OREANDA-NEWS. Ricoh Company, Ltd. (President and CEO: Zenji Miura) is the official provider of solution services, including a large-scale paperless meeting, held at the 8th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting from September 4 through 6 in Tokyo. Through those services, Ricoh supports smooth and efficient meeting management and the information sharing on Japan's outstanding transportation infrastructure to all participating countries. This meeting, where Japan is the host country for the first time, is a forum for transportation ministers from 21 APEC member countries and regions as well as 300 representatives to discuss various topics regarding transportation.

To date, the Ricoh Group has provided document output services at various international conferences in Japan. Last autumn, at the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group, Ricoh's contribution went beyond document-related solutions, supporting the Japanese government's "Cool Japan" initiative by offering various services that utilize new visual communication. Capitalizing on its special expertise, Ricoh is able to offer the solutions below at the APEC Transportation Meeting.

(1) Ricoh supports large-scale paperless meetings using 60 iPad units with the RICOH Smart Presenter, a paperless meeting application for tablets. Those who are participating as observers will be offered a document download service through Ricoh's new cloud service Clickable Paper.

(2) Digital signage, which requires little work for installation, is installed at eight locations on site by utilizing an ultra-short-throw projector for networks. The service controls content to distribute it collectively via a network.
(3) A multi-projection system that can show dynamic images is also available by connecting three ultra-short-throw projectors.
(4) An effective information transmission service using cloud service Clickable Paper is on offer at an exhibition held alongside the ministerial meeting.
(5) Ricoh also provides a service that develops and manages a document output environment.

The APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting, based on discussions surrounding knowledge, challenges, and solutions for an advanced transportation network at the ministerial level, is positioned as a valuable opportunity to promote an understanding of Japan's infrastructure system among meeting participants from both governments and the private sector. Ricoh, by providing one-stop support at the meeting, is contributing to this understanding. At the same time, we hope the global participants will come to appreciate Ricoh's highly advanced technology and peerless customer services.

By making use of these experiences going forward, the company will offer Ricoh Group's advanced technology as well as one-stop services that cover everything from installation, operation, maintenance to removal to a wide range of customers.