Panel Discussion: Internet Blackout - Lesson Learned from Large Scale Network Disruption(20-Jan-2007)

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Panel Discussion: Internet Blackout - Lesson Learned from Large Scale Network Disruption(20-Jan-2007)

The damage of the fibre cables due to the Taiwan Earthquake has caused serious impact to the telecommunication services in the Asia Pacific region. Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan were some of the seriously affected locations. IDD calls and outbound Internet services were seriously affected and caused a lot of impact to the normal running of the business and activities. Looking back into the incident, what are the lessons learned? What are the areas of improvement? We have invited various speakers to share their viewpoints from various perspective. Do not miss the coming panel discussion!

Topic	Panel Discussion: Internet Blackout - Lesson Learned from Large Scale Network Disruption
Date	20-Jan-2007 (Sat)
Time	2:00pm - 5:00pm 1:45pm - 2:15pm (Registration)
Venue	Lecture Theatre LT-18, Academic Building, City University, Kowloon Tong (Thanks City University for sponsoring the venue of this event!)
Seats	Open to Members of Organisers, Co-organisers, Supporting Organisations and CityU Computer Division Students
Registration	Use this Registration Form Fax:2900-8338 Email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Speakers / Panelists	Mr. Charles Mok (ISOC-HK) Mr. Chester Soong (OGCIO Special Task Force for InfoSec member) Mr. Henry Ee (PISA) Mr. Jim Shek (PISA) Mr. Lento Yip (HKISPA) Mr. Raymond Tang (PISA) Mr. YK Ha (OFTA)
Content	1:45-2:15pm Registration 2:15-2:40pm The submarine fibre damage disaster (Mr. YK Ha (OFTA)) 2:40-3:05pm Responses from ISPs (Mr. Lento Yip (HKISPA)) 3:05-3:30pm Incidents and Implication of Internet Blackout (Mr. Jim Shek (PISA)) 3:30-3:45pm Break 3:45-4:15pm Responses from Business Continuity (Henry Ee (PISA)) 4:15-5:00pm Panel Discussion (Panelists: Mr. Charles Mok (ISOC-HK), Mr. Chester Soong (Special Task Force for InfoSec member), Mr. Lento Yip (HKISPA), Raymond Tang (PISA), YK Ha (OFTA))
Presentation Slides	Incidents and Implication of Internet Blackout (0.1MB) - Mr. Jim Shek (PISA) Disruption of the Submarine Cable Systems on 26/27 Dec 2006 (1.5MB) - Mr. YK Ha (OFTA) ISPs Response to Cable Outages (0.1MB) - Mr. Lento Yip (HKISPA)
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Organizer
Professional Information Security Association

Co-Organizers
Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association	Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association
Internet Society HK Chapter	Information Security and Forensics Society
Hong Kong Information Technology Federation

Supporting Organizations
Sin Chung-kai Legislative Councillor	Information Systems Audit and Control Association Hong Kong Chapter
Hong Kong Computer Society

Venue Sponsor
City University of Hong Kong