Today was the kickoff meeting for the Learning of Tomorrow Association’s executive committee members. It was a huge success! Since there are
still several organizations in the process of finalizing their participation, I expect the number of members to grow a bit more, but for now, we’re starting with the confirmed members listed below. *Sorry—the photo only includes the members who stayed until the very end m(__)m Everyone is holding a board with logo designs, but since they aren’t visible in the photo, I’ll share the logos at a later date.

■Chairman (Tentative)　　Hiroshi Komiyama, Former President of the University of Tokyo ■Executive Committee
Members (in alphabetical order; titles omitted)
Setsuji Ariki, Executive
Director, Telecommunications Carriers Association; Yoshiro Iino, Secretary
General, Broadband Association; Nanako Ishido
, Chairperson, CANVAS; Kensuke Ichihara, Executive
Director, Digital Content Association; Tomoharu Inoue, Chairperson, Okawa Dream Foundation;
Secretary, New Economy Federation; Keiko Erijawa, President, Digital Media Association; Norio
Ogihara, President
, Computer Software Association; Yasuyoshi Katayama, Executive Director, Information and Communications Network Industry Association
; Fumiyuki Kanai, Executive Director, Japan Music Producers Federation
; Naoto Kikuchi, Executive Director, CiP Council
; Ichiro Kowaki, Vice President, Information ServiceIndustry Association, Vice Chairman andExecutive Director Shinji Kondo
; Executive Director Tetsuya Sakashita, Japan Animation Association; Executive Director
Shun Sakurai,
Japan Society for the Promotion of Information and Communications; Chairperson
Machiko Satonaka, National Association for the Promotion of Regional Informatization; President
Akihiko Suzuki, Digital Manga Association; Chairman Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Computer Software Ethics Organization
; Vice
Chairperson TsuboKazuto Uchii, Chairman
, Multimedia Promotion Center; Tetsuro Takeoka, Chairman, National Association of Mobile Phone Retailers; Akira
Terasaki, Chairman, Information and Communications Promotion Association; Hidenori Nakai
, Executive Director, Japan Music Industry Association

; Ichiya Nakamura, Executive Director, Digital Textbook and Educational Materials Council; Ikufumi Niimi, Representative Director, Council for the Promotion of a Safe Internet; Yoichi Fujii
,　IT Verification Industry Association: Chairman
Hiroshi Fujiwara; Internet
Association: Chairman Taku Matsubara; Internet Content Review and Monitoring Organization: Director
Shin An; National Federation of Software Cooperatives: Chairman

■Observers (Titles Omitted)
Takayuki Sumida, Director-General,
Intellectual Property Strategy Promotion Secretariat, Cabinet Office; Koji Yatsuyama, Counselor
, IT Comprehensive Strategy Office, Cabinet Secretariat; Katsunori Nemoto
, Executive Director, Japan Business Federation (Keidanren); Minoru Ogiso, Policy Director
, Secretariat, New Economy Federation; Naoya Bessho, Executive Director, Japan IT Federation