ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE

TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1997 - 8:30 A.M. LOY HENDERSON AUDITORIUM AND MAIN EXHIBIT HALL

STATE DEPARTMENT - WASHINGTON, D.C.

Part of the Open Forum Conference Series on "Reinventing Diplomacy and Development for an On-line World"

PURPOSE OF THE SERIES: To stimulate an on-the-record discussion of how the global information revolution will impact theprograms, policies and operations of foreign affairs agencies and international organizations. Past conferences have addressed topics of the global information revolution, institutional reengineering, and info tech assistance to developing countries.

SERIES SPONSORS: The series is sponsored by the Secretary of State's Open Forum, in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Information Agency (USIA), the Department of State (Office of Communications and Information Technology Policy, and the Bureau for Intelligence and Research) and the Department of Commerce. Program co-sponsors include the Executive Council on Diplomacy, Highway 1, the Washington International Trade Association, the U.S. Institute for Peace and the Information Technology Association of America.

AUDIENCE: The program is aimed at representatives from the Washington diplomatic corps, regional or bilateral business councils, trade associations, think tanks and international organizations active in foreign affairs. In addition, interested Congressional staff, private voluntary organizations, and private entrepreneurs with an interest in information technology are welcome to attend. Approximately 300 people are expected to attend the June 10 conference on electronic commerce.

GOAL OF THIS CONFERENCE: To examine the impact of information technology on international trade and electronic commerce with a focus on trends related to small and medium-sized businesses.

DRAFT AGENDA (those speakers confirmed are asterisked; for all others, we expect confirmation shortly)

8:00 - Registration and View Exhibits (the Loy Henderson Auditorium and exhibits at Main Exhibit Hall)

8:30 - Welcome: Alan Lang*, Chair, Secretary's Open Forum

8:35 - Introduction: Alan Larson*, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, State Department

8:50 - Keynote Address: "The Electronic Commerce Revolution and its Implications for Global Business"

• A Government View: Dan McLaughlin*, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Domestic Operations, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce

9:10 - "Electronic Commerce Applications Panel"

• Purpose: This panel will explore issues related to representative electronic commerce applications from government, business and network perspectives.
  
  
• Opening Remarks: Graham Whatley*, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Service Industry and Finance, Department of Commerce;
  
  
• Panel: Moderator, Joanne Connelly,* Editor, Federal Computer Week
  -- CEO General Electric Information Services
  (GEIS), Harvey Seegers
  -- Browning Rockwell*, CEO, Trade Compass, Inc.
  -- Paul Grant*, Co-Chairman, Electronic Commerce Program, and Special Assistant for Electronic Commerce to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (C3)
  -- Mady Jalinous*, CEO, UNIBEX
  -- Jeffrey B. Ritter* Program Director, Electronic Commerce, Law and Information Policy Strategies (ECLIPS), Ohio Supercomputer Center

  10:20: Q&A

10:30 Coffee and View Exhibits

10:40 - "Electronic Commerce Issues and Policies Panel":

• Purpose: This panel will examine issues related to encryption, taxation, copyright, data base protection, free sharing of information, digital signature and authentication, and telecom infrastructure, among others.
• Moderator: Donald Abelson, Chief Negotiator for Information Services, U.S. Trade Representative's Office
  -- Jim Johnson*, Head of U.S. Delegation to the G-7 Electronic Commerce Policy Group, and Deputy Director of the Global Information Infrastructure Commission;
  -- William W. Burrington*, Assistant General Counsel and Director Public Policy, America On Line
  -- Terry Southwick, Consultant
  -- William Sweeney*, Director, Government Affairs, EDS
  -- Michael Baum*, Vice President, Verisign
  -- Aaron Cross*, Public POlicy Director, IBM

• 12:00 Q&A

12:30 Open Forum Luncheon, American Foreign Service Club, West Room (By invitation only; no host: estimate: $18 per person)

Speakers:

• Marjory Searing, Acting Director General, U.S.and Foreign Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce;

• Peter Harter*, Director, Public Policy, Netscape, Inc.;

• J. Beckwith Burr*, Senior Internet Policy Advisor, National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA), Department of Commerce*; and

• Sheila O'Neill*, Vice President for Global Affairs, Information Technology Association of America.

2:00 Case Study: "International Trade, NAFTA and Electronic Commerce"

• -- Chair: Regina Vargo*, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Latin American Affairs.
• -- Juliet Bender*, Deputy Director for NAFTA Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce.
• -- Peter Ferguson*, Director Council Operations, Information .Highway Secretariat, Industry Canada.
• -- Al Zapanta*, President and CEO, U.S.-Mexican Chamber of Commerce.

2:45 Break-out Groups:

Sector Groups and Panelists:

1. "Electronic Commerce Models for Developing Countries"

   Moderator: USAID's Gary Vaughan or Paula Bagasao.
   Panelists:
   Randy Smith, CEO, Trade Point USA, Columbus, Ohio;
   Roger Sattler*, Professor, Electronic Commerce, University of Maryland;
   Mady Jalinous*, CEO, UNIBEX in association with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce;
   Eric Russi, Consultant, UNDP's Trade Information Promotion System (TIPS);
   Jim van Wert, Executive Secretariat, Small Business Administration;
   Lane Smith, Manager, Leland Internet Connectivity Project, Africa;
   Warren Buhler, Consultant, Office of Strategic Policy, Inter-American Development Bank) or Jennifer Norberg, Caribbean and Latin American Action's Agro-Info Project

   RM 1207.
   
   

2. "Electronic Cash and Related Security and Authentication Issues":

   Moderator: Peter Gray, Director, Government Relations, Citicorps;
   Mike Orr*, Director, Business Development and Strategic Planning, 3GI International;
   Howard Stern, Vice-President, Sterling Commerce;
   Julie McEwen*, Science Advisor, Tax Systems Modernization Institute;
   Harold Wolhandler*, Director of Research, ActivMedia; and
   Dr. Elias Carayannis*, School of Business and Public Management, The George Washington University

   RM 1205.
   
   

3. "Trade Information on the Internet"

   Moderator: Armondo Lopez*, Senior Economist, STAT-USA, U.S. Department of Commerce;
   Jack McPhee*, Director, Office of Computers, U.S. Department of Commerce;
   Terry Billens*, Entrepreneur in Residence, Office of Advocacy, Small Business Administration);
   Don Mackay*, Coordinator, Foreign Trade Information System, OAS;
   Stephan Dreyharpt*, Marketing Manager, IPANET, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, the World Bank Group;
   Richard Preuss*, Director, Trade Data Services and Investment, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce; and
   Robert Wendling*, Marketing Director, STAT-USA, U.S. Department of Commerce

   Loy Henderson Auditorium.
   
   

4. "Net-preneurship" for Small Business

   George Gingerelli*, Potomac Knowledgeway;
   Ned Lester*, Director of "PROTRADE" and also supported by Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology;
   Paul Foldes*, Managing Director, Inter-Help and member Washington International Trade Association;
   and participating local companies

   RM 5951 (USAID Administrator's Conference Room)
   
   

5. Internet Technology Clinic(s) for Small Business

   Moderator: Jonathan Menes*, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Analysis, Department of Commerce;
   Peter Robinson*, Chairman, Assist International;
   Alvis Pauga*, Consultant and Chairman, Internet Trade Users, Inc. in New York
   Topics to be addressed will include: "The Tools of the Net" (a basic primer for managers), "Gathering Economic Intelligence from the Net"; "Trading on the Net", and "Marketing your products and services internationally on the Net"

   Rm 1105

4:00 - Coffee Break

4:20 - Closing Remarks: (Moderator/Introduction: Marc Pearl*, General Counsel and Vice President for Public Affairs, Information Technology Association of America)

Richard Beaird or Edward Malloy, Senior Deputy U.S. Coordinator, Office of International Communications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State

5:00 -- 6:00 Audience breaks to attend Exhibits at Main State

Exhibit Hall:

EXHIBITORS:

Public Sector (USG):

• DOC/STAT-USA, Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA)
• DOC/Trade Information Center
• DOC/Bureau of the Census
• DOC/Central and Eastern European Business Information Center
  and Business Information Service for the Newly Independent
  States (NIS)
• DOC/National Technical Information Services
• DOC/NAFTA Office
• State (Public Affairs and Electronic Commerce)
• USAID, Center for Trade and Investment Services
• Small Business Administration (Business Advisor)

International Public Sector:

• World Bank: Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, MIGA
  and its Investment Network, "IPANET", and information on its
  June 1997 Global Knowledge Conference
• Organization of American States Trade Info Network (CISE)

Private Sector:

• Reed, Elsevier (parent of Lexis/Nexis)
• Assist International
• Media (e.g. Federal Computer Week with distribution of 300 issues of
  magazine, plus distribution of 300 free passes to exhibits to AFCEA
  defense technology conference.)
• Trade Compass (confirmed)
• UNIBEX (confirmed)

* Updates on the program and speaker confirmations will be
available either at USAID's web site at
http://www.info.usaid.gov/welcome/ofagenda.htm,
or Potomac Knowledgeway's site at
http://www.knowledgeway.org/milestones, or
ITAA's at http://www.itaa.org/index.html.

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