The Launching Ceremony of

Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab)

http://www.interlab.ait.ac.th

at

The Asian Institute of Technology

Final Programme

15 December 2003

Venue: Milton E. Bender, Jr. Auditorium

8:30 Registration

9:00 – 10:00

Launching Ceremony of intERLab

(MC Professor Gothom Arya, Registrar, AIT)

Welcome Address

By Professor J-L Armand

President of AIT (10 mins)

Asia-Pacific Internet: A Cross Sectional View

By Professor Jun Murai

Co-Chair, intERLab Steering Committee (10 mins)

intERLab: A Hub for A-P Internet development

By Professor Kilnam Chon

Co-Chair, intERLab Steering Committee (10 mins)

Opening Address

By H.E. Dr. Surapong Suebwonglee

Minister of ICT, Royal Thai Government (10 mins)

Congratulatory messages (15 mins)

France

Professor Gilles Kahn

Member of the French Academy of Science, and

Vice-President

l'Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en

Automatique (INRIA)

Japan

Mr.Naohiro Ishida

Director General of International Relations

 Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Post and Telecommunications (MPHPT)

(delivered by Mr. Nobuyuki Tajiri)

Korea

Dr. John H. Lee

President

Korea Information Development Institute (KISDI)

USA
Ms. Joanne Hugi

Associate Vice President for Information Services

University of Oregon

Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC)

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee Break

Ribbon Cutting and Tour of intERLab exhibition

(The exhibition is open for the public for the rest of the day.)

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