[2] The Standard Sets Final Speaker Line-up for iB2B, Its First Internet Business-to-Business Conference.Business & High Tech Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2000 Inaugural Conference Sells Out, Bringing 450 Leading Internet Executives to Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton ("bōkə rə-tōn") is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida incorporated in May 1925. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396. , March 22-24, 2000 Industry Standard Communications Inc. ("The Standard") announced today the final speakers list and agenda for iB2B. The conference, which sold out last week, is the Company's first event dedicated to business-to-business e-commerce growth over the Internet. Additional qualified attendees can register on the wait list at www.thestandard.com/events/ib2b/register/. iB2B, held in Boca Raton, Florida, will feature presentations by a number of leading b-to-b e-commerce visionaries. Among those scheduled to present are: Frederick Smith Frederick Smith may refer to:
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Mark Walsh is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. , president & CEO, VerticalNet; Henry Blodget Henry Blodget (born 1966) is a former securities analyst who was senior Internet analyst for Merrill Lynch during the dot-com bubble. Blodget received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and began his career as a freelance journalist and was a proofreader for , first vice-president, Global Securities Research & Economics, Merrill Lynch; Keith Krach, co-founder, President and CEO, Ariba Technologies; David Edwards, General Partner, Morgan Stanley Venture Partners; Nick Earle, President, E-Services Solutions, Hewlett-Packard; David Gang, Senior Vice President, Strategic Development, America Online; David P. Perry, president, CEO and co-founder, Ventro; John Sidgemore, Vice Chairman of Strategy and Development, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. WorldCom; and Jake Winebaum, co-founder and general partner, eCompanies LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . "We are delighted with the extraordinary demand for iB2B. With the top minds and biggest names in the exploding b-to-b marketplace on the agenda, iB2B is a must-attend ticket," said David Evans, Vice President, Conferences and Events. "The combination of speakers, panels and focus sessions are going to make iB2B an essential opportunity for Internet business strategists to explore the sector of the Internet that will be driving the future Net economy." iB2B will lead off with an invitation-only executive roundtable, moderated by Jonathan Weber, Editor-in-Chief of The Industry Standard. Designed as a high-level discussion group, the roundtable will inspire a select panel of b-to-b business leaders to discuss their visions and predictions for the Internet business-to-business marketplace. Platinum sponsors of the event include Cambridge Technology Partners, Proxicom and Tradeum. Gold sponsors are, ci4Net.com, Intelligent Digital, Xuma and Evolve. The conference will feature two full days of focus sessions and interviews, as well as a fully-functional demonstration room showcasing the products and services of more than 40 of the best business-to-business Internet companies. Registration for conference has been closed but interested parties can register on a wait list. For more information on iB2B, including a detailed agenda, please visit the iB2B web site at www.thestandard.com/ib2b or call 1-800-945-0880. About The Standard Headquartered in San Francisco and located on the Web at http://www.thestandard.com, The Standard is the essential source for intelligence on the Internet Economy. Through The Industry Standard, its weekly newsmagazine; TheStandard.com, its daily news outlet and business intelligence portal A corporate portal that enables users to query and produce reports on enterprise-wide databases. The term was coined by Information Advantage, makers of the MyEureka software, which was the first to combine BI software with a corporate portal. See MyEureka and BI software. ; its conferences and events; and its online newsletter, research, recruiting and marketing-making offerings, The Standard provides a new breed of business leaders with the information and resources they need to succeed in the Internet Economy. The Standard has offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Washington, D.C., and London, and is owned by Industry Standard Communications Inc., a private company owned in part by IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) . About IDG IDG is the world's leading IT media, research and exposition company. IDG publishes more than 290 computer magazines and newspapers and 4,000 book titles and offers online users the largest network of technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net (http://www.idg.net), which comprises more than 250 targeted Web sites in 55 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 168 computer-related expositions worldwide, and provides IT market analysis through 49 offices in 42 countries worldwide. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com. |
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