For immediate release 21 November 1995
HKUST HOLDS HIGH-PROFILE FORUM ON TELECOM FUTURE
Senior government officials, top business executives and leading academics will shed light on the future of Hong Kong’s telecommunications industry at a special forum at HKUST this Saturday, 25 November.
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Theforum, which is sponsored by HKUST’s Information and Systems Management Department, will focus on two aspects of the telecommunications industry: policy initiatives and the latest developments in the field.“We hope to generate a very creative and dynamic interaction between the government, the private sector and academia, allowing them to understand one another’s concerns and to discuss the new issues of the telecommunications industry from their different perspectives,” said Dr Ben Petrazzini, an assistant professor in the ISMT department and one of the organisers of the forum.
Dr Milton L. Mueller, a visiting scholar in the ISMT department, will chair the discussion on public policy, focusing on issues such as subsidising residential telephone services, licensing Internet services and interconnection arrangements. Joining him will be Alexander Arena, Director-General of the Office of the Telecommunications Authority, and Leslie Harris, President of the New T&T Hong Kong Limited.
“With the end of the licensing monopoly, the local telecommunications industry is now facing the challenge of competition and technology convergence. This major change, and the controversial issues it generates, will be one of the main themes of the forum,” said Dr Mueller.
Participants will also have an op o&unity to keep abreast of the latest developments in multimedia applications, tit e Internet and the wireless markets.
Other speakers include James Chu, Chief Executive Officer of China Internet Corporation, Dr William Lo, Director of Multimedia Services of Hong Kong Telecom, and Professor Eugene Wong, Vice-President for Research and Development of HKUST and Vice-Chairman of the newly formed Asia Internet Holdings.
For registration or further information, please call ISMT at 2358 7633 or 2358 2421 (fax).
Topic: Telecom Futures Hong Kong: Policy, Business and Social Issues in the Information Society
Date: 25 November 1995 Time: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm Venue: Lecture Theatre E
(Please direct enquiries to the Office of Public Affairs at 2358 6306 or pager 71163388 call 2651.)
