Invitation for Asia e-Government Forum 2008

2008.10.17 COUNT 2927

The government of Korea would like to invite you to the “Asia e-Government Forum 2008”, which will take place on 24th October 2008 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul, Korea.

The Asia e-Government Forum (AeGF) 2008 is being hosted by Ministry of Public Administration and Security (MOPAS) and organized by National Information Society of Agency (NIA) of the Republic of Korea.

More than 150 participants from 45 countries are expected to attend the forum including high level officials from various Asian countries. Please refer to the attached program for more details.

If you wish to attend AeGF 2008, please email us with your name, position title, organization, nationality and contact information.

(To Mr. Gregory Porkorny: g_pokorny@nia.or.kr, 02-2131-0198 /

Cc Ms. Kyung-yeon KIM : kykim@nia.or.kr, 02-2131-0258)

Your presence and contribution will definitely add great value to the event.

We thank you for your kind consideration and look forward to receiving your favorable reply by 16th October.

Thank you.

TIME	AGENDA...............
08:20 - 08:40	....Registration


08:40 - 08:50	....Opening Remark : Nam-Joon Chung, Vice Minister of Public Administration and Security
08:50 - 09:00	....Welcoming Remark : Seang Tae Kim, President of NIA, Korea
09:00 - 09:20	....Keynote Speech : TBA (To be announced)


Presentation: e-Government Service Integration and Connection
09:30 - 09:50	....UN University : Tomasz Janowski, Head of Center for Electronic Governance, UN University IIST
09:50 - 10:10	....Cambodia : Leewood Phu, Secretary General of National ICT Development Authority
10:10 - 10:30	....Vietnam : Tran Minh Tien , Vice Chairman of IT Steering Committee
10:30 - 10:50	....Philippines : Ana M.S. Montecastro, Chief Administrative Officer, Commission on ICT (CICT)
10:50 - 11:10	....Korea : Kang-tak Oh, Director, National Information Society Agency
11:10 - 11:25	....Coffee Break


Panel Discussion: Vitalizing Seamless Service through Integration
11:25 - 12:10	....Panel Discussion 1 : Vitalizing Government Information Sharing .... 1. Deepak Bhatia, Sectoral and e-Government Applications Practice Lead, the World Bank .... 1. Australia : Peter Dale, Branch Manager, Australian Government Information Management Office 2. Bangladesh : Ehsanul Hoque, Director General, Chief Adviser's (Prime Minister's) Office 3. Korea : TBA, Director General, Ministry of Public Administration and Security 4. Speakers from Cambodia and Vietnam will also participate as panelists in the Panel Discussion 1
12:10 - 12:55	....Panel Discussion 2 : Delivering Seamless e-Government Services .... 1. Tomasz Janowski, Head of Center for Electronic Governance, UN University IIST .... 1. Taiwan : Hong-Wei Jyan, Senior System Analyst , Research, Development & Evaluation Commission 2. New Zealand : Edwin Bruce, Manager, Investment & Collaboration, ICT, State Services Commission 3. Ethiopia : Measho Debretsion, Director General, Ethiopian ICT Development Agency 4. Speakers from Philippines and Korea will also participate as panelists in the Panel Discussion 2
13:00 - 14:30	....Lunch


[Closed Session] A collective vision of a desirable Asian e-Government : Namsan VI (2F)
14:30 - 16:00	....Expanding and deepening partnership for e-Government in Asia 1. Moderator : Seang Tae Kim, President of NIA, Korea 2. Important invitees including speakers, panellists and CIOs of Korean ministries are expected to discuss future e-Government model for bridging Asia.

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