Re: OASIS E-GOV TECHNICAL COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION

[John.Borras@e-Envoy.gsi.gov.uk]

Dear All

I am now able to confirm the arrangements
for the workshop in Hong Kong on 13 May.

The workshop will be held at the Hong
Kong University (exact room number to be confirmed) and will run from 10.00
am until 16.00.pm.  

Agenda
The provisional agenda is as follows:

1.  Welcome and Introductions
2.  The work of the OASIS e-Gov
Technical Committee - John Borras
3.   Round Table - presentations/briefs
on e-Gov initiatives by participants
4.   Constituting an Asia/Pacific
Sub-Committee
        -
 terms of reference
        -
 officials
        -
 working arrangements
        -
  liaisons with main TC
5.  Any Other Business

You will see from this agenda that I
would like participants to share with the group their current e-Gov activities,
and this can be by use of slides or just verbal presentations.  I
will also be looking for volunteers to run the sub-committee so would you
consider your availability and interest in that before the day please.

Hotels
Below are details of hotel accommodation
that have been provided by Dorris Tai.  If you require any further
help in this respect please contact her direct.
 
All  hotels are close
to the HKU campus as well as to the
downtown area. They are 4-star hotels and  take
less than 15 minutes  (
taxi ride about HK$20 to HK$30) from the hotel to HKU or to downtown.

1) Bishop Lei International House
http://www.bishopleihtl.com.hk

** Closest to the popular bar/restaurant
area, Lan Kwai Fong (http://www.lankwaifong.com/)
 
 
2) Island Pacific Hotel Hong Kong
http://www.islandpacifichotel.com.hk
 
 
3) Novotel Century Harbourview
   
http://www.accorhotels-asia.com/hotelsearch/default.asp?hc=3564
Hotel shuttle bus schedule http://www.century-harbour-hotel.com/Info/City%20Shuttle%20Schedule%20(Apr%202003).doc
Hotel map http://www.century-harbour-hotel.com/Info/map.jpg
 
The best way to get to the above hotels
from HK International Airport is to take the Airport Express Train (HK$100
one-way or HK$180 return) from the airport to Hong Kong Station (in Central)
and then take a taxi (a 10-20 minutes ride).
 
Adjacent Event
We are holding this workshop adjacent
to another event at the University.  This is a  Forum on E-Commerce
Interoperability and Standardization being held on the afternoon of Friday
14th May at which Jon Bosak, chair of the OASIS UBL TC, and myself will
be presenting. so you may wish to stay on for that event.  Again Dorris
can provide more information about this event.

Invitation to Others
Several of you I know have already spoken
to other contacts about this workshop, so will you please use this e-mail
as the official invitation from me to those persons.   For the purposes
of this workshop, I am content for non-OASIS members to attend, but would
stress that only OASIS members will be eligible to participate in the sub-committee
once constituted.

Further Information
I would appreciate confirmation from
you of those attending so we can sort the logistics for the day and catering
etc.
If you require any further details then
please contact either Dorris Tai at the HK University or me.

I look forward to meeting many of you
in Hong Kong on the 13th.

Best regards

John Borras
Chair e-Gov TC

John Borras/e-Envoy/CabinetOffice

22/03/2004 08:30

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Subject	Re: OASIS E-GOV TECHNICAL COMMITTEE PARTICIPATIONLink

Apologies for the delay in following
up on my original request below.  However at long last I have found
an opportunity for us to meet and discuss how we might create a Regional
sub-committee.   Thanks to Thomas Lee, I have been invited to talk
at a Forum on E-Business Interoperability and Standardization in Hong Kong
on 14th May.  An announcement about the Forum will be made shortly
and I'm sure Dorris Tai will let you all have the details in due course.
 

 I would therefore like to hold
a workshop on 13th May to organise our sub-committee.  I would envisage
a whole day session during which we can share experiences of what each
of us is doing, I can update you on the work of the TC and we can then
agree how to form and take forward a regional sub-committee.

Could you please give me an early indication
of whether you will be able to attend so that I can finalise arrangements.
 Also if other TC members have colleagues in the Far East or the Antipodes
who might be interested, please pass on this invite. 

Regards,
John

John Borras/e-Envoy/CabinetOffice

24/12/2003 13:42

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Subject	OASIS E-GOV TECHNICAL COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION

I am conscious that the way we currently
run the TC does not allow you all to participate very easily.  Not
least because of the differences in time zones and the difficulty of finding
a convenient time for you to join in meetings.   But our work has
to be international not just confined to Europe and North America, so to
overcome this I have in mind to set up a Regional sub-committee, covering
the Far East,  Australia and New Zealand so that people from that
part of the world can get together and better participate in the work of
the TC.   I don't want to end up with two separate committees so we
will need to sort out the logistics of how we do the joining up.

I'd be very interested to hear from
your thoughts on this idea and if we set up a sub-committee whether you
would actively participate in it.    For other members of the
TC, particularly those from the international organisations, if you have
contacts in that part of the world perhaps you could pass this message
on to see if there is further interest.

If I get a positive response then I
would be prepared to come to an initial meeting of the sub-committee in
late Spring or early Summer to sort out arrangements  Perhaps we could
look to a session running in parallel with a conference or other international
event which might provide hosting facilities for the meeting.  Suggestions
on events and locations would be welcomed. 

Regards,

John Borras
Chair  e-Gov TC

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