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 [G7]

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