Greeting by Mr. Takuhiko Tsuruta,
President & CEO, Nihon Keizai Shimbun,Inc.

Supporter's Greetings by Mr. Takuma Yamamoto,
GII Commission Commissioner, Chairman Emeritus of Fujitsu Limited

Video Opening Address by Mr. Albert Gore,
U.S. Vice President (Tentative)

Keynote Speech by Mr. Ira Magaziner,
Senior Advisor to the President for Policy Development(U.S.)

Keynote Speech by Mr. Tadahiro Sekimoto,
Chairman, NEC Corp.

Afternoon Program:
1:30 pm to 5:00 pm

The Afternoon Program includes three concurrent sessions on the following topics:

A: Asia
B: Electronic Commerce
C: Individual's rights and freedom of speech in the Internet society

Session A: Asia

Keynote Address by Mr. Tengku Mohd. Azzman Shariffadeen, President & CEO, MIMOS Berhad (Malaysia)

Panel Disscussion:

Desperate Need of Infrastructure -- Asia/Pacific in Highlight

Moderator: Izumi Aizu, Principal,
ASIA NETWORK RESEARCH (ANR) Sdn. Bhd.

Panelists:

• Mr. Tengku Mohd. Azzman Shariffadeen,
  President & CEO, MIMOS Berhad (Malaysia)

• Mr. Leong Keng Thai,
  Director-General, TELECOMMUNICATION AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE

• Mr. Deng Shoupeng,
  Director of Bureau of Techno-Economics, Development Research Center of the State Council of PRC

• Ms. Ellen Manzo-Ill,
  Regional Director, WorldSource Distribution, AT&T Asia/Pacific

• John Steele,
  Managing Director, Global Communications, British Telecommunications

• Mr. Shigeru Ikeda,
  Executive Vice President, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation

Session B: Electronic Commerce

Keynote Address by Mr. Bill Melton,
President & CEO, CyberCash

Panel Discussion:

New Development of Electronic Commerce--Scenarios for Economic Structure Improvement

Moderator: Jim Johnson,
GII Commision Deputy Director

Panelists:

• Mr. Ira Magaziner,
  Senior Advisor to the President for Policy Development(U.S.)

• Mr. Bill Melton,
  President & CEO, CyberCash

• Mr. Eric Blot-Lefevre,
  President, Electronic Commerce Europe

• Mr. Jim Sha,
  President & CEO, Actra Business Systems

• Mr. Bruno Lanvin,
  World Coordinator, UNCTAD Trade Point Program

• Mr. Mitsuru Iwamura,
  Professor, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University

Session C: Individuals' rights and freedom of speech in the Internet society

Keynote Address by Mr. John Gage,
Science Office Director, Sun Microsystems

Panel Disscussion:

Emerging Netizens and New Democracy -- Global Collaboration to Solve Network Society Problems

Moderator: Mr. Jiro Kokuryo,
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, KEIO University

Panelists:

• Mr. John Gage,
  Science Office Director, Sun Microsystems

• Mr. David Farber,
  Professor, University of Pennsylvania

• Mr. Shunpei Kumon,
  Professor, International University of Japan

• Ms. Kaori Sasaki,
  President, UNICUL International, Inc.

Presented by: Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.

Supported by: GII Commission

Sponsored by: Global Information Summit Promotion Forum

In Cooperation with:

Embassy of The United States of America Tokyo,

International University of Japan - Global Communication Center,

Asia Network Research (ANR) Sdn. Bhd.