Author and Counselor Dr. Michael Hammer, i2 Chairman Sanjiv Sidhu and WorldWide Retail Exchange CEO Colin Dyer Join PLANET2001 Las Vegas Roster of Speakers.

Business Editors & High Tech Writers

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2001

PLANET(R)2001 Las Vegas, a thought-leadership forum where knowledge powers opportunity, today announced that Dr. Michael Hammer, one of the world's foremost business thinkers, authors and lecturers; Sanjiv Sidhu, founder and chairman of i2 Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ITWO); and Colin Dyer, CEO of the WorldWide Retail Exchange will speak at PLANET2001 Las Vegas October 15-18. Hammer, Sidhu and Dyer join Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy, i2 CEO Greg Brady and Corporate Express CEO Bob King as General Session speakers.

"Our speakers are inventive enterprise thinkers. Hammer has taught organizations around the globe how to achieve substantial performance improvements. Sidhu is a visionary pioneer in supply chain management. Dyer is leading the WorldWide Retail Exchange as it blazes a new path in the world of e-business. We are pleased to be able to offer our attendees an opportunity to hear thought-provoking insights from these leaders in change," said PLANET2001 chairperson Melis Jones. "Their experience and business savvy will both energize attendees and offer them the confidence and tactics they need to tackle today's many business challenges."

A three-day thought leadership forum, PLANET provides senior-level executives and key influencers with the essential tools, strategies and best practices they need to recognize and sustain a valuable competitive advantage. The featured PLANET speakers will lead discussion on topics including increasing business process efficiencies to reduce development time, streamlining supplier and customer relationships and achieving proven results to increase revenue. PLANET is scheduled for October 15-18 at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dr. Michael Hammer, president of Hammer and Company Inc., is the originator of both reengineering and the process enterprise, ideas that have transformed the modern business world. Organizations around the globe have enormously improved performance by applying his principles to their operations and structure. A highly sought-after lecturer, Hammer also serves as an advisor to leaders of the world's most progressive companies. Hammer is the author of numerous articles and four books: the international bestseller "Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution" (HarperBusiness, 1993); "The Reengineering Revolution: A Handbook" (HarperBusiness, 1995); "Beyond Reengineering: How the Process-Centered Organization is Changing Our Work and Our Lives" (HarperBusiness, 1996); and his latest book "The Agenda: What Every Business Must Do to Dominate the Decade" (Crown Business, 2001). Hammer was formerly a professor of Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he is a founder and director of several high technology firms.

Sanjiv Sidhu founded i2 Technologies in 1988 with the vision of helping businesses make more intelligent decisions by using information resources. Under his leadership, i2 has grown to a $1.1 billion e-commerce company and in June 2000 he led the company through a merger with Aspect Development, the largest software industry merger to date. His multinational team of business and technology professionals is one of the most experienced and highly educated workforces in the business. Sidhu's overriding concern and the central tenet of his business philosophy is providing optimum value for i2's customers. To that end, i2 goes beyond just pioneering and establishing e-business process optimization technology, to tie the technology directly to the value that customers will receive in savings and efficiencies in running their business. Sidhu now serves as chairman of the board of directors for i2.

Colin Dyer was appointed CEO of the WorldWide Retail Exchange (WWRE), the premier B2B exchange for retailers and suppliers in their commercial interactions, in September 2000 and has since led the organization on a deliberate path to enabling participating retailers and suppliers to simplify, rationalize and automate supply chain processes, thereby eliminating inefficiencies. Colin joined the WWRE from Courtaulds Textiles PLC., an international clothing and fabric company, where he served as the company's chief executive from 1996 until the company was purchased by Sara Lee Corp. in May 2000. Colin holds an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France and earned his BSc. in mechanical engineering from Imperial College in London. He serves on the Board of Directors of Northern Foods, a major supplier to British retailers.

For additional information on PLANET2001 or to register to attend, please go to http://planet.i2.com.

About PLANET2001

PLANET(R)2001 Las Vegas is a three-day forum for thought leadership, which provides senior-level executives and key influencers with the essential tools, strategies and best practices they need to recognize and sustain a valuable competitive advantage. Sponsors include Accenture, Andersen, A.T. Kearney and EDS, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Compaq, CSC, Dell, Deloitte Consulting, Hewlett-Packard, i2, IBM, Intel, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sun Microsystems and webMethods. PLANET is scheduled for October 15-18, 2001 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. To learn more, visit http://planet.i2.com.

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