Dear members, 

The ITARC in KL this year is featuring specially invited guests who are key representatives of ASEAN countries such as Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore. These distinguished guests are high profile individuals who are directly working with the government agencies of the mentioned countries (see list below). We are also in the midst of inviting equivalent guests from India, Korea and Vietnam.

o   Dr. Rom Hirunpruk, Deputy President for National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTA), Thailand.

o   Dr. Ir. Eko Indrajit, IT Expert and Director STMIK Perbanas, Personal Advisor of Minister of Communication & Information Technology, Indonesia.

o   Mr. Chau Chee Chiang, Chief Information Officer, Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), Singapore.

· During the event, our distinguished guests will address the ollowing keynotes:

o   Introduce their national ICT Master Plan and initiatives.

o   Government initiatives in improving quality of ICT projects through IT Achitecture.

o   Government strategies in promoting ICT adoptions and opportunity in the country.

· We are also inviting Pikom and MDeC to be the government representative here to address the same keynote.

· Meanwhile, we are inviting our new minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, YB Datuk Dr. Maximus Johnity Ongkill as the VVIP and National Host of our distinguished guest. We have reserved the VVIP keynote to YB.

When you register at http://www.iasahome.org/web/itarc/KL, please informed them that you are a MIND member. Thanks.