The NEC C&C Foundation

The 2022 C&C Prize Ceremony was held at ANA InterContinental Hotel Tokyo on November 24, 2022. The ceremony started with the welcoming speech by Mr. Takashi Niino, President of the NEC C&C Foundation, followed by the recognition of 2022 prize recipients by Dr. Tomonori Aoyama, Chair of the awards committee. The 2022 C&C Prizes were presented to Dr. Satoshi Matsuoka, Dr. Charles H. Bennett, and Prof. Gilles Brassard.

Venue of the C&C Prize Ceremony	Welcoming speech by Mr. Takashi Niino, President of the NEC C&C Foundation	Recognition of 2022 C&C Prize Recipients by Dr. Tomonori Aoyama, Chair of the awards committee

Group A: Dr. Satoshi Matsuoka ;
For Contributions to Pioneering Research and Development of Energy-saving and General-purpose Ultra-high-performance Computer Systems

Group B: Dr. Charles H. Bennett and Prof. Gilles Brassard ;
For Pioneering Research on Quantum Cryptography and Essential Contributions to the Establishment of Quantum Information Theory

Dr. Satoshi Matsuoka	Dr. Charles H. Bennett	Prof. Gilles Brassard

As shown in the program leaflet, after the congratulatory speeches and the recipients' acceptance speeches, the ceremony ended with the dinner to celebrate the 2022 prize recipients. Followings are the pictures taken at the ceremony.

Congratulatory speech by Mr. Satoshi Nohara, Director-General, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI	Congratulatory speech by Dr. Katsuhiko Kawazoe, President of IEICE	Acceptance speech by Dr. Matsuoka
Acceptance speech by Dr. Matsuoka	Acceptance speech by Dr. Bennett	Acceptance speech by Dr. Bennett
Acceptance speech by Prof. Brassard	Acceptance speech by Prof. Brassard	Dinner party
Dinner party	Congratulatory speech and toast by Dr. Hideyuki Tokuda	Toast
Congratulatory talk by Dr. Shigeo Kosaka	Congratulatory talk by Ms. Aya Furuta	Congratulatory talk by Prof Hiroshi Imai
From the left: Dr. Satoshi Matsuoka, Group A recipient; President Niino; Dr. Charles H. Bennett and Prof. Gilles Brassard, Group B recipient.