ADVISORY/Please Join Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and A.T. Kearney for a News Briefing and Panel Discussion: 'Internet Cluster Analysis 2000'.

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
    ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Oct. 11)

    --(BUSINESS WIRE)--

      Second annual Silicon Valley study reports region's growth at
critical turning point and local governments hold key to future
      To continue as leader of the Internet Economy, Silicon Valley must
aggressively address internal growth challenges, according to Internet
Cluster Analysis 2000, the second annual report from Joint Venture:
Silicon Valley Network and A.T. Kearney. The new study, which focuses
on the globalization of the Internet economy, reports that local
governments in the U.S. and around the world have become a critical
agent in attracting and nurturing Internet businesses.
      A panel of distinguished public and private sector leaders will
convene on Wednesday, October 11, 2000 to discuss the survey's
findings and its implications for Silicon Valley and other Internet
cluster regions. The issues they will address include:

--  What growth model will enable Silicon Valley to maintain its
    dominance, but not put additional strain on quality of life,
    affordable housing and traffic?

--  What are the most important choices Silicon Valley has to make to
    manage its growth?

--  How should the region address emerging problems like the widening
    digital divide and chronic workforce shortage?

--  What initiatives can local governments undertake, individually and
    in aggregate, to ensure that the current vibrant economic climate
    continues to flourish?

--  What can other Internet cluster regions learn from Silicon Valley?

PANELISTS:

Archive Inc. -- Jim McDermott, Founder and CEO
Hewlett-Packard Company -- Debra L. Dunn, VP, Strategy and Corporate
Operations
Metreo, Inc. -- Daphne Carmeli, Co-Founder, President and CEO
Mohr, Davidow Ventures -- Erik Straser, General Partner
Vanguard Venture Partners -- Dan L. Eilers, General Partner
City of Mountain View -- Rosemary Stasek, Mayor California Trade and
Commerce Agency, Division of Science, Technology
and Innovation -- Joe Raguso, Deputy Secretary for Strategic
Technology
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WHEN:             Wednesday, October 11, 2000
                  Registration and Continental Breakfast: 7:30 a.m.
                  Program:  8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

WHERE:            Stanford Barn, Vintage Room
                  700 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA  94304
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      For more information or to attend, please contact Maria Stokes,
415/274-7586 or [e-mail].

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    CONTACT: Citigate (for A.T. Kearney)
             Maria Stokes, 415/274-7586
             [e-mail]

    KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: INTERNET GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS
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