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Georgia Technology Forum Assembles Stellar Line-Up of Speakers ATLANTA, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlanta's leading technology entrepreneurs will speak at the Georgia Technology Forum, October 20 - 21 at the Cobb Galleria Centre. The roster of speakers includes one of the founders' of Georgia's high tech industry and the chairman of this year's hottest IPO, as well as CEOs from Georgia companies who will share their insights and predict the future of the industry during the two-day conference. Governor Roy Barnes will launch the Georgia Technology Forum October 20th with a look at the state of technology in Georgia and where the industry is headed in the next century. The CEO Executive Roundtable discussion on The State of e-Business will take place Wednesday morning, October 20th. Participating will be Chip Mahan, CEO, Security First Technologies, Sparrow Marcioni, CEO, Netsentinel, Peter Kight, CEO, Checkfree, Tim Cobb, CEO, hipO.com, Jeff Arnold, CEO, WebMD and Jeff Levy, CEO, eHatchery. The general discussion will be led by Mike Cummins, Director and CEO of GCATT, with questions from the audience. This is a rare opportunity to hear and question this group of successful Atlanta technology entrepreneurs. Following this discussion will be lunch speaker Dr. Patrick Dixon, one of Europe's leading futurists. Dr. Dixon will predict the future, focusing on where technology is going with ideas such as implantable PCs and the impact technology will have on our lives in the next twenty years. The second day of Georgia Technology Forum kicks off early Thursday, October 21 at breakfast with Jeff Arnold, CEO and founder of WebMD. Titled "Breakfast of Champions", Arnold will discuss his experiences in starting and growing a technology company. Many of Atlanta's technology "champions", CEOs and industry leaders, have been invited to participate in this breakfast. The speaker at lunch on Thursday will be John Imlay of Imlay Investments, Inc., talking on Georgia's Technology Community -- Past and Present. As a founder of Atlanta's technology community, Imlay's legacy is a solid core of successful companies, many of which started in his informal incubator, Management Science America, Inc., now Dun & Bradstreet Software. To register for the Georgia Technology Forum contact Ellen Smith, Georgia Technology Forum, 404-817-3333 or www.technologyforum.org . The Georgia Technology Forum is presented by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG). TAG is a non-profit, membership organization that represents Georgia's technology community by hosting a variety of meetings, events and educational programs throughout the year. prnewswire.com Copyright (c) 1999 PR Newswire