Event Calendar
World PC Expo '96
September 4 to 7 (Wed. through Sat.)
Makuhari Messe
Admission ¥1,000
With the theme "Practical personal computing in the Internet era," this largest PC exhibition in Asia will be divided into office solutions, consumer PCs, hardware, software, office networks, and amusement areas. Product displays will include PCs, PC servers, digital cameras, peripherals, network-related hardware/software, mobile communications tools, and software. For information, contact the World PC Expo secretariat at phone 03-5210-8289, fax 5210-8285, or check at http://www.nikkeibp.co.jp/.
Database '96 Tokyo
September 11 to 13 (Wed. through Fri.)
Ikebukuro Sunshine City
Admission ¥1,000
This is the largest database exhibition in Japan; featured will be databases in areas from business to science and technology to sports. Zones will focus on database system construction, mapping databases, and patent information databases, and there will be an Internet corner. Featured will be various database services and systems, communications services, publications and CD-ROMs, and PCs. For information, contact Database '96 Tokyo at phone 03-5255-2847, fax 03-5255-2860.
Japan Electronics Show '96
October 1 to 5 (Tues. through Sat.)
Makuhari Messe
Admission ¥1,000
Products on display will include audiovisual, multimedia, communications, and electronic consumer information systems; educational tools; wireless communications equipment; and electronics devices, components, and materials. There will be a multimedia forum and new technology and information seminars. For information, contact the Japan Electronics Show Association at phone 03-5402-7601, fax 03-5402-7605.
Object World Expo/Tokyo
October 2 to 4 (Wed. through Fri.)
Tokyo Big Sight, Ariake
Admission free
Object World Expo is Japan's largest object-oriented technology exhibition. Products on display will include Web servers and browsers, firewalls, programming software and operating systems, CASE tools, middleware and groupware, RDBMS/ODBMS and ERP packages, and related publications. For information, contact IDG World Expo/Japan at phone 03-5276-3751, fax 03-5276-3752.
Data Show '96
October 14 to 17 (Mon. through Thurs.)
Tokyo Big Sight, Ariake
Admission free
Displays of computers, input/output devices, auxiliary storage systems, communications systems, components, materials, software, and publications. Co-events are CALS Japan '96 and PC Card World '96; there will be a special information processing accessibility corner. Some 270,000 visitors are expected. For information, contact JEIDA at phone 03-3433-4547, fax 03-3433-2003.
3rd Mobile Computing and Communication Exhibition
October 23 to 25 (Wed. through Fri.)
Tokyo Big Sight, Ariake
Admission fee ¥1,000
Products on display at this MC&C Expo include PDAs; palmtop, subnotebook, and notebook PCs; handy terminals; cellular and PHS phones; teleterminals and pagers; PIM software; groupware and middleware; intranet-related products; remote access products; GPS equipment; PC cards; modems; and storage media. A co-event will be Technology Exchange '96, the first event designed for technology exchange and corporate tie-ups. For information, contact the Japan Omni Management Association at phone 03-3434-1391, fax 03-3434-8076.
