Global Information Summit 2001

Openning Speech
Mr. Michio Naruto Global Information Infrastructure Commission Forum(GIIC)Asia Co-Chair, Special Representative, Fujitsu Limited
Keynote Speech
Mr. William E. Kennard Senior Fellow, Aspen Institute, former Chairman, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission(FCC)
Mr. Etsuhiko Shoyama President and Representative Director, Hitachi, Ltd.
Ms. Meg Whitman President & CEO, eBay, Inc.
Guest Speech
Mr. Bertie Ahern T.D. the Prime Minister of Ireland

Panel Discussion
Session 1 "A New Era with Ubiquitous Network and Broadband Technologies"
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
Moderator:Dr. Hiroshi Yasuda Professor, the University of Tokyo
Session 2 "New Business Models and Economic Rules for E-commerce"
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.
Moderator:Dr. Jiro Kokuryo Professor, Keio Business School
Session 3 "Reconsideration of Government and Company Roles"
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.
Moderator:Mr. Waichi Sekiguchi Editorial Writer, Nikkei Newspaper

For further information contact: The Global Information Summit Secretariat gis@nikkei.co.jp