The High- level Forum on Global Software and Information Services and Entrepreneurs Summit is held in Grand Ballroom, Furama Hotel Dalian, northeasten China at 9 a.m. today, June 18, 2008. With theme of Digital Integration Powered by Software, the annual meeting is one of the highlights of CISIS.
The Forum & Summit is sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Industry and Informatization, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Liaoning Provincial People's Government and organized by the Dalian Municipal People's Government.
Over 500 leaders and entrepreneurs in the field of information industry at home and abroad attend the event, part of 6th China International Software and Information Service Fair (CISIS 2008) .
People to address at the forum include Mr. Wang Chao, Assistant Minister of Commerce of PRC, Mr. Yang Xueshan, Vice Minister of Industry and Informatization of PRC, Ms. Kanae Yamamoto,Parlamentary Secretary for Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan, Mr. Phil Ingram, Minister( Commercial) of Australian Embassy in China, Mr. Yoon Soo Young, Director General for Emerging Industry, Ministry of Knowledge Economy of Korea. Other guest speakers include Mr. Wen-Hann Wang ,Vice President of Software and Solutions Group, Intel , Mr. Thomas Lam, Vice President of Cisco Systems, Mr. Liu Jiren, Chairman & CEO of Neusoft Corporation, Mr. Takeda Haruhito, Executive Director of Fujitsu Limited, Mr. Kawano Kaoru, President of Hitachi (China) Ltd, Mr. Mats H Olsson, President of Ericsson Greater China, Mr. Cheng Yaw Sun, Board Chairman of hiSoft Technology International Ltd., Mr. Vincent H. S. Lo, Chairman and CEO of Shui On Land Limited, Mr. Andreas Heckmann, Vice President of SAP Active Global Support APJ, Mr. Zhang Yaqin, Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Chairman of Microsoft (China) Co., Ltd, Ms. Margaret Ma-Connolly, Country Manager of UBM Technology in China, Mr. Gordon Orr, Chairman of the Greater China, McKinsey’s and Company and Mr. Michael Guo, Managing Director of IDC China.