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******************* AT THE CENTER ***************** 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. *************************************** PANEL Moderator: Bryan Michael, Director of Developer Program, BEVOCAL, INC. (http://www.bevocal.com) Richard Swan, Director, Director, Corporate Research Center, SAP LABS, INC., PALO ALTO (http://www.mysap.com) Foad Vafai, Product Manager, International Products, NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS (http://www.nuance.com) DESCRIPTION Speech has long been the "holy grail" of human-computer interfaces in pop culture. From "Star Trek" to Disney World's "Home of the Future," we have always expected voice to be the ultimate way we would desire to interact with our automated assistants. Two aspects turn out to be true. First, that powerful speech-driven applications are a reality today. Second, that voice is not the "ultimate interface" for all applications; designing effective voice user interfaces presents real challenges that are distinct from those in the visual realm. In the past 12 months, a new breed of companies, and consequently new markets, have sprung up around the convergence of "Voice" and "the Web." These companies capitalize on 1) recent advances in pure, speaker-independent speech recognition that enable a broader class of commercial-grade applications, and 2) on the massive global investment companies have recently made in "Web-ifying" their backend infrastructure. There has been an emergence of companies that deliver a range of both consumer and corporate services. Traditional Web services use technologies like Perl, ASP, or WebSphere to dynamically generate HTML by executing database queries and other logic on the server. The emerging VoiceXML standard brings this paradigm to the phone, giving developers an easy, integrated way to deliver a voice-enabled version of their services that completely leverages their existing Web investment. An interactive dialogue between the panelists and the audience participants will focus on voice technologies and applications for the next 12-18 month markets. REGISTRATION To Register, please send name, title, company, email address and telephone number to: Sara K. Dean Akhil Garg has over twenty years of Information Technology experience
in the areas of banking, manufacturing, finance and technology.
Currently Mr. Garg is heading Sun's iForce Ready Center which helps
their customers to .COM their Business. The Five major charters of the iForce Ready Center: *************************************** The best practices & lessons learned were documented by IBM in a series of white papers and are made available to the industry. This presentation is aimed at business development and technical leaders who have, or who anticipate,intense user demand, whether it is Websites, such as the Olympics, Charles Schwab & Co., and Victoria's Secrets or sites that have high quality-of-service end-user expectations. ABOUT WILLY CHIU Dr. Willy Chiu is currently Vice President, High Volume Web Sites, for IBM's Software Group, and is located at the IBM Center for Java Technology, Cupertino, California. In this position, he has created a focal point organization for High Volume Web Site technologies, including capabilities for customer engagements, prototyping and performance evaluation of web sites, and development of specialized tools for analyzing web site performance. Dr. Chiu has been with IBM for over 25 years, and has held many technical and management positions. He joined IBM at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center at Yorktown Heights, New York, in 1974. REGISTRATION To Register, please send name, title, company, email address and telephone number to: Sara K. Dean
All those who register for the October 24 Panel will be automatically entered to win. Must be present to win. For further information about the XML DevCon, refer to: *************************************** A unique opportunity to affect how quickly your information technology company goes global! WHY To learn how your firm can get direct access to IT market experts from U.S. Embassies in Australia, France and Germany who play a major role in recommending business development services to meet your global business needs. WHO SHOULD ATTEND Internet Service Providers, Internet Backbone Carriers, "Last Mile" Access Companies, Manufacturers of End-User Networking Equipment, Internet Commerce Application Companies, Web Development Software Manufacturers, Online Training Schools, Search Engine Software Manufacturers, Telecommunications Companies, Multimedia Application Providers, Online Travel Agents, Online Brokerage Houses, Content Aggregators, Online Advertisers, Internet Advertising Brokers, Portals, Content Providers, eTailers, Online Entertainment Providers, and Manufacturers Selling Online. SPONSORED BY The United States Commercial Service --The Nation's Official International Business Development Network -- In cooperation with San Francisco Partnership and the Silicon Valley Manufacturers' Group. WHERE In San Francisco, Tuesday, October 24th, 8:00am- 11:00 am REGISTRATION For more information and registration options: http://www.sfnexus.org
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Japanese College administrators seek conversation with professionals working with technologies for educational instruction over lunch in Palo Alto. A group of six educators, members of the Japanese National Association of Information Technology Education for Colleges (http://www.invite.gr.jp), will be in Silicon Valley on October 26, including a visit to the Center Pub that evening. This is a non-profit organization for college administrators and professors as well as corporate educators. Due to the changing role of colleges in Japan, the group's mission
to Silicon Valley is to: The group invites those from education and industry to discuss
these issues over lunch on:
*************************************** Your company's legacy system may have served you well, however, it is time to move on. But, what is the state of your legacy system? Is it well known, clearly documented, supported by knowledgeable people, and functioning perfectly within your business? The answer to these questions is usually no. Speaking of moving on, where did all the knowledge embodied in the development and maintenance staffs go? The documentation that existed in the beginning is most likely out of date; was it inadequate from the start? Are there clear well-documented interfaces to data and process invocation? And, is that changing also? Is the data in a single well-structured database, or is it scattered across many, and even worst, across many database technologies? Is there a clear view of the future, one that can direct your development? Is the automation that currently exists only in the minds of the managers really a frantic manual exercise by dedicated members of the staff? Have you considered how your company is going to test? These and other serious questions will be the subject of the Challenge-The-Experts Panel. Come and interact with -- and challenge -- the people who have suffered and learned! THE EXPERTS MARK CATHCART, Technology Strategist, Corporate Technology Marketing, IBM CORPORATION Mark Cathcart is Technology Strategist to the IBM Corporate Technology Marketing team where he has responsibility for Linux, Open Source, Java and XML. Previously, he was Principal Consultant for OS/390 New Technology inc. Java, EJB, Component Software, eBusiness et al. Mr. Cathcart is a member of the S/390 Software Design Council and an IBM UK Technical Staff Member. RAY PAQUETTE, Chief Technology Officer, COOPETITION, INC. & ENSEMBLE SYSTEMS Ray Paquette has 30 years of computing and business management experience. As Chief Technology Officer at Coopetition, Inc., he consults with international companies on wireless Internet connectivity. With Ensemble Systems, he manages definition and development of client/server and web-based applications, including the web presence of Stanford's Graduate School of Business and the infrastructure for the APX Power Exchange. He has a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from University of Massachusetts, Lowell and a Master's in Nuclear Science and Engineering from the University of Florida. COLIN WIEL (Moderator), Co-Founder & Chairman, MILO Colin Wiel co-founded Milo in 1998. He serves as the technical visionary and is responsible for corporate strategy. Since 1997, he has also been a UC Berkeley Extension Instructor, developing and teaching classes in Java and in voice and wireless technologies. Prior to that, he spent six years developing enterprise applications for companies including Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, and Netscape Communications. Prior to that, Mr. Wiel spent four years at Boeing researching and developing automatic control systems that utilize fuzzy logic for which he has two patents. REGISTRATION To Register, please send name, title, company, email address and telephone number to: Sara K. Dean *************************************** The XML DevCon 2000 is a technical program that includes the expertise of: the co-inventors of SQL, SGML, and XML, an ACM Fellow, a Turing Award winner, a Seybold Fellow, an STC Honorary Fellow, and a W3C Fellow; 29 authors of books about XML, XHTML, Java, and databases; and members of a variety of W3C XML Working Groups. INFORMATION EXPECTED ATTENDEES Programmers, application developers & engineers SAMPLE OF SPEAKER SESSIONS Monday, November 13 Tuesday, November 14 Wednesday, November 15 EXPOSITION HOURS Monday, November 13: Noon to 6:30 p.m.
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, by email (venilde@worldinternetcenter.com). For inquiries or to unsubscribe to this newsletter, contact Sara K. Dean, the Center's Program Manager, by email (sdean@worldinternetcenter.com). *************************************** For inquiries or to unsubscribe to this newsletter, contact Sara K. Dean, the Center's Program Manager, by email (sdean@worldinternetcenter.com).
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