4th Annual JICST/NTIS Conference

FOURTH JICST/NTIS CONFERENCE Boston July 14-15, 1994 Learn the Latest Methods in Locating and Acquiring Japanese Scientific and Technical Information The conference is the fourth in a highly successful series to be organized jointly by the U.S. Department of Commerce National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and the Japan Information Center of Science and Technology (JICST). It is designed to provide practical assistance for those who need access to Japanese scientific and technical information (JSTI). The conference will address the basic questions of what STI is available from Japan and how American users can gain access. The conference will draw heavily on the experiences of U.S. companies, academic institutions and Government agencies. In addition, the major suppliers of JSTI will be on hand in an exhibit hall to discuss and demonstrate their products and services. AGENDA Thursday, July 14, 1994 7:30-8:30 am Registration/Coffee 8:30-9:00 am Welcome * Dr. Donald Johnson, Director, NTIS * Mr. Tateo Armimoto, Director, S&T Information Division, Science and Technology Agency, Japan 9:00-9:45 am Keynote Addresses * Mr. Sumio Horiuchi, Vice-President, JICST * Dr. Mary Good, Under Secretary for Technology U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington DC 9:45-10:00 am Refreshment Break 10:00-11:30 am Panel: How Small and Medium-Sized Companies Acquire and use Japanese Science and Technology Information (JSTI) (Case studies on how companies have successfully met their JSTI needs. Why they perceive access to JSTI as desirable. Pitfalls to be avoided. The most effective approaches. How the acquired material is used in the company.) Moderator: Dr. Russell Jamison, Vice President for R&D, Smith & Nephew Richards Inc. Speakers: Michael W. Chinworth, TASC/Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia Topic: Technology Assessment: Challenges to Small and Medium-Sized Companies. Lee Howell, Research Assistant and External Affairs Officer for Japan, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC. Topic: Understanding Japan's Science and Technology Administration and Policy Regime. Stephen Blakely, President, Blakely and Associates, Alton, Illinois Topic: The Relevance of Japanese Scientific and Technical Information to Technology-Based Business Studies. 11:30-12:00 Demonstration: First public demonstration of MIT CD/ROM-based interactive Japanese language/culture system *Professor Shigeru Miagawa, Director, Japanese Language and Culture Program, MIT 12:00-1:30 pm Luncheon and demonstrations in the exhibit area 1:30-3:00 pm Panel: Commercial Packaging and Dissemination of JSTI (Providing access to JSTI on a commercial basis. What is available in the marketplace? How has the market responded?) Moderator: David Andrews, Chief Executive Officer, InterLingua, Los Angeles, California Speakers: Hilary Handwerger, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan Hal Morimoto, Executive Director, Comline Business Data Inc., New York City Madeline Dovale, SEMATECH Corporation, Austin, Texas Hitoshi Inoue, National Academic Center for Science Information System, Tokyo Topic: NACSIS International: 1994 Update Ryo Sasaki, National Diet Library, Tokyo Topic: Acquisition of JSTI in the National Diet Library 3:00-3:15 pm Refreshment Break 3:15-4:30 pm Panel: Acquiring and Understanding Japanese Patent Information (How to identify and obtain Japanese patent information. How Japanese patent practice differs from American practice. Obtaining permission to translate and reprint copyrighted Japanese materials.) Moderator: Mindy L. Kotler, President, Japan Information Access Project Speakers: Gary Hamilton, Esq., Gambrell, Wilson & Hamilton, Austin, Texas Topic: Comparing the Japanese and U.S. Patents Systems. Steven W. Johnston, Patent Translator, Seabrook, Texas Topic: Using Japanese Online Patent Information. Jeffrey Foreman, Esq. Patent Attorney, IBM Corporation, Arlington, Virginia Topic: Using and Finding Japanese Patent Information. 4:45-5:15 pm Demonstration: New MIT Japanese database gateway system * Carol Fleishauer, Associate Director for Collection Services, MIT Library System 5:15-5:30 pm Refreshment Break 5:30-7:00 pm Panel: Using Databases to Obtain JSTI (Part 1) (What databases are available and what are their characteristics? Actual user experiences. How can the databases better meet the needs of American users? What does the future hold?) Moderator: Maureen H. Donovan, Japanese Studies Librarian, The Ohio State University Speakers: Glenn Hoetker, NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program and RMS, Inc., Washington, DC Yukio Sueyoshi, Nihon Keizai Shimbun America, Inc. @@