Business Week And MCI WorldCom Present The Second Annual Technology Leadership Summit.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2000 Sidgmore, Yost, Keast, Feld, among featured speakers Senior executives from top companies across America that are integrating their technologies and communications strategies to help spur their success will meet this spring in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. for The Second Annual Technology Leadership Summit, Business Week announced today. John W. Sidgmore John W. Sidgmore became the Chief Executive Officer of UUNET Technologies in June of 1994. UUNET was purchased by MFS, later taken over by WorldCom, which eventually took over MCI from British Telecom. He later became WorldCom's Chief Operations Officer. , Vice Chairman, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. WorldCom, Chairman, UUNet; James Yost, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Ford Motor Company; Eric A. Brewer, Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Inktomi Corporation For the Lakota spider-trickster god, see . Inktomi Corporation was a California company that provided software for Internet Service Providers, which was founded in 1996 by UC Berkeley professor Eric Brewer and graduate student Paul Gauthier. ; Peter A. Jacobson, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Postal Service; and Scott Charney, Principal, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , and Former Chief Computer Crime Section, Department of Justice, are among the prominent business leaders scheduled to appear at the Summit. The event convenes on May 9, 2000, at The Sheraton in New York City. "The Second Annual Business Week Technology Leadership Summit will examine the evolving role of e-networks in business survival and success," said David G. Ferm, president of the Business Week Group of The McGraw-Hill Companies. "The conference offers an in-depth look at the critical technology and investment decisions all enterprises will need to make to gain and maintain their competitive advantage. Top executives will share their business models for e-business prosperity, discussing the risks and opportunities they create." Co-produced by Business Week and MCI WorldCom, in partnership with AppNet Inc., and sponsored by People Soft, the full-day program will be a dynamic exploration inside companies that are poised to succeed in the new decade. Keeping with Business Week tradition, the conference will feature the top leaders of major companies representing different industry segments. Other featured speakers at this one-day event one-day event a contraction of the three-day event but like that contest is aimed at selecting the best all-round horse and rider. The events usually contested are show-jumping, dressage and cross-country. include: -- John Cross, Executive Vice President, AppNet, Inc. -- Charles Feld, Chief Information Officers, Delta Airlines, Inc. -- Sue Fullman, Vice President and Director, Motorola Direct -- Mark H. Goldstein, President and Chief Executive Officer, BlueLight.com -- Naveen Jain, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Infospace.com -- John Keast, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer, Branders.com -- D.E. Kepler, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, The Dow Chemical Company The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW TYO: 4850 ) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan. Overview The Dow Chemical Company is currently the second largest chemical manufacturer in the World (after BASF)[1]. -- Gary King, Chief Information Officer, barnesandnoble.com -- Art Kranzley, Senior Vice President, Electronic Commerce, Mastercard International -- Thomas A. Lesica, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, J.Crew Group, Inc. -- Kevin O'Connor, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, DoubleClick Inc. -- Jay Rolls, Vice President, Engineering, Excite@Home For press registration and other press inquiries, please contact Robert Pondiscio at 212-512-6311. For registration information, please contact Julie Terranova at 888-239-6878. For sponsorship information, please contact Jim Richardson at 212-512-4435. For information on the program and speaking opportunities please contact Marjorie Sussman at 212-512-4891, by email at marjorie_sussman@businessweek.com, or visit the conference web site at http://conferences.businessweek.com/2000/enetwork About Business Week Executive Programs Business Week Executive Programs (BWEP BWEP Business Water Efficiency Program (Queensland, Australia) ) is the premier producer of elite business conferences and meetings in North America. BWEP produces more than a dozen conferences annually, from a private 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. Summit to the "Digital Economy" industry gathering each December. In addition, BWEP produces annual regional summits in Asia, Europe, and Latin America. About Business Week With its worldwide editorial staff of more than 240, Business Week provides in-depth reporting on business situations not covered not covered Health care adjective Referring to a procedure, test or other health service to which a policy holder or insurance beneficiary is not entitled under the terms of the policy or payment system–eg, Medicare. Cf Covered. in other publications. Business Week's global circulation of more than one million translates into 6.3 million readers each week. Business Week's parent, The McGraw-Hill Companies, is a 109-year-old multimedia publishing company, serving worldwide markets in education, business, industry and government. About MCI WorldCom MCI WorldCom (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : WCOM WCOM MCI/Worldcom (stock symbol) WCOM Windows Component Object Model WCOM Wireless Communication ) is a global leader in "all-distance" communications services with operations in more than 65 countries. Revenues in 1999 were $37 billion, with more than $15 billion from high-growth data, Internet and international services. MCI WorldCom and Sprint have announced a merger agreement, which the companies expect to close in the second half of 2000 after regulatory and shareholder approvals. For more information go to http://www.wcom.com. SOURCE: Business Week |
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