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ADVISORY/Connections: Competitive Strategies For The
Age Of E-Business
The Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, November 5-6
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Chief Executive Officers and senior executives of progressive companies across North America will
convene in New York November 5 and 6 at The Plaza Hotel for a BUSINESS WEEK Executive
Briefing. The focus of this interactive forum will be on the new business strategies required to enable
companies to use the potential of the Internet. This meeting will analyze the ongoing electronic
revolution that is changing the way business is transacted, the way industries compete, and how the
entire global economy runs.
BUSINESS WEEK has invited an impressive line-up of influential speakers to explore the strategic
issues of how to best use the Internet for competitive advantage.
Esther Dyson, president/owner of EDventure Holdings and renowned expert on the impact of new
technologies on business and society, will preview her brand-new book, Release 2.0: A Design for
Living in the Digital Age. Ms. Dyson, a celebrated author, thinker, and industry leader, will address
the fundamental conflicts in the spread of electronic communication: conflicts between personal
privacy and society's interest in openness; between security and freedom; and between commerce
and community.
In addition, three leading management thinkers will explore the ramifications of the Internet revolution
for American business:
-- James Moore, founder and partner, GeoPartners Research, and
author of The Death of Competition, will explore why businesses
must reinvent themselves to win in this new environment;
-- Regis McKenna, chairman, The McKenna Group and author the
just-published Real Time: Preparing for the Age of the
Never-Satisfied Customer, will examine the changing vendor/client
relationship;
-- And Michael Schrage, research associate of the MIT Media Lab;
Merrill Lynch Forum Innovation Fellow; and author, No More Teams,
Mastering the Creative Collaboration will lead an interactive debate
on the challenges posed to business success by the e-business
revolution.
Corporate leaders who have successfully transformed their businesses by harnessing the power of
the Internet will share their vision of the future. They include: Robert Rodin, CEO and president,
Marshall Industries; James F. Kessler, III, director, global electronic commerce, AMP, Inc.;
Michael W. Janes, vice-president, marketing, logistics, electronic commerce & catalog, Federal
Express Corporation; Elizabeth Sawi, executive vice-president, electronic brokerage enterprise,
Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., and Steve Mott, senior vice-president, electronic commerce/new
ventures, MasterCard International.
''Connections'' also features two agenda-setting keynote addresses: Jack Kemp, l996 Republican
Vice Presidential candidate and co-director of Empower America, will open the conference with his
forward-looking vision of how American society and politics should respond to the challenges posed
by a wired world. And Irving Wladawsky-Berger, general manager, Internet division, IBM will
describe how the World Wide Web and the information technology infrastructure make it possible
for companies to unite their employees into effective global teams, integrate their trading partners into
the web of commerce, and do business directly with millions of customers.
BUSINESS WEEK presents this Executive Briefing in association with IBM, a leader in helping
companies take advantage of the opportunity of e-business.
THE EVENT: CONNECTIONS: Competitive strategies for the age of e-business
THE DATE: November 5 - 6, l997
THE PLACE: The Plaza Hotel, 59th Street and Fifth Avenue, New York City
FOR MORE INFORMATION: businessweek.com
Contact:
Business Week Executive Programs
Celeste M. Hughes, Program Manager
Tel: 212/512-4891 Fax: 212/512-6909
E-mail: chughes@businessweek.com |
