News
11 September 2003
International Conference on "The Usage of Public Key Infrastructure in e-Business"
The Hong Kong Public Key Infrastructure Forum (HKPKIF), chaired by the Postmaster General Mr. Allan CHIANG, will host an international conference on "The Usage of PKI in e-Business" from 15-16 September 2003 at the Harbour Plaza, Hunghom, Kowloon. The conference is in line with the SAR Government's 2001 Digital 21 Strategy to position Hong Kong as a leading e-business community and digital city in the globally connected world.
"This international conference will be the e-business event of the year which will help enhance Hong Kong's e-business environment," said Mr. Allan CHIANG, Postmaster General and Chairman of HKPKIF.
"With regional and international participation, the event will also help bring out the message that Hong Kong has now fully recovered from SARS and is Asia's world city both for business and tourism. It will further reinforce the status of Hong Kong as the Internet hub for the Asia Pacific Region," Mr. CHIANG added.
"The opening day for the Forum is also the first day for the Hong Kong public to replace their identify cards with a new smart identify card, and opt to embed a digital certificate in the new card. This is an excellent example of the usage of PKI in facilitating e-transactions," Mr. CHIANG also said.
Attending this important event will be Mr. Francis HO, JP, Permanent Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology (Communications and Technology), and Mr. Alan WONG, JP, Director of Information Technology Services who will deliver the welcome and introductory speeches respectively.
There will be some 250 senior executives participating in this International Conference and some 70 of them will be delegates of member PKI forums from the Asia Pacific Region. The conference will be graced by four keynote speakers of international repute, together with other local and overseas experts who will speak on various subjects relating to the development of business applications using PKI technology.
The International Conference is partly sponsored by the Relaunch Hong Kong Programme, Hong Kong SAR Government and partly through the support of its members.
Limited number of seats are available for the general public at HK$3,000 each. Interested persons may contact the Secretariat, Hong Kong PKI Forum at telephone number 2921 6059 or fax to 2545 6607 for details.