PEPNet-Japan held its first meeting of 2006 on 28 and 29 January. The business meeting was attended by 13 partner institutions. There were 20 people in attendance from across Japan (also represented were NTUT, The Nippon Foundation, and an observer form Kanazawa University). At the business meeting, three ongoing major projects of PEPNet-Japan were discussed and project plans for 2006 were decided.

In addition to this business meeting, PEPNet-Japan had a pre-session at which the notetaker training programs at each partner institution were discussed. Three presenters from PEPNet-Japan partner institutions shared information about their training programs, their training curricula, and how they recruit and train notetakers. There was a midterm report by Ms. Kyoko Seto (Doho College, Nagoya) regarding the PEPNet-Japan notetaker training program and materials development project-one of the three major projects of PEPNet-Japan. Participants in the meeting were able to consider differing approaches for developing their notetaker training curriculum and materials. All participants agreed to cooperate in the development of their respective notetaker training programs.

The itinerary for the meetings follows below.
Pre-meeting session, on January 28th at The Nippon Foundation

11:00 to 11:10 Opening

11:10 to 12:30 Report from partner institutions

Dr. Haruyasu Ohta (Shizuoka Fukushi University)
How to train real time captioners
Dr. Yoshinori Tanaka (Hiroshima University)
The training program and coordination of notetakers at Hiroshima University
Ms. Mifuji Harada (Ehime University)
Notetaker training systems at Ehime University
Discussion

13:30 to 14:00 Report

Ms. Ayumi Yoshikawa
Midterm report regarding the notetaker training program and materials project

14:00 to 14:45 Lecture

Ms. Kyoko Seto
Training program and coordination of notetakers at Doho College

15:00 to 16:30 Discussion

Business meeting, on January 29th at The Nippon Foundation

10:00 to 12:00 Report of year 2005 projects

1. Development of the Japanese Tip Sheets
2. Development of the notetaker training program and materials
3. Development of the reference manual to establish efficient support service programs at each university
4. Other

13:00 to 15:00 Discussion on year 2006 plan

1. The first business meeting of PEPNet-Japan (Report of study tour to RIT)
2. The second symposium of PEPNet-Japan
3. Projects for year 2006
4. Budget for year 2006
5. Management system for PEPNet-Japan

15:30 to 16:30 Discussion regarding the upcoming study tour to RIT and PEPnet (USA)

1. Introduction of delegates from each institutions
2. Schedule
3. Roles and responsibilities of delegates
4. Other