Infoseek President and CEO Harry Motro to Give Opening Keynote
Speech at the Carmel Group's 'Convergence '98: The Five Burning
Questions' Conference
PR Newswire - September 08, 1998 17:56
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Once again expanding its roster of senior-level industry
participants, The Carmel Group announced today that Harry Motro, President and Chief Executive Officer of InfoSeek
Corporation, will deliver the opening keynote speech at this month's "Convergence '98, The Five Burning Questions"
conference.
Since joining the company in April, 1997, Motro has led InfoSeek to acquire WBS.Net and its 2.7 million member community;
announce a communications alliance with AT&T; continue momentum in channels and programming with industry-leading
partners, including N2K's Music Boulevard and iVillage; acquire 280 inc.; and establish a pivotal relationship with Starwave
and Disney.
Prior to that, Motro was Senior Vice President with CNN, in charge of interactive and new business development. In this role,
he founded CNN Interactive and took it to its position as the leading destination Web site in the world.
"Considering his extraordinary success with CNN Interactive and, now, at InfoSeek, Harry Motro, is clearly one of the most
talented and insightful of the various convergence players," said Jimmy Schaeffler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The
Carmel Group. "We are extremely pleased that he will be sharing his unique knowledge and insights with conference
attendees."
Schaeffler went on to explain that the one-day conference will focus on how to satisfy the growing demand for high-speed
bandwidth access; the evolution of interactive TV guides, set-top electronics and interactive services; and the profit
opportunities from the new convergence home and business.
"Convergence '98: The Five Burning Questions" will take place on September 28 at the Westin Hotel at the Los Angeles
International Airport. Conference sponsors include Phillips Business Information, Inc.; NDS Americas Inc.; The Fantastic
Corporation; Adaptec Inc.; Sony Electronics; DirecTV; and the Association for Interactive Media.
The Carmel Group provides investment, programming, marketing, technological, regulatory, legal and other business analysis of
direct broadcast satellite and other digital convergence industries. Company products and services include databooks,
newsletters, seminars and selected appraisal and consulting projects. |
