Conference Kick-Off
Event Chairman's Address
Browser/Server: from dBASE to Java
George Schussel, Founder and CEO
DCI
Tuesday, 9:00-10:50 a.m.
Opening Plenary
Creating the Future Beyond the Internet
John R. Patrick, Vice President, Internet Technology
IBM Corporation
Tuesday, 4:00-4:50 p.m.
Featured Address
The Changing Roles of Servers in the Age of Network Computing
Jerry Held, Senior Vice President, Server Technologies Division
Oracle Corporation
Wednesday, 10:30-11:10 a.m.
Two Great Debates
Has the Internet Killed Client/Server? Thursday, 9:30 a.m.
The Universal Server Championship Debate: Informix vs. Oracle, Wednesday, 11:15 a.m.
Keynotes
The New Era of "Market Facing" Systems
John Landry, Chairman
Narrative Communications
Wednesday, 4:00 p.m.
Industry Restructuring and the Network Computer
Nicholas Petreley, Editor at Large
InfoWorld
Wednesday, 4:00 p.m.
The Importance of Thinking Precisely: Some Fundamental Distinctions in the Field of Database Management
Chris Date
Independent Consultant
Wednesday, 4:00 p.m.
Using Client/Server Technology to Solve Problems in the Healthcare Industry
John Glaser, Ph.D., Vice President and CIO
Partners HealthCare Systems, Inc.
Wednesday, 4:00 p.m.
Closing Keynote
Risk Assessment in Enterprise-Wide Deployment of Technology
Shaku Atre, President
Atre, Inc.
Thursday, 4:30 p.m.
DCI's Year 2000 Issues & Answers Keynotes
The Year 2000: The Project That Cannot Be Late
Peter de Jager, Speaker and Consultant
de Jager & Company
Tuesday, 9:00-10:50 a.m.
Too Late for the Year 2000: What Do We Do Now?
Ken Orr, President
The Ken Orr Institute
Tuesday, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
The Year 2000 Crisis: Solving the Problem in a Global Distributed Company
Lou Marcoccio, Year 2000 Program Manager, Information Services
Digital Equipment Corporation
Wednesday, 4:00 p.m.
The Eve of the New Millennium
Colleen Arnold, Vice President, Global Year 2000 Services
IBM
Thursday, 8:30 a.m.