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ADVISORY
ATTENTION:
BUSINESS EDITORS AND TECHNOLOGY WRITERS
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09/14/00
Contact: Ute Frey
(510) 642-0342
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WHAT: |
The
third annual Leading Edge Technology Conference, organized
by students at the University of California, Berkeley's
Haas School of Business. Entrepreneurs, business leaders,
alumni and students will gather to discuss today's technology
marketplace and ideas for the future. |
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WHEN: |
Friday,
Sept. 22, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 23, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. |
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WHO: |
Keynote
speakers include Jim Clark, founder and chairman of myCFO.com
and shutterfly.com and founder of Netscape, Silicon Graphics
and Healtheon (Sept. 23); George Shaheen, president and
CEO of Webvan (Sept. 22); and David Ditzel, CEO of Transmeta
(Sept. 23). All three, plus Haas Dean Laura D'Andrea Tyson,
will be available to the media after their speeches. |
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WHERE: |
UC
Berkeley's Haas School of Business, Arthur Andersen Auditorium.
The school is located on Gayley Road, between Hearst Avenue
and Bancroft Way.
The
conference will feature 13 panels headed by industry leaders
including Ariba, Ask Jeeves, Cisco Systems, Commerce One,
Healtheon/WebMD, Jupiter Communications, Loudcloud, Napster,
Nortel Networks, Omnisky, Red Herring Communications,
Shockwave.com, WebTV and Yahoo!
Attendees
may participate in the panels. There also will be a product
fair.
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BACKGROUND:
For
more information on the conference, go to www.theleadingedge.org/
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