Barrett to talk wednesday at....Internet World to be largest Web event ever
Sold out stand fueled by biz-to-biz e-commerce boom
By Steve Gelsi, CBS MarketWatch
Last Update: 6:30 PM ET Oct 1, 1999
NewsWatch
NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- The push into "business-to-business"
e-commerce efforts looks to spark the biggest Web industry gathering
ever at Fall Internet World.
Taking place Oct. 4 - 8 at the Jacob Javitz Center in New York City, Fall
Internet World sold out with about 750 companies signing up, up
dramatically from 500 at last year's event.
Overall attendance is
expected to double
over last year, with
more than 35,000
pre-registered
attendees.
Over 3,127
international delegates
plus nine international
pavilions, representing 116 foreign companies, will take part. Over 2,500
journalists registered to attend.
"In 1999, the Internet has clearly gone from a hip new technology for tech
companies to being recognized as part of the fabric of the economy," Tom
Kemp, chief executive of event organizer Penton Media (PME: news,
msgs), told CBS.MarketWatch.com on Friday. "Everyone is thinking
about it, from Citigroup to the corner flower shop."
America Online (AOL: news, msgs) CEO Steve Case is expected in New
York on Tuesday to meet with the press. Oracle's (ORCL: news, msgs)
CEO Larry Ellison is also meeting the media on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Intel (INTC: news, msgs) CEO Craig Barrett will open
the conference with a keynote address. |
