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09:00	Registration opens
10:00-16:30	Electronic Marketplace, Exhibition (will stay open during the whole conference)
16:30-18:30	Opening session: Bärbel Dieckmann, Lady Mayor City of Bonn Günter Rexrodt, German Minister of Economic Affairs Mario Monti, Commissioner Internal Market - European Commission Hans Peter Stihl, President of the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry George Metakides, Director Information Technology Programme - European Commission Hirobumi Kawano, Director-General for Machinery and Information Industry Bureau - Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) Larry Irving (invited), Ass. Secr. of Commerce and Administrator of National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)-US
18:30-20:00	Press meeting
20:00	Special Opening Event offered by IBM, with Hermann-Josef Lamberti, CEO IBM Germany in Maritim Hotel, Bonn-Bad Godesberg