MEDIA ADVISORY

Contact: Jeffrey Marquis, DCI Media Relations
(508) 470-3870

Release Date: July 15, 1997

Keynote Addresses by Executives of Leading Technology Firms
To Top Agenda at DCI's Internet Expo

Boston Event Will Feature Heads of Lotus, IBM, Fidelity Investments,
and Bell Atlantic

BACKGROUND:

DCI’s Internet Expo in Boston will deliver the most comprehensive Internet trade show to date focusing on business solutions, strategies, and trends. Sessions and exhibits will focus on "business-to-business" strategies vis-a-vis consumer-based products.

WHO:

All Internet, EMail, Web beat reporters; IT and business press

WHERE:

Hynes Convention Center - Boston, MA

WHEN:

August 12-14, 1997

WHY:

The DCI event will include keynote addresses, featuring:

• George Schussel, Founder & CEO, DCI
• Jeff Papows, President, Lotus Development Corporation
• Steve Mills, General Manager, IBM Corporation
• Dave Taylor, President and Chief Technology Officer, The Internet Mall, Inc.
• Jack Shaw, President, Electronic Commerce Strategies, Inc.
• Gary Rowe, Principal, Rapport Communication
• Shaku Atre, President, Atre, Inc.
• Jeff Jacobs, General Manager, QUALCOMM’s Eudora Division
• Bill Frezza, General Partner, Adams Capital Management
• Clinton Wilder, Senior Editor, Information Week
• Several other keynotes

Also, on the keynote roster are case studies by Robert Beran, President, Bell Atlantic Internet Solutions, and Bruce Ferland, Senior Vice President of Electronic Commerce, Fidelity Investments. A keynote panel titled "To NC or NetPC," moderated by Greg Blatnick, Vice President, Zona Research, will include executives from Microsoft, IBM, Intel, and Oracle.