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SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1989

GOVERNOR TO OPEN COMPUTER CONFERENCE

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL OFFICIATE AT OF THE FIRST HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER CONFERENCE HONG KONG COMPUTER EXPO '89 ON APRIL 10 AS THE CONFERENCE GUEST OF HONOUR.

THE OPENING (HKICC) AND PATRON AND

MORE THAN 1,000 DELEGATES REPRESENTING OVER 20 COUNTRIES ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONFERENCE, LASTING UNTIL APRIL 14.

THE

FIVE-DAY CONFERENCE, TO BE HELD AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, HOPES TO FOCUS THE WORLD'S ATTENTION ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) DEVELOPMENT IN THIS REGION AND TO ENHANCE THE INTEREST AND AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC ON THE APPLICATIONS OF "IT" LOCALLY.

HKICC '89 HAS ADOPTED AS ITS THEME "IT DIRECTION FOR THE 90's". IT WILL ADDRESS FIVE SUB-THEMES, NAMELY "IT" INDUSTRY DIRECTIONS, RESEARCH DIRECTIONS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, APPLICATIONS DIRECTIONS AND "IT" IN THE EMERGING ECONOMIES IN THE 90'S.

A FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME WITH ALMOST 70 SPEAKERS HAS BEEN

PLANNED.

THE PROGRAMME DOES NOT ONLY CARRY SESSIONS THAT TECHNICALLY ORIENTED, BUT IT ALSO COVERS SESSIONS THAT ARE CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE TARGETING FOR THE MANAGEMENT CIRCLE.

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MORE

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SIR GEOFFREY PATTIE, UNITED KINGDOM'S FORMER MINISTER INDUSTRY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, HAS ALREADY AGREED TO BE THE CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER.

DR KENNETH KING, PRESIDENT OF EDUCOM, WILL SPEAK ON "CAMPUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES FOR THE 90'S". A PRESENTATION ON "TECHNOLOGY BASE FOR THE COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS REVOLUTION" WILL BE DELIVERED BY DR CHARLES KAO, VICE CHANCELLOR OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

OF INFORMATION

PROFESSOR STUART LYNN, VICE PRESIDENT TECHNOLOGY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY WILL ALSO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE AS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER. HE WILL SPEAK ON "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: MANAGEMENT ISSUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION".

NOBEL LAUREATE PROFESSOR C. N. YANG WILL BE THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE CONFERENCE BANQUET.

THE CONFERENCE HAS IDENTIFIED SOME PARTICULAR RELEVANT TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED BY LEADING EXPERTS. THEY INCLUDE THE AREAS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE,

SUPERCOMPUTER, INDUSTRIAL

EXPECT AUTOMATION

SYSTEMS

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY,

AND ENGINEERING SOFTWARE

PACKAGES.

/THE CONFERENCE ...