Brussels, 13/09/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Information Society Commissioner, Erkki Liikanen, is representing the Commission at the third annual Conference of the Global Business Dialogue on e-Commerce (GBDe) on 13/14 September in Tokyo. The conference creates a forum for governments and industry leaders worldwide to exchange views on the consensus recommendations presented by the GBDe, and to develop a forward-looking working relationship between the private and public sectors. Almost 350 executives, government officials and other leaders from around the globe attended the second GBDe Conference, held in Miami in September 2000.