Japan, known for its advanced broadcast technology, makes EBU engineer David Wood an Honorary Member of its learned society, the ITE.   

The ITE, the Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers of Japan, has its roots in 1933.  It encourages excellence in the science and technologies associated with television.  It has invited non-Japanese engineers to join its learned ranks over the years as Honorary Members.  Thus far, those invited were John R Pierce (US, who inter-alia coined the term ‘transistor’), Joseph Flaherty (US, who inter-alia pioneered ENG and HDTV), and Prof. Mark Krivocheev (Russia, who inter-alia started 625-line television). 

The ITE invited EBU engineer, David Wood, to be an honorary Member in May 2010, largely because of his contribution to worldwide standardization.    David Wood’s comment: “It was very moving.  It reflects the respect in which all the EBU Engineers are held in Japan – I’m just lucky to be with the EBU”.             

The honorary membership was presented to David Wood at the ITE Headquarters in Minato, next to the Tokyo Tower, in Japan, at the ITE General Assembly. 

Photo:  ITE Chairman Masayuki Tanimoto, David Wood (centre) and EBU Colleague Jean Pierre Evain.