［所信表明］
電子情報通信技術分野における過去の進歩を数値で表せば、おそらく他の技術分野を圧倒するでしょう。そうした進歩が生活様式を変え、仕事のやり方を変え、今も産業と市場を変えています。
技術と社会が密接な関係を持つことは広く理解され、技術成果への期待と要求も高まっています。
学会は社会自身に準ずる多様性を会員として取り込み、会員と社会に対する貢献も進化することで存在価値を主張できるものだと思います。会計担当という立場でお手伝いしていきたいと思います。

[プロフィール]
1981年東京大学工学部電気工学科卒業、三菱電機株式会社入社。情報技術総合研究所などにおいて映像符号化伝送技術、システム技術の研究開発、映像システムの開発に従事した後、2016年通信システム事業本部技師長。国際標準化に従事、2006年よりISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29議長。2013-4年、本学会企画理事。本学会より学術奨励賞および業績賞、映像情報メディア学会より論文賞および著述賞、2015年工業標準化事業表彰・経済産業大臣表彰を受賞。本学会フェロー。

[Statement]
The progress in the fields of electronics, information and communication has changed the ways of lives and the methods of businesses. It still continues bringing many changes in the industry and the marketplace. If we estimate the progress in quantitive manner, it will probably overwhelm those in other fields. It is now widely understood that technology is closely related to society and people expect more in the results provided by the progress in technology. This institute should hold diversity in itself as various members from various fields and support the evolution of its contribution to the embers and the society. I would be happy to support the activities of this institute through the services of accounting affairs.

[Biography]
Kohtaro Asai received the B.E. degree from the University of Tokyo in 1981. The same year he joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, where he was engaged in research and development of video coding and transmission, information systems and imaging systems. He has served as senior chief engineer in communication systems group since 2016. He has been serving as the chair of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 since 2006. He received young investigator award, achievement award from IEICE, paper award, authors award from ITE, for his work in the field of video coding. He received award from Ministry of Industry and Trade for his contribution to international standardization. He is a fellow of IEICE.