e-Government Summit 2006

Opening Keynote Speaker:
	Howard DICKSON Government Chief Information Officer Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, Government of the HKSAR Mr Howard Dickson has had an extensive career in Information Technology and Business Transformation, having served some of Canada's leading organisations in Transportation, Financial Services, as well as the Public Sector. Mr Dickson was born in the United Kingdom and graduated from Imperial College, University of London in 1966, in Electrical Engineering. Emigrating to Canada in 1967, Mr Dickson served as a design engineer in the power generation industry in Edmonton, Alberta. Following a master's degree in Computer Science in the United Kingdom in 1970, Mr Dickson took up a management appointment with the Canadian National Railways which was undertaking a substantial business transformation of its operations. Further engagements in systems executive roles included the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Guaranty Trust and Ernst & Young Management Consultants. His most recent private sector engagement was with National Trust (1992-1997) where his initial role as vice-president responsible for a range of change initiatives led to his appointment as senior vice-president of Operations and Technology in 1994. In 1997, Mr Dickson was selected to be the first Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the Department of National Defence of the Government of Canada, and served as Assistant Deputy Minister, Information Management from 1999-2004. As the first executive to be invited from outside both the public service and the military, Mr Dickson had the challenge of establishing the role of CIO within the Department of National Defence and served as a member of the Defence Management Committee. Further to the completion of his second three-year term with the Department of National Defence and prior to his acceptance of the appointment from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government as the Government Chief Information Officer, Mr Dickson has been an independent consultant advising clients from both the Federal Government of Canada and the Provincial Government of Ontario.

Distinguished International Speakers:
	Jiajun NING Chief Engineer China State Information Center 國家資訊中心研究員、首席工程師。歷任寧夏資訊中心主任、中國政法大學計算中心主任、國家資訊中心處長、資料庫部主任，公共技術服務部主任等職。系國家科技部“863”資訊安全專項課題專家組成員，曾任資訊安全課題資訊內容安全子課題與國家“863”展覽資訊安全展覽責任專家。目前，被國家科技部聘爲國家“十五”期間“863”資訊領域專家委員會成員。曾先後被全軍保密委員會、最高人民法院等單位聘爲顧問。長期從事電腦應用工作，在資料庫應用系統、資訊系統和資訊安全的設計、開發和研究中積有多年豐富的經驗。在上述領域取得過多項成果，先後獲國家科技進步一等獎和國家計委科技進步二等獎。近年來，主持完成了國家發改委系統縱向網安全子系統設計，在政府資訊化與安全領域發表了若干專著和論文。1995年獲得政府特殊津貼。

	Ernst NILSSON PhD Administrator, E-Government Project, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Ernst Nilsson, who joined OECD in July 2005, is the administrator of the OECD peer review of e-government in Turkey. Prior to coming to the OECD, Nilsson was senior advisor for policy, planning, and evaluation at the US Small Business Administration and deputy director of the Business Compliance One-Stop portal with the objective of reducing the administrative regulatory burden. Before moving to the US, Mr Nilsson was a consultant to the Swedish government for 25 years. Dr Nilsson has a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University and a MBA from the University of Chicago.

	Ms Susanne ORNAGER Adviser for communication and information in Asia UNESCO Education: Ph.D. Data Linguistic, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Degrees in Computer Science and in Theory of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. MLSc, Royal School of Library & Information Science, Denmark and BA Archaeology, University of Copenhagen. Working activities: Speaker at several international conferences on e-governance, information policy, development and use of information systems, image retrieval, users’ needs assessments, marketing etc. Adviser for Communication and Information in Asia in UNESCO Bangkok, Thailand and formerly in New Delhi, India. Professor, Head of Department for Knowledge Organization, the Royal College of Librarianship, Copenhagen, Denmark. Chief Librarian, the Academic Library of the Royal College of Librarianship and Lecturer at the same university. Associate Expert in Information Services and Systems in UNESCO's regional office in Jakarta, Indonesia for three years. Consultant work for different international organizations in Europe, Asia and Africa. Areas of responsibility: System analysis and design; Establishment of computerized information services; and Training courses in computer software packages. Research: Main areas of research: Knowledge management, Information policy, E-governance, Awareness raising. Image storage and retrieval; Subject analysis and indexing; Thesaurus construction and use; marketing and user interfaces. Publications: Journal articles and reports about: Digitizing pictures; Image databases; Library automation; Network developments; and Thesaurus construction.

	Tomy CHAN Chief Solution Architect ParaDM - DCIVision Tomy Chan is the Chief Solution Architect of ParaDM (powered by DCIVision). His major responsibilities included performing research and analysis on both vertical and horizontal solutions in order to provide strategic directions for product development of the company and to deliver concrete benefits to customers with document and workflow management capabilities. Prior to his current role, Tomy was ParaDM’s consultant. He helped to provide pre-sales support and recommendations on system enhancements. He had participated in a variety of successful project implementation and consultancy for finance and government segments. Tomy joined ParaDM as a programmer in 2001. He holds a bachelor of Computer Science from the Hong Kong University.

	Peter CHARNOCK General Manager, Asia Pacific eCopy (A Canon Partner) As general manager for Asia Pacific, Peter Charnock is responsible for guiding the company's expansion into the region. Charnock joins eCopy from Captiva Software Corporation, a data and document capture software solutions provider, where he served as sales director, Australasia and established Captiva's Asian distributor/reseller network. Charnock also brings over 15 years of sales management experience with Staffware, Canon Australia and Océ Australia., and holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours from the University of Sydney and a Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the University of Technology, Sydney.

	Matt KOLON Chief Technology Officer, Asia Pacific Juniper Networks (HK) Ltd Matt Kolon is Juniper Networks' CTO for Asia Pacific. Based in Hong Kong, he is primarily responsible for ensuring the technical and strategic requirements of customers in the region are reflected in Juniper's product portfolio. Prior to his current role, Matt was Juniper's regional mobility architect, helping customers design profitable mobile networks, and serving as Juniper's wireless and mobility analyst for the dynamic APAC market. Matt joined Juniper Networks in 1999 and also writes, presents, and teaches about mobility, security, telephony, and the future of IP technologies. Prior to Juniper he was a Senior Member of Technical Staff for Hill Associates, where he trained and consulted for telecommunications providers; prior to that he was an IT consultant in private practice in New York City. Matt has presented papers and seminars at networking conferences and trade shows including MPLScon, APRICOT, NANOG, The China VPN Conference, MPLS Forum Japan, and SuperComm. He is a co-author of two books, "IP Telephony" (McGraw-Hill, 1999) and "Juniper Networks Routers: The Complete Reference" (McGraw-Hill, 2002), and since 1994 has published many technical and non-technical articles in industry journals and elsewhere.

	Patricia LAU Managing Consultant, Head of Government Sector, Hong Kong PA Consulting Group Patricia is the Head of the Government sector in Hong Kong and has over 17 years of working experience in Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia, working extensively on assignments for Government departments or statutory bodies. She has led numerous projects on outsourcing, E-government, electronic public service delivery, business process re-engineering, IT strategy and implementation assignments. Over the years, Patricia has delivered changes with the SMART outsourcing process, and is particularly experienced in the market testing, Request for Proposal, vendor evaluation, business case analysis and negotiation processes. Patricia has a Bachelor Degree in Surveying (Hons) and a Master Degree in Surveying Science (major Geographic Information System)from the University of New South Wales, Australia; and a MBA Degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business of the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

	James LO Director, China / Hong Kong Blue Coat Systems James leads the China/HK sales for Blue Coat System, Inc. He has more than 20 years experience in IT industry. Prior to joining Blue Coat, James served as the Regional Sales Director, North Asia for NetScreen. He grew the business from startup stage to the market leader in 4 years time. Before that, James spent 6 years at IBM in various positions. His last position in IBM was Tivoli Channel Manager, Greater China. Prior to IBM, James served for Unisys China Ltd for 5 years as technical specialist.”

	Haridas NAIR Director Emerging Technologies Information Technology Solutions Group Sybase, Inc. Mr Nair is responsible for driving the strategy and evaluating emerging technologies for the three to five year horizon within Information Technology Solutions Group at Sybase. Prior to this Mr. Nair led marketing for Sybase’s data management products, including Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE), Replication, Real-Time Data Services and Mirror Activator. Mr. Nair joined Sybase, Inc. in 1990. He worked on the database line of products and was the lead engineer for Sybase SQL Server on Netware. He then became the product manager for the Sybase SQL Server product on Windows NT. From 1996 to 1998, he served as Director of Technical Marketing for Bluecurve, Inc., handling a product line of performance and capacity planning tools for Windows NT and Backoffice. Mr. Nair rejoined Sybase in 1998. Since 1998, Mr Nair has led product management and marketing teams and launched Sybase ASE (12.5, 12.5.2, 12.5.3), Sybase Replication, Sybase Event Broker, Sybase Enterprise Portal, Sybase Real-Time Data Services & Sybase Mirror Activator. Mr. Nair has a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

	Charleston SIN General Manager, Hong Kong and Macao Cisco Systems (HK) Ltd. Mr. Sin is the General Manager for HK and Macao for Cisco Systems (HK) Ltd. Charleston started his Cisco career eight year ago at headquarter in San Jose CA, where he was one of the founding members of Mobile Wireless Group. Moved back to Asia six years ago, Charleston was responsible for business development, product marketing for Mobile Wireless solutions in Asia Pacific, SP and Enterprise Sales Team Head for Hong Kong. Prior to Cisco, Charleston was at Nortel Networks and Bell-Northern Research where he was a senior member of scientific staff for wireless and network management systems. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Charleston spent 18 years in North America. He received his PhD in Technology Management from the University of Waterloo in Canada.

	William TAM Technical Manager - Asia Pacific, Websense Inc. William has more than 10 years of experience in the network security and wireless industry with extensive involvement in technical consulting and product management role and hold various positions across global and startup companies. He joined Websense in 2003, as System Engineer for the Greater China region and then promoted to Technical Manager for Asia Pacific in Sept 2005, managing the APAC System Engineer team and responsible for day-to-day technical consulting and services across the region. Prior to Websense, William is the Manager of Sales Engineering at Network365, a Ireland based multinational powerhouse and pioneer in 3G wireless data and mobile commerce and messaging technologies. Prior to that, he was the Product Manager for IP Service Group, Lucent Technologies ( formerly Ascend Communications ), managing a suite of IP VPN, firewall security and QoS appliances. He previously served in technical positions in support and product management role at companies including, Tivoli Systems Inc, Sun Microsystem and several local IT companies as well.

	Bill TING Director, Technology and Business Strategy CipherTrust Asia Pacific Mr. Ting, in his role as a technology evangelist for CipherTrust Asia Pacific, consults and provides customers with a wide range of solutions involving networking, security, and business applications. He is a frequently sought after speaker within the Asia Pacific region and often speaks on the trends of emerging technologies and their integration within business applications. Mr. Ting’s career spans 18 years in the networking and communications industries where he has performed various functions and held senior management positions in Engineering, Technical Marketing, and Sales Operation in the United States, Asia Pacific, and China. Prior to joining CipherTrust, Bill functioned as Director of Strategic Marketing for UTStarcom, Inc., where he was responsible for company’s product solution marketing and Techcom publications. In addition he was instrumental in developing new business and serving key accounts in the international market arena. Bill served seven years at SynOptics Communications/Bay Networks, where he played a key role from 1991 to 1997 in the start-up of company’s Asia Pacific sales operations, leading Product Marketing and System Engineering functions. Subsequent to Bay Networks, Bill spent four years at Ascend Communications (later acquired by Lucent Technologies), where he was responsible for ISP and Telco business development in the APAC region. Bill holds a Master of Science degree from the California Institute of Technology at Pasadena, California and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Iowa State University.

	Derek WARD Executive Vice President UK Markets & Accounts Atos Origin In 2005, Derek Ward became Executive Vice President, UK Markets & Accounts at Atos Origin – A leading Business Consulting, Systems Integration and Managed Operations organization with annual revenues of more than EUR 5 billion. Drawing on 20 years of experience dealing with both Public and Private Sector organisations around the world, Derek reports directly to the Main Board of Atos Origin and is responsible for leading the UK’s strategic direction and growth in the Financial Services, Telecoms, Utilities, Transport, Enterprise, Government and Health markets. Prior to this, he has held the positions of Senior Vice President Private Sector for Atos Origin and also Vice President Public Sector with responsibility for the company’s work with customers such as ABN Amro, Brakes, ING, Lloyds TSB and Vodafone as well as most major central government departments including Department of Health, UK Passport Service, The Department for Work and Pensions, Home Office, IND, MOD, Dept for Transport and Network Rail. Previous to this, as Vice President Global Sales, Transport, Derek was also responsible for developing Atos Origin’s transport solutions business on a world-wide basis, opening up new markets in the USA and Eastern Europe. His exceptional insight into the IT services industry has led him to become Chairman of Intellect’s Private Sector Council as well as frequently cited by industry analysts, national and trade press. Derek is also on the Advisory Board for Association of Alliance Managers (AAM).

	Louie WONG Regional Manager - HK & Taiwan Citrix Systems Hong Kong Limited As Regional Manager - Hong Kong & Taiwan, Louie Wong is responsible for providing leadership, direction and management to sales, systems engineering, services and field-marketing organizations with the primary objective of revenue attainment for Citrix’s business in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Louie has over 15 years experience in the ICT industry and has held various management positions in multinational companies. Prior to joining Citrix, Louie was the Country Manager of Check Point Software Technologies Limited responsible for the overall business in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Prior to Check Point, Louie was the Senior Marketing Manager of Compaq Computer Limited, Greater China Division responsible for driving various e-Business solutions. Louie holds both Bachelor and Master of Science degree in Computer Science. He also earned a Master degree in Business Administration. He is a member of the Australian Computer Society.

	Jeongwon YOON Director National Computerization Agency, Republic of Korea Jeongwon Yoon has been working more than 12 years as Director of the National Computerization Agency, Korea. He is responsible for ITPAP(Information Technology and Policy Assistance Program), assisting more than 12 developing countries in the area of e-Government projects. He successfully launched IT cooperation centers in Mexico and Chile, jointly with both Governments. Prior to this, he was responsible for reviewing BPR of Korean National Finance System, planning National Backup Center, designing Digital Certification Authority, and developing IT Risk Analysis methodology. He also served as Telecom. Sector Coordinator(1998-2000) of International Y2K Cooperation Center, Auspice of UN. As a guest researcher(2001) in National Institute of Standards and Technology in USA, he conducted cross certification testing of Public Key Infrastructures between Korea and USA. He has BS and MS degrees in Computer Engineering from California State University in USA. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Information Management from Seoul University of Information.

	Chi YU Director, International Business ViaScope Inc. Holder of B.A. in English Education from Boston University. 11 years of experience in networking and security industries. Prior to ViaScope, Chi held sales and marketing positions at Nortel Networks and Computer Associates.