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****************** AT THE CENTER ****************** NOTE: LAST NEWSLETTER OF 2000. WILL RESUME DISTRIBUTION IN EARLY JANUARY. The Silicon Valley World Internet Center thanks its Sponsors for their continuing support: Executive Sponsors Affiliate Sponsor CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE: http://www.worldinternetcenter.com Past copies of our newsletters and directions to the Center are available on the website. ALL PROGRAMS ARE HELD AT THE CENTER UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE. *************************************** ***SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT DEADLINE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER
31, 2000 ***SPECIAL CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT: MONDAY-THURSDAY,
JANUARY 8-11, 2001 ***INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
10, 2001 ***THINK TANK SESSION: WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY,
JANUARY 10 & 11, 2001 ***LIVE WEBCAST INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION:
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2001 ***FIRST PUB OF THE YEAR: THURSDAY, JANUARY 18,
2001 ***THINK TANK SESSION: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7,
2001 *************************************** The regular Thursday Pub last week was turned into a Holiday gala with attendance by the Center’s Sponsors and over 150 attendees. At 6:00 p.m., Sponsors of the Center provided their vision for the future of eBusiness with the overall consensus that the future of eBusiness stemmed on establishing strong partnerships and sound business strategies. During the evening, attendees at the Pub were asked to write down their own vision for the ‘killer’ application for eBusiness for the next 12-18 month market. The clear winner was voice! There was a tie for second place: a) wireless and b) ‘no’ killer application for the coming year -- but a year of shakeout, consolidation, and market stabilization. In the spirit of knowledge exchange and distribution, the list of ideas for applications generated during the evening is below. On behalf of the Center, we would like to thank our Sponsors, some of whom traveled great distances, for their input during the evening and most important, for their continuing support of the Center! Many of our regular Pub attendees joined us as well as many new faces. We hope you will continue to be with us, starting with the Center’s first 2001 Pub on Thursday, January 18. Wishing you all a happy and ‘collaborative’ Holiday Season! LIST OF APPLICATIONS * voice applications (10) - language/speech and
voice recognition; Internet voice applications; voice recognition
for navigation Prizes include a cash award of USD$25,000 and an IBM internship, IBM Thinkpads, sports travel packages and more. Further information below. IBM announces a contest for students at universities, colleges and technical programming schools in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland and Australia. This contest is to help promote the use of Voice eXtensible Markup Language (VoiceXML). VoiceXML is a new standard essential to making Internet content and information accessible via voice and phone. VoiceXML is uniquely positioned to make speech-enabled applications on the Internet a near-term reality. The contest is web-based, including registration, tools download, education and submissions. To participate, students download the IBM WebSphere Voice Server SDK then take a web-based education course and write VoiceXML applications. Prizes include a cash award of $25,000 (USD) and an IBM internship, IBM Thinkpads, major sports travel packages, and more! REGISTRATION To enter, contestants must complete the online registration form by 12:00 a.m. midnight, December 31, 2000. For contest rules and registration go to: http://www.ibm.com/software/speech/contest *************************************** Metiom, the Center’s Affiliate Sponsor, along with iSource Business Magazine, are offering a special discount rate for those associated with the Center to participate in "The iSource Top 100 eProcurement Summit," scheduled for January 8-11, 2001 at the discounted rate of $595 for the full four days. The Summit takes place at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero – San Francisco. "Whoever moves quickly first are those who will benefit over the next 10 years" John Chambers, CEO - Cisco Systems Exhibitor Live Demos: See first hand how industry experts can help your company be completely eProcurement enabled within 72 hours. YOU WILL LEARN Who Should Attend: CEOs, COOs, CFOs, GPMs (Global Procurement Managers), CPOs (Chief Procurement Officer), Procurement and Purchasing Managers, Buyers, Supply Room Supervisors and Plant Managers. REGISTRATION 1. Online at http://www.isourcesummit.com using the code VIP 103 for your discounted rate. 2. Call: 407.822.9589 and mention the VIP 103 code.
Open to the public. 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Limit of 60 participants. Registration recommended. The projections for global eLearning opportunities for the academic, government, and corporate sectors are speculated to growth tremendously over the next several years. The rise of the Knowledge-based economy, the eBusiness/eCommerce wave, and the development of Internet-related technologies provide the basis for this projected growth. What opportunities exist for these various sectors? Who is the enduser(s)? What solutions are currently available for deployment? What market needs are currently met and which one are not? Where are the new opportunities? How will eLearning opportunities be delivered to the enduser? How do cultural factors impact eLearning market opportunities? Is online learning different in Europe, Asia, and the United States? How do these cultural differences impact the methodology, the content, and delivery of of eLearning solutions? What about the corporate vs. residential infrastructure? What are the obstacles? Our panel of experts from IBM, Fujitsu, and SAP will discuss answers to these questions, focusing on what components of eLearning systems and solutions can be ‘global’ and which ones need to be customized to accommodate the ‘local’ cultural environment. Net-based infrastructure, technology, standards, methodology and delivery for content, and business models will also be discussed between the panelists and the audience participants. REGISTRATION To register for this program, please send your name, title, company, and email address to: Sara K. Dean *************************************** The Knowledge-based Economy provides the impetus for the emerging eLearning industry, specifically, opportunities for the corporate sector beyond internal training for employees. As the speed of change in technology and the general business environment continues to accelerate, companies must take advantage of the new Net-based infrastructure for learning if they want to maximize success in the new Knowledge-based Economy. For instance, how can companies leverage current eLearning efforts into the extended enterprise? How can a company’s value chain take full advantage of all formal and informal learning content via the Internet, and in turn, how is this related to achieving maximum competitive advantage? How can Net-based infrastructures (public Internet and corporate Intranet) be best leveraged for learning and sharing knowledge with employees, customers and suppliers? What are the upcoming key developments and opportunities and how can companies best leverage themselves in these areas? This two-day, by invitation-only Think Tank Session on eLearning focuses on key market dynamics in the U.S. corporate sector, including existing players and potential market entrants, market opportunities and growth potential in this industry, and future views and challenges for the corporate eLearning industry. Net-based infrastructure, technology, standards, methodology and delivery for content, and business models will also be addressed. A group of 25-30 invitation-only eLearning experts, established companies, and innovative smaller companies will contribute to this two-day discussion. Keynotes will be delivered, followed by the opportunity to contribute as a group and brainstorm in business and technology breakout sessions. POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION We are currently seeking a few participants with a technical/engineering background who can share their experience about the current and upcoming technology for course content and structure as well as infrastructure for the delivery of corporate eLearning opportunities. Individuals and companies in the eLearning space are encouraged to contact the Center's Director of Programs, Venilde Jeronimo, for possible participation and further information. She can be reached at (mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com). *************************************** In the eBusiness world, a multitude of businesses and marketplaces are attempting to interact. Pivotal to this interaction is the existence of a common infrastructure, including a mechanism to locate software services and to share these services. Key eBusiness industry standards, such as Extensible Markup Language (XML); Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI); Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), and other web-based industry standards are emerging. What is the degree of importance of open standards in the expanding eBusiness Economy? What challenges exist for common standards in this area? Coopetition is seen as a hallmark of the New Economy. For instance, SOAP, as an open standards-based interoperable protocol that uses XML and provides a common messaging format to link together applications and services anywhere via the Internet, is a result of IBM, Ariba, Microsoft, and other industry leaders working together. What is the future of industry leaders working together for common web-based industry standards? Do proprietary solutions have a place in the future of eBusiness and eMarketplaces? In what ways can large and small companies as well as industry organizations assist in bringing greater efficiency for the integration of technology across and between enterprises? What milestones have been met for web-based industry standards over the last year and which ones are still to be achieved? And…now that the market is slowing down and re-stabilizing with the collapse B2C and B2B companies, what impact does this have on open standards? PANEL OF EXPERTS * Dr. Robert S. Sutor, Director of e-business Standards
Strategy, IBM CORPORATION Those who are not able to be ‘physically present’ at the Center for this program, will be able to interact with the panelists and the audience members by submitting questions via a "LIVE WEBCAST." REGISTRATION Those interested in attending the Panel at the Center, need to register due to limited seating. Please send your name, title, company, and email address to: Sara K. Dean Further information on the live webcast and online registration will be forthcoming in our website and January 2001 newsletter. *************************************** The Center is honored to have Heidi Roizen from Softbank with us as the Center’s first Pub speaker of the year 2001. Come join us for an insightful talk by Ms. Roizen. Further information in upcoming newsletters. *************************************** By invitation only. See information below for possible participation. Further information in our website and January newsletter. *************************************** Come join us for our weekly pub, every Thursday from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub Talk begins at 6 p.m. The Pub gathers 100-120 mid- to high-level executives every week and, as always, is a great place to come and meet people from the Silicon Valley and all over the world. Representatives from small start-ups and major companies to venture capital and academic join in the exchange at the Center Pub. It's... "The best reason to take off work early on Thursdays." For directions, please visit http://www.worldinternetcenter.com
The dress is casual and there is no fee to attend. Just bring your good ideas! Companies with an interest in giving a Pub Talk should contact Venilde Jeronimo, the Center's Director of Programs (mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com). For inquiries or to unsubscribe to this newsletter, contact Sara K. Dean, the Center's Program Manager (mailto:sdean@worldinternetcenter.com). |