
Honorary Chair Prof., National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Ken Hatano,
Senior Manager, Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation, Fuchu Tokyo, Japan
Entrepreneurial Forum Co-Chair
Chungmin Chen,
Consultant, Lutron Electronics, Coopersburg Pennsylvania, USA
Eric Fukuda,
CEO, Chiptip Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Women in Engineering and IoT Forum Co-Chair
Ai-Chun Pang,
Distinguished Prof., National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Mamiko Inamori,
Assoc. Prof., Tokai University, Hiratsuka Kanagawa, Japan
Florence Hudson,
CEO, FDHint, LLC, New York NY, USA
Young Professional Forum Co-Chair
Preeti Chauhan,
Technical Program Manager, Data Center, Google
Takefumi Yamada,
Toyota Industries Corporation, Obu Aichi, Japan
Master/PhD Forum Co-Chair
Vincenzo Piuri,
Prof., University of Milan, Milano, Italy
Yuichi Ohsita,
Assoc. Prof., Osaka University, Suita Osaka, Japan
Publicity/Marketing Co-Chair
Lee Stogner,
Vincula Group, Greenville South Carolina, USA
Mithun Mukherjee,
Assist. Prof., NUIST, Nanjing Jiangsu, China
Chikara Ohta,
Prof., Kobe University, Kobe Hyogo, Japan
Tutorial Co-Chair
Rafa Marin Lopez,
Assoc. Prof., University of Murcia, Murcia Murcia, Spain
Hiroaki Harai,
Director General, NICT, Koganei Tokyo, Japan
Bala Krishna Maddali,
Assistant Professor, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India
Webmaster
Suyong Eum,
Dr., Osaka University, Suita Osaka, Japan
Whova admin
Md. Al-Amin Khandaker,
Research Engineer, EAGLYS Inc., Shibuya Tokyo, Japan
Yuki Ohba,
Student, Tsuda University, Kodaira Tokyo, Japan
Mari Matsunaga,
Student, Tsuda University, Kodaira Tokyo, Japan
Zhaojie Li,
Student, Keio University, Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan
Xiang Meng,
Student, Keio University, Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan
Finance Co-Chair
Hidenobu Harasaki,
Senior Professional, NEC Corporation, Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan
Bruce Worthman,
Director, Finance
IEEE Communications Society, New York NY, USA
Conference Seretary
William Klein,
President, Palisades Convention Management, New York NY, USA
Publicity/Marketing Regional Officer
Augusto Foronda,
Prof., Technological University of Parana, Ponta Grossa Parana, Brazil
Koichi Ishibashi,
Assoc. Prof., Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Nonoichi Ishikawa, Japan
Akindele Segun Afolabi,
Dr., University of Ilorin, Ilorin Kwara, Nigeria
Hyeong Ho LEE,
Research Prof., Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
Nguyen Tran,
Senior Lecturer, The University of Sydney, Sydney New South Wales, Australia
Muhamed F. B. Abbas,
Lecturer, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore, Singapore
Steve Mung,
Adjunct Assoc. Prof., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
Organizing Committee
Adam Drobot,
Chairman, OpenTechWorks Inc., Wayne PA, USA
Yoshihiro Ohba,
Chief Specialist, Kioxia Corporation, Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan
Tomoaki Ohtsuki,
Prof., Keio University, Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan
Kazunori Iwasa,
Manager, Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan
Mithun Mukherjee,
Assist. Prof., NUIST, Nanjing Jiangsu, China
Latif Ladid,
Founder & President, IPv6 Forum, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Heiner Stuttgen,
Chairman of IEEE IoT Initiative Board, Schriesheim, Germany
Dejan S Milojicic,
Distinguished Technologist, Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto California, USA
Nim Kwan Cheung,
Chairman, Alphotonics Ltd. Science Park, Shatin NT, Hong Kong
Bryan R. Moser,
MIT, Sr. Lecturer & Academic Director, SDM, USA, U Tokyo, Assoc. Professor, GSFS, Japan
Antonio Skarmeta,
Prof., Universidad de Murcia, Murcia Murcia, Spain
Magdy Bayoumi,
Department Head, U. of Louisiana, Lafayette Louisiana, USA
Rui L. Aguiar,
Head of Networks and Services, Instituto de Telecomunication/Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal