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UN/CEFACT announces forthcoming visit to Asia e-Business community
UN/CEFACT delivers the global e-Business vision, which is
technology-neutral
Geneva, 26 August 2003
The United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic
Business (UN/CEFACT), which is based
in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), announces that
it is sending a senior delegation of its Steering Group members to visit the
Asian e-Business community ahead of the coming UN/CEFACT Forum meeting in
Seoul.
Between 1-12 September, a delegation consisting of Ray Walker
(Chair, UN/CEFACT Steering Group), Kenji Itoh (Vice Chair UN/CEFACT), Klaus-Dieter
Naujok (Chair, UN/CEFACT Techniques and Methodologies Group) and Dave Welsh
(Chair, UN/CEFACT Business Process Work Group) will visit six countries and
explain how UN/CEFACT is organized and how its Business Collaboration Framework
(BCF) delivers an e-Business driven technology vision.
Starting at the APEC meeting in Taipei (1-2 September), then
Singapore (3-4 September), Kuala Lumpur (5-8 September), Hong Kong SAR (9-10
September), Tokyo (11-12 September) and Seoul (15-16 September) the UN/CEFACT
delegation will meet leaders in government, industry, and academia who are
developing e-Business and trade facilitation standards for Asia. For more
information, please contact Kenji Itoh at [email protected].
For BCF tour updates, please visit http://webster.disa.org/cefact-groups/tmg/bcf-tour/.
UN/CEFACT, which has a global remit, has led the development
of international standards for electronic transactions for government, commerce
and industry. Its experience and ability to bring together world class experts
and match trends in information technology with business requirements, in
an open and transparent way, gives UN/CEFACT a unique viewpoint.
For more information, please contact:
Santiago Garcia-Milá
Chair, UN/CEFACT Communications and Promotions Group
+34 933 306 88 00
[email protected]
Klaus-Dieter Naujok
Chair, UN/CEFACT Techniques and Methodologies Group
+1 925 706 2954
[email protected]
Ray Walker
Chair, UN/CEFACT Steering Group
+44 78666 86185
[email protected]
Hans Hansell
Head, Global Trade Solutions
UNECE Trade Development and Timber Division
+41 (0) 22 917 2457
[email protected]
Ref: ECE/TRADE/03/P08