Dr Aleks Krotoski is a researcher and journalist who writes about and studies technology and interactivity. Her academic work focusses on the makeup of online relationships, the social implications of the Web, the influence of online interactions, and how information spreads around online and offline social networks.

She writes for The Guardian and Observer newspapers, and hosts Tech Weekly, their technology podcast. Her writing also appears on BBC Technology, Nature, New Statesman, MIT Technology Review and The Telegraph. She recently completed the Emmy and Bafta-winning BBC 2 series Virtual Revolution about the economic, political, interpersonal and psychological implications of the Internet. She has consulted for several digital media and telecoms companies, providing business analytic support and strategy development.

She is currently the New Media Sector Champion with UKTI, the governmental body that promotes UK companies overseas, and is Researcher in Residence at the British Library, examining the future of digital technologies in research contexts.

Mr. Shunsuke Kamata entered MIC in 2002, has experienced most of the telecommunications affairs in MIC, in spite of only 8 years.

First, he certified the license of the land mobile phones to telecommunications careers etc. and helped to extend the mobile communications area in Japan. 2003, He went to Fukuoka prefecture, and experienced the municipal system (tax, subsidies) as a municipal employee. From 2004 to 2005, when there was much argument about the postal privatization in Japan, he constructed a part of the postal savings system under private management. In 2005, in order to check out if the telecommunications fields (Internet, Fixed phone, Mobile phone, etc.) are competitive, he reviewed it by many measures (the market share, HHI, etc.). 2006, around the world, there has been a tidal stream of the telecommunications and broadcasting convergence, he served as a foundation for the convergence in Japan by arranging the meeting in MIC. 　

From 2008, he has worked the terrestrial broadcasting digitalization. Especially, he updated the concerned law, “Radio law”. Now, He manages the organization “Digisuppo” to support all TV viewers in Japan. 　

His main job is the smooth transition from Analog to Digital by the 24th July of 2011 in Japan. Now he dedicates himself to the smooth digitalization of Japan in the next year. He hopes much more Taiwanese to recognize the TV digitalization of Japan.

Francis Hericourt started in TV business in 73 as engineer at the former ORTF, then SFP (major production facility house in France at this period of time) and TF1 (the first national French channel) where he was appointed as technical director. In 85 he joined Thomson group and became Chairman and CEO of Thomson Broadcast. In 1996 he joined France 2 (the main public French channel) as technical and development director until 2006 when he became advisor to the CEO for new media and international affairs. From 2006 to 2009 he was in charge of different files, among which the switch of France 2 to High Definition. Since 2009 he has been appointed Director in charge of Broadcasting and distribution of France television (Company which includes now all the French national public channels: France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5 and France Overseas). One of the main issues he is dealing with is the switch over from analog to digital broadcasting.