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Contacts: DCI Media Relations
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Maria Cataldo, The Weber Group
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Release Date: December 12, 1996

High-Level Business Executives To Converge at DCI's Internet Expo To Define Best Practices on the Internet

Edward Zander, Mitchell Kertzman and Patricia Seybold Address Issues Driving the Industry’s Future

Andover, MA -- DCI's Internet Expo, the nation's leading Internet and messaging event, will host leading industry visionaries as they define the future of the Internet. Edward Zander, president, Sun Microsystems; Mitchell Kertzman, president and CEO, Sybase, Inc.; and Patricia Seybold, president and CEO, The Patricia Seybold Group, are among the business executives who will highlight key issues affecting business practices on the Internet, Web, and EMail.

DCI's Internet Expo is taking place at the San Jose Convention Center, February 18-20, 1997.

Zander kicks off the program with a featured address on Network Computing, the industry’s hottest issue. Keynote presentations on a full range of industry topics including the Internet's effect on corporate America, the future of commerce on the Internet, and the Internet as the next mass medium will also be highlighted. DCI’s Internet Expo will premier hot new Web, EMail, and Intranet technologies.

Program Highlights

DCI's Internet Expo, co-chaired by Dale Dougherty, president, Songline Studios, and Einar Stefferud, president, Network Management Associates, Inc., will offer business executives eight core conferences, including: Web-Enabled Marketing; Intranet Solutions; Hot New Internet Technologies; Commerce on the Net; Best Practices in Electronic Commerce; Business Strategies for Extended Messaging, Collaborative Solutions, and Open Standards Messaging. A special conference on Client/Server on the Internet, with a chair address by DCI founder and CEO George Schussel, will also be presented.

Keynote presentations and featured addresses will also be delivered by Ellen Hancock, chief technical officer, Apple Computer Inc.; Gary Bolles, COO, Evolve Software, Inc.; Jim Sterne, president, Target Marketing, and Denise Gibson, senior vice president, Novell, Inc.

Multiple Business Presentations

A plethora of presentations has been created for the business community. In addition to the two-day Small Business Automation Conference and Exposition, other business presentations to be delivered include personalization vs. privacy, redefining the value chain, extending intranets to your business partners, and more. John Samuel, vice president of American Airlines, will also present a session on building customer loyalty.

"The Internet has and will continue to transform corporate life -- affecting the way businesses run, how they market themselves, and how they're evolving into the 21st century," said George Schussel, founder and CEO, DCI. "Because the industry is evolving at 'Internet speed,' there needs to be a constant exchange of information between industry executives. DCI’s Internet Expo provides business executives with a forum to address all issues relevant to the technological world of the Internet, EMail and the World Wide Web."

DCI's Internet Expo - Conference Dates and Times

On Wednesday, February 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Thursday, February 20, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., DCI's Internet Expo exhibits will be open to the public with a chance to talk with the industry’s leading companies about up-to-date technologies and the premier of new products. A special "First Look Reception" will be held for the press and conference attendees on Tuesday, February 18, from 5 to 7 p.m. to preview the Expo before it opens to the public.

DCI, located in Andover, Massachusetts, is a world leader in producing conferences and expositions for the high-technology industry. DCI's 1996 schedule of 100 major shows and events worldwide featured more that 3,000 consultants and speakers, attracted more than 10,000 exhibitors and nearly 1 million attendees.

DCI's Internet Expo guides attendees through the changing technological world of the Internet, EMail and the World Wide Web. It is the goal of this program to bring the leaders of the industry together in an education arena. With three U.S. venues each year -- San Jose, Chicago, and Boston -- over 150,000 people, 1,500 exhibitors and 1,000 press will attend DCI’s Internet Expos.