The NEC C&C Foundation

Welcoming speech by Mr. Kaoru Yano,
President of NEC C&C Foundation

The 2016 C&C Prize Ceremony was held at ANA InterContinental Hotel Tokyo on November 30, 2016. The ceremony started with the welcoming speech by Mr. Kaoru Yano, the president of NEC C&C Foundation, followed by the recognition of 2016 prize recipients by Dr. Tomonori Aoyama, the chairman of the awards committee. The 2016 C&C Prizes were presented to Prof. Hideo Ohno, Prof. Geoffrey E. Hinton. Although Prof. Hinton was unfortunately unable to attend, a video message from him was projected on screen.  

Group A: Prof. Hideo Ohno;
For Pioneering Contributions to the Research and Development of Spintronics Technology

Group B: Prof. Geoffrey E. Hinton;
For Outstanding Contributions to Neural network Research and the Pioneering Development of Innovative Deep-learning Technology

Prof. Hideo Ohno	Prof. Geoffrey E. Hinton (Video)

As shown in the program leaflet, after the congratulatory speeches and the recipients' acceptance speeches, the ceremony continued to the cocktail party for exchange of greetings, and ended with the dinner to celebrate the 2016 prize recipients. Followings are the pictures taken at the ceremony.  

Venue of the C&C Prize Ceremony	Recognition of 2016 C&C Prize Recipients by Dr. Tomonori Aoyama, Chairman of Awards Committee	Congratulatory speech by Mr. Hisayoshi Ando
Congratulatory speech by Dr. Ken-ichi Sato	Acceptance speech by Prof. Hideo Ohno	Acceptance speech (Video) by Prof. Geoffrey E. Hinton
Additional speech regarding achievements of Prof. Hinton, presented by Dr. Naonori Ueda	Atmosphere of acceptance speech	Exchange of greetings at cocktail party
Exchange of greetings at cocktail party	Exchange of greetings at cocktail party	Exchange of greetings at cocktail party
Dinner party	Congratulatory speech and toast by Dr. Tatsuo Tomita	Congratulatory talk by Dr. Hiroyuki Sakaki
Congratulatory talk by Dr. Shun-ichi Amari	Congratulatory talk by Dr. Naonori Ueda	Recipient and his spouse