World Wide Wisdom
Do you want to compete effectively on the Internet’s expanding $100 billion economy? Do you know what makes a Web business model profitable? Can you harness virtual value-chain applications?
The International Data Corporation will attempt to answer these questions and more at a Sept. 15-16 conference in San Jose entitled, “Prospering in the New Internet Economy.” The Framingham, MA-based IDC is one of the world’s leading information industry research and consulting firms.
Featured speakers and panelists include:
* Dr. Michael Dertouzos, director, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and author of What Will Be, on the Internet marketplace.
* Tom Evans, president & ceo, GeoCities, on Internet-related businesses.
* John Gantz, senior vp, Personal Systems, Collaborative Computing and Services Research, IDC, on the Internet economy.
* Dr. Jeffrey Rayport, assoc. professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School on e-commerce value chains.
* Michael Sullivan-Trainor, vp, Internet Research, IDC on traditional businesses with new Internet platforms.
The forum, to be held at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, is angled at venture capitalists, marketers, and service executives.
