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Seminar "Fostering Internet Enterprise Development by
Governments and by Large Companies through Subcontracting�
Brussels, Belgium, 5 October 2004
PROGRAMME
Opening statement
Mr. George Kowalski, Director, Industrial
Restructuring, Energy and Enterprise Development Division (IREEDD),
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
[Opening Statement]
The work of the Team of Specialists on
Internet Enterprise Development (TSIED)
Mr. Patrick Gannon, President and CEO,
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
Standards (OASIS), Boston, USA; and Chairman, TSIED, UNECE
[presentation]
Key-Note Address
Estonia on its way to the information society
Ms. Signe Ratso, Deputy State Secretary,
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of the
Republic of Estonia
[presentation]
Session I
THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS IN FOSTERING INTERNET ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
Chairman: Mr. John Borras, Director,
Technology Policy, e-Government Unit, Cabinet Office, London,
United Kingdom
Enabling Internet Enterprise Development:
Technological neutrality in IT public procurement
Mr. Hugo Lueders, Director, Public Policy EMEA,
Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), Brussels,
Belgium
[presentation]
E-government in Bulgaria
Mr. Georgi Stoev, Executive Director, Chamber
of Commerce and Industry, Sofia, Bulgaria; and Vice-Chairman,
TSIED, UNECE
[presentation]
Romania � The role of government policies
and actions in fostering Internet enterprise development
Ms. Diana St�ngu, Counsellor for European
Integration, Ministry of Communications and Information
Technology, Bucharest, Romania
[presentation]
Digital activity of small and medium-sized
enterprises in Hungary and the role of government policies and
programmes
Mr. Attila Petheő, Corvinus University of
Budapest, Small Business Development Center
[presentation]
Panel: Identifying and implementing the best
policies for Internet enterprise development promotion
Chairman: Mr. John Borras
(a summary is available in the Report on the Seminar)
Session
II
THE
E-BUSINESS REPOSITORY PROJECT OF THE TSIED
The e-Business Repository Project of the
TSIED
Mr. David Petraitis, European Representative,
OASIS; and Consultant for the Project
[presentation]
Session III
THE
GROWTH OF SUBCONTRACTING IN THE ICT INDUSTRY AND ITS POTENTIAL
FOR INTERNET ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
Chairman: Mr. Istv�n Er�nyi, Head,
Department of EU Integration, Ministry of Information and
Telecommunication, Budapest, Hungary; and Vice-Chairman, TSIED,
UNECE
Offshore outsourcing: a global shift in the
present IT industry
Mr. Georg Erber, Department of Information
Society and Competition, German Institute for Economic
Research (DIW), Berlin, Germany
[presentation]
Trends in global offshore outsourcing:
Growing adoption offers opportunity for some
Mr. Andrew Parker, Vice President, Research
Director, Forrester Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[presentation]
Integrated offshore consulting services help
companies to focus on their core business
Mr. J�rg Bartelt, Global Business Development
Manager, SAP Consulting, Walldorf, Germany
[presentation]
The experience of SMEs with subcontracting in
the ICT industry
Mr. Vincent Tilman, Advisor on ICT policies,
Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Eurochambres),
Brussels, Belgium
[presentation]
Panel: Maximizing the benefits of outsourcing
and subcontracting
Chairman: Mr. Istv�n Er�nyi
(a summary is available in the Report on the Seminar)
Concluding remarks and closure
Mr.
George Kowalski and Mr. Patrick Gannon
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