Andrew Seybold's Summit 4Mobility 2000 for Corporate Chiefs Focuses On Mobile Computing, the Internet, and Wireless Communications.

BOULDER CREEK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 26, 1999--

Editor/analyst Andrew M. Seybold, recognized internationally as a driving force behind the development and growth of wireless communications and mobile computing, will present Andrew Seybold's Summit 4Mobility 2000, the first in a planned annual invitation-only series of conferences on mobile computing, the Internet and wireless communications, in mid-February, it was announced today by Robert C. Chapin, coordinator of the event.

The conference will be held at the Arizona Biltmore, Feb. 13-15, Phoenix, and will be co-hosted by Andrew Seybold's Outlook, Forbes, Forbes ASAP and Wireless Week magazine, Chapin said. Invitees are CEOs from the computer, wireless telecommunications and Internet communities, with attendance limited to 200 participants. In addition to the hosting companies, a limited number of sponsorships are available.

"No one is more qualified than Andy Seybold to develop and conduct an event of this type," Chapin said. "Andy's credentials are unmatched in the analyst-editorial community, and through his consulting practice, he has had direct influence on most of the technological advances in wireless data and mobile computing since their emergence as important business technologies."

The conference agenda will address numerous aspects of the rapidly changing business technology environment, focusing on mobile computing, the Internet, and wireless communications as they impact existing and future products and services offered by corporations. The Summit will include keynote addresses by corporate CEOs from the computer, wireless network and Internet industries.

"We intend to provide the people who are leading important technology-related enterprises with business intelligence and guidance about market needs and obstacles to the implementation of mobile computing and wireless data communications with the Internet that they cannot obtain from any other source," Seybold said.

"Developments are occurring at a break-neck pace and it is imperative that first-line management become aware of the gaps that exist and how they can use their core competencies to fill them, whether through development, acquisition or joint venture.

"CEOs of early-stage companies will learn how to position their companies and products, how to develop relationships with potential partners and even how to become attractive acquisition candidates. Participants will take with them concepts and solution models that they can pass along to the appropriate people within their organizations."

Research In Motion (RIM) will provide each participant with one of its Blackberry two-way wireless data devices, enabling them not only to access their electronic mail but also to interact with each other and with other devices displayed at the conference.

For sponsorship information on Andrew Seybold's Summit 4Mobility 2000, contact Bob Chapin at 303/697-7550 or e-mail [e-mail].

For program information and tabletop exhibit space, contact Nancy Sperry or Leslie Smith at 408/867-8694 or e-mail [e-mail].

For further information about Andrew Seybold's Outlook and allied activities, contact Ruth Johnson at Andrew Seybold's Outlook, P.O. Box 2460, Boulder Creek, Calif., 95006-2460; telephone [phone]; fax [phone]; e-mail [e-mail]; or visit www.outlook.com on the Web.