Business Week And PricewaterhouseCoopers Present The 1999 Global Convergence Summit.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1999-- Top executives from the entertainment, media, communications, and technology industries will gather this week 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 1999 Global Convergence Summit. The Summit, the second in a series produced by Business Week and PricewaterhouseCoopers, will feature C. Michael Armstrong C Michael Armstong (born 18 October, 1938, in Detroit, Michigan) is the former AT&T chairman and CEO, who tried to reestablish AT&T as an end-to-end carrier. Unfortunately, due to the dot.com bust and various other issues, he was forced to break the group up in 2001. , 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. , AT&T; Bill Joy, Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. ; Jonathan Bulkeley, CEO, barnesandnoble.com; Brad Chase, Vice President, Consumer and Commerce Group, Microsoft; Mark Cuban, Chairman and President, broadcast.com; and Thomas Jermoluk, Chairman, President, and CEO, Excite@Home, among over 50 others. The 1999 Global Convergence Summit scheduled for September 30, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. "This week's unprecedented lineup of presenters demonstrates the intense interest in convergence for many industries. Business Week has been following this important topic closely for the last several years," said Dave Ferm, Publisher of Business Week. "The Global Convergence conference series is an important element of that coverage, permitting us to examine these exciting and critical issues with key players, live in real time." Others to be featured at this one-day gathering include: -- Jim Banister, Executive Vice President, Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Online -- Bill Burnham, general partner, Softbank Capital Partners LP -- Leonardo Chiariglione, Chairman, MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). group; Executive Director, Secure Digital Music Initiative Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) was a forum formed in late 1998, comprised of more than 200 IT, consumer electronics, security technology, ISP and recording industry companies, ostensibly with the purpose of developing technology specifications that protected the (SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative) A set of rules for securely distributing digital music over the Internet. Announced in February 1999, it is backed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Sony, Warner, BMG, EMI and Universal, the top five ) -- Mark Greenberg, Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Communications/Showtime Event Television, Showtime Networks Inc. -- Eddy Hartenstein, President, DIRECTV, Inc. -- Jeff Hawkins, Chairman, Handspring, Inc. -- Chris Kitze, Chairman and Co-founder, XOOM XOOM Extraction of Object Oriented Software Metrics .com, Inc.; designee des·ig·nee n. A person who has been designated. president and CEO, NBCi -- James F. McDonald, President and CEO, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. -- Jason Olim, President and CEO, CDNOW, Inc. -- John Patrick, Vice President, Internet Technology, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) -- Michael Ramsay, President and CEO, TiVo -- William L. Schrader, Chairman and CEO, PSINet Inc. -- William J. Schroeder William J. Schroeder was one of the first recipients of an artificial heart. On November 25, 1984, Schroeder became the second human recipient of the Jarvik 7. After 18 days, he suffered the first of a series of strokes, eventually leaving him in a vegetative state. , President and CEO, Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. -- Robert Tercek, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, Columbia TriStar Sony Pictures Entertainment Group -- Chris Tice, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Advertising Sales, Sony Online Entertainment Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is a game development and game publishing division of Sony that is best known for creating massively multiplayer online games, including EverQuest, EverQuest II, PlanetSide, and Star Wars Galaxies -- Annie Williams, Vice President Marketing, CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. -- Dick Wingate, Vice President, Content Development and Label Relations, Liquid Audio For a complete list of speakers and a full program agenda, or to register for The 1999 Global Convergence Summit, please consult the conference web site at http://conferences.businessweek.com/1999/convergence/. According to Kevin Carton, Global Leader of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Entertainment & Media Practice, "The 1999 Global convergence Summit is a must-attend event for industry players looking to develop business strategies for the digital age. They will come away with ideas on how to make money and build companies that will be positioned to thrive will into the new century." For press registration and other press inquiries, please contact Robert Pondiscio by phone at 212/512-6311 or by email at robert_pondiscio@businessweek.com. For information on the program, please contact Mary Holland at 212/512-3733 or by email at mary_holland@businessweek.com. About Business Week: Business Week is the world's largest business magazine, with a worldwide circulation of 1,064,580 and nearly 5.8 million readers each week. Business Week has far more full-time correspondents, including technology and finance specialists, in more cities around the world, than any other business magazine. Business Week's editorial staff consists of 165 editorial employees at New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of headquarters, 51 correspondents in 14 news bureaus in the U.S., and 21 international correspondents in 13 bureaus. Business Week is published weekly by The McGraw-Hill Companies in New York and is read in more than 130 countries. Nineteen ninety-nine marks the magazine's 70th anniversary: the first issue of Business Week was published on September 7, 1929. In 1994 and again in 1996, Business Week received the National Magazine Award for General Excellence (one million-plus circulation), the most prestigious award in the magazine industry. Business Week has won seven National Magazine Awards and has been a finalist 13 times in the last nine years. Business Week's Executive Programs are private forums for invited senior executives. Held more than a dozen times each year in the United States, Asia and Europe, they have become premier business leadership events. Business Week Online (www.businessweek.com), the magazine's award-winning interactive electronic service, was launched on America Online in 1994 (keyword: BW) and on the World Wide Web in 1996. Each week, Business Week Online provides complete access to the magazine's North America and international editions, before the magazine hits newsstands. Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies today provides information and analysis in multiple media through its rich portfolio of valuable brands. Sales in 1998 were $3.7 billion. About PricewaterhouseCoopers: PricewaterhouseCoopers (http://www.pwcglobal.com) is one of the world's leading professional services organization. Drawing on the knowledge and skills of 155,000 people in 150 countries, we help our clients solve complex business problems and measurably enhance their ability to build value, manage risk, and improve their performance. The PricewaterhouseCoopers Technology, Info/Comm and Entertainment Group addresses business challenges for its clients including: developing business strategies to leverage digital technology; marketplace positioning in industries characterized by consolidation and convergence; and identifying new sources of financing. SOURCE: Business Week http://www.businessweek.com |
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