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- Elliot E. Maxwell
- Special Advisor to the Secretary for the Digital Economy, Office of the Secretary U.S. Department of Commerce
Elliot E. Maxwell is presently Special Advisor to the Secretary of Commerce for the Digital Economy. He provides advice to the Secretary on, and is responsible for the coordination of, Commerce Department activities regarding issues involving electronic commerce and the Internet. These include, among others, privacy, consumer protection, increasing access to bandwidth, establishing a legal framework for electronic commerce, and the impact of electronic commerce on other aspects of the economy. He has participated in the U.S. Government's Interagency Working Group on Electronic Commerce since its beginning.
Prior to joining the Department of Commerce, he served at the Federal Communications Commission as Deputy Chief of the Office of Plans and Policy, Deputy Chief of the Office of Science and Technology, and Special Assistant to the Chairman. He also previously served as Director of International Technology Policy at the Department of Commerce and as Senior Counsel to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities. He worked in the private sector for a number of years as a consultant and as Assistant Vice President for Corporate Strategy of Pacific Telesis Group where he combined business, technology, and public policy planning.
Maxwell graduated from Brown University and Yale University Law School. He has written and spoken widely on issues involving electronic commerce, telecommunications, and technology policy.
- Hiroshi Menjo
- Partner, The McKenna Group
Hiroshi Menjo is Partner at The McKenna Group, where he focuses on helping his clients develop new eBusinesses.
Before joining The McKenna Group, Hiroshi assisted a variety of U.S. and Canadian high-technology clients with the development and implementation of Japan entry strategies, as well as strategic alliances with Japanese companies.
Prior to that, Hiroshi worked for the Boston Consulting Group.
Based out of the Tokyo office, he worked with U.S. and European clients to develop strategies for entering the Japanese market and emerging Asian economies. Before joining the Boston Consulting Group, Hiroshi was with Konica Corporation in Tokyo. There, he worked as a member of the Senior Research Staff.
Hiroshi has been a guest lecturer for various universities and business organizations. He has contributed numerous articles to a number of Japanese business journals and magazines.
He also co-authored several books in Japan, two of which became a best selling book in the business field.
Hiroshi holds a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Tokyo, as well as an M.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Gosuke Nakae
- Manager, Aerospace Information Systems Division, Mitsubishi International Corporation Palo Alto Office
It is our responsibility, as a human being who lives in this changing world, to keep thinking of what we should do in order to make network based world rich, from levels of individual, corporate and society.
Joined Mitsubishi Corporation in 1983, right after graduated from Keio University. Involved in export business of telecommunication systems, operation of Satellite Communications Corporation, GIIC (Global Information Infrastructure Commission) as a secretariat for its Asian Co-Chair and assigned to current position since August, 1998.
Carefully watching the development of network society from the heart of the Silicon Valley....
- Ichiya Nakamura
- Visiting professor, MIT Media Laboratory
Now he is in charge of establishing "MIT Okawa Center", a research institute for media and children. Until joining MIT in 1998, he was in charge of media policy including Internet policy and content policy as a member of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Japan. He used to be a rock musician at "Shonen Knife" until 1984. http://www.ichiya.org
- Fumio Okuma
- Partner, Gemini Consulting Japan
The leader of C4 (TeleCom, Computer, Contents and Consumer Electronics) group of Gemini Consulting Japan. Involves in solving a broad range of management issues in the area of "Digital Convergence" and "E-Business Transformation" especially through strategic alliance formulation and new business model realization.
- Akihisa Oyama
- President, eGroups KK
The President of eGroups KK, a subsidiary of eGroups, Inc., the world's largest email group service company that distributes 80 mm emails per day (the larger than #2 AOL of 72 mm/day). Before founding eGroups KK in January, 1999, Mr. Oyama founded an eCommerce service provider, CyberCash KK, a joint venture between CyberCash, Inc. and Softbank. Prior to Internet Business, Mr. Oyama was engaged in corporate finance and M&A activities for 10 years at Investment Banks, Goldman, Sachs and Lazard Freres in New York & Tokyo.
Holds BA in Mathematics and M.Phil. in Economics from Oxford University, England, UK.
- Chuck Parrish
- Executive Vice President, Phone.com, Inc.
Chuck Parrish is executive vice president of Phone.com based in Redwood City, California.
Before joining Phone.com, Mr. Parrish was vice president of marketing for GTE Mobile Communications and general manager of Mobile Data for GTE Mobile Communications.
Prior to that, he was senior vice president of operations at Contel Cellular, Inc. and co-founder, president, and chief executive officer of AmeriCom Corporation.
Mr. Parrish also served as chief of staff in the Department of Interior under the Carter Administration.
Mr. Parrish is vice chairman of the Board of Directors for the WAP Forum ( http://www.wapforum.org ).
- Jane Smith Patterson
- Senior Advisor to the Governor for Science & Technology
Jane Smith Patterson serves as Advisor to the Governor of North Carolina for Science and Technology. She has advised more than 38 governments on information infrastructure and served as a member of the US National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council. She also chaired the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Steering Committee in its organizational year.
Patterson serves as the vice-chair of the National Task Force for Knowledge Management and Intellectual Property and as a member of the National Commission for Technology and Adult Learning. She also currently serves as a member of the Harvard University JF Kennedy School Research Project on Networked Government and the Alliance for Converging Technologies Egoverance Project.
- Anthony M. Rutkowski
- Principal, NGI Associates
Currently the principal of NGI Associates, Director of the Center for Next Generation Internet, and staff consultant to General Magic, Inc. A highly visible and well-known global enterprise strategist, public official, organization leader, consultant, lecturer, and author in both the Internet and telecom worlds - with a career spanning 30 years of diverse positions in the business, public, and education sectors, in many different facets of the computer networking, telecom, publishing, and mass media industries, domestically and internationally. This includes employment with: General Magic, Sprint International, Horizon House, Pan American Engineering, General Electric, Evening News Association, the Federal Communications Commission, the International Telecommunication Union, Cape Canaveral City Council, Internet Society, MIT, and NY Law School. ( http://www.ngi.org/rutkowski )
- John Ryan
- President and CEO, Entrust Technologies Inc.
In January 1997, John A. Ryan was appointed President and CEO of Entrust Technologies Inc., after it spun off from Nortel Networks in December 1996.
Prior to joining Entrust, Mr. Ryan was the Vice President and General Manager, Multimedia and Internet Solutions at Nortel and was responsible for the company`s global multimedia and Internet projects.
Between 1981 and 1995, Mr. Ryan held a variety of senior management positions at Nortel, including: Vice President and Business Manager, Meridian Integrated Solutions; Assistant Vice President, Marketing, Meridian 1 and Meridian Multimedia Business Solutions; Assistant Vice President, Marketing, Norstar and Terminals; Director of Marketing, Switching and Transmission (Northeast Region); Director of Customer Service Switching - Northeast Region, and; Controller (Northeast Region).
Mr. Ryan has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, and is a chartered accountant.
- Kaori Sasaki
- President, Unicul International, Inc.
She founded Unicul International, Inc. in 1987 as an international communication consultancy. (http://www.unicul.com/ ) Received the New Business Association's Entrepreneur Award in 1988. Founded the Network for Aspiring Professional Women in 1989 and is its current president. Was chosen as one of thirteen most successful women in Japan who lunched with First Lady Hillary Clinton during her trip to Japan in April 1996. Started work as a news reporter in 1987 for TV Asahi's ""News Station""; now working as a newscaster for TBS's ""CBS Document (CBS's 60 Minutes) from July 1996.
President of the Japan chapter of the Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (YEO). Known for her written works, lectures and committee work in relation to international, women's, networking and Internet issues. Author of ""You Can Still Work When You're Pregnant"" (Wave Shuppan), and ""The Give & Given Concept"" (Just System Shuppan). She translated ""Only Paranoid Survive"" by Andrew Grove, CEO of Intel Corporation (Shichiken Shuppan) "
- William L. Schrader
- Chairman and CEO, PSINet Inc.
William L. Schrader is chairman of the board of directors, chief executive officer, and founder of PSINet, one of the world's largest and most experienced commercial Internet service providers. Publicly traded on the NASDAQ market as PSIX, PSINet operates in 25 countries, serves over 80,000 companies, and offers a broad suite of advanced Internet, Web and eCommerce services.
Schrader has authored numerous position statements, spoken at industry events, and appeared on Capitol Hill to present industry and corporate positions on such issues as Internet encryption, the domain name system, and the Communications Decency Act. In addition, he has participated in panel discussions of industry trends and issues on mainstream media such as CNBC, MSNBC, and CNNfn..
As PSINet chairman and CEO, Schrader has been instrumental in the formation of industry groups such as the Commercial Internet Exchange (CIX). He is also the driving force behind PSINet's innovative global peering initiative for Internet service providers worldwide. Schrader was named 1998 Master Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young and he was listed as one of the industryfs g20 to Watchh by Computer Reseller Magazine and gTop 10 to Watchh by Telephony Magazine.
Prior to forming PSINet in 1989, Mr. Schrader was founder, president, and chief executive officer of NYSERNet, a corporation that created the first regional Internet network, providing networking services to university, corporate, and government communities in New York State. Earlier, Mr. Schrader was executive director and co-founder of two supercomputer centers, one at Cornell University and one at Syracuse University. While at Cornell, he led the development of the NSFNET Backbone Network to connect the national supercomputer centers, which became the basis for the NSFNET system.
Mr. Schrader earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Cornell University, as well as completing graduate work in business and finance."
- Waichi Sekiguchi
- Editorial Writer, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.(NIKKEI)
Waichi Sekiguchi is a senior staff writer for Nikkei Newspaper, the largest economic daily in Asia. He joined Nikkei in 1982 and currently covers the Japanese IT industry and cyberspace issues in Tokyo. Sekiguchi used to be a Washington correspondent during the Bush and first Clinton Administrations, covering US trade and government policies.
Prior to that, he was a research fellow at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and a chief writer for Nikkei Weekly, the English edition of the Nikkei newspaper. He has also written books on the Internet and IT industry. Titles include Cyberspace Revolution, The Frontier of Cyberbusiness, Moderntimes 2001, etc.
He graduated from Hitotsubashi University and he presently teaches at Waseda University and Meiji University as a part-time instructor.
- David L. Shuler
- Vice President, Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd.
- Brian Subirana
- Assistant Professor IESE International Graduate School of Management (Spain)
Brian Subirana is Assistant Professor at the MIS department of the IESE International Graduate School of Management -University of Navarra. His research interests include the emerging business models of companies operating in the converging information industries. He is particularly interested in the study of the Internet as it represents a magnifying glass reflecting the industry convergence and transformation process enabled by new multimedia infrastructures and information technologies. He has researched convergence in industries such as banking, insurance, publishing, learning, advertising, business information, electronic commerce, media and entertainment. In particular, he is concerned with the elucidation of infrastructures that enable virtual spaces for learning and new organizational forms. He has authored numerous articles and business cases.
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Artificial Intelligence) degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
- Dr. Osamu Sudoh
- Doctor of Economics, Professor of The University of Tokyo
Research Field -- Study on Digital Economy, Environmental Economics, Informatics Achievements in English -- Wonderful World of Digital Commerce (in) Look Japan, No. 514, 1999, Creativity and Relationship : Impact of Network on Work and Corporate Organization (International Seminar Germany-Japan Regional Development Conference Paper, Germany, 1999), Digital Economy and Electronic Money (International Conference Connect1999 Conference Paper, Norway, 1999) and so on.
- Takashi Tanemura
- Deputy Manager, Web & Mobile Business Department, Electronic Media Bureau, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.(NIKKEI)
Working for a project team to develop web strategies and e-commerce deals for Nikkei's website, NIKKEI NET. Main role is to research the hottest online marketing and advertising trends in the US market. Looking to discuss about the role of ""infomediaries"" and consumer privacy in this conference.
- Odgerel Ulziikhutag
- Director of Information & ME Dept., Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Mongolia
Odgerel Ulziikhutag is Director for the Department of Information and Monitoring in the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Mongolia. Since 1998, he is working for Government Advisory Commission of Information Technology as Secretary. Mr. Odgerel Ulziikhutag is responsible for Information and Communications technology development policies and strategies. In 1999, Advisory Commission organized several International workshops and meetings on E-commerce and Internet related issues in Ulaanbaatar.
- Yukihiro Yamamura
- General Manager, Excite Japan Inc.
Formerly, Board of Director of Business Development, Trans Cosmos Inc and President and CEO, DoubleClick Japan Inc. Achived drive 'Internet in a Box' and Real Audio/Video for Japanese Version. And set up Doubleclick Japan as a first president.
- Motoki Yamazaki
- Deputy Director of Fixed Property Valuation Division, Local Tax Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Japan
- Makoto Yokozawa
- Senior Consultant of Information Technology Reserach Department at Nomura
Research Insititute, Visiting Associate Professor at Kyoto University Dr. Yokozawa is a senior consultant at Nomura Research Insititute, and concurrently serving as an associate professor at Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University. His major interests are: Enterprise IT strategy including ROI analysis of IT investments, Socio-IT including community marketing and community money system, and Organizational Innovation Model including Linux-type OS developments.
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