International Information Industry Congress 1999 Steering 
Committee 


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IIIC Steering Committee Meeting
November 16th & 17th, 1999
Oak Room - Hotel Okura
2-10-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku
Tokyo, Japan

FINAL AGENDA


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IIIC Steering Committee Meeting
November 16th & 17th, 1999
Oak Room - Hotel Okura
2-10-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku
Tokyo, Japan

FINAL AGENDA

 

Tuesday, November 16 - Suehiro Room, Hotel Okura
 
 17:00 Registration opens
 
 18:00 Opening Reception
 

Wednesday, November 17 - Oak Room, Hotel Okura
 
 09:00
  • Opening Session & Welcome
  • Introduction of Chairman
  • Introduction of attending delegates
  • Acceptance of draft minutes prepared by Eberhard Reik for the IIIC Congress held in Berlin on September 16, 1998
  • Adoption of Agenda for the IIIC Steering Committee of November 17, 1999 - Japan
  • Reports from Delegation Leaders
 10:00 Break
 
 10:15 Review of status of outstanding common view papers from the IIIC Congress held in Berlin on September 16th, 1999 (see attached list)
 
 11:45 Lunch
 
 13:15 Preparations and plans for the Millennium IIIC Congress to be held in Canada in September of 2000 - (hosted and chaired by ITAC)
 
 14:00 Roundtable on issues for IIIC Common Commitment or future Common View Papers to be presented at the IIIC Congress in September 2000 - Canada
  • Discussion paper on "Computer Crime" - investigation and penalties (ITAC preparing)
  • One Standard - One Test, Supplier's Declaration of Conformity (ITI)
  • Others
 15:30 Break
 
 15:45 Other Business
  1. IIIC participation in the 1999 WTO Ministerial in Seattle - Nov. 30 to Dec. 3, 1999 - "The Trade Agenda for the New Round" (ITI)
  2. GBDe Trust Mark (JEIDA)
  3. Housing of IIIC on ITAC website (ITAC)
  4. Establish and review of process for promoting and distributing approved common view papers (ITAC)
  5. Format for producing draft papers - Indicate date and version of documents (ITAC)
  6. Review of process for appointment of new members to IIIC (ITI)
  7. Other
 17:00 Closure of meeting
 
   

Pending Papers
 
 1. A Global Framework for Encryption and Security: "Global Trust Services Infrastructure"
-  presented by Keith Chapple - FEI and Peter Dare, IBM (UK).

Due to the short time available for review, acceptance of the paper was postponed and member representatives were requested to study it in detail and submit their comments to FEI. It is intended to be table for acceptance at the next meeting.

 
 2. Global IT Industry Outlook: "New Numbers for a New Economy - Why the Information Society Needs New Economic Measurements"
-  conceptional paper presented by Mr. Leslie D. Simon of the Woodrow Wilson Center, USA on behalf of ITI -USA

The paper was met with great interest by all participants and ITI was encouraged to further develop this concept.

 
 3. International Standards for the Global Electronic Marketplace - "Trade Facilitation and Information Technology - How Regulation can Best Facilitate International Commerce"
-  presented by William A. Maxwell, Hewlett Packard, USA on behalf of issue owning country - ITI - USA

Though the paper was discussed during previous meetings, at the request of participants it will require further study and review. It will be tabled for acceptance at the next meeting, and hence has been classified FINAL DRAFT.

 
 4. Product take back

he issue of product take back and related obligations for manufacturers of IT products as addressed in the draft EU directive on waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) was presented by Dr. Reinhard Hohn, IBM Germany.

IIIC gave the mandate to the task force on environment to prepare a Common View Paper on this subject.

 
 5. A Global Action Plan for Business with Governments towards Electronic Commerce
-  prepared by OECD - GIIC - ICC - INTUG - WITSA - ILPF.

This initiative which was prepared by BIAC, GIIC, ICC, INTUG, WITSA and supported by a number of international organisations, including Eurobit, and intended to be submitted to the forthcoming OECD Ministerial Conference on Electronic Commerce in Ottawa, October 7-9, was met with much interest. However, due to the fact, that there was no time for a detailed review of the paper, an official and common IIIC declaration of support could not be reached. (Members were asked to review the action plan and confirm their support within two weeks.

 

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