ADVISORY/SNIA Members Lead Industry Vision and Trends Presentations at April Events.

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ADVISORY...

NAB2003

FOSE 2003

Storage Networking World Spring 2003

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Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) leaders will participate in the following worldwide events in April 2003: -0-

   --  National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2003, Las Vegas, NV
       Web site: http://www.nab.org
       Date: April 7
       Presentation Title: "Managing and Protecting Data"
       Time: 2:00 p.m. PDT
       SNIA Presenter: Lynne VanArsdale, SNIA Board of Directors

       NAB 2003
       Date: April 8
       Presentation Title: "How and When Will Standards Simplify
           Storage Management"
       Time: 10:00 a.m. PDT
       Panelists:
           --  Ash Ashutosh, EVP and CTO, AppIQ
           --  Don McNicoll, Senior Director, TrueNorth Project,
               Hitachi Data Systems
           --  Gerald Svartz, SAN Solutions Product Marketing
               Manager, Fujitsu Softek
           --  John Webster, Senior Analyst and Founder, Data
               Mobility Group
           Moderator - Julie Ryan, Alliance Marketing Manager, LSI
               Logic Storage Systems

   --  FOSE 2003, Washington, D.C.
       Web site: http://www.fose.com
       Date: April 8
       Presentation Title: "Storage Security: An Essential
           Conversation"
       Time: 11:10 a.m. EDT
       SNIA Presenters:
           --  Mike Alvarado, Chair, SNIA Storage Security Industry
               Forum
           --  LeRoy Budnik, Vice Chair, SNIA Storage Security
               Industry Forum Customer Advisory Council
           --  Brandon Hoff, Member, SNIA Storage Security Industry
               Forum

       FOSE 2003
       Date: April 10
       Presentation Title: "Setting the Pace for the Storage Industry"
       Time: 3:00 p.m. EDT
       SNIA Presenter: Sheila Childs, Chairperson, SNIA Board of
           Directors

   --  Storage Forum, Lords Cricket Ground, London, UK
       Web site: www.storageforum.co.uk
       Date: April 9
       Presentation Title: "The SNIA Storage Management Initiative
           Specification"
       Time: 10:25 a.m. Local Event Time
       SNIA Presenter: Ian Lockhart, SNIA-Europe

   --  Storage Networking World Spring 2003, Phoenix, AZ
       Web site: http://www.storagenetworkingworld.com
       Date: April 15
       Presentation Title: "A 360 Degree Perspective of Storage
           Standards Panel"
       Time: 3:00 p.m. Local Event Time
       SNIA Presenters:
           --  Sheila Childs, Chairperson, SNIA Board of Directors
           --  Wayne Rickard, Chairman, SNIA Technical Council

       Storage Networking World Spring 2003
       Date: April 16
       Presentation Title: "The Future of Storage Networking"
       Time: 4:00 p.m. Local Event Time
       SNIA Presenters:
           --  Bill Lynn, Co-Chair, SNIA IP Storage Forum
           --  Brian Larsen, FCIP Subgroup Chair, SNIA IP Storage
               Forum
           --  Prasad Pammidimukkala, iFCP Subgroup Chair, SNIA IP
               Storage Forum
           --  Ahmad Zamer, iSCSI Subgroup Chair, SNIA IP Storage
               Forum

   --  Storage Networking World Latin America, Sao Paulo, Brazil
       Web site: http://www.snwlatinamerica.com
       Date: April 23
       Keynote Presentation Title: "SNIA International: Fulfilling the
           Mission of SNIA Around the World"
       Time: 8:00 a.m. Local Event Time
       SNIA Presenter: Gene Chesser, SNIA Board of Directors, SNIA
           International Ambassador, and Interoperability Committee
           Chairman