The guide to the Hyper Network Work Shop
Toward the realization of CAN (Community Area Network)

The key to promote the local information infrastructure is to make popular of the Internet
type network. We have been advocated already for two years about the concept of CAN 
(Community Area Network) which will bring the revolutionary progress of information 
infrastructure in Japan.

Program

●Feb 20(Thu) time:1:00 p.m.
　Session 1　The vision and concept of CAN
         　　Orientation and self introduction(all members）
         　　Basic presentation:　"Information Revolution and CAN" by Shumpei Kumon

　Session ２ Case study report:　"What we have learned from Oita Hypernetwork
                                  local experiment" by Tooru Ono


　☆Excursion☆

●Feb 21(Fri.)
　Session ３　The latest trend of Japan and the world
              Introduction of local governments activities.(Yamada village in Toyama
              prefecture, etc.)　
　
              Progress status of administration organizations Kasumigaseki 
              WAN (Management and Coordination Agency)

              Information oriented status of Asia (the present state of 
              Malaysia's MSC Inter bay project, etc.)
　　　
　Session ４　CAN technology
　　          Evaluation of XDSL cable modem　fixed radio and others.
　　          New trend of the Internet technology: 
                  Inter-connection; Internet administration

　Session ５　Application of CAN
　　          Communication use by citizens
　　          CAN and Education, Medical care, Welfare
　　          CAN and Business network, Intranet, Electronic commerce

●Feb 22(Sat)
　◆Inspection to Hyper Station
　　Experimental server; Studio New COARA; Hypernetwork Social Research Institute

　Session ６　Problems to realize CAN
　　          System:　The roll of government and private industry on CAN solution　
　　          How to raise people in charge
　　          Summary discussion:　　 On the prospect and problem of CAN