
Ninth APEC Ministerial Meeting on Telecommunications and Information Industry to be Held
The Ninth Ministerial Meeting on Telecommunications and Information Industry (TELMIN9) will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia under the theme “Building confidence and security in the use of ICT to promote economic growth and Prosperity.”
Kimiaki Matsuzaki, State Secretary for Internal Affairs and Communications, will attend the ministerial meeting from Japan and give a discourse. It is also planned that State Secretary Matsuzaki will exchange opinions on ICT policies with government officials of the APEC member countries and regions.
1.Ministerial Meeting schedule, etc.
The Ministerial Meeting will be held in Russia (St. Petersburg) on August 7~8, 2012.
*The TELMIN8 was held in Okinawa, Japan.
2.Attendees
Government officials of the APEC ministers responsible for the telecommunications and information industry will attend the Ministerial Meeting.
3.Outline
This meeting is to provide an opportunity for ministers responsible forthe telecommunications and information industry to share recognition on issued faced by the field of ICT in the APEC region and discuss intra-regional ICT policies for the purpose of formulating measures to be addressed in the future.