ADVISORY/Gartner Announce Keynote Speakers for G-CON: The Gartner Government Conference.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Monday (May 3)

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What:   G-CON: The Gartner Government Conference - The Advancement
        of Government through Technology. Gartner has created G-CON
        exclusively for government decision makers to provide insight
        into government challenges and solutions to those challenges.

When:   May 3-5, 2004

Where:  Washington D.C. at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Keynote Speakers:
The following industry leaders will participate in individual
question-and-answer keynote sessions with Gartner research analysts.

    --  Clay Johnson, Deputy Director for Management, OMB

    --  Keith Kellogg, Deputy Administrator/COO for the CPA, Iraq

    --  Clayton Christensen, Keynote Speaker and Harvard Business
        School professor and author

The following senior IT officials from Canadian, British and U.S.
governments will participate in a World Leaders Panel that will
provide insight into how these countries are meeting the political and
social issues that each country is facing.

    --  Karen S. Evans, Administrator, Office of E-government and
        Information Technology in the U.S.

    --  Bill Edwards, Director, e-Communications, Office of the
        e-Envoy in the U.K.

    --  Michelle D'Auray, CIO of the Government of Canada

    --  George C. Newstrom, Secretary of Technology for the
        Commonwealth of Virginia

Registration: Attendees can register by visiting
http://www.gartner.com/us/gcon or by calling 1 800-778-1997 or 203
316-6757. Press can register free of charge by emailing Maria DiMasi
at [e-mail].

Complete information about the conference is available at
http://www.gartner.com/us/gcon

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