Wednesday October 4, 12:13 pm Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: Ventro Corporation
Ventro Hosts First B2B Leadership Forum - October 10-12th, 2000
B2B E-Commerce Pioneer and Seven Marketplaces Bring Together Industry Experts And Thought Leaders to Examine Progress, Challenges and Opportunities Of Industry
Ray Lane, General Partner of VC Leader Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers And Former President and COO of Oracle, Gives Opening Keynote
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventro(TM) Corporation (Nasdaq: VNTR - news), a leading business-to-business (B2B) marketplace service provider, today announced the Ventro B2B Leadership Forum, taking place October 10-12th, 2000 at the Hyatt Regency in Monterey, California. Further information is available at
www.ventro.com/forum/index.html.
The one-and-a-half day ``super user group'' event provides an in-depth forum for the country's leading e-commerce practitioners to discuss real world progress, challenges and opportunities surrounding B2B e-commerce. Attendees include high-level buyers and suppliers, technology providers and marketplace builders, in particular targeting the customers and partners of Ventro's seven B2B marketplaces -- Chemdex(TM), Promedix(TM), Amphire Solutions(TM), Broadlane(TM), Industria Solutions(TM), MarketMile(TM) and Ventro Life Sciences(TM) Europe.
Ray Lane, General Partner of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers and former President and COO of Oracle Corporation, will deliver the opening keynote address.
``Ventro is in the unique position of being a B2B thought leader, working closely with buyers, suppliers, technology providers and other partners across a variety of marketplaces,'' said David Perry, CEO of Ventro Corporation. ``This forum presents an excellent opportunity to bring together some of the industry's key influencers to share best practices and to direct the future evolution of this market.'' Ventro has extensive marketplace expertise, building seven marketplaces over the past three years.
Topics to be addressed at the forum include: ROI, emerging standards, community marketing, integration, supply chain
management and supplier relationship marketing, including detailed case studies from both suppliers and buyers already
operating in the Ventro marketplaces. Sponsors for this event include American Express, IBM, webMethods, Global Software Solutions, Inc. (GSSI) and Ogilvy & Mather.
The conference features several industry leaders and visionaries as guest speakers:
-- Alex Todd from IBM (www.ibm.com) will address privacy matters;
-- Timo Elliott of Business Objects (www.businessobjects.com) will discuss web intelligence and data mining;
-- Christian Grebisz of Global Software Solutions, Inc. (GSSI)(www.g11n.com) will address globalization issues;
-- Nicholas Gaich from Stanford University Medical Center
(www-med.stanford.edu) will talk about supplier relationship marketing;
-- Hy Waxman from Becton Dickinson (www.bectondickinson.com) will speak about measuring results from e-commerce;
-- Sue McKay of Aircast (www.aircast.com) will share the supplier benefits she has experienced in the specialty medical marketplace;
-- Morgan M. Schuessler, Jr. of American Express (www.americanexpress.com) will discuss finance and payment methods; and,
-- Dan Prengamen and Marc Breissinger of webMethods (www.webmethods.com) will address emerging standards.
About Ventro
Ventro is a leading builder of and service provider to B2B marketplaces. Ventro offers a variety of products and services, through its complete marketplace solution, that take online B2B marketplaces from concept to liquidity. Ventro marketplaces include Chemdex, Promedix, Broadlane, Industria Solutions, Amphire Solutions, MarketMile and Ventro Life Sciences Europe. For more information about Ventro, please visit www.ventro.com. |
