NOTE: NOT A CENTER PROGRAM & NOT AT CENTER.

***PUB TALK: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2001

"PUTTING THE ‘LEARNING’ BACK IN eLEARNING"

By Dr. Ellen Wagner, Chief Learning Officer & Mr. John Farman, Vice President of Sales

Viviance new education, Inc.

Open to the public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m.

***CHALLENGE-THE-EXPERT: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2001
"CHALLENGES AND ISSUES FOR MEGA WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT"

By Dr. Willy Chiu, Vice President, High Volume Website Design, IBM Corporation

Open to the public. 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

$10 fee. (Payable by cash or check day of program. No charge to Sponsors of the Center.)

***THINK TANK SESSION: TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2001

8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. By invitation only. See information below for possible participation.

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"WHAT’S COMING DOWN THE ROAD IN OPEN STANDARDS: STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS FOR THE NEW ECONOMY"

At this website, you can also download the powerpoint presentations.

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Provided by Center's Knowledge Network Partner -- High Performance Resources on:

"BUILDING A SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM:  THE NEW VALUE DRIVERS"

Our Knowledge Network Partner, High Performance Resources (HPR) (http://www.hpresources.com), is offering two-hour custom executive briefings to companies looking to build their senior management team in New Economy.  This briefing is without charge for a limited time to members of the Center's eCommunity.  This custom briefing can be held at your offices, at HPR's facilities in San Francisco, or at the Silicon Valley World Internet Center.

This seminar is particularly appropriate to CEOs, COOs, and VPs of Human Resources.

The business model in the Knowledge Economy has shifted from tangible to intellectual capital-based assets.  How organizations drive ideas to market now defines an organization's competitive advantage. This environment requires a management team with skill sets radically different from the past.  The foundation of the work is from a four-year study on Human Capital Capacity and its linkage to shareholder value.  HPR's intention is to bring its findings into the public domain.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Ms. Christine Mattsson

Vice President of Business Development

High Performance Resources

Tel:  415.296.2556

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"THE FUTURE OF COLLABORATIVE BUSINESS: BUILDING A BLUEPRINT FOR eCOLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNTIES"

8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. By invitation only. Participation is full.

This invitation-only Think Tank Session will bring together 25-30 thought leaders to brainstorm and discuss future 12- to 18-month market opportunities for collaborative business.

Mr. Stefan Hack, Vice President, Accelerated SAP will open the Session with a presentation entitled: "Collaborative Business: Value Creation in the New Economy." During the day, other presentations will be given by:

By Mr. Jeff Enyart, Director, Electronic Commerce, United Parcel Service

By Mr. Rajiv Gupta, General Manager, E-speak Operations, Hewlett-Packard Company

By Mr. John Maler, Vice President of Marketing, KickFire

By Dr. Eilif Trondsend, Director, Learning on Demand Program & Co-Founder, eLearningForum, SRI Consulting Business Intelligence

By Dr. Hal S. Richman, Co-Founder, Knowledge Navigators International Inc.

The working definition of collaborative business for this Think Tank Session is as follows:

* Business processes that transcend the borders of individual organizations;

* Involve multiple parties and people with defined activities and roles;

* Make use of Internet technology and services; and

* Span multiple IT environments and systems.

Current and upcoming market developments for collaborative business will be explored in the following areas:

* Supply Chain Management (SCM)

* Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

* eMarketplaces

Established companies, innovative smaller companies, suppliers, and users will contribute to the discussion. Keynotes will be delivered, followed by the opportunity to build and exchange knowledge together. Benefits from participating include insight into upcoming market developments and networking with fellow executives for business opportunities.

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"COLLABORATIVE BUSINESS MAPS: VALUE CREATION IN THE INTERNET ECONOMY"

By Mr. Stefan Hack, Vice President, Accelerated SAP, SAP AG"

Open to the public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m.

Stefan Hack will focus his talk on collaborative business maps, that is, inter-enterprise business processes that include different participants with their respective responsibilities. Come learn how your company can make use of collaborative business (cBusiness) maps provided by SAP.

ABOUT STEFAN HACK

Stefan Hack is Vice President AcceleratedSAP, SAP AG in Walldorf. He is responsible for a) solution-oriented evaluation and implementation of mySAP.com,. and b) development of methodologies for modeling, implementation and documentation of inter-enterprise business processes over the Internet. Prior, Mr. Hack was a Senior Associate with McKinsey & Company in Düsseldorf, Germany. At McKinsey, he project focus was on IT strategy and building of innovative businesses. He has also been a Senior Consultant with KPMG Peat Marwick in Boston, Massachusetts where he implemented projects as a certified SAP Consultant (SAP R/3 MM, PP, SD). Mr. Hack holds a M. Sc. Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of Karlsruhe and a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), University of Massachusetts, Boston

ABOUT mySAP

As the market leader of inter-enterprise software solutions, mySAP (http://www.mysap.com) is leveraging its strength in industry-focused business software and the world's largest enterprise software customer base to deliver mySAP.com. mySAP.com provides an open collaborative business environment of personalized solutions on demand. This enables companies of all sizes and industries to fully engage their employees, customers and partners to capitalize upon the new Internet economy. mySAP.com allows people to harness the power of the Internet by optimizing supply chains, managing strategic relationships, reducing time to market, sharing virtual information, and increasing productivity and shareholder value.

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"SUN MICROSYSTEMS PARTICIPATES IN SDF’S FIRST QUARTERLY TECHNOLOGY PANEL ON OPEN SOURCE"

Open to the public. 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Cubberly Theater, Palo Alto. Fee: $15 Software Development Forum Members & $25 Non-Members. Light appetizers will be served.

NOTE: NOT A CENTER PROGRAM & NOT AT CENTER.

Come join the Software Development Forum (SDF) for its first Quarterly Technology Event and hear industry founders and leaders, including Danese Cooper from Sun Microsystems, discuss the "Past, Present and Future of Open Source."

The Quarterly Technology Series has been created for the extensive developer community. The series on the topic of Open Source is being kick off to meet the numerous requests of SDF members. SDF anticipates that Open Source will be a popular topic and may become its newest monthly SIG.

PANEL

Moderator: Andrew Aitken, Director, Olliance

Danese Cooper, Director, Open Source Program Office, Sun Microsystems

Andy Hertzfeld, CEO, Eazel

John Terpstra, VP Engineering, Caldera Systems

Bonnie Crater, CEO, Zelerate

DESCRIPTION

Five years ago the Internet began to revolutionize technology, communications, and the way we do business. Many foresee Open Source as the next wave of innovation. From the concept of free software, to

collaboration, to the freedom to make technology choices, Open Source extends the internet revolution beyond its digital bounds. Come hear knowledgeable experts discuss the impact of Open Source, some of the key changes and contributions that are coming, and how you can best participate in this next wave.

The evening will be the first opportunity to learn about the business and technical aspects of Open Source and network with peers, industry leaders and other like-minded individuals. Plus, 20 of you will be given a 1-minute spotlight to announce who you are and what you are looking for! Also, pre-registered participants can elect to be included in a list of attendees that will be made available as a handout at the event. To be included in this list, please send your name and a 50-word (or less) description of who you are and what you're looking for to karen@sdforum.org by February 16.

LOCATION

Cubberly Theater

4000 Middlefield Road

Palo Alto, CA

REGISTRATION

Tel: 408.494.8378

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"PUTTING THE ‘LEARNING’ BACK IN eLEARNING"

By Dr. Ellen Wagner, Chief Learning Officer & Mr. John Farman, Vice President of Sales

Viviance new education, Inc.

Open to the public. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk at 6:00 p.m.

Vivance’s Pub Talk will focus on enterprise learning opportunities. Come learn at the Pub why it is desirable and imperative to 1) attract, retain and empower your employees and customers, and 2) shorten time-to-market for products and services using eLearning -- not just as a tool, but as a component within a larger overall "culture" within a company.

ABOUT ELLEN WAGNER

Ellen Wagner is Vivance’s Chief Learning Officer and is recognized as an eLearning authority, authoring more than 70 book chapters, articles and monographs on instructional design, evaluation and distance learning as well as hundreds of national and international conference presentations. Dr. Wagner has served as Professor and Chair of the Educational Technology Program at the University of Northern Colorado and Director of the Western Institute for Distance Education. She holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology From the University of Colorado, Boulder.

ABOUT JOHN FARMAN

John Farman is Vice President of Sales and has a wide breadth of experience in business. He served as Vice President of Business Development for Omni Financial Services where he managed and orchestrated financial turn-arounds for companies in technology and manufacturing. Mr. Farman has served in senior management positions in Training & Development, The Global Hunger Project (a strategic educational organization), International Business Development for a accounting software company, and Co-Founder of an eLearning company prior to coming to Viviance. He hold a BA degree in Business from LaSalle University.

ABOUT VIVIANCE NEW EDUCATION, INC.

Viviance new education is the global online Education Service Provider (ESP) serving business, consumer and student markets within the eLearning industry. Our goal is to partner with our customers helping them realize their eLearning business strategy and opportunity for a competitive advantage, eMarket leadership, or a new revenue channel. We deliver custom eLearning environments specific to our partners’ content and their learners’ knowledge and certification needs within several vertical market segments

FURTHER INFORMATION

Mr. John Farman

Vice President of Sales

Em: jfarman@viviance.com

Tel: 415.479.2778

Mobile: 415.595.7785

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***CHALLENGE THE EXPERT: WEDNESDAY, FEBUARY 28, 2001
"CHALLENGES AND ISSUES FOR MEGA - WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT"

By Dr. Willy Chiu, Vice President, High Volume Website Design, IBM Corporation

Open to the public. 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

$10 fee. (Payable by cash or check day of program. No charge to Sponsors of the Center.)

Willy Chiu will share experiences in building the world's highest volume eBusiness websites for sporting events, eCommerce, on-line trading and on-line banking. Impact on performance from bursty web traffic patterns as well as advanced technologies for multi-tier architectures, caching and web page designs will be described. Actual website data and examples will be used, including sporting sites like the Olympics. 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.

THE EXPERT

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, Dr. Chiu 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

Registration is not necessary, but highly recommended due to limited seating. Send your name, title, company name, and email address to:

Glenda Garcia

Program Assistant

mailto:garcia@worldinternetcenter.com

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8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. By invitation only. See information below for possible participation.

The Center is organizing an invitation-only Think Tank Session on P2P. Check upcoming newsletter for further information. For further information and possible participation, send your name, title, company, email address, telephone number, bio, and short company summary to:

Venilde Jeronimo

Director of Programs

mailto:venilde@worldinternetcenter.com

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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 and click on directions.

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).