Registration
10:00am-10:50am

Introduction
10:30am-11:00am

Welcoming Address
10:30am-11:00am

• In Kim, CEO and President, Federation of Korean Information Industries (FKII); President and CEO, Samsung SDS
• Robert Holleyman, President and CEO, Business Software Alliance (BSA) (Holleyman - Presentation PDF)

Opening Remarks
10:50am-11:00am

• Dr Myung Oh, President, Konkuk University; Former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Science and Technology, and Minister of Communications, Korea

Session l:  Guest Lectures
11:00am-12:15pm

Session l, an opening and guest lecture session, will be joined by leading international thinkers who will share best practices, highlight the dramatic impact of IT-related innovation on how people live and work, and comment on the strategic importance of fostering innovation in today’s increasingly competitive global economy.

Topic 1:          Innovation and Korea (Kim - Speech PDF) (Kim - Presentation PDF)
11:00am-11:25am

Korea is one of the first countries that has driven IT innovation that has fundamentally changed how people live and work. What have been the motivating forces behind Korea’s industry leadership, what socio-economic and cultural changes have resulted from Korean-born innovation, and what lies ahead?
Jong-Kap Kim, Chairman and CEO, Hynix Semiconductor; Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, Korea

Topic 2:          Innovation in Silicon Valley (Chen -Presentation PDF)
11:25am-11:50am

Silicon Valley is widely recognized as one of the key centers of innovation in the United States, with many global IT companies finding their roots there. What are the factors surrounding Silicon Valley that made it a breeding ground for so much innovation and so many success stories? What are the lessons learnt that other regions might benefit from?
John Chen, Chairman, CEO and President, Sybase

Topic 3:          Innovation through Intellectual Property
11:50am-12:15pm

Effective IPR protection is a critical cornerstone in building a foundation for innovation in the creative industries, including the ICT industry. Rapid growth in the industry however has changed the way individual entrepreneurs and companies manage and exploit their IP assets. What trends are being seen in this area today, what are likely in the years to come, and what are the implications for government, IP owners, and IP consumers?
Brad Smith, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Microsoft

Photo Taking Session and Lunch Break
12:15pm-1:30pm

Session ll: Discussion Panels
1:30pm-6:00pm

In Session ll, international and regional panels will discuss specific measures that governments and industry can employ to promote IT innovation, including through sound public policy and initiatives in such areas as intellectual property rights, procurement, standards and R&D, envisaging implications for government, industry, and the broader universe of computer users.

Panel 1:       Enabling Innovation through Policy Initiatives
1:30pm-3:15pm                     

Can or should government play a role in promoting technological innovation? What are the guiding principles for public policy that will facilitate innovation and how are these principles implemented for the optimal synergistic effect with the industry? How can governments and industry promote IT innovation through sound public policies and initiatives in such areas intellectual property rights, procurement, standards, R&D?

• Robert Cresanti, Undersecretary for Commerce for Technology, Department of Commerce, United States (Cresanti - Presentation PDF)
• Martin Hynes, Director, Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, Ireland (Hynes - Presentation PDF)
• Dr Sangwon Ko, Director, IT Industry Division, Korea Information Society Development Institute, Korea (Ko - Presentation PDF)
• Frank Xiong, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, BEA Systems (Xiong - Presentation PDF)

Moderated by: Robert Holleyman, President and CEO, Business Software Alliance

Coffee/Tea Break
3:15pm-3:45pm

Panel 2:      Encouraging Innovation in the Asia Region
3:45pm-5:30pm                     

What are the experiences in the leading Asian economies – China, Japan and Korea – in encouraging innovation? How have the results of such efforts been realized in the international marketplace and what are some of the best practices and lessons learned? What collaborative efforts and integration can take place at the regional level to foster greater levels of innovation?

• Dr Xiaohan Liao, Deputy Director General for Information and Space Technology, Department of High and New Technology Development and Industrialization, Ministry of Science and Technology, China
• William Overholt, Asia Policy Chair and Director, Center for Asia Pacific Policy, RAND Corporation, United States  (Overholt - Presentation PDF)
• Prof Toshio Obi, Graduate School of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies, Waseda University; President, International Academy of CIO; Director, APEC e-Government Research Center, Japan (Obi - Presentation PDF)
• Man-Gi Paik, Senior Partner, Kim & Chang; Former Director General for Industrial Technology Policy, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, Korea (Paik - Presentation PDF)
• Tony Ho, Vice President, North Asia, McAfee (Ho - Presentation PDF)

Moderated by: Dr Yoo Soo Hong, Chairman, Globalization Committee, Korea Technology Innovation Society; Director, Institute for Global Innovation Economy (IGIE), Korea

Reviewing and Closing Discussion
5:30pm-6:00pm