(PR NEWSWIRE) DJ: BrainStorm Group Announces Unprecedented Industry and At
DJ: BrainStorm Group Announces Unprecedented Industry and Attendee Support for
Atlanta YEAR 2000 National Symposium
NORTHBORO, Mass., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- BrainStorm Group today announced
that their premier YEAR 2000 National Symposium Conference scheduled for
April 6-9, 1998 in Atlanta has received major support from the Year 2000
user and vendor community, and has exceeded their initial expectations.
According to Gregg Rock, President, BrainStorm Group, "We are pleased to
announce that over 30 major Y2K vendors will be co-sponsoring our event. We
also expect over 600 attendees at our inaugural event. Thanks to
unprecedented support from the user, vendor, media, and industry analyst and
consultant communities. BrainStorm Group's YEAR 2000 National Symposium
Series has quickly become recognized as the Y2K Industry's leading
conference series."
According to William Ulrich, President, Tactical Strategy Group, Inc. and
Member of the Board Of Governors, for YEAR 2000 National Symposium,
"BrainStorm Group's YEAR 2000 National Symposium Series is an exciting new
Year 2000 solutions oriented program that gets to the heart of Year 2000
challenges through in-depth interactive working sessions with leading Y2K
users and industry thought-leaders."
Fortune 1000 companies such as Georgia Pacific, The Coca-Cola Company, Delta
Airlines, BellSouth and many others will be attending the Atlanta Symposium.
Keynote speakers include leading executive practitioners Dee W. Hock,
Founder & CEO Emeritus VISA International, Dr. Edward Yardeni, Chief
Economist, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Tommi White, Executive Vice President,
Kelly Services and U.S. Congressman (R-TX) Pete Sessions.
In total, the conference will feature over 50 executive, management and
technical sessions that will provide a comprehensive solutions-oriented
forum for all levels of Year 2000 attendees. Executive sessions will cover
Y2K legal impacts, tax and investment strategies, project funding, and
long-term economic impacts. Half and full day symposium sessions will cover
remediation, testing, conversion factories and other critical requirements
for client/server, PC, web, mid-range, mainframe and a special session by
David Spinks of AEA Technology on Y2K solutions for embedded systems. The
Atlanta event will also contain in-depth working sessions for the
Telecommunications, Utilities and Health Care industries and feature user
group oriented project office working group meetings.
The 1998 Year 2000 National Symposium Conference Series will also take place
in Chicago June 22-25, San Francisco August 10-13, and New York in the fall
of 1998. Event co-sponsors include Giga Information Group, Accelr8,
Alydaar, AnswerThink, BDM International, BindView Development, Cap Gemini
America, CCD Online, c.era, Computer Associates, Compuware, Cutter
Consortium, EDS, Forecross, GTE 2000, ITAA, Keane, McCabe & Associates,
MatriDigm, Micro Focus, Millennia III, NeoMedia Technologies, PKS Systems
Integration, PRINCE Software, RCG/Quintic, Strategia, Silicon Valley
Networks, SEEC, StarBase, Strategia, Sterling Software, Syntel, Tandem
Computers, Thinking Tools, Triaxsys Research, Turnkey 2000, Wincap Software,
Viasoft, Zitel. The Sentry Group's Software Magazine and Year 2000 Survival
Guide quarterly publication, Year/2000 Journal and Enterprise Systems
Journal.
Based in Northboro, Mass., BrainStorm Group, Inc. was founded by Gregg Rock
and Cherie Moran who together have over 15 years experience developing and
producing high technology conferences and tradeshows. BrainStorm Group,
Inc. was founded to offer a set of integrated services in the areas of
proprietary conference development and the outsourcing of content
development, sales and event marketing and management for the high
technology marketplace.
Press passes are complimentary for the full conference package. For
conference attendee information, please contact Linda O'Donnell at
508-393-3266. If you are interested in becoming co-sponsor of the YEAR 2000
National Symposium Series, please contact Gregg Rock at 508-393-3266 or
E-mail:gvr@brainstorm-group.com or visit our web site at:
www.brainstorm-group.com.
/CONTACT: Cherie Moran, BrainStorm Group, Inc., 508-393-3266,
cheriemoran@compuserve.com/
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