500 Top Speakers Explore the State of the Internet at Internet World Spring 2001.Business/Technology Editors Internet World Spring 2001 DARIEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2001 Penton Media Penton Media, Inc. (OTC: PTON.OB), founded in 1892, is a diversified business-to-business media company. Penton Media is a mass media corporation that publishes and produces over 40 magazines, 80 trade shows, and 47 web sites. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : PME PME Petites et Moyennes Entreprises PME Professional Military Education PME Pequenas e Médias Empresas (Portugal) PME Petite et Moyenne Entreprise PME Psychology of Mathematics Education PME Pi Mu Epsilon ) today announced details of its conference session program for Internet World Spring 2001, to be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center The Los Angeles Convention Center (abbreviated LACC) is a convention center in downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, and was best known to video games fans as host to E3 until its cessation in 2006. , from March 12-16, 2001. Over 50,000 attendees will visit more than 700 exhibiting companies on the show floor, who will showcase their latest Internet technologies, products and services. The five-day conference showcases the most experienced Internet executives, technologists, developers, analysts and investors presenting a broad analysis of the latest technologies and the best practices for e-business. Topics include the wireless Internet; business-to-business e-commerce marketplaces; Web design and development; advanced electronic marketing issues; and the growing trend towards outsourcing. Some 500 speakers will give a comprehensive Internet world-view in 46 days worth of seminars and roundtables during Internet World week. "The Internet World faculty is the best in the world," said Conference Chairman Jack Powers. "Our audience rates the average Internet World conference session 'Very Good' to 'Excellent,' and only speakers who reach that level are asked to return." Keynote speakers at the March event include: Meg Whitman Margaret C. "Meg" Whitman (born August 4, 1956) has been the President and CEO of the online marketplace eBay since March 1998. Whitman joined eBay when the company had 29 employees and operated solely in the United States; eBay is now a global organization with over 11,000 , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president of EBay; Barry Diller Barry Diller (born February 2, 1942 in San Francisco, California) is an American media executive responsible for the creation of Fox Broadcasting Company. Biography chairman and CEO of USA Networks; Thomas Siebel Thomas M. Siebel (born November 20, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois) is the chairman of First Virtual Group, a diversified holding company with interests in commercial real estate, agribusiness, global investment management, and philanthropy. , chairman and CEO of Siebel Systems; Jerry Greenberg, co-chairman and co-CEO of Sapient sa·pi·ent adj. Having great wisdom and discernment. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sapi , and Charles Giancarlo, Senior Vice President of Cisco Systems. Particularly noteworthy forums include: - e-Publishing & Content Management Forum, featuring Digitizing the Publishing Industry, Content Management & Digital Rights Management; - Flash Web Site Forum, featuring a Developers' Roundtable, Web Animation Tools and Techniques, and Flash design in SMIL; - Syndication Forum, showcasing a discussion on Syndicated Streaming; - Webmasters' Forum, including Maximizing Content, Scent- A New Method of Communication, and Designing for Wireless Applications and; - EC Security Forum, featuring topics such as Secure e-Commerce: Maintaining Brand Value and Customer Trust, How Hackers Work and Practical Measures to Protect Your Site. For the entertainment industry audience in Los Angeles, a special two-day focus on the digitization and distribution of media and entertainment (D2ME) highlights Internet advertising, entertainment, syndication and the emerging home network entertainment environment. Special programs discuss the Urban Internet Market, E-Publishing and Content Management, and the best use of Flash animation techniques. Additional information, including a full conference sketch, can be found at http://www.internetworld.com/spring2001 Penton Media, Inc. (NYSE: PME) is a diversified business media company that produces market-focused magazines, Web sites, trade shows, and conferences. Penton serves the Internet/broadband; information technology; natural products/food/retail; manufacturing; electronics; design/engineering; management; supply chain/aviation; government/compliance; mechanical systems/construction; and leisure/hospitality markets. For more information, visit http://www.penton.com |
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