Future Image and Forbes to Jointly Showcase Visual Communication Through Executive Summit, Special Magazine Section.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2002 Forbes, the nation's leading business magazine, and Future Image, the leading provider of digital imaging information and analysis, will jointly spotlight one of the key emerging business trends of the 21st Century -- Visual Communication -- at a by-invitation only Summit for senior level (VP and above) executives, to be held in 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 on October 1 and 2. The Summit entitled "Visual Communication: Infoimaging At Work" will be closely followed by the release of a special section of the same name in the October 14, 2002 issue of Forbes magazine. Both the Summit and the Special Section will highlight the growing importance of integrated visual content as a tool for businesses of every size and description to communicate more effectively with customers, suppliers, stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. , and employees. "I heard about the Visual Communication concept, and asked Alexis Gerard, president of Future Image, to create a section for our magazine introducing the concept to our readers," said Tim Forbes, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Forbes Inc. "Given the importance of the topic, we also thought a conference, bringing together early adopters and infoimaging industry executives and leaders, would provide a valuable opportunity to the business community at large." Unlike conventional industry events, the "Visual Communication: Infoimaging At Work" Summit will showcase not vendors, but users: Executives from Procter & Gamble, Ford Motors, and Kemper Insurance will explain how their companies have applied infoimaging devices, infrastructures and media/services to create pioneering Visual Communication solutions, and analyze the bottom line results. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss how the experiences of these companies can be extended to other business sectors. Dan Carp, 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. and Chairman, Eastman Kodak Company, will deliver a keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. . "Business executives are becoming increasingly aware that visual communication technologies are of vital importance to their future," said Alexis Gerard, president of Future Image Inc. "The coming information shift -- from the written or spoken word alone to enhanced visual content -- builds on the technology adoption patterns of the last decade. The digitization of picture taking combined with the emergence of a global telecommunications infrastructure for disseminating digitized information, empower virtually any businessperson to use images to communicate faster and smarter in order to be more successful." Summit proceedings will be available from Future Image. The "Visual Communication: Infoimaging At Work" special section will be available online from the Forbes.com, VisualCommunication.info, and FutureImage.com web sites. About Forbes Forbes is the publisher of Forbes, the nation's leading business magazine and its international edition, Forbes Global, which together reach a worldwide audience of nearly five million readers. The company also publishes: Forbes ASAP (chat) asap - As soon as possible. featuring Best of The Web, the technology supplement for management decision-makers, and Forbes FYI "For your information." See digispeak. FYI - For Your Information , the irreverent lifestyle supplement. Other company divisions include: Forbes.com, the company's Internet business; Forbes Management Conference Group; and American Heritage American Heritage can refer to:
About Future Image Future Image (www.futureimage.com) is the leading independent center of expertise focused on the convergence of imaging, technology and business. It publishes two continuous information services See Information Systems. : The Future Image Executive Information Service, and the Future Image WIRE, focused on the intersection of imaging and wireless technology. In addition, Future Image underwrites and publishes numerous research studies on the impact of emerging imaging-focused technologies or business trends. Future Image is the official information and research partner of the International Imaging Industry Association (I3A I3A International Imaging Industry Association I3A Installation Information Infrastructure Architecture I3A Iterative Image Interpolation Algorithm ) and the managing partner of the Visual Communication initiative (www.visualcommunication.info ). Note to Editors: All product and company names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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