Agenda of The 4th Asia OSS Symposium
1st-3rd, September, 2004

Chairman: Dr. Der Tsai Lee
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:10 Welcome Address
  • Dr. Lin Ferng Ching
  • Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan
09:10-09:20 Welcome Address by CICC
  • Mr. Akio Kanaya
  • Executive Director, Center of the International Cooperation
  • for Computerization
09:20-09:35 Opening Speech by IIS, Academia Sinica
  • Dr. Der Tsai Lee
  • Director, Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica
09:35-09:50 Opening Speech and Brief Introduction of Asia OSS by METI
  • Dr. Shuichi Tashiro
  • Project Leader, Information Services Industry Div. Commerce and
  • Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry
09:50-10:30 4 Economies¡Ç Reports (10 minutes per economy)
  • Bangladesh Mr. Muhammad Rahman
    Cambodia Mr. Noy Shoung
    China Mr. Alex Banh
    Hong Kong, China Prof. Lionel Ni
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:05 8 Economies' Reports (10 minutes per economy)
  • India Mr. Sasikumar Mukundan
    Indonesia Mr. Yohanes Nugroho
    Japan Mr. Kazuo Hiyane
    Korea Mr. Kwon Soon Son
    Malaysia Mr. Mohd Redzuan Affandi Abdul Rahim
    Mongolia Mr. Tamir Jargalsaikhan
    Myanmar Mr. U Thein Oo
    Nepal Mr. Prashant Lal Shrestha
12:05-13:30 Lunch at Howard Plaza Hotel Venue - Dragon Hall, 3F
13:30-14:40 7 Economies' Reports (10 minutes per economy)
  • Pakistan Mr. Osman Haq
    Philippines Dr. Delfin Jay Ix Sabido
    Singapore Mr. Kin Chew Lim
    Sri Lanka Dr. Aruma Ruvan Weerasinghe
    Thailand Mr. Kamthorn Krairaksa
    Vietnam Mr. Quynh Nguyen Trung
    Chinese Taipei Dr. Tyng-Ruey Chuang
14:40-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-16:00 Following up Discussion Based on Hanoi Statement
16:00-17:30 Working Group Discussion (From Hanoi Statement):
  • 1. Repository (Venue: CR403, 4F)
  • 2. Human Resource (Venue: CR405, 4F))
  • 3. Standard (Venue: Banquet Hall, B2)
18:30-20:30 Reception Party at Howard Plaza Hotel  Venue-Rainbow Terrace, Lobby
20:30-22:30 BOF Session
  • 1. Repository (Venue: CR403, 4F)
  • 2. E-Government (Venue: CR405,4F)
  • 3. Option

Chairman: Dr. Der Tsai Lee
09:00-10:20 Company Presentations (20minutes, per company)

  • Linux Professional Institute Inc.
  • Open Source, Standards, and Protecting Innovation
  • Mr. Evan Leibovitch
  • President, Linux Professional Institute, Toronto, Canada
  • Advantech Co., Ltd.
  • Open Source Opportunity for an Industrial Computer Company
  • Dr. Wenshan Liou
  • R&D Manager, Advantech Co., Ltd.
  • Axtronics Technolgies Inc.
  • System Development Using Open Source
  • Mr. Mike C. Wu
  • President, Axtronics Technologies Inc.
  • Epson Kowa Corporation
  • FLOSS Business - Getting involved
  • Mr. Masayuki Nakasone
  • Manager, Platform Division, Development and Design Group 1,
  • Epson Kowa Corporation
  • Mr. Olaf Meeuwissen
  • Linux Senior Engineer, Platform Division, Development and Design
  • Group 1, Epson Kowa Corporation
10:20-10:50 Coffee Break
10:50-11:50 Company Presentations (20minutes, per company)
  • Citron Network Inc.
  • GNU-GK, Does a Business Model Really Exist?
  • Mr. C. W. Huang
  • CTO, Citron Network Inc.
  • The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA)
  • Open Source Software.
  • Hong Kong- An Update and Perspective
  • Mr. Michael Mudd.
  • Director of Public Policy, Asia-Pacific, The Computing Technology
  • Information Asssociation (CompTIA), Hong Kong
  • IBM
  • IBM Linux Strategy
  • Mr. Shintaro Nezuka
  • Director, IBM Asia Pacific Linux Sales
12:00-13:30 Lunch at Howard Plaza Hotel  Venue - Dragon Hall, 3F
13:30-14:50 Company Presentations (20mins, per company)
  • NEC CORPORATION
  • Expanding Linux Adoption - Expectations and Issues
  • Mr. Kenichi Hori
  • Chief Manager, Linux Promotion Center, NEC Corporation
  • Novell Inc.
  • Novell and Open Source Leadership
  • Mr. Uwe Heine
  • Chief Alliance Officer, Novell Inc.
  • Renesas Technology Corporation
  • T-Engine in Ubiquitous Computing
  • Mr. Hwee Hwa Low
  • Deputy General Manager, Singapore Engineering Center,
  • Renesas System Solutions Asia Pacific Ltd.
  • Sun Microsystems Inc.
  • Open Source for Enterprise
  • Mr. Gary Lee
  • Consultant, Sun Microsystems Inc.; CTO, Softleader Technology Corp.
14:50-15:20 Coffee Break
15:20-16:40 Company Presentations (20mins, per company)
  • TBCommerce Network Corp.
  • Accelerating e-Business Solutions Delivery with
  • Open Source Software
  • Dr. Wei-Jyh Lin
  • CTO, TBCommerce Network Corp.
  • TECO
  • The Deployment of OSS in Networking Equipment
  • Dr. Jeng-Yuan Jeng
  • Director General, Teco Group Research Institute
  • Ms.Teresa Chiang
  • Director, Planning & Coordination Division, Teco Group Research Institute
  • VIA Technologies, Inc.
  • Digital Brilliance
  • Mr. Justin Hsu
  • Executive Assistant to Chairman, VIA Technologies, Inc.
  • Wiscore Inc.
  • Open Source Embedded System Development Platform
  • Mr. Jeff Liu
  • President, WISCORE Inc.
18:30-20:30 Dinner at Taipei 101  Venue - 101 The Banquet Hall, 5F

Chairman: Dr. Der Tsai Lee
09:00-10:30 Keynote Speech by Prof. Lessig
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break

10:45-11:15 Round Table 1 (Briefing from Working Groups and BOFs)
11:15-12:00 Round Table 2 (Working on Taipei Statement)
12:00-13:30 Lunch at Howard Plaza Hotel Venue ? Formosa Restaurant, Lobby
13:30-15:30 Round Table 3 (Finalizing the Taipei Statement& Next Meeting)
18:30-20:30 Dinner at the Grand Hotel  Venue - Autumn Room, Lobby

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