I thought some of you might be interested in today's line-up for the Journal's Tech Summit. Make special note of the 3:45 presentation.
October 5, 1998:
Registration & Continental Breakfast • 7:00 am
Welcome • 8:00 am
Richard A. Shaffer, Principal, Technologic Partners
Peter R. Kann, Chairman & CEO, Dow Jones & Company
Interview • 8:15 am
William T. Esrey, Chairman & CEO, Sprint
by Stephanie N. Mehta, Staff Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
The Network Revolution Is Here • 8:45 am
Richard A. McGinn, Chairman & CEO, Lucent Technologies
The Next Generation • 9:15 am
Data Communications in the Decade Ahead
• What will end the Internet boom, and when?
• After the Internet, what comes next?
• When will revenue from data traffic surpass voice revenue?
• Can academia lead the development of tomorrow's Internet?
• How intelligent should future networks be?
Moderators
Tom Weber, Staff Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Richard A. Shaffer, Principal, Technologic Partners
Participants
Paul R. Gudonis, President, GTE Internetworking
John M. McQuillan, President, McQuillan Consulting
Robert Metcalfe, VP, Technology, International Data Group
Douglas E. Van Houweling, President & CEO, University
Corporation for Advanced Internet Development
Wired Households • 10:00 am
Connecting Homes to the Internet
• What mass-market activity will pay for residential broadband
investments?
• Which access means will prevail--telephone wire, television
cable, or wireless?
• When will the typical American spend more time online than
watching television?
• Will the TV become a computer, or the computer a TV?
• Should universal Internet access be a Federal goal?
Moderators
Rebecca Quick, Staff Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Richard A. Shaffer, Principal, Technologic Partners Participants
Bruce L. Egan, Senior Affiliated Research Fellow, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
Thomas Jermoluk, Chairman, President & CEO, @Home Network
Henry T. Nicholas III, President & CEO, Broadcom
A. Michael Noll, Professor of Communications, Annenberg School for Communication, USC
Break • 10:45 am
Digital Connectivity • 11:00 am
Changing the Future of the Semiconductor Industry
Thomas J. Engibous, Chairman, President & CEO, Texas Instruments
Content in Context • 11:30 am
The Evolution of Digital Mass Media
• What will make the Web as central to American lives as television?
• Why haven't the efforts of traditional media companies been more popular on the Web?
• What content will convince consumers to buy Web appliances?
• When will Web portals become full-fledged media companies?
• Will the Web bring new media services, or merely new suppliers of what we already have?
Moderators
Michael W. Miller, Senior Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Richard A. Shaffer, Principal, Technologic Partners
Participants
Rob D. Glaser, Chairman & CEO, RealNetworks
Michael Levy, Chairman, President & CEO, SportsLine USA
Steve Perlman, President & CEO, WebTV Networks
Michael B. Slade, Chairman & CEO, Starwave
Lunch at Windows on the World • 12:15 pm
Special Presentation
L. John Doerr, General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
From Startup to Internet Business • 2:30 pm
Finding the Formula for Success
Tim Koogle, President & CEO, Yahoo!
Commerce and Communications • 3:00 pm
What's Ahead for Business on the Internet
• In what markets are Internet retailers most likely to win against
off-line competitors?
• Is virtual retail easy enough for the casual shopper?
• Does Internet commerce eliminate the middlemen, or create new ones?
• When will shopping over the Internet become as important as catalog shopping?
• What does it cost to acquire and retain a Web customer?
Moderators
George Anders, Senior Writer, The Wall Street Journal
Richard A. Shaffer, Principal, Technologic Partners
Participants
William H. Harris Jr., President & CEO, Intuit
John Jordan, Director, Electronic Commerce Research, Ernst &
Young Center for Business Innovation
Mark D. Kvamme, Chairman & CEO, CKS Group
Karl D. Salnoske, General Manager, Electronic Commerce, IBM
Nortel and Bay • 3:45 pm
Leadership in the New Era of Networking
John A. Roth, Chief Executive Officer, Nortel
Government vs. Progress • 4:15 pm
The Sad Story of Digital Television
Reed Hundt, Principal, Charles Ross Partners
Reception • 6:00 pm
On the floor of The New York Stock Exchange |
