Fiscal 2005 ITS Info-communications System Symposium Report


6. Symposium Closing Remarks
Dr. Mitsutoshi Hatori, Vice-chairman, ITS Info-communications Forum

<Closing Remarks Summary>
Through today's symposium we have reconfirmed how important it is to provide ubiquitous ITS, and that this task has been entrusted to organizations such as ours, which are involved in the field. By way of these lectures, we have learned that achieving the use of ITS in a ubiquitous Internet society can resolve road traffic and environmental problems, and yield large economic effects as a leading industry in the 21st Century. We have also studied the importance of probe systems.

In order to maintain our lead in ITS at the global level, connections with related government offices have to be intensified, ITS capable of offering improved convenience and safety on a new level must be promoted through cooperation with industry, academia and governments, and the awareness of ITS must be made an integral part of everyday life.

In closing the symposium, on the behalf of the ITS Info-communications Forum, I wish to express our sincere gratitude to all of those involved. We look forward to your continued cooperation as the members that participated here today work to promote ITS info-communications systems to yet an entirely new level.