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Together with Karl Kim, Executive Director of the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC) and Dennis Teranishi, Chairman & CEO of the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR), Christina Higa from TASI meets with a study team from a Think Tank in Okinawa who is studying Disaster Management improvements for Okinawa.

Their team included Kenichiro Toume, Deputy Director General in Charge of Military Base Affairs and Disaster Prevention; Shigefumi Asage, Deputy Chief of Coordination of the Nansei Shoto Industrial Advancement Center; Harukazu Nishio, President, Do Research Institute, Inc. and Shun Miyagi, Senior Staff, Executive Office of the Governor, Disaster Prevention and Crisis Management Division.

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From left to right, Shigefumi Asage, Shun Miyagi, Harukazu Nishio, Karl Kim, Kenichiro Toume, and Christina Higa

Professors Minoru Sugaya and Motohiro Tsuchiya from Keio University meet with Norman and Christina to discuss Pacific Island telecommunications and a joint research project with Keio University.

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Minako Yogi, a professor of education at the University of the Ryukyus (Okinawa), coordinated the 2nd annual English-speaking exchange between her class and the TASI staff at the University of Hawaii.  One of the main purposes of this session was to help her students practice their English-speaking skills.   STAN assisted this collaboration by providing the video conference connection between University of the Ryukyus and the University of Hawaii.  There will be 2 sessions; January 17th and 24th for about an hour.

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Students were divided in pairs who presented topics on Okinawa such as life, culture, food, arts & crafts, festivals, music, sports, nature, animals & plants, folktales, and other attractions.  They presented a PowerPoint and verbal presentation and provided the audience with a quiz and Q&A session at the end.  The topics for January 17th were about the "Introduction to the University of the Ryukyus", "Habu & Mongoos", "Okinawan Coral Reefs", "Ryujin Mabuya (Okinawan Hero)", and "Kajimaya Festival (a celebration for 97 years old)".

On January 15-18, 2012, the Pacific Telecommunication Council annual conference was the Asia-Pacific’s premier telecommunications event. "In its 34th year, the annual conference was a strategic springboard for the global telecommunications industry. The Conference provided all attendees with a three-day platform to focus on planning, networking, and discovering what the new year will bring."

Christina Higa moderates a Research Session on “Broadband Policy” at the 2012 Pacific Telecommunication Conference.  The panel included experts from Hallyn University in Korea, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, the New Zealand Institute for Study of Competition and regulation in New Zealand and Keio University, Japan.

Source: Pacific Telecommunications Council