8.30 am

Registration

9.00 am

Welcome

• Jeffrey Hardee, Vice President and Regional Director for Asia, Business Software Alliance

• Manoo Ordeedolchest, President, Software Industry Promotion Agency (Thailand)

THEME ONE

9.15 am

THEME ONE: Public Policy and Growth of the Software Industry: What drives software innovation and industry competitiveness?

• Introduction

9.30 am

Topic 1: The Role of Government and Policies

• Dr Toh See Kiat, Chairman, Goodwins Law Corporation and Former Member of Parliament (Singapore):
  Why do government policies succeed and fail?

• Dennis C. Legaspi, Associate Director, Asian Institute of Management Policy Center (Philippines):
  What policies drive competitiveness?

10.00 am

Topic 2: Developing the Technology Industry

• Dr Wong Poh Kam, Director Entrepreneurship Centre, and Associate Professor of Business School, National University of Singapore (Singapore): Industry-led innovation: What are the successful elements in commercializing R&D?
  
  
• Winston Padojinog, Executive Director and Vice President, Center for Research & Communication (Philippines): An Industry Perspective: What policy incentives would help technology companies thrive?

10.30 am

BREAK AND MORNING TEA/COFFEE

11.00 am

Topic 3: Lessons Learnt on the Impact of Government Policies

• Claro Parlade, Executive Director, Cyberspace Policy Center for Asia-Pacific (Philippines): When should the government act?
  
  
• Julian Ding, Managing Director, firstprinciples (Malaysia): Government preferential procurement policies: Catalyst for or inhibitors of innovation?

11.30 am

Theme One: Discussion Panel

Chair:

• Jeffrey Hardee, Vice President and Regional Director for Asia, Business Software Alliance

Panelists:

• Virgilio L. Peña, Former Secretary and Chairman of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (Philippines)
  
  
• Dr S. Moedjiono, Senior Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Indonesia)
  
  
• Speakers for Topic 1, 2 and 3

12.15 pm

PHOTO TAKING AND LUNCH BREAK

THEME TWO

1.45 pm

THEME TWO: Technology Convergence and Standards: How do policy makers leverage on these to drive e-Government?

• Introduction

2.00 pm

Topic 4: Technology Convergence

• Rajesh Sreenivasan, Partner, Rajah & Tann, and Consultant to the World Bank and ASEAN (Singapore): What are the current trends in convergence and where is the technology headed?

2.15 pm

Topic 5: Technology Standards and Interoperability

• Daniel Seng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (Singapore): What are technology standards and why is interoperability important?
  
  
• James Clark, Software Industry Promotion Agency (Thailand): What are the issues to consider in developing a standards policy?
  
  
• Baey Chin Cheng, Senior Vice President, DBS Bank, Information Security Services (Singapore): Security Standards: What is involved in their development?

3.00 pm

BREAK AND AFTERNOON TEA/COFFEE

3.30 pm

Topic 6: How Technology Convergence and Standards Drive e-Government

• Philippe Baechtold, Head, Patent Law Section, Sector of PCT and Patents, Arbitration and Mediation Center and Global Intellectual Property Issues, World Intellectual Property Organization (Switzerland): The International Perspective: Intellectual Property Rights and Standards – What are the challenges for governments?
  
  
• Benoît Müller, Director Software Policy (Europe), Business Software Alliance: The European Perspective: How are policies on e-government interoperability and standards evolving?

4.00 pm

Theme Two: Discussion Panel

Chair:

• Manoo Ordeedolchest, President, Software Industry Promotion Agency (Thailand)

Panelists:

• Keith Besgrove, Chief General Manager, Information Economy Division, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (Australia)
  
  
• Andrew Haire, Assistant Director-General (Telecoms), Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (Singapore)
  
  
• Speakers for Topic 4, 5 and 6

4.45 pm

Round-up and Closing Discussion

• Goh Seow Hiong, Director Software Policy (Asia), Business Software Alliance

5.15 pm

BREAK

6.00 pm

Gather at Lobby for transfer to dinner at Mahanaga

6.30 pm

Reception at Mahanaga

7.00 pm

Closing Dinner

9.00 pm

Close of Event and transfer back to Hotel