The NEC C&C Foundation

Welcoming speech by Mr.Hajime Sasaki,
President of NEC C&C Foundation

The 2009 C&C Prize Ceremony was held at ANA InterContinental Hotel Tokyo on November 26, 2009. The ceremony started with the welcome speech by Mr. Hajime Sasaki, the president of NEC C&C Foundation, followed by the recognition of 2009 prize recipients by Dr. Yasuharu Suematsu, the chairman of the award committee. The 2009 C&C Prizes were presented to Dr. Fumitada Itakura and three Professors. Ronald L. Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard M. Adleman by Mr.Hajime Sasaki. Unfortunately, Prof. Adleman was absent from the ceremony for medical reasons.

Dr. Fumitada Itakura
For pioneering research and the development of highly efficient voice-coding technology with analysis-synthesis methods for speech

Profs. Ronald L. Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard M. Adleman
For the invention of the RSA algorithm for public-key cryptography

Dr. Fumitada Itakura

Prof. Ronald L. Rivest

Prof. Adi Shamir

As shown in the program leaflet, after the congratulatory speeches and the recipients' acceptance speeches, the ceremony ended with the dinner to celebrate the 2009 prize recipients. Followings are the pictures taken at the ceremony.

Ceremony hall	Recognition of 2009 C&C Prize Recipients by Dr. Yasuharu Suematsu, Chairman of Awards Committee	Congratulatory speech by Mr. Kensuke Tomita
Congratulatory speech by Dr. Tomonori Aoyama	Acceptance speech by Dr. Fumitada Itakura	Acceptance speech by Prof. Adi Shamir
Acceptance speech by Prof. Ronald L. Rivest	Recipients in 1978, when they invented public-key cryptography	Exchange of greetings, recipients, their wives and President of the Foundation
Exchange of greetings	Dinner party	Toast by Dr. Hideki Sunahara at dinner party
Congratulatory talk by Dr. Yoichi Tohkura on behalf of the guests for Dr. Fumitada Itakura	Congratulatory talk by Prof. Arvind on behalf of the guests for Prof. Ronald L. Rivest	Congratulatory talk by Prof. Hideki Imai on behalf of the guests for Prof. Adi Shamir