The NEC C&C Foundation

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

The 2014 C&C Prize Ceremony was held at ANA InterContinental Hotel Tokyo on November 26, 2014. The ceremony started with the welcoming speech by Mr. Hajime Sasaki, the president of NEC C&C Foundation, followed by the recognition of 2014 prize recipients by Dr. Tomonori Aoyama, the chairman of the awards committee. The 2014 C&C Prizes were presented to Prof. Shigeo Tsujii, Dr. Hideki Imai, Dr. Jan Uddenfeldt, Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs and Prof. Fumiyuki Adachi.  

Group A: Prof. Shigeo Tsujii and Dr. Hideki Imai;
For Pioneering Research on Information Security and for Major Contributions to both Industry and Human-resources Development by Building Communities of Academics, Industrialists, and/or Government Officials

Group B: Dr. Jan Uddenfeldt, Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs and Prof. Fumiyuki Adachi;
For Outstanding Leadership and Contributions Promoting the Development and Commercialization of Digital Mobile Communications Systems

GroupA

Prof. Shigeo Tsujii	Dr. Hideki Imai

GroupB

Dr. Jan Uddenfeldt	Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs	Prof. Fumiyuki Adachi

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 2014 prize recipients.
Followings are the pictures taken at the ceremony.  

Ceremony hall	Recognition of 2014 C&C Prize Recipients by Dr. Tomonori Aoyama	Congratulatory speech by Mr. Kensuke Tomita
Congratulatory speech by Dr. Yoshinori Sakai	Acceptance speech by Prof. Shigeo Tsujii	Acceptance speech by Dr. Hideki Imai
Acceptance speech by Dr. Jan Uddenfeldt	Acceptance speech by Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs	Acceptance speech by Prof. Fumiyuki Adachi
Exchange of greetings at cocktail party	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.Masaru Kitsuregawa	Congratulatory talk by Mr. Yukio Iwasaki on behalf of the guests for Group A	Congratulatory talk by Dr. Kanta Matsuura on behalf of the guests for Group A
Congratulatory talk by Mr. Shoji Nemoto on behalf of the guests for Group B	Congratulatory talk by Dr. Botaro Hirosaki on behalf of the guests for Group B	Congratulatory talk by Dr. Nobuo Nakajima on behalf of the guests for Group B
Recipients and their wives