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Launching the Era of the Ubiquitous Network
-Constant Availability of Broadband Networks |
| Date | March 8 (Thurs.) & 9 (Fri.), 2001 |
| Venue | NIKKEI Hall(8th floor, Nihon Keizai Shimbun Tokyo Head Office, Otemachi, Tokyo) |
| Organized by | Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. |
| Supported by | GIIC (Global Information Infrastructure Commission Forum) |
| Sponsored by | DigitalCore GIS Forum |
| In Cooperation with | Embassy of the United States of America, Tokyo
Canada Embassy
Embassy of the Ireland
The Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan |
| Planning & Coordination | Nikkei DigitalCore Program |
| 13:30 - 13:35 |
Greetings by |
Mr. Takuhiko Tsuruta
President & CEO, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. |
| 13:35 - 13:50 |
Overview by |
Mr. Michio Naruto
Global Information Infrastructure Commission Forum(GIIC) Asia Co-Chair, Special Representative, Fujitsu Limited |
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| 13:50 - 14:35 |
Keynote Speech(1) by |
Mr. William E. Kennard
Senior Fellow, Aspen Institute, former Chairman, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission(FCC)
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| 14:35 - 15:20 |
Keynote Speech(2) by |
Mr. Etsuhiko Shoyama
President and Representative Director, Hitachi, Ltd.
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| 15:30 - 17:30 |
Session 1 |
| New Era with Ubiquitous Network and Broadband Technologies |
| Panelists | |
Mr. Patrick T. Gallagher Group Director,Strategy and Development, BT
Mr. Laurence W. Norjean Chairman and CEO, FMiTV Networks, Inc.
Mr. Mike Thurk Executive Vice President, Ericsson
Mr. Masanobu Suzuki President & CEO, NTT Communications Corporation
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| Moderator | |
| Dr. Hiroshi Yasuda Professor, the University of Tokyo |
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| 10:00 - 12:00 |
Session 2 |
| New Business Models and Economic Rules for E-commerce |
| Panelists | |
Mr. Mark T. Hogan President, e-GM
Mr. Peter Pervere Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Commerce One, Inc.
Mr. Fran Rooney President & CEO, Baltimore Technologies. plc
Mr. Edward Zeng Chairman & CEO, Sparkice.com Ltd.
Dr. Hiroshi Fujiwara President & CEO, Internet Research Institute,Inc.
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| Moderator | |
| Dr. Jiro Kokuryo Professor, Keio Business School |
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| 13:15 - 14:15 |
Keynote Speech(3) by |
Ms. Meg Whitman
President & CEO, eBay, Inc.
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| 14:15 - 14:30 |
Guest Speech by
(Representative) |
Mr. Bertie Ahern T.D.
the Prime Minister of Ireland
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| 14:45 - 16:45 |
Session 3 |
| Reconsideration of Government and Company Roles |
| Panelists | |
Dr. Soon-Hoon Bae Professor, Graduate School of Management of KAIST, Former Minister, Information and Communication, Korea
Mr. Thomas A. Kalil Former Deputy Director, National Economic Couneil, Former Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology and Economic Policy
Mr. Keith Parsonage Director-General Industry Canada
Dr. Rosalie A. Zobel Director, New Methods of Work and Electronic Commerce, Information Society Technology, Information Society DG, European Commission
Mr. Koichi Sakata Chairman, Japan Telecom Co., Ltd.
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| Moderator | |
| Mr. Waichi Sekiguchi Editorial Writer, Nikkei Newspaper |
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| 16:45 - 17:00 |
GIS Summary : Exploiting the Ubiquitous Era |
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