Promoting a Public / Private Dialogue
The Global Business Dialogue on electronic commerce (GBDe) is a worldwide, CEO-led, business initiative, established in January 1999 to assist the development of a global policy framework for the emerging online economy.
GBDe has been actively promoting a private sector/government dialogue on convergence-related issues since 2001.
Today, there is an urgent need to build a global policy framework incorporating the new paradigm.
We now have total of 23 organizations.
For the complete members list, please refer to Current Members page.
Important Announcement:
At the Annual Summit 2009, BSC approved the organization name change and the new governance rule.
As of November 5th, 2009, GBDe has changed its name from Global Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce to Global
Business Dialogue on e-Society. The new governance rule has also approved by BSC at Summit 2009. Due to the change, membership categories, fees, etc. have been altered. We are currently working on the major website update. New information will be available soon. Please come back and check again.
Past Major Events & Activities:
Sherpa meeting of Global Cities Dialogue (GCD) Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Jan, 29 |
 Europe based GCD and Asia-Pacific based GBDe agreed that they can foster geographically complementary relationship together. GCD and GBDe will continue strengthening understanding of each other by exchanging activities and information. |
Consumer Confidence IG Attended ERIA Meeting Jakarta, Indonesia Jan, 21-22 |
meeting held in Jakarta, Indonesia (Jan. 21-22, 2010). The ICA-Net (international network for handling consumers complaints on cross-border e-transactions), which has been promoted by CCIG since 2007, was adopted as a main theme of ERIA's one of the working groups "WG for Establishment of a Secure and Safe e-Commerce Marketplace". Government officials, lawyers, university professors, consumers groups, etc. from Malaysia, South Korea, Vietnam, Philippines and Japan attended the meeting and discussed about the further implementation and sustainability of ICA-Net. |
Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) Meeting Tokyo, Japan Dec 15, 2009 |
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11th GBDe Summit, Munich Germany
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| Guest Speakers |
| The Global Business Dialogue on e-Commerce (GBDe) is pleased to announce
its 11th
Annual Summit and Gala Dinner, held at the Sofitel Munich Bayerpost
on November 5th, 2009, in Munich, Germany. This year, the Summit will provide a forum for members to discuss "a better future, safe and worry free," which is our 2009 annual theme. In addition, members will have the opportunity to talk about how e-business can be a vehicle for alleviating consumers' and organizations' concerns and help turn the experiences into positive outcomes. The 2009 Summit in Munich is a unique opportunity for e-commerce leaders to interact with executives and policymakers from corporations, governments and non-governmental organizations. |
Global Cities Dialogue 10th Anniversary General Assembly Meeting Helsinki, Finland Nov 2-3, 2009 |
 The focuses of Dr Shiino's participation were as follows: (1) To confirm the current situation about activities of GCD and GBDe. (2) To confirm agreement to increase the level of cooperation among both parties by encouraging active discussions. GBDe will further facilitate the open exchange of opinions and views with GCD members. |
Consumer Confidence Europe Meetings Brussels, Belgium; Vienna, Austria; Paris, France Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2009 |
 (1)European Commission Operates ECC-net (European Consumers Center Network), on which the concept of GBDe's promoting ICA-Net is based. Agreed to exchange information between ECC-Net and ICA-Net. (2)Euro-Label Austria Austrian member of Euro-Label trustmark alliance in which 7 countries in Europe take part. Agreed to interaction between Euro-Label and ATA (Asia-Pacific Trustmark Alliance) (3)Le Forum des droits sur Internet (FDI) One of the largest online dispute resolution service providers in Europe. Agreed to exchange information between CCIG and FDI. CCIG will continue having dialogues with related stakeholders for further collaboration of cross-border efforts in online transactions. |
APEC TEL 40 Cancun, Mexico Sep 23-30, 2009 |
 While at the meeting, Mr. Nagata obtained valuable information about how APEC economies are involved in the activities of the ICT field. Discussions regarding security drew attention; cloud computing is considered to be effective in solving some future environmental problems, but security remains a growing concern. GBDe will continue to share its activities with the APEC economies and make commitments toward establishing a better and safer society. |
International Conference on U-City 2009 Incheon, Korea Aug 27-28, 2009 |
 Main topic of the conference was "Advanced Future Eco-Citys Vision and Sustainable Models on U-City Concept". Dr. Shiino made a presentation titled "Using the Ubiquitous Network to Acheive a Sustainable Society". |
APEC ECSG Meeting Singapore July 25-30, 2009 |
 At the Data Privacy Subgroup (DPS) meeting and the plenary meeting, GBDe provided information about their latest activities and the GBDe Summit in Munich, Germany on November 5th. The Consumer Confidence Issue Group of GBDe addressed their continuous contributions for realizing the safe and secure environment for cross-border e-commerce transactions with International organizations and their economic situations. GBDe believes that the message of better understanding and confidence for safe and worry free e-business world could get across to the participants. |
CCIG Meets Qartas Corporation in the Philippines Republic of the Philippines July 24, 2009 |
Mr. Chihara of NEC Corporation, leader of the Consumer Confidence Issue Group, met with Qartas Corporation on behalf of ATA (Asia-Pacific Trustmark Alliance) on July 24. Qartas Corporation, founded by 6 entrepreneurs in the Philippines with a successful background in e-commerce, is the first and the only trustmark provider in the Philippines with the endorsement of the government. Qartas Corporation is willing to join ATA and ICA-Net (International Consumers Advisory Network). Their participation will be a great progress for ATA’s member expansion and ICA-Net, which now has 5 participating countries on trial. |
BSC Meeting Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2009 |
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Consumer Confidence IG Meeting Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2009 |
The Consumer Confidence Issue Group, GBDe's oldest issue group, led by NEC Corporation, held a group meeting on July 9th. The mission of the group is to discuss how to build trust between consumers and merchants in cross-border online B2C transactions. The key areas of discussion were TrustMark, ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolutions), Privacy Data Protection and Traceability. Experts in each area were invited to the meeting, and very active and fruitful discussions were had among members. |
Digital Home IG Workshop Tokyo, Japan July 8, 2009 |
The Digital Home Issue Group held a workshop on July 8th in Tokyo. Twelve distinguished speakers and 40 participants working in digital home-related fields participated in this workshop. In the morning session, the speakers shared their valuable ideas and experiences regarding how to apply IT technologies for home energy savings. In the afternoon sessions, we had a comprehensive discussion about personal healthcare. In addition, as an initiative to materialize our objective of promoting cross-border cooperation, we arranged a special stakeholder session to discuss the eHealthcare trial project at the end of the workshop. |
International NFC Payments IG Workshop Tokyo, Japan July 7, 2009 |
The International NFC Payments held a workshop on July 7th. Twelve distinguished speakers and 74 people working in NFC-related fields, including Japanese mobile network operators, Trusted Service Managers, financial organizations, NFC chip solution providers, handset manufacturers and service providers, participated in this workshop. International NFC application issues, particularly those regarding SWP NFC handset popularization and service provision, were discussed. We also had an announcement about cross-border trials, discussed practices regarding test, certification and interoperability problems of NFC payment applications, and sought out a "positive circulation" business model for further growth of NFC services. |
Overall Chair Visited Executive Director of APEC June 8, 2009 |
GBDe Overall Chair, Mr. Enomoto and Secretariat, Mr. Nagata paid a courtesy visit to Ambassador Michael Tay, Executive Director of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) at the Headquarters.Also attending this meeting were Ms. Irene Susan B. Natividad, Director of APEC TEL and Ms. Zaireen Omar, Director of ECSG. The discussion included collaborations between APEC and GBDe in the past and issues under current economic circumstances. This meeting was consequential in that APEC and GBDe discusses further how to create an environment where ICT can contribute to founding and establishing the better future. |
2009 International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution Israel June 3-4, 2009 |
Mr. Mandai of ODR Room (Tokyo, Japan) participated in the "2009 International Forum on Online Dispute Resolution" which was held June 3-4 at University of Haifa, Israel on behalf of Consumer Confidence Issue Group (CCIG). Mr. Mandai made a presentation on ICA-Net, which GBDe's Consumer Confidence Issue Group has been promoting, in one of the session titled "Addressing e-commerce disputes". His presentation attracted much attention and interest and raised the recognition of ICA-Net among the participants of the forum. CCIG will continue supporting ICA-Net in its further global expansion with contacts which were obtained through Mr. Mandai's presentation in the forum. |
APEC TEL 39 Singapore April 13-18, 2009 |
   Mr. Yamada from IPA, who is also a GBDe Sherpa, attended APEC TEL 39 as a Japanese delegate. He discussed IPA’s commitment to protecting children from harmful content on the Internet. APEC economies and OECD have acknowledged the importance of protecting children and agreed to continue to work on this issue. GBDe has demonstrated its proactive collaboration with APEC TEL with regards to various ICT issues. |
ATA Meeting Singapore February 27, 2009 |
 The meeting of ATA (Asia-Pacific Trustmark Association) was held in Singapore on February 27, 2009. Member organizations of ATA (Singapore, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, USA), observers from China and Thailand, and government officials of Japan and Singapore assembled and discussed the issues of trustmark activities. Mr. Chihara of NEC Corporation attended the meeting on behalf of GBDe's Consumer Confidence Issue Group (CCIG). ATA has joined GBDe this year, and CCIG and ATA will jointly cooperate for the further growth of cross-border trustmark program. |
ERIA Meeting Singapore February 26-27, 2009 |
The meeting of the working group for "Establishiment of a secure and safe e-commerce marketplace" of ERIA(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia) was held in Singapore (Feb. 26-27, 2009). Representatives of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, China(observer) and Taiwan(observer) discussed the issues for building safe and secure infrastructure for cross-border e-commerce in the region. Mr. Chihara of NEC Corporation attended the meeting on behalf of GBDe's Consumer Confidence Issue Group. The ICA-Net(an international network for handling consumers complaints of cross-border e-taransaction) , which GBDe has been promoting, has been incorporated in the discussion. |
APEC ECSG Meeting Singapore February 22-26, 2009 |
 APEC Electronic Commerce Steering Group (APEC ECSG 19) seminar and meeting was held in Singapore from February 22-26. Mr. Chihara of NEC Corporation and Mr. Nagata of NTT-Data attended this meeting as representatives of GBDe.At the plenary meeting on 26th, Mr. Nagata provided about GBDe's latest activities and the GBDe Summit in Munich, Germany on November 5. All ECSG participants of APEC economies were invited for GBDe 2009 Summit which overall theme is "A better future, safe and worry free!,  " Also, Mr. Nagata expressed the interest for the proposal from CANADA about “Global value chain project”. GBDe will try to collaborate with this project from traceability point of view.Mr. Chihara exchanged opinions with representatives of the participating economies from the viewpoint of private sector in regard to the cross-border privacy rules system. |
BSC Meeting Taipei, Taiwan February 13, 2009 |
 "Participants agreed Issue Groups will experiment by holding cross-border trials and take action through discussions with stakeholders. Actual projects and experiences will be reinforced this year in order to bear fruit as GBDe activities in the future. The Annual Summit will be held on November 5th, in Munich, Germany. |
| Past Events (FY1999-2008) |
