Workshop Sponsor: The Global Internet Project, and Fujitsu Limited
Workshop Organizers: The Global Internet Project (GIP) and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) Telecommunications and Information Industry Forum

Review the Workshop Summary

8:00 - 8:45
Workshop Registration
Tokyo International Forum; 6th Floor, Hall D

8:45 - 9:10
Opening Session

• Welcome Remarks by GIP Chairman John Patrick, Vice President for Internet Technology, IBM
• Opening Comments by Michio Naruto, Vice Chairman, Fujitsu

9:10
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Shuichi Shindo, Executive Vice President, NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc.

9:45
Panel I: New Wireless Internet Technologies
Review presentation by Kuo Wei Wu
New wireless technologies such as iMode, 3G wireless and new satellite data systems, enable mobile users to be connected to the Internet anytime, anywhere. The capacity and quality of wireless and satellite Internet services are increasing almost as rapidly as the price is plunging. What can this technology do today? What will be possible tomorrow? What technical problems stand in the way? Are new standards needed?

Moderator: Vint Cerf, Senior Vice President, MCIWorldCom
Panelists: Dr. Mario Tokoro, Corporate Executive Vice President, Sony Corporation; Dr. Toru Asami, Vice President, KDD Research and Development Laboratory; Kuo Wei Wu, Senior Vice President, Yam Digital Technology Co.; Paul Schofield, Senior Manager, Telstra & Heiki Kasko, President, Nokia Mobile Phones - Japan.

11:30
Coffee Break

11:45
Panel II: Wireless and Satellite Internet Services in Asia
Review presentation by Kenzi Tazaki
Review presentation by Dewayne Hendricks
Read remarks by Karl Rossiter
Wireless and satellite Internet technologies enable more people in more places to get Internet access cheaper and quicker. These new technologies can foster a range of new, exciting Internet-based services that would simply be impossible with traditional wired networks. How are wireless Internet services being used to "connect the unconnected" in Asia? What new services are being developed in Japan, Singapore, and elsewhere? Will the current architecture of the Internet be able to support a world in which there are hundreds of millions on wireless Internet devices? How necessary is IPv6 in such a world?

Moderator: Raimund Trierscheid, Executive Director, International Multimedia Business, Deutsche Telecom
Panelists: Kenzi Tazaki, Director & Principal Analyst, Gartner Group, Japan K.K.; Dewayne Hendricks, CEO, The Dandin Group; & Karl Rossiter, Business Development Manager, TVNZ Satellite Services & Chair, Advanced Technology Operations Group for the World Broadcasting Unions; Gerard Dosogne, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Management Control, SkyBridge/Alcatel Space Industries & Yutaka Nakano, Managing Director of Network Solutions Business, Japan Telecom and CEO of JENS Corporation

13:30
Workshop Buffet Lunch, Room D501 - Tokyo International Forum
*Luncheon Sponsor: Japan Telecom

15:00
Panel III: How is the Wireless Internet Changing the Internet Industry?
Review presentation by Charles Mok
How fast are wireless and satellite Internet services likely to grow? How will wireless Internet services affect the competitive landscape? How much will new wireless Internet services increase the demand for Internet backbone services? What other information technology sectors might be impacted?

Moderator: John Rolland, Director - On Line Services, Convergent Business, Telstra
Panelists: Dr. Hiroshi Fujiwara, President and CEO of Internet Research Institute, Inc.; Charles Mok, Deputy Managing Director, HK Net, and Chairman of Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association; Mr. Toru Takahashi, Chairman, The Internet Association of Japan; & Le Rick Lu, CEO & President, Asia Internet Plaza Corp; & Kanchana Kanchanasut, Associate Professor, Asia Institute of Technology.

16:45
Coffee Break - Hall D Reception Area

17:00
Final Session: What Should Business and Government Do?
What can and should governments and industry groups such as the GIP do to spur growth of the wireless Internet in Asia and elsewhere? What standards need to be developed and deployed? What actions are needed to ensure that enough spectrum and orbital slots are available to meet the demand for wireless data services?

Moderator: Roberto Romulo, Chairman of Equitable Cardnetwork, Inc. and Interpharma Investments, Ltd., Chairman of eASEAN Task Force.
Panelists: Kobo Inamura, Deputy Director General of Communications Policy, MPT; Richard Mullikan, Vice President for International Business Development, Tachyon, Inc.; Bob Collet, Vice President and General Manager, Teleglobe Communications Corp.; & Heiki Kasko, President, Nokia Mobile Phones - Japan.

18:30
Closing Comments by Toshiro Ozawa, Executive Director of Japan PECC, and GIP Chairman John Patrick

18:45
Farewell Cocktail and Buffet Dinner
Room G-409, Tokyo International Forum
*Sponsored by the Research Institute for Internet Strategies, Inc.