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***************** AT THE CENTER ***************** The Silicon Valley World Internet Center thanks its Executive Sponsors -- IBM Corporation, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Deutsche Telekom, Hewlett-Packard Company, and Amdocs, Inc.-- for their continuing support. CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE: http://www.worldinternetcenter.com Past copies of our newsletters are available on the website. ***SPECIAL PUB EVENT: THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2000 ***SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: TUESDAY JUNE 27, 2000 ***THINK TANK SESSION: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2000 ***SPECIAL INVITATION TO VPs & DIRECTORS OF BUSINESS ALLIANCES: ***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2000 *************************************** In the spirit of celebrating the Summer Solstice, this lively evening will illuminate the great benefits of collaboration within the Internet Industry. Come join our Executive Sponsors, our Advisory Board, and the Center Family as we launch our "Knowledge Network" and our new "Knowledge Network Partners." This is a great opportunity to learn how your company can become an official participant in this beneficial network at the Silicon Valley World Internet Center. Enjoy the live jazz, good wine, and the colorful exuberance of collaboration! Presentations begin around 6 p.m. We look forward to seeing you there! ABOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE NETWORK PARTNERS The Center welcomes Click Magazine and High Performance Resources, Inc. as Knowledge Network Partners. These are companies that support and complement the network the Center has created for the high-level exchange of knowledge about new thought leaders, new technology trends, and innovative approaches to the business of the Internet Economy. ABOUT CLICK MAGAZINE The Center welcomes CliCK Magazine as a Knowledge Network Partner focusing on the thought leaders and innovators in the Silicon Valley. CLiCK Magazine was founded in 1999 with the goal of becoming "The Talk of Silicon Valley" -- the anedote for the proliferation of high-tech business journalism in and around Silicon Valley. CliCK entertains and informs by telling the stories of the innovators, thought leaders, characters and the fascinating individuals that have made this region what it is today. Each month CLiCK brings to its readers fresh, readable stories behind high-tech's hottest companies, looking at trends and giving insight to the industry's biggest names. CLiCK is also keeping an eye out for players to watch. CLiCK strives to put the personality and feeling back in business with eye-popping, innovative design and first-rate photography of the people in the industry rather than focusing on stock prices, business models and market trends CLiCK Magazine is published by 18 Media's Sloane Citron, known throughout the region as the publisher of both Gentry and Northern California Home and Design magazines. CLiCK Magazine is distributed monthly for free, direct to 25,000 business executives and upper-level managers from San Jose to San Francisco. CLiCK is also available in many local bookstores, and has been enjoying a fantastic response in the five months of its existence. ABOUT STEVE ENDERS AND RICH RUTHERFORD CLiCK's editor is Steve Enders, a born-and-bred, Silicon Valley native who cut his teeth with Metro Newspapers in the South Bay and by writing for various other publications and websites before coming to CLiCK. Advertising Sales Director/Associate Publisher Rich Rutherford is also a Bay Area native, with more than 10 years of advertising, sales and marketing experience in a variety of fields, from the publishing to software industries. ABOUT HIGH PERFORMANCE RESOURCES The Center welcomes the insights about the human resource side of the Internet Economy through their Knowledge Network Partner, High Performance Resources, Inc (HPR). HPR helps organizations attract, retain and convert their Human Capital to shareholder value. This critical capacity defines competitive advantage in the global knowledge economy. Based in San Francisco, HPR was formed in 1994 to study the evolving role of Human Capital in the business model shift from tangible- to Intellectual Capital. In 1998 it co-developed an economic model linking Human Capital Capacity to Shareholder Value. One year later, HPR's concepts were presented at Georgetown University's MBA program which included such noteworthy company participants as Cisco, UPS and Ariba. In collaboration with the Center, HPR will provide seminars for the first time to the public beginning in August 2000. ABOUT DONALD J. PRESSON Don Presson is Founder and President of High Performance Resources, Inc. Mr. Presson has over 20 years of executive search consulting experience in a broad variety of disciplines and industries. He has also built and managed a multimillion-dollar executive search company. A sampling of his clients include: Wells Fargo Bank, Levi Strauss & Co., The California Supreme Court, Genentech and KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. He has also held operating responsibilities at the CEO and CFO levels. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University where he co-authored the course, "Creating Wealth in the Knowledge Economy." He has a BS in Finance from Georgetown University and an MBA in Finance from American University. On Wednesday, June 26 an eCommerce trade delegation from France visited the Center to learn about its role in the collaborative advancement of eMarkets. This 45-person delegation was headed by the President of the Nord Pas de Calais region. With him, several high level officials from government (Chamber of Commerce, etc) and executives (representing La Redoute (www.laredoute.fr) Les 3suisses (www.3suisses.com) and many others) attended. They were accompanied by the French Trade Commissioner, the Consul General of France in San Francisco, and five French journalists. SPECIAl INVITATION: RECEPTION ON JUNE 27 This French trade delegation, comprised of high-level executives, is very interested in meeting with Silicon Valley executives, particularly catalogue companies incorporating Internet-related technologies into the company's operations. The delegation has extended an invitation to those part of the Center's community to attend a reception at the Sheraton Palo Alto on Tuesday, June 27 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. to meet with the delegation. Meetings with these companies can be arranged prior to the reception between 6:00 - 6:30 p.m.. For further information please contact Mr. Pascal Soares by email (apimusa@aol.com). On behalf of the Center, we hope you will take this opportunity to meet with the delegation to exchange knowledge and build possible partnerships. *************************************** Twenty-five invitation only participants will contribute to defining the challenges, obstacles, and future role of open standards in the expanding eBusiness economy. The objective of the Think Tank Session is to delineate key challenges to open standards and to outline the technological and business issues surrounding open source vs. proprietary application solutions. SESSION I: * As more sophisticated and complete business solutions are implemented, deployed, and evolve, how important is it to continue to base solutions on open standards? SESSION II: * Given open standards are important, then what is the best way
to sustain these open standards? SESSION III: * Assuming open source is an essential element in driving open standards, then, how important is it that the solution's design criteria should be based on the adoption of open source vs. proprietary? SESSION IV: For further information, please contact Dr. Venilde Jeronimo, the Center's Director of Programs, by email (venilde@worldinternetcenter.com). *************************************** In the spirit of collaboration, the Center is extending an invitation
to you to an exciting seminar on alliance building presented by
Intelisys, a leading provider of eProcurement and eMarketplace solutions.
Intelisys has graciously set aside some spaces for members of the
Silicon Valley World Internet Center "family." We hope
that you will take advantage of this opportunity and will also share
this invitation with pertinent colleagues. REGISTRATION ABOUT INTELISYS Intelisys, funded in 1996 by Chase Manhattan Bank, has developed a 'best in class' e-Procurement and e-Marketplace solutions used by large and small businesses worldwide. Current client examples include Intuit, Texas Instruments, and First Union Bank. This Alliance Connection Seminar is being hosted for the first time on the west coast. It provides an opportunity to explore an important strategic alliance for organizations offering: Systems Integrators Distribution/Resellers Supplier Solutions Training/Educations Services *************************************** Frank Teruel will speak about providing business professionals and Internet-savvy users with simple, accessible and innovative web-based communication solutions. ABOUT TELEPOST TelePost (http://www.telepost.com/) is dedicated to providing business professionals and Internet savvy users with simple, accessible and innovative web based communication solutions. TelePost has integrated the public switched telephone network and the Internet to create a suite of powerful self managed audio conferencing and collaboration solutions that facilitate realtime decision-making and put the control of business communications back in the hands of business professionals. ABOUT FRANK TERUEL Frank Teruel has been actively involved in providing senior management to emerging enterprises and entrepreneurs for several years. Prior to joining TelePost, Frank served as the Executive Managing Director of Montgomery Financial Management, a firm dedicated to meeting the business needs of Silicon Valley startups by providing an array of financial and business solutions to entrepreneurs. While at Montgomery, Frank provided outsourced senior financial management and consulting services to companies like Luna, Sebring Systems, Release Software, and MyPoints. Frank has proven experience in leadership, strategic management, business development, financial management, sales and marketing, commercial and investor relations, and administrative operations. Frank has also served in the role of Chief Financial Officer and other senior financial positions of several high technology companies and has been a member of several boards. For futher information, please contact Telepost: Come join us for our weekly pub, every Thursday from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub Talk begins at 6 p.m. As always, the Pub is a great place
to come and meet people from the Silicon Valley and all over the
world. Representatives from small start-ups to major companies join
in the exchange at the Center Pub. "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! Pub Talks are by invitation only, but companies with an interest in giving a Pub Talk should contact Dr. Venilde Jeronimo, the Center's Director of Programs, by email (venilde@worldinternetcenter.com). *************************************** Silicon Valley World Internet Center
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