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Chairman's
Summary of the IT Symposium Volver
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WTO
Information Technology Symposium
16
July 1999
Annotated Agenda
Purpose:
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Share information about the dynamism of IT and its
future: recent R&D development, technology trends and
anticipated products/services
2.
Explain the role of IT in promoting economic growth and
development and IT's expanding contribution to the
infrastructure for a global information economy.
3.
Highlight the value of the application of IT, drawing on
examples from developed and developing countries:
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For business competitiveness for large and small
business;
- For government, and
- Users.
Organizational
matters
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The
Director in Charge will open the symposium with
introductory remarks. The Symposium will be chaired by
Mr. Heinz Opelz, Director, Market Access Division. There
will be four issue-oriented panel sessions on the
subjects outlined by participants.
Program:
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| Morning
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| 9:00
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Introduction:
Director in Charge |
| 9:15 |
I.
Overview
of the IT industry, technological
advances/trends, innovative business applications
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"International
Trade in IT Products"
Mr.
Patrick Low (WTO Secretariat)
Director, Economic Research and Analysis
WTO
Geneva, Switzerland
"The
Philippine IT Plan: Prospects and Problems"
Mr.
Claro Parlade
Senior Partner
Benitez Parlade Africa Herrera Parlade &
Panga Law Offices
Makati City, Philippines
"Contribution
of IT Industry to Economic Development – An
Israeli Perspective"
Mr.
Hanan Achsaf
President
Motorola Israel
Tel Aviv, Israel
"Production
of Digital Telecommunications Systems in the
Czech Republic"
Presentation
Mr.
Ivan Rícar
Director General
TTC TESLA TELECOMUNIKACE
Prague, Czech Republic
"Creation
of New Industry by Digital Conversions"
Mr.
Takashi Kubota
Director & Senior Chief Engineer
Corporate Technology, Digital Media
Hitachi, Ltd.
--followed
by a general discussion
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| 11:00 |
II.
Contribution
of IT
to economic growth and development and the role
of trade in the mutual reinforcement of global
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"ICT
Indicators Over the Period of the 90s".
Mr.
Linnar Viik
Director of Product Development and Marketing
Levicom Broadband
Tallinn, Estonia
"The
Effects of Trade Liberalization of IT Products in
the Development of Software and Hi-Tech
Industries: A Developing Country's Experience"
Mr.
Alejandro Montalvo
President of Costa Rican Chamber of Software
Developers
Costa Rica
"The
Death of the Productivity Paradox: The Explosive
Impact of IT on the US Economy".
Mr.
Leslie Simon
Public Policy Scholar
Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars
Washington, DC, USA
"The
Multimedia Super Corridor Project - A Model for
Fostering Economic Growth and Development Using
IT"
Mr.
Mohd. Salleh Hj. Masduki
Vice President
Flagship Coordination
Multimedia Development Corporation
Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
"From
an Off-line to an On-line Society"
Mr.
Torbjörn Ihre
Director
Ericsson European Affairs Office
Brussels, Belgium
--followed
by a general discussion
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| 13:00-14:15 |
Lunch
break |
| Afternoon
Session |
| 14:15 |
III.
Practical problems
encountered in IT trade (including the
possibility of presenting case studies, e.g.
import licensing) and the broader effects of NTMs
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Non-Tariff
Trade Barriers in IT Trade
Mr.
Dewang Mehta
Executive Director
NASSCOM
New Delhi, India
"Import
Licensing for Information Technology Products"
Mr.
David McGuire
Senior Manager, International Trade Team
Nortel Networks
Canada
"Trading
Barriers and Proposed Solutions of IT Trade"
Mr.
Miin Wu
President
Macronix International Co., Ltd.
Chinese Taipei
"Redundant
Testing and Certification as Impediments to
Economic Development"
Mr.
William Maxwell
International Trade Policy Manager
Hewlett Packard Company
USA
"Suppliers'
Declaration of Conformity, Certification &
Standardisation"
Mr.
Michel de Vecchis
Director, Standardization
Telecom Product Division – Cables &
Components Sector Alcatel
France
--followed
by a general discussion
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IV.
The implications of current approaches
to standards making and conformity assessment
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"IEC
and Information Technology"
Mr.
Jack Sheldon
Technical Manager
International Electrotechnical Commission
Geneva, Switzerland
"Supplier
Declarations of Conformity: A Case-study in
Implementation".
Dr.
James Galloway
Director, Technical and Regulatory of the
Australian Electrical and Electronic
Manufacturers Association (AEEMA)
Australia
"Green
Paper on Global Product Approval System for the
Future"
Mr.
Peter Deichmann
Technical Relations Manager EMEA (Europe,
Middle East, Africa)
IBM,
Germany
"Electrical
Safety and Information Technology Products"
Presentation
Mr.
Jean-Louis Robert
Régie de batiment
Government of Quebec
Direction de la normalization
and
Member of the Canadian Advisory Council on
Electrical Safety
Canada
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by a general discussion
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Other
papers
submitted and circulated
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Facilitating
Access to Information Technology through
Supplier's -
Declaration of Conformity
John Sullivan Wilson, Vice President,
Technology Policy, Information Technology
Industry Council (ITI) Washington, D.C.
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ECTEL
and EUROBIT Green Paper on a Global Product
Approval System for the Future
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Trade
in Information Technology Products and the
WTO Agreements
Note: The complete text of the publication
can be obtained form the International Trade
Centre, telephone: 41 22 730 02 90, fax: 41
22 730 05 78, or e-mail: semine@intracen.org
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