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To: John Mansfield who wrote (1731)	5/10/1998 4:36:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

[NYS] New York State Office for Technology 'Using Technology to Help Government Serve People Governor Establishes NY State Office for Technology' irm.state.ny.us irm.state.ny.us ___ Shift in attention: 'AND Agency Embedded Systems Project Managers' 'NYS Year 2000 Events .... Fall 1997 September 16, 1997 Year 2000 Tutorial Day, GTC Conference. Full day of speakers on various Year 2000 issues. Empire State Plaza, Albany. Free registration for all NYS Year 2000 Project Managers. September 29, 1997 Executive session for all state agency commissioners. IBM Executive Briefing Center, Palisades, NY. Presentations by Gartner Group, IBM and the State Office for Technology. November 6, 1997 Agency Year 2000 Project Managers Meeting Empire State Plaza, Albany. Presentation by Ann Coffou, GIGA regarding Year 2000 Best Practices. Roundtable discussion on NYS issues including data exchanges and embedded systems. Detailed agenda to be mailed to Agency Year 2000 Project Managers in October. 1998 January 22, 1998 Agency Year 2000 Project Managers Meeting (Topics: Legal/Liability Issues, Statewide Status Update) AND Agency Embedded System Project Managers Meeting. February 23, 1998 Year 2000 Vendor Information Day (all vendors on NYS contract with Year 2000 tools and services have been invited), includes presentation by OGS regarding the Mini-Bid process March 31, 1998 Agency Year 2000 Project Managers Meeting (Topics: Contingency Planning, Testing Strategies and Best Practices) AND Agency Embedded Systems Project Managers Meeting May 1998 Next Agency Year 2000 Project Managers Meeting AND Agency Embedded Systems Project Managers Meeting

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1731)	5/10/1998 4:38:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

[ARAB-COUNTRIES] 'NEW: Arab-Y2K: Conference: Program Arab-Y2K The Arab Strategic Conference and Exhibition for Managing the Year 2000 Computer Crisis Cairo, Egypt 27-28 May, 1998 Gezirah Sheraton This event aims to: Create awareness about the Y2K computer crisis and its consequences. Evaluate the impact of the crisis on individuals, institutions, companies and governments in the Arab World. Recommend managerial and technical methods for managing the crisis and solving the problems. Conference Topics Day 1 : Wednesday 27/5/1998 Crisis Management and Decision Making 1- Awareness of the problem 2- Origin and Definition of the problem 3- The real significance of time 4- Risk management (taking the decision of reform) 5- Effect of Y2K on large and small businesses 6- Legal aspects and consequences of Y2K 7- Role of governments 8- Specialized Sessions: 1-Banking & Insurance 2-Oil Industry 3-Utilities (electricity, water supplies, transportation, telecommunications) 4-Industries and Trading Day 2 : Thursday 28/5/1998 Technical and Scientific Solutions 1- How did we get into this mess? 2- Embedded Control Logic 3- How can I know that I have a problem? And what to do about it? 4- Methodology or strategy (definition, planning, testing, implementation) 5- How one company is exterminating the Millennium Bug 6- Specialized Sessions : 1-Testing hardware and operating systems and available solutions 2-Testing Software (applications) and available solutions 3-Correcting Date entries in Data and available solutions 4-Case studies from the Arab organizations. Register Now Sponsors, Exhibitors and Solution Providers are Welcomed Organized By: Arabian Scientific Information Co. SHUA'A Tel +202.4036657 +202.2633897 +202.2631725 Fax +202.2612521 Email: info@arab-y2k.com araby2k.org