To: Tom Hua who wrote (9490 ) 5/17/2001 1:57:50 PM From: Triffin Respond to of 19633 More FC hype coming next week ..NEW YORK, May 14, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Early Markets for Stationary Fuel Cells (http://www.srinstitute.com/cr197), Seattle, May 21-22, 2001, sponsored by Texaco Energy Systems, will be dedicated to stationary fuel cells and their potential markets. More than 150 executives are expected. The focus will be on the energy crisis spreading from West to East Coast and what that may bring to the FC companies in the future. Other topics include: -- Standards: What has to happen to make the fuel cell economy work? -- Hydrogen Economy: How do we make the infrastructure work? -- Markets and Channels: What are the applications and the likely channels? What do customers want? -- SOFC: Where are they today? What can we expect? -- Financing: Who will finance the development? What are investors looking for? -- Projection of the emerging residential fuel cell market -- Assessing reliability of various technologies targeting residential users Speaker faculty will, among others, include: Jerry Leitman, CEO, FuelCell Energy, Barry Glickman, CEO, GE MicroGen; Frank Gibbard, CEO, HPower; Chip Schroeder, CEO, Proton Energy, Venki Raman, Air Products and Chemicals, Jeff Harvey, Chevron, Dr Lynn Woodward, Fuel Cell Heat and Power and representatives of CIBC, Merrill Lynch, Siemens Westinghouse and Southern California Edison. Chairman of this conference will be Hans Kobler, Vice President of General Electric Equity. Exhibition of the latest developments in fuel cell technology will also take place. For further information about sponsoring please contact Andy Zipp, at Strategic Research Institute, by mail at 333 7th Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10001-5004; by phone at +1-212-967-0095, ext. 256; by fax at +1-212-967-7973 or 7974; by email at azipp@srinstitute.com, or simply log on srinstitute.com . Contact: Branko Milicevic 212-967-0095, ext. 239 bmilicevic@srinstitute.com Jim in CT ..