Technology Committee
American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei

Active Members

Philip Diller
Pristine Communications
Tim Lauer
APAC Ventures
Carl Wegner
TradeCard

Investing in Taiwan

Ministry of Economic Affairs
Invest in Taiwan

Technology News

Sunday, 23 November 2008

THIRD COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS ...
The representative of China said she believed that all countries should resolve their differences on human rights questions through dialogue and cooperation ...

Best Buy hopes Guns N' Roses CD rocks
Arnold would not disclose terms of the GNR deal, which does not include digital downloads (available only via iTunes), but said: "It's one of the biggest ...

Food or fuel? Move afoot to avoid using edible crops as ...
Carlo Bakker's tiny biofuel operation, World Mobile Plants, avoids edibles. He says his mini-refinery, loaded into a 40-foot shipping container on a flatbed ...

President ‘regrets’ failure to endorse UN convention
Ma said the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan had been making efforts to endorse the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child, but that unfortunately the ...

OIL: Oil prices plunge below US$50
The fall below US$50 reflects an assumption that demand will be affected not only in Western countries but in China and India, whose rapid growth was also a ...

Apple stock looks ripe for the picking
This store is causing a sea change in both the mobile phone industry and the gaming industry that threatens the viability of all competitors. ...AAPL

Cleaning out the Net
Electronic Frontiers Australia is a group that opposes the Government’s Clean Feed regulations and highlights how the regulations will affect ordinary ...

Recent Meetings

The Digital Home
June 2, 2005
Stanley Huang, Intel Asia Pacific
William O Leszinske, Jr., Digital Home Group
Presentation: Intel Digital Home Update (PDF - 4MB)
Voice over Internet
February 24, 2005
Panel Discussion with Daniel Liu of Cisco, Donald Weng of SaveCom, and Robert Lo of PChome-Skype Presentation:
Cisco (PDF - 1.7MB)
Radio Frequency ID
November 23, 2004
Andrew Houlberg - General Manager, Gillette Taiwan; Christopher Short - Director, Microsoft Technology Center, Taiwan Presentations:
Gillette (PDF - 2.4MB)
Microsoft (PDF - 1.2MB)
Digital Content Round Table
October 28, 2004
Peter Cheng, Elta Technology
Noriko Miwa, Chinese Mobile Values Services
Steven Yang, iBiz Entertainment Technology
Presentations: Anthony Lo, CMVS
E-Commerce Trends in Asia
September 27, 2004
Kurt Cavano - CEO, TradeCard Presentation
(PowerPoint - 2.6MB)
Product Data Management
July 6, 2004
Richard Frykman - VP Business Development Asia Pacific, Stibo Group A/S Presentation
(PDF - 850KB)
Voice-over-Internet in Asia
March 26, 2004
Tim Lauer - Managing Director, APAC Ventures Presentation
(PowerPoint - 750KB)

Mission

The Technology Committee provides a forum to address issues relating to both technology and business in Taiwan -- presenting the latest product and service trends and highlighting emerging opportunities - with a strong focus on information technology and its related industries, including industries as diverse as business process technology, biotechnology, telecommunications technology, nanotechnology, GIS, innovation incubation, biotechnology, value added agriculture, e-commerce, aerospace, electronics, energy, manufacturing automation, etc. The Committee also promotes the interests of Chamber members, including facilitating meetings with Taiwan and U.S. government and regulatory officials and encouraging networking and business development among active member companies. Philip Diller, the committee's Chairman is a principle of Pristine Communications, a long-time player in Greater China's technology localization industry.

Mailing list

Get involved! To get in touch with the folks running the Committee, join our discussion and announcements mailing list by visitng the Amtech Mailing List page. All Chamber members are welcome to join the list. The email address of the list is amtech@pristine.net

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