To: AnnieO who wrote (96521 ) 5/7/2000 7:45:00 PM From: Susan G Respond to of 120523
Info on Chasae H&Q Tech conference which starts tomorrow...quote.com Four thousand money managers and corporate clients are expected to hear top executives from 300 mostly U.S. technology companies at Chase Hambrecht & Quist's spring technology conference in San Francisco. "I think you will hear from a lot of these companies that business is actually good despite the volatility of the stock market, said Todd Bakar, director of equity research at Chase and host of the event. The schedule is heavy with communications, computer systems and semiconductor companies on Monday and Tuesday and Internet consumer, business, and media concerns on Wednesday and Thursday. Monday morning's agenda could set the tone for the week as the conference hears from European wireless leader Nokia (HELS:NOK1V), Internet software powerhouse Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL), contract manufacturer Solectron Corp. (NYSE:SLR) and communications chip maker Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE:TXN) NetWorld+Interop, the premiere event for the Internet equipment industry taking place this week in Las Vegas, will draw attention to antidotes many software vendors offer for the vulnerabilities of the networked world to viral attacks. The event will open up with a keynote speech on Tuesday by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Chairman Bill Gates and be highlighted by speeches from top executives of Cisco Systems, Extreme Networks Inc. (NASDAQ:EXTR) and Inktomi Corp. (NASDAQ:INKT). Also on Monday, the four-day National Cable Television Association conference in New Orleans kicks off. Top cable TV operators and network equipment providers will rub shoulders with new media upstarts such as Commerce.TV, iBeam Broadcasting and VideoPropusion. America Online (NYSE:AOL) President Bob Pittman and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer are expected to present their competing visions of Internet television, promoters say.