I testified at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Health IT Standards Committee, Privacy and Security Workgroup, Hearing on the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). Statements made at hearings are called testimony. Sounds a bit grandiose...
Date: Wednesday March 12, 2014
Time: 10:00 am to 2:45 pm ET
It was a completely virtual event, and I participated from Tokyo, as well as from Chile. I think the Japanese government should also virtualize more like this. It would be a good example for the private sector. I think the materials will be made public soon.
The time was exactly five minutes. Four people spoke in succession, and then there was a Q&A session. The Q&A session was quite lively. A witness who couldn't make it to the previous session for various reasons testified in this session, and there was quite a bit of Q&A in response to that testimony, so it was a bit disappointing that the Q&A time was so short.
This was my first time, so I only submitted a PowerPoint presentation, but many other people sent their own transcripts. The transcripts were displayed on the screen in real time, but they were surprisingly incorrect.[1]I thought, "I should have sent a proper comment in advance." I don't know if I'll have another chance, but I'll do that next time.
[1] It may be because of my poor pronunciation, but there were surprisingly many mistakes even when native speakers spoke.
(Change history)
2014/3/14 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare changed to Ministry of Health and Welfare.