Activities 1999
7th December - Voice over the Internet
Richard Heyes, Managing Director of UUNET UK spoke to members at a dinner at the Congress Club.
He
addressed the threat to incumbent telecoms companies of normal voice
calls being made over the Internet e.g., a call to Australia, China, or
the United States for the price of a local call.
28th June - APIG Summer Reception
The 1999 Summer Reception was sponsored by the Internet Service Providers Association.
Michael Wills MP, Telecoms Minister addressed a packed reception on the terrace of the House of Commons.
23rd March - Building consumer confidence in E-commerce
Trustmarque and Europay International gave presentations on aspects of e-commerce.
Dr John Williams of Trustmarque proposed the interesting concept of an "e-ministry".
Paul
Lucraft explained about the dangers of fraud on the Internet and how
many European card payment schemes think they have this problem cracked
with SET (Secure Electronic Transactions standard) which sends personal
financial information directly to the bank.
In addition Roger Berry offered a web site design service for MPs.
26th January - On-Line Government: the Australian Way
Dr Julia Schofield who has worked in Australia assisting with the
transition to on-line government by introducing various electronic
service delivery systems for the citizen at state, federal and local
government levels, gave a presentation showing some examples of her
work, in particular; Centrelink, Victoria Government and the Australian
Tax Office.
