Keynote Speeches Innovation,  Technology and New Businesses Mr Francis HO Permanent Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology (Information Technology & Broadcasting) Beyond e-Marketplace & Next Generation e-Business: Grid, Automatic Computing & Web Services (Presentation) Dr. J.Y. CHUNG Institute for Advanced Commerce IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Collaborative B2B e-Commerce Dr. Michael SHAW Director of the Center for Information Systems and Technology Management University of Illinois, USA A Market Based Approach to Managing Content Delivery Networks Professor Andrew B. WHINSTON Hugh Roy Cullen Centennial Chair Professor of Business Administration, University of Texas, Austin, USA e-Business Evolution, Market Trends & Business Opportunities (Presentation, full paper) Dr. Reda REDA Marketing Director Mr. Heinz VOLOPICH E-Business Manager, Siemens AG Austria, Austria Explaining and Predicting the Economic Success of e-Marketplaces Professor Robert ZMUD Professor, Michael F. Price Chair in MIS, and Director, MIS Division University of Oklahoma, USA