Time

Activity

07:30 - 08:30

Breakfast at Peninsula Palace

08:00 - 08:45

Event Registration

09:00 - 10:00

Welcome Address and Speeches from State Council Informatization Office (SCITO), UNDP China, and Cisco Systems

• Speaker 1: Dawei Chen, Vice Minister, State Council Informatization Office
• Speaker 2: Macleod Nyirongo, Senior Deputy Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme in China
• Click to Download: Opening Speech
• Speaker 3: Mr. Gordon Astles, President, Asia Pacific Operations, Cisco Systems
• Click to Download: Opening Speech

10:00 - 10:50

Presentation 1: Public Sector Reform and Cross Agency Collaboration

• Speaker 1: Joan McCalla, Corporate Chief Strategist, Office of the Corporate CIO, Government of Ontario, Canada
• Click to Download: Presentation 
• Speaker 2: Mr. Liu Yadong, Director General, Shanghai Informatization Office, China
• Click to Download: Presentation 

10:50 - 11:05

Questions and Answers

11:05 - 11:35

Tea Break

11:35 - 12:25

Presentation 2: Citizen Service Networks

• Speaker 1: Ms. Mui Ken Chung, Head (e-Government), Ministry of Finance, Singapore.
• Click to Download: Presentation  
• Speaker 2: Mr. Zhu Yan, Director General, Beijing Informatization Office, China
• Click to Download: Presentation

12:25 - 12:40

Questions and Answers

12:40 - 12:50

Group Photography

12:40 - 14:15

Lunch at Peninsula Palace

14:15 - 15:05

Presentation 3: Universal e-Government and the Digital Divide

• Speaker 1: Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Team Leader, Public Interest Program Unit, Ministry of Economic Reform, Science, and Technology, Sri Lanka.
  • Click to Download: Abstract, Paper and Presentation
• Speaker 2: Prof. Subhash Bhatnagar, Consultant, PRMPS, World Bank and former CMC Chair Professorship in Information Technology, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
  • Click to Download: Abstract and Presentation

15:05 - 15:20

Questions and Answers

15:20 - 15:50

Tea Break

15:50 - 16:40

Presentation 4: Connected Cities and Communities

• Speaker 1: Mr. Tang Wangsheng, Director General, Guangzhou Informatization Office, China
• Click to Download: Abstract, Paper and Presentation  
• Speaker 2: Mr. Christer Marking, Director of ICT Strategy, City of Stockholm, Sweden
• Click to Download: Paper and Presentation

16:40 - 16:55

Questions and Answers

16:55 - 17:00

Close of Day 1

17:00 - 17:45

Free Time

17:45 - 18:15

Transport to China Club

18:15 - 22:00

Gala Dinner at China Club

21:00 - 22:30

Transport to Peninsula Palace