BrainStorm Group's Premiere Year 2000 National Symposium In Atlanta - Exceeds All Expectations
NORTHBORO, Mass., April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- BrainStorm Group announces overwhelming success for 'next generation Y2K conference' at its premiere YEAR 2000 National Symposium held last week in Atlanta, Georgia. The Atlanta YEAR 2000 National Symposium exceeded all expectations with more than 40 co-
sponsors and 800+ registered attendees, making it the largest Y2K conference ever held in the Sun Belt.
According to Gregg Rock, President, BrainStorm Group, "Thanks to
unprecedented support from the vendor, media, analyst and consultant communities the YEAR 2000 National Symposium Series has quickly become recognized as the leading Y2K conference series. Our events have been extremely well received by Fortune 1000 organizations due to the breath and depth of our conference program. The success of our Atlanta event was due to our ability to become the first Y2K conference series to break out of the awareness phase and provide conference attendees with a clear plan of action complete with real world case studies."
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 has succeeded in capturing the attention of the Y2K community by delivering an exciting, new Year 2000 solutions-oriented program that gets to the heart of Year 2000 challenges through in-depth interactive working sessions with industry thought leaders."
Conference attendees had the following comments: Shawn Harford from the Department. of Veterans Affairs stated, "I've attended several previous Y2K conferences, but feel that BrainStorm Group's was the best one by far -- timely topics with expert speakers! I plan to send 25-50 people from my organization to the next conference." According to Warren Weston, head of New England Power Service's Y2K Project, "BrainStorm Group's conference has given me something I can use. Instead of the usual awareness presentations, this event outlined specific approaches for addressing and solving Y2K problems with PC, desktop and distributed systems, as well as midrange and embedded systems. This was very useful since most organizations are now moving beyond mainframe systems."
Fortune 1000 companies such as Georgia Pacific, The Coca-Cola Company, Delta Airlines, Bell South, Home Depot and many others attended the Atlanta Symposium. Keynotes Speakers featured on the kick-off "Executive Day" included leading executive practitioners such as; 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. These executive sessions discussed Y2K legal impacts, tax and investment strategies, project funding, and long-term economic impacts.
The Year 2000 National Symposium Series has received unprecedented support from leading industry solution providers and analyst groups. The 1998 conference series is scheduled for Chicago June 22-25, San Francisco August 10-13, and New York City in September. Series co-sponsors include: Giga Information Group, Accelr8, Alydaar, AnswerThink, APICS, BDM International, Bindview Development, Cap Gemini America, CCD Online, c.era, Computer Associates, Compuware, Cutter Consortium, EDS, Forecross, GTE 2000, IMF's Year 2000 Group, ITAA, Keane, McCabe & Associates, MatriDigm, Micro Focus, Millennia III, NeoMedia Technologies, PinPoint Systems, PKS Systems Integration, PRINCE Software, Ravel Software, RCG/Quintic, SEEC, Strategia, Silicon Valley Networks, SEEC, Silicon Valley Networks, StarBase, STA America, Sterling Software, Strategia, Syntel, Tandem Computers, Thinking Tools, Triaxsys Research, Viasoft, Wincap, WRQ, Zitel. The Sentry Group's Software Magazine and Year 2000 Survival Guide, Year/2000 Journal, Enterprise Systems Journal as well as local and regional Year 2000 User Groups and Associations.
Based in Northboro, MA., BrainStorm Group, Inc. was founded by Gregg Rock and Cherie Moran who have more than 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: brainstorm-group.com.
SOURCE BrainStorm Group
CONTACT: Cherie Moran of the BrainStorm Group, Inc.,
508-393-3266, cam@brainstorm-group.com; or Lisa Fisher of Brodeur
Porter Novelli, 619-485-8811, lfisher@brodeur.com
Web Site: brainstorm-group.com
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