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2020 ECCT EU-Taiwan telecom forum
The ECCT hosted the 2020 ECCT EU-Taiwan telecom forum for the sixth time since 2009 with the theme of “5G - Opportunities and challenges in the new decade”. The forum featured opening remarks by the guests of honour and presentations and a panel discussion by officials from Taiwan and Europe. Read the full event report here.
Opening remarks were made by Filip Grzegorzewski, Head of Office of the European Economic and Trade Office, Dr Tsai Zse-hong, Executive Secretary of the Office of Science & Technology, Board of Science and Technology, under the Executive Yuan and ECCT Chairman Giuseppe Izzo.
Presentations by officials from Taiwan were delivered by Dr Tsai Zse-hong, Dr Chen Yaw-shyang, Chairperson of the National Communications Commission, Jyan Hong-wei, Director of the Executive Yuan’s Department of Cyber Security and Johnson S Chiang, Director-General of European Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition, a presentation was given by Dr Stefan Kramer, Delegation of the EU to Japan and First Counsellor for Science, Innovation, Digital and other EU Policies.
The event was concluded with a panel discussion featuring all the speakers that was moderated by Chafic Nassif, co-chairperson of the ECCT’s Telecommunications, Media and Content committee.
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