The 7th Annual Forum on City Informatization in the Asia-Pacific Region (CIAPR VII) will be convened from 26 to 27 May 2008 in Shanghai International Convention Center, China. Focusing the theme of “ICT for Better City”, CIAPR VII will hold a series of forums and workshops to explore the most concerned topics on informatization in the current society, exchange the up-to-date research achievements on information technologies and become a platform for study and exchange in the global ICT sector, thus promoting the development of city informatization and advancing the application of information technologies in World Expo 2010 Shanghai. CIAPR VII will receive a large number of participants from the world, including officials of country and regional governments, senior UN officials, as well as representatives from NGOs, academic and research institutes, enterprises and civil societies.