ADVISORY/Press Briefing at PECC Asia-Pacific IT Summit; Briefing to Provide Insights, Announcements on Asia-Pacific Technology Entrepreneurship.Assignment/News Writers ADVISORY...for Thursday Thursday: see week. (Nov. 16) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHAT: The Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)
invites the media to attend a press-only briefing
during the Asia-Pacific IT Summit. The theme of this
year's event is "Asia-Pacific IT Entrepreneurship,"
focusing on Asia's progress in building dynamic
centers of entrepreneurship and how they intersect
with Silicon Valley.
WHO: Chong-Moon Lee, Founder, Diamond Multimedia Systems,
Inc. and Founder & Chairman, Silicon
Valley Venture Fund
Charles Giancarlo, Senior VP, Cisco Systems
Arjun Malhortra, Chairman & CEO, Techspan
Laina Raveendran-Greene, Founder & CEO, GetIT Multimedia
Bill Miller, Professor of Public and Private
Management, Graduate School of Business Stanford
University
WHY: Asia is the world's fastest growing technology
market with diverse pockets of entrepreneurship from
India to Japan. The region also boasts strong ties
with Silicon Valley. The speakers at the briefing
are thought leaders on trans-Pacific business and
technology issues. Their organizations range from
multinational corporations to emerging growth
enterprises on the ground in the Asia-Pacific.
WHEN: 12:20 PM, Thursday, November 16, 2000.
(To attend, please RSVP to Panache Communications - contact
info included).
WHERE: Hotel Nikko San Francisco
222 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
Telephone: (415) 394-1111
About the Asia-Pacific The term Asia-Pacific generally applies to littoral East Asia, Southeast Asia and Australasia near the Pacific Ocean, plus the states in the ocean itself (Oceania). IT Summit The Asia-Pacific Information Technology Summit, to be held Nov. 16-17 at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , is the only technology event focused on the Asia-Pacific region that brings together leaders from government, academia, and the private sector. In its 4th year, the event is a sounding board for technology progress in the region and effects real and lasting initiatives by bringing together an exclusive and diverse group of decision makers. Larry Ellison Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is the co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, a major database software company. Early life Ellison was born in New York City to Florence Spellman, a 19-year-old unwed Jewish mother. , Chairman and 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. , Oracle Corporation is the Chairman of this year's summit and a featured keynote keynote /key·note/ (ke´not) in homeopathy, the characteristic property of a drug that indicates its use in treating a similar symptom of disease. speaker. A complete program is available at http://www.pecc.org/ITSummit About PECC Established in 1980, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) has a unique partnership of academia, business, and government from twenty-three Pacific economies. It is the only non-governmental official observer The Official Observer (sometimes "OO") is a member of the Amateur Auxiliary and member of the ARRL field organization responsible for monitoring amateur radio activity for FCC rules violation. The Official Observer is just another amateur radio operator and has no official status. of the government-to-government forum for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC APEC in full Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Trade group established in 1989 in response to the growing interdependence of Asia-Pacific economies and the advent of regional economic blocs (such as the European Union and the North American Free Trade Area) ) since APEC's formation in 1989. The diverse work programs of the 17 PECC task forces involve policy coordination and research in areas such as trade, investment, finance, human resource development, telecommunication telecommunication Communication between parties at a distance from one another. Modern telecommunication systems—capable of transmitting telephone, fax, data, radio, or television signals—can transmit large volumes of information over long distances. , and other major industrial sectors. |
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