OASIS Open Standards Days Tokyo to Explore WS Standards in Asia

["Carol Geyer" <carol.geyer@oasis-open.org>]

OASIS Open Standards Days Tokyo 2003 to Explore Growing Role of Web
Services Standards in Asian e-Business

New Event Will Feature International Speakers on ebXML, UBL,
WS-Reliability, WSBPEL, and Other Standards

Tokyo, Japan, 11 November 2003 -- Electronic business standards from the
international consortium, OASIS, will be the focus of a new event to be
held in Tokyo, 20-21 November. OASIS Open Standards Days Tokyo 2003 will
be the first conference in Japan where both management and technical
professionals from business and government sectors gather to share
information and implementation experiences on key OASIS standards.  The
event will feature expert speakers on ebXML, Universal Business Language
(UBL), WS-Reliability, the Web Services Business Process Execution
Language (WSBPEL) and other OASIS specifications.

OASIS Open Standards Days Tokyo is sponsored by Computer Associates
Japan, IBM, Infoteria, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Microsoft, NEC, Oracle Japan,
and Synergy Incubate in cooperation with the East Asia Electronic
Commerce Association (EA-ECA), Electronic Commerce Promotion Council of
Japan (ECOM), PSLX Consortium, RosettaNet Japan, and XML Consortium. The
event is supported by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry, and the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and
Telecommunications. The conference is managed and operated by Sunbridge
Group and the Renaissance Center of Tama University.

Event information and registration is available at
http://www.sunbridge.com/oasis/jp/ (Japanese) and
http://www.sunbridge.com/oasis/en/ (English).

To enhance support for its growing membership in Asia, OASIS has
appointed Keizo Okabe as its Japan Representative.  The Consortium,
which is based in North America and has representation in Europe, is
expanding its Japanese presence in response to heightened levels of
Asian activity in standards development.  Okabe will aid in supporting
OASIS members and technical committees in Japan as well as directing
local promotional events, such as organizing the OASIS Open Standards
Days Tokyo.

"OASIS is enjoying heightened participation from the Asian community,"
noted Okabe. "OASIS sponsorship includes many of Asia's largest
technology companies, such as Fujitsu, Hitachi, NEC, and Sony, as well
as Japan-based staff of international companies including IBM,
Microsoft, and Oracle. These members are actively involved in advancing
OASIS projects that include Web services, ebXML and security."

According to Okabe, Japanese organizations are drawn to OASIS because
the Consortium encourages open collaboration on interoperability issues
critical to Asian companies. The international focus of the Consortium
facilitates global participation. Each OASIS Technical Committee selects
the language they will use to conduct their work, and most discussions
are held via email or conference calls to accommodate participants from
multiple continents. When face-to-face meetings are held, OASIS
Technical Committees choose locations convenient to their own members.

"We are honored to have a representative in Tokyo of Keizo Okabe's
stature, who will enable the Consortium to enhance the service our
Japanese members have enjoyed since OASIS was founded," commented
Patrick Gannon, president and CEO of OASIS. "With his extensive
background in XML and Web services, Okabe will be a great asset to the
growth of the Consortium."

Okabe also serves as XML Evangelist and Chairman of Web Services
Promotion Committee for XML Consortium Japan and is a member of the
RosettaNet Japan Steering Committee, the ebXML standard working group in
Electronic Commerce Promotion Council of Japan (ECOM), and many other
XML-related industrial consortia.



About OASIS

OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
Standards) is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the
development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards. Members
themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open
process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite
disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web
services, conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing,
topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces. Founded
in 1993, OASIS has more than 2,500 participants representing over 600
organizations and individual members in 100 countries.
http://www.oasis-open.org



Press contacts:

Keizo Okabe
Japan Representative
OASIS ((www.oasis-open.org)
keizo.okabe@oasis-open.org


Carol Geyer
Director of Communications
OASIS (www.oasis-open.org)
carol.geyer@oasis-open.org
+1.978.667.5115 x209