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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 and directions to the Center are available on the website. ALL PROGRAMS ARE HELD AT THE CENTER UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE. ***SUMMARY: THINK TANK SESSION: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2000 ***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2000 ***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2000 ***EXECUTIVE SEMINAR: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2000 ***INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2000
*************************************** Speakers included Sunil Soares, Program Director of Product Management for IBM’s Voice Systems; Bruce Grant, Key Practice Director of Advanced Technologies for Luminant Worldwide Corporation; Bryan Mekechuk, Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder for VOCI Corporation; and Linda Cliff, CAAPS Business Project Manager & Senior Consultant for Kaiser-Permanente’s Enterprise Integration Group. Other companies, including Nuance Communications, BeVocal, TellMe Networks, Milo, and others participated in high-level discussions about the 12-18 month market for voice-driven enterprise applications. There was much discussion on what applications will be most relevant, including discussion of speech recognition/language understanding; text-to-speech and media playback; as well as call control and transfer systems. Companies are currently deploying systems to cut costs within call centers, to enhance customer satisfaction and company image; to improve productivity of employees; as well as for other areas. The Center would like to thank the 32 participants at this Think Tank Session and their ‘cooperative’ willingness for knowledge exchange that took place at the Center! A follow-up Interactive Panel Discussion on voice applications and technologies is scheduled for Wednesday, October 18, 2000. Look for further information in upcoming newsletters and the Center’s website.
*************************************** By the middle of the 21st century, the computer industry may have evolved to a state much like the "rustbelt" industries that were the economic engine of the first half of the 20th century. Given the current economic condition of the country and new leadership in the White House, it's time to plan how to invest for the future. Mr. Charles Geschke will provide a brief reflection on how the United States has laid the groundwork for the computer revolution and how it can provide a model for the future. ABOUT CHARLES GESCHKE Charles Geschke co-founded Adobe Systems in 1982 with John Warnock. A respected and inspiring leader in the software industry for more than 25 years, Dr. Geschke retired from his position as President of Adobe in 2000 and continues to share the chairmanship of the board with Dr. Warnock. Prior to co-founding Adobe Systems, Dr. Geschke formed the Imaging Sciences Laboratory at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in 1980, where he directed research activities in the fields of computer science, graphics, image processing, and optics. Previously, he was a principal scientist and researcher at Xerox PARC's Computer Sciences Laboratory. Many industry and business leaders have honored Dr. Geschke for his outstanding technical and managerial achievements including the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Carnegie-Mellon University, the National Computer Graphics Association, and the Rochester Institute of Technology. In 2000, Dr. Geschke was ranked the seventh most influential graphics person of the last millennium by Graphic Exchange magazine. Dr. Geschke actively participates on several boards of high technology companies, educational institutions and arts organizations. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Government-University Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Geschke also serves on the computer science advisory boards of Carnegie-Mellon University and Princeton University, the Board of Trustees for the University of San Francisco and the Board of Directors of Rambus, Inc. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon University and a M.S. in mathematics and a A.B. in classics, both from Xavier University. ABOUT ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems Incorporated (http://www.adobe.com)
builds award-winning software solutions for Web and print publishing.
Its graphic design, imaging, dynamic media, and authoring tools
enable customers to create, publish and deliver visually-rich content
for various types of media. The company's products are used by Web
and graphic designers, professional publishers, document-intensive
organizations, business users, and consumers. Adobe is the third
largest PC software company in the U.S., with annual revenues of
$1 billion. The company employs over 2,600 employees worldwide and
has operations in North America, Europe, the Pacific Rim, Japan
and Latin America. Adobe's worldwide headquarters are in San Jose,
California. Marguerite Raaen will discuss the phenomenal growth of Internet-based eMarketplaces that bring sponsors and their customers together to increase their purchasing power, grow revenues and strengthen relationships. These online exchanges, which include ePurchase, sponsored by Chase Manhattan Bank; Intuit's QuickBooks Purchasing Service; First Union Corporation's small and medium-sized business exchange; and Commonfind, the first electronic marketplace designed specifically for the education market, are being rolled out to more than six million businesses with over $1 trillion in annual purchasing power. Ms. Raaen will explain Metiom ConnectTrade, a product suite that enables electronic inter-networking of buyers and suppliers that allows purchasers to order goods and services online directly from suppliers' electronic catalogues. Metiom ConnectTrade products fully support leading Internet commerce standards and are easily integrated into a buying organization's existing systems. The Metiom ConnectTrade solution powers Internet purchasing for Global 2000 corporations and large public sector entities. It also provides the foundation for eMarketplaces where buyers and sellers of all sizes and levels of technological sophistication can trade. Each Metiom-powered marketplace allows buyers to search, compare and purchase goods and services from a vast array of suppliers, create purchase orders and choose a payment method, track and control their purchasing. And…suppliers have the unique ability to manage the look, feel and content of their own catalogue. ABOUT MARGUERITE RAAEN Marguerite Raaen joined Metiom from IBM where she held various senior level management positions in sales, marketing, product development, and research. At Metiom, Dr. Raaen is responsible for directing the firm's business development efforts. As manager of IBM's Emerging Technologies department, she led a distinguished group of PhD's in exploring new technologies for IBM's top customer accounts. Her work in expert systems and intelligent agents led to several joint industry engagements for IBM. Dr. Raaen and her worldwide team in IBM's CIO's office improved IBM.com by introducing a new, self-service design for Contact IBM. The initiative, the result of data gathered from thousands of international eMails and customer trials, dramatically cut the cost of handling over 50,000 monthly customer eMails, and led to new customers for IBM in eMail management, data mining, and web self-service. Dr. Raaen holds several degrees in psychology, education, and computer science. She has authored two books and 120 papers. In 1999, she and her teammates won a patent for IBM in Natural Language Processing/Categorization technology. ABOUT METIOM Metiom, Inc. (pronounced Mee-tee-um and formerly Intelisys Electronic Commerce) (http://www.metiom.com), is a leading provider of eMarketplace solutions used by Global 2000 companies, large public sector organizations, and small businesses. The Metiom ConnectTrade(tm) suite of products is a dynamic, open e-procurement solution that connects businesses of all sizes as buyers and suppliers over the Internet to deliver the true promise of B2B eCommerce. Metiom ConnectTrade automates corporate purchasing online and is based on open standards, real-time Supplier-Managed Catalogs and Point-and-Click Purchasing. Metiom solutions deliver the easiest and fastest way to dramatically reduce the high cost of enterprise purchasing while generating new revenue streams by turning buyers into suppliers overnight. For further information on Metiom, visit their website:
*************************************** 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Open to the public. Limited to 30 participants. Registration necessary. FEE OVERVIEW WHO SHOULD ATTEND ABOUT HIGH PERFORMANCE RESOURCES (HPR) REGISTRATION
*************************************** There is a limit of 60 participants Fee: $10 (payable by check or cash day of program) This Interactive Panel Discussion is a follow-up program to the Think Tank Session on voice-driven enterprise applications that took place at the Center on September 13, 2000. A distinguished panel of experts from the Think Tank Session will be discussing the deployment of voice and speech-recognition technologies and applications for the next 12-18 month markets. To register, please contact:
*************************************** 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. "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, by email (venilde@worldinternetcenter.com).
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