Hong
Kong Computer Society Explores How IT Creates
Value in Today's Information-Based Economy Register
now and enjoy up to 20% "Early Bird"
Discount for HKICC2005
Hong Kong -- August
25, 2005 -- The Hong Kong Computer
Society (HKCS) invites companies and individuals
involved or interested in the Greater China
market to take part in an informative two-day
conference as it hosts the annual Hong Kong
International Computer Conference (HKICC2005)
on 23-24 November 2005 at the Hong Kong Convention
and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC).
Highlighting the theme "Value
Creation in an Information-Based Economy",
HKICC2005 will have IT veterans and leaders
from around the world. These experts will
explore how IT can help enterprises maintain
competitiveness and value delivery as they
capitalize on business opportunities in the
Greater China market. Discussions will center
on high-growth sectors such as government,
banking and finance, tourism and gaming, and
logistics.
This year's roster of
renowned speakers includes:
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Mr.
Howard Dickson, Government
Chief Information Officer, the Government
of the HKSAR
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Ir.
Raymond Wong,Assistant
Director (Information Systems), Immigration
Department, the Government of the HKSAR
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Mr.
Justin K. H. Yue, Chief
Executive Officer, Tradelink Electronic
Commerce Limited
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Prof.
Lee Chung-yee, Head
and Chair Professor, Department of Industrial
Engineering and Logistics Management,
The Hong Kong University of Science
and Technology
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Mr.
Y. B. Yeung, Assistant
General Manager, Head of IT, The Hongkong
and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
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Mr.
Lawrence Ho, Managing
Director, Melco International Development
Limited
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Mr.
Louis Matherne, President,
XBRL International
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Mr.
Michael Tomordy, Associate,
Arup Communications
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Ms.
Josephine Cheng,IBM Fellow and Vice President of
IBM China Development Laboratory, IBM
China Company Limited
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Mr.
Joe Lott, Director,
Payment Solutions, Global Financial
Services Industry, Hewlett-Packard Company,
and
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Dr.
Christopher Marshall,
Senior Director - Banking and Risk Management,
Financial Services Industry, Oracle
Corporation, Asia Pacific Division,
among others.
"The organizer of HKICC2005 has chosen
a timely and relevant theme of 'Value
Creation in an Information-Based Economy'.
IT has become such an essential business tool
that to ignore it is to deprive business organizations
of the capability to effectively compete and
grow in a highly competitive marketplace,"
said Paul Chow, Chairperson of HKICC2005 Organizing
Committee. "We must strive to achieve
a good return on investment through every
facet of IT that will bring greater efficiency,
productivity and profitability to our organizations.
HKICC2005 will certainly give fresh insight
into how we can capitalize on IT to our competitive
advantage."
In its bid to empower companies in their value
creation efforts, HKICC2005 will focus on
facets of IT creatively explored, encouraging
enterprises to capitalize on their legacy
IT infrastructure as they invest in new technologies.
To enable an exchange of best practices, HKICC2005
will have leaders from different sectors to
share their experiences.
Since its launch in 1978, HKICC
has received the full support of the IT industry
and community in Hong Kong as well as the
Asia Pacific Region. Now in its 28th year,
HKICC is continuing to gain momentum with
last year's event drawing over 500 participants
from around the world. As in past events,
this year's conference will provide a vast
networking opportunity for IT professionals
and enterprises around the region.
To
encourage greater participation to the event,
HKCS is offering a special early bird discount
to participants register before 15 October
2005.
Details as follow:
Participant
Normal
Fee
Early
Bird Offer
Content
HKCS member/ Group of 5 or more
HK$3,300
HK$3,000
Two-day conference, luncheons,
and banquet on 24 November 2005
Non-HKCS member
HK$3,800
HK$3,300
Interested parties may sign up for the HKICC2005
by calling the event's hotline at (852) 2834
2228 or visiting the event's web site at
http://www.hkcs.org.hk/hkicc2005.
Media Contacts:
Fina Wong
Shout Communications
Tel:2578 2834
Email: [email protected]
