J. MENNO HARMS
INNOVATION AND GROWTH: OPPORTUNITIES AT THE BORDER TO THE NEXT MILLENNIUM
LOCATION: FRIEDRICH VON THIERSCH SAAL
TIME: 11TH FEBRUARY 1999 09:45AM

The 21st century holds the opportunity of an economic upturn that could exceed every boom modern society has experienced so far. The process that leads towards it is characterised by massive changes. The momentum and impact of these changes manifests itself in technologies that are mission-critical. For companies, it is vital to identify the technological trends in time, and to adapt their strategic approach accordingly. The ability to generate a constant competitive advantage without cutting down on other areas of performance will be a critical factor of success for any company.

Jörg Menno Harms, General Manager of Hewlett-Packard GmbH, will present you with new trends in technology that are appearing on the threshold of the new millennium, and show you how they can be leveraged to create a new competitiveness for your company. He will also demonstrate how companies like Hewlett-Packard can become trendsetters, and which strategies can be used to achieve this.

DR. WOLFGANG KEMNA
REMOVING TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS - PREPARED FOR A NEW EUROPE
LOCATION: FRIEDRICH VON THIERSCH SAAL
TIME: 11TH FEBRUARY 1999 10:20AM

As a prerequisite for success on a global scale, companies must consistently face up to the constant challenges that derive from change. SAP will demonstrate how new, forward looking application solutions can help companies to transform changes, for example, in production or in the delivery of services, into strategic advantages and utilise them effectively and successfully.

WILLIAM V. RUSSELL
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION – WHEN "MISSION CRITICAL COMPUTING" MEANS MISSION ACCOMPLISHED LOCATION: FRIEDRICH VON THIERSCH SAAL
TIME: 11TH FEBRUARY 1999 11:30AM

In today’s competitive landscape, agility will determine which business will win, and who will simply survive. Bill Russell will describe today’s challenges faced by global enterprises and then will journey into the future, where computing will be ubiquitous, reliable and interoperable - a decided business advantage. How do we get there? Bill will explain how HP is building the foundation of computing beyond the Internet – with an infrastructure that is available, manageable, scalable and secure.

GARY DAICHENDT
THE NEW INTERNET ECONOMY
LOCATION: FRIEDRICH VON THIERSCH SAAL
TIME: 11TH FEBRUARY 1999 12:05PM

More than 200 years ago, the Industrial Revolution forever changed the fortunes of people, companies and countries. Similarly, the Internet Revolution of today is driving new economic growth and reshaping businesses and governments worldwide. What we are witnessing is the emergence of a New Internet Economy in which the Internet is changing the way people work, live, play and learn. Mr. Daichendt’s presentation will focus on what is driving this new economy and what businesses, countries and governments must do to survive and remain competitive in this new world.

MARK JARVIS
THE INTERNET CHANGES EVERYTHING
LOCATION: FRIEDRICH VON THIERSCH SAAL
TIME: 12TH FEBRUARY 1999 09:25AM

The Internet is changing business as we know it. What the average person sees is a set of extremely simple services and interfaces - powered by a hidden, complex infrastructure. The infrastructure is dependent on the ability to successfully manage huge volumes of data and support the vast number of users on the Internet. Mark Jarvis will discuss how efficient server-centric computing is the key to success in the new Internet-enabled business world.

ROBERT DUTKOWSKY
ENTERPRISE STORAGE AS INFRASTRUCTURE DATA TONE
LOCATION: FRIEDRICH VON THIERSCH SAAL
TIME: 12TH FEBRUARY 1999 11:20AM

In a global economy organized around the flow of information, sustained leadership hinges on the ability to access, share, protect, and manage all of a corporation’s information and knowledge. As a result, CIOs put the information needs of their business first and treat all of their information systems - back and front office - as mission critical.

EMC, the creator of a change-tolerant, intelligent enterprise storage architecture, is now shaping the next stage in storage evolution-the enterprise storage network. It will do for the storage-server connection what LANs did for the client-server connection, enabling end-to-end connections and greatly increased distances between storage devices and servers. Soon, enterprise storage will become the infrastructure data tone delivering anytime, anywhere access to any information from anyone.