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The fifth scientific workshop presented by the 20th URSI-C in Japan †

1. Convener: Dr. Tadashi Kawai, University of Hyogo

2. Date/time: 13:00 - 17:00, 11-Jan.-2008

3. Venue: University of Hyogo, Kobe, Japan

4. Registration fee: Free

5. Listed attendees: 21 persons

6. Local arrangement: Dr. Kenji Itoh, Mitsubishi Electric

7. Session title: “Radio Waves and Transport ”

8. Presentation: 55 min including Q&A for each speaker

1. Opening Talk, Prof. Komaki, URSI-C-Japan, Chair
2. "Recent Progress and Perspectives on ITS," Dr. Masayuki Fujise, NICT Asia Research Center.
3. "Broadband Access service in TSUKUBA EXPRESS," Dr. Tadao Kobayashi, NTT-BP.
4. "Radar Systems in ITS," Prof. Tetsuo Kirimoto, University of Electro Communication.
5. "Current Status of GaN-based Devices," Prof. Masaaki Kuzuhara, University of Fukui.

9. Reception and Lamp Session at Kosenkaku, Arima-cho, Kobe, Japan.

10. The steering committee meeting took place from 09:00 to 10:00 on 12-Jan.-2008.

11. Concluding Remarks

In the workshop, we had interesting four talks about recent progress and perspectives on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) at home and abroad, radar systems and power devices for ITS. Furthermore, broadband access service in transport system, especially TSUKUBA EXPRESS, was introduced. In the lamp session, the intruder detection system using radio waves, which is called Pair of Transceiver Cables (PTC), was illustrated.