Speeches, Presentation & Articles

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Welcoming Address delivered by Mr. Tony Lam, Acting Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong, China on1 June 2005

Mr. Jesus Orta Martinez, Chair of the APEC Electronic Commerce Steering Group (ECSG)

Panel I - The Changed Landscape:

• Mr. Peter Ford, Consultant to APEC ECSG Privacy Framework Implementation Project
  "Privacy - The Changed Landscape"
  See also written contribution on "APEC Privacy Framework June 2005 Domestic Implementation"


• Mr. Stephen Lau, Chairman, Electronic Data Systems, Hong Kong
  "It is the best of times... it is the worst of times"


• Mr. Joseph Alhadeff, Vice President for Global Public Policy and Chief Privacy Officer, Oracle Corporation
  "Data Flows and Business Models: Distributing Information Flows and Business Functions"

• Mr. Tony Lam, Acting Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
  "An Overview of the Principles Established by the APEC Privacy Framework"
  See also written contribution on "An Overview of the Principles Established by the APEC Privacy Framework"

Panel II - Giving effect to the APEC Privacy Framework

• Ms. Heather Shaw, Director, E-Business, Marketing and Advertising, United States Council for International Business
  "Undertaking Domestic Consultation: The Private Sector Perspective"


• Mr. Colin Minihan, Principal Legal Officer, Information Law Branch, Attorney General's Office, Australia

• Ms. Paula Bruening, Staff Counsel, Center for Democracy & Technology, U.S.


• Mr. Joel Schwarz, U.S. Department of Justice
  "Privacy Protection and Public Safety: Identifying Ways to Strengthen Privacy Without Creating Obstacles to National Security, Public Safety and Other Public Policy Missions"
  See also written contribution on "Public Safety and Domestic Security Consideration in Drafting and Implementing the Privacy Framework"

Panel III - Giving Effect to the APEC Privacy Framework: Breakout Sessions

"Case notes discussed during this session"

Participants discussed the case notes during Panel III

• "Wrap-Up" , by Mr. Malcolm Crompton, Consultant to APEC ECSG project to implement APEC Privacy Framework

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Photo taken on 2 June 2005

Panel IV: Giving effect to the APEC Privacy Framework - How the public and private sectors can cooperate

• Mr. Chungtong Opassiriwit, Inspector General, the Prime Minister's Office, and Secretary, The Official Information Commission, Thailand
  "Give Effect to the APEC Privacy Framework - How the Public and Private Sectors Can Cooperate"


• Mr. Naoshi Shima, Advisor, NEC; and Head of Global Business Dialogue on E-Commerce's Consumer Confidence Issue Group
  "Give Effect to Privacy Frameworks"


• Mr. Meng Chow Kang, Chief Security & Privacy Advisor, Microsoft Asia-Pacific
  "Realizing Privacy"

Panel V: Educating and publicizing domestic privacy protections

• Mr. Tony Lam, Acting Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
  "Educating and Publicizing Domestic Privacy Protection"
  See also written contribution on "Educating and Publicizing Domestic Privacy Protection - The Hong Kong Experience"


• Mr. Martin Abrams, Executive Director, Center for Information Policy Leadership, Hunton & Williams
  "Educating and Publicizing Domestic Privacy Protection"


• Mrs. Pamela W.S. Chan, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Consumer Council, Hong Kong
  "Educating and Publicizing Domestic Privacy Protection"

Panel VI: Providing for appropriate remedies in situations where privacy protections are violated

• Dr. Yi Changbeom, Acting Vice President, Korea Information Security Agency (KISA), Personal Information and Privacy Protection Division
  "Remedy for Personal Information Infringement in Korea"


• Mr. Markus Heyder, Legal Advisor, Bureau of Consumer Protection, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
  "Remedies for Privacy Violations"


• Professor Graham Greenleaf, University of New South Wales, Convener of the Asia-Pacific Privacy Charter Council, Australia
  "Appropriate Remedies for APEC's Privacy Framework"
  See also written contribution on "WorldLII's Privacy Law Project"

Panel VII: Mechanisms for reporting on domestic implementation of the APEC Privacy Framework and Issues of Importance for those developing a Framework

• Mr. Blair Stewart, Assistant Privacy Commissioner, New Zealand
  "Mechanisms for reporting on domestic implementation "


• Dr. Alfredo Reyes Krafft, President, Mexican Association of the Internet Industry (AMIPCI)
  "Legal Situation in Mexico"


• Mr. Philip A. Varilla, Supervising Communications Development Officer, Telecommunications Policy and Planning Division, Commission on Information and Communications Technology, Philippines
  "Privacy Framework in the Philippines"

Panel VIII: Ways Forward - Identifying issues for the international technical assistance seminar and future work agenda on implementation

• Mr. Yoshio Araki, Chief Privacy Officer, IBM Japan
  "Privacy @ IBM"


• Ms. Heather Black, Assistant Commissioner, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada


• "Wrap-Up" , by Mr. Malcolm Crompton, Consultant to APEC ECSG project to implement APEC Privacy Framework