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***************** AT THE CENTER ***************** The Silicon Valley World Internet Center thanks its Executive Sponsors-- Deutsche Telekom, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard Company, Amdocs, Inc., and SAP -- for their continuing support. CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AT: http://www.worldinternetcenter.com Past copies of our newsletters are available on our website. ***SUMMARY: THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2000 ***THINK TANK SESSION: THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2000 ***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2000 By Michael Charlton, Managing Director, London First Centre By John Campbell, Vice President, International Customer Development, British Telecommunications (BT) ***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2000 ***WORKSHOP, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2000 ***PANEL DISCUSSION, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2000 ********************* On March 2 the Center hosted a distinguished group of CEOs from the Faroe Islands, Denmark for a discussion about what elements support or hinder a successful startup culture. The CEOs joined a roundtable comprised of several executives of startup companies from the Valley for an insightful discussion of strategic management issues concerning the development of start-ups, the challenges faced, and how these challenges can be overcome. The group from the Faroe Islands included CEOs from Atlantic Petroleum,Ltd; Atlantic Airways, Ltd.; Elektron,, Ltd.; Tele, Ltd. Issues addressed included funding, management teams and staffing, innovation, and the role of partnerships and collaborative networks in the new Internet economy. The CEOs remained at the Center for the Thursday Pub and enjoyed discussing high-tech issues and exchanging .com stories with the Pub attendees. We would like to thank the Silicon Valley executives who participated in the roundtable discussion: Edwin Culp, Founder & CEO, MexComUSA Eric Dentler, Managing Director of Business Development, Asera, Inc. http://www.asera.com Ed Moura, Founder & CEO, SOHO Wireless http://www.sohowireless.com/ Jeff Rudy, Vice President of Business Development, Kanisa http://www.kanisa.com/ Steve Schmidt, Founder & CEO, eJobShop.com http://www.eJobShop.com/ George Sidman, Founder & President, Nousoft, Inc - Monterey Network Center http://www.nousoft.com/ A short article on this roundtable was written for this week's
Geoventures newsletter (March 7, 2000 Vol. 1 No. 9). For further
details, refer to their website: http://www.geomarkets.com.
By 2003, Europe will represent 34% of the world's Web population, equal to that only of the United States. It will be an online shopping market worth $19 billion, according to IDC. Much of this growth will come as a result of the staggering success of the free access revolution in Europe. The UK is widely acknowledged to be at the forefront of this growth. At the Pub Talk this week, you will learn more about the European Internet market and environment and how to prepare to expand your business to take advantage of this significant opportunity. Please note: unlike our usual Pub Talk, this week's Pub Talk will feature three speakers to discuss Internet developments in Europe and will last 25 minutes (longer than our usual 15 minute Pub Talks). "European Internet Overview and Web-enabled Britain"
"British Telecom, UK: An Overview of Internet Technologies
and Wireless telecommunications in Europe" ABOUT THE SPEAKERS John Lindfield Consul Investment, Invest in Britain John Lindfield, Consul Investment, is based at the British Consulate General, San Francisco with the Invest in Britain Bureau (IBB), working as a business advisor on eCommerce, Internet, Multimedia and Software companies expanding into Europe from the Bay Area and the Pacific North West. Current clients of the Invest in Britain Bureau span the industry and include all types and size of business. Prior to this assignment, John has worked in a number of countries in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia, advising and assisting British exporters on market opportunities, JVs and M&A's opportunities. Michael Charlton, Managing Director, London First Centre Michael Charlton, Managing Director, London First Centre has responsibility for world-wide business development and project management. He directs a team of 30 staff who promote London internationally as a global business city and manage at any given time a project portfolio of 300 companies looking at locating or expanding in London. Prior to joining LFC, Michael was on assignment from KPMG to the British Consulate-General in Atlanta where he was responsible for encouraging investment into the UK from the South eastern USA John Campbell, Vice President of International Customer Development, British Telecommunications (BT) John Campbell helped to set up British Telecom's eLocations and has personally handled a number of high profile investment projects in the UK. In addition, he established BT 's Location Service and Regional Inward Investment group that have supported numerous companies looking to expand operation in the UK. John has over fourteen years experience in the telecommunications industry. ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONS/COMPANIES Invest in Britain is a free and confidential consulting and resource service to US companies who may be considering entering the European market for the first time from the U.K. or expanding existing operations in Britain. Invest in Britain is based at the British Consulate General in San Francisco. British Telecom is the dominant telecommunications operator and former state-owned incumbent in the UK. It provides fixed and wireless voice, data, Internet, systems integration and solutions services in the UK and worldwide. Its turnover in 1999 was $30 billion with profits just under $5 billion. The company was the first Western European incumbent to be privatized, and the first to be exposed to competition in the public telephony market. It is expanding rapidly internationally and in its home market, with the bulk of its current growth in the mobile and internet space. In January 2000 BT & AT&T launch Concert, their $16 billion global joint-venture to address the voice, data and Internet requirements of MNC's. London First Centre (LFC) is the inward investment agency for London and provides a free and confidential consultancy service to companies considering London as a business location. Its role is to aid and advise companies, whatever their size or sector, on all aspects of setting up or expanding business in London. Through our diverse and influential business networks, we are able to introduce companies to potential partners, recent investors or advisers in both the private and public sectors. In five years of operation, LFC has promoted London around the world and directly assisted over 350 companies from 30 countries to locate or expand in London. LFC is a private and public sector partnership supported by 330 companies from the London business community together with local and central government.
********************* This invitation-only session will bring approximately 35 participants in senior decision-making positions for a focused discussion on current and FUTURE applications and scenarios in the area of pervasive computing. Ubiquitous or pervasive computing can bring a high added value if there exists a seamless integration into complex business scenarios in the area of logistics, manufacturing, or supply chains. This includes enabling these devices with different kinds of communication capabilities (including wireless, human-to-human, machine-to-human, and machine-to-machine), as well as equipping them with interactive capabilities and technologies, for instance, voice and speech recognition, "intelligence," GPS, GSM, and sensors for acceleration, temperature, humidity, and light. This Think Tank Session will explore the opportunities, technologies, and assessment of current, but most importantly, future applications and scenarios in pervasive computing.
********************* Within the next years, we will be able to connect everyone and everything to anywhere and at anytime via the Internet. This is a challenge for SAP, the leading provider of inter-enterprise software solutions, to make everyone and everything a SAP R/3 user. ABOUT THE SPEAKER Hartmut Vogler, Senior Scientist, SAP Labs, Inc. Upon graduation with a Master's degree in computer science from the University of Karlsruhe in 1994, Hartmut Vogler spent one year at the Technical University of Berlin. Dr. Vogler then continued his studies at Darmstadt University of Technology, where he worked in close cooperation with the campus-based Engineering Center of Digital Equipment in Karlsruhe (CEC Karlsruhe). During his time at TU Berlin and TU Darmstadt, Dr. Vogler worked as an R&D engineer in several research projects sponsored by Deutsche Telekom, the European Union, Digital Equipment and SAP. In 1999 he received a Ph.D. in computer science from the TU Darmstadt and joined the CEC Karlsruhe, which became the research Lab of SAP AG on January 1, 1999. ABOUT SAP The mySAP.com Partner Network is a group of business entities that
participate in the creation and delivery of mySAP.com solutions.
mySAP.com is the SAP Internet business strategy that provides an
open collaborative business environment of personalized solutions
on demand. This is an invitation-only half-day interactive workshop that will explore the future of wireless eServices, the accompanying eWireless gadgets and applications, and eWireless users. Twenty-five professionals from the wireless community will discuss and brainstorm the following: o What wireless eServices can we expect to see in the future? o What wireless eService gadgets will dominate the marketplace and workplace? o What will be the Killer eWireless applications & enabling technologies? o Who is the eWireless user? And what does this user actually want? o Where are the big wireless opportunities? For possible participation, please contact the Director of Programs, Within five years, wireless devices will account for up to 50 percent of the total eCommerce market. In the U.S. market alone, mobile eCommerce is expected to be up to $500 billion by 2005 and twice that within 10 years. Over 1 billion eCommerce-ready wireless phones will exist within five years. That large base will help turn mobile phones into a preferred medium for the buying and selling of goods and services. Demand for mobile banking, payments, shopping, entertainment and other applications is real. Soon mobile customers will be able to buy insurance, cars and even houses through their wireless devices. One of the concerns is that security may hinder the deployment of eServices. Our panel of experts will focus their discussion on the security
dimensions of wireless eServices, specifically, whether security
will hinder deployment of eServies and market strategies needed
in this area. Come join us for our weekly pub, every Thursday from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Pub Talk begins around 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 and click on "directions" in the navigation bar. The dress is casual and there is no fee. Just bring your good ideas! Pub Talks are by invitation only, but companies with an interest in giving a Pub Talk should contact Venilde Jeronimo, the Center's Director of Programs, by email (venilde@worldinternetcenter.com).
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