DCI's Year 2000 Seminar Series
Strategies for Survival

Houston, October 6-7
Atlanta, October 9-10
Baltimore, October 14-15
Philadelphia, October 16-17

1997. . .1998. . .1999. . .2000

The Clock Continues to Tick

With less than 1,000 days left, businesses everywhere are faced with ramifications from the millennial date change. This crisis will affect most critical computer systems including benefits, accounting, purchasing, pensions, inventory, sales and finance. Both the business and their decision makers will encounter bankruptcies, law suits, professional malpractice, and officer liability.

What is your organization doing to STOP this quickly approaching crisis?

Your answers lie in the road ahead. . .

About This Seminar

Survival in the Year 2000

There is no doubt-the Year 2000 computer problem is for real. The turn of the century poses the largest and most expensive project to date for many companies, leaving them with millions of dollars of software at risk. IT and business professionals everywhere are just now beginning to realize the full and alarming impact the next millennium may have on their businesses-especially if they are not prepared.

Most of the scrambling that is taking place in the Year 2000 arena is by systems professionals. Business managers are beginning to realize the responsibilities and the liabilities that they now face. Those that ignore the problem, or continue to classify it as a "systems issue" will be caught off-guard and can expect dire consequences. It is time to embrace the Year 2000 problem, understand it from a variety of perspectives and craft strategies for dealing with issues certain to emerge.

What Makes This Seminar Unique

DCI is pleased to bring together this unique combination of Peter de Jager and Leland Freeman as well as the industry’s top solution providers. Together they will present clear and precise descriptions of relevant issues from both the technical perspective and managerial perspective.

Technical Issues:

This first day offers project leaders a thorough understanding of the complexities of the conversion process including: testing, how to integrate tools, managing the process of the project and measuring its success.

Management Issues:

Day two helps corporate leaders understand the Year 2000 project goes far beyond the code issue. This problem attacks your organization from many angles ranging from becoming Year 2000 certified to to understanding your company’s potential legal liabilities.

Who Should Attend

This seminar is indispensable for:

• MIS Directors in need of a rapid understanding of Year 2000 issues and what they must do to manage both the business and the technical risk
• Year 2000 Task Force Leaders requiring the complete picture of Year 2000 options and approaches
• CIO’s and Senior Vice President’s that need to understand how the Year 2000 will impact them, and their companies
• Business Unit Managers that need to know how to pull together departments and functions in order to build an effective Year 2000 response team
• Lawyers who need to understand where legal issues may surface and the impact that they will have on each company
• Communications Managers who need to build PR and communication plan to address the concerns of stakeholders
• Auditors who need to learn what "compliancy" means, and how to assess the risks associated with the business

any business manager that is concerned about the impending fallout of the Year 2000 problem --- and wants to do something before it is TOO LATE!

Attendees Will Learn How To:

• Assess and manage the risks of the Year 2000 problem for your organization
• Why the Year 2000 problem isn’t just a technical issue
• What roles management plays in the Year 2000 arena
• How to build management awareness of the Year 2000 problem
• Develop and present a Year 2000 plan to top management
• How to take the project from theory to planning
• Managing your Supply Chain
• Year 2000 legal issues that need consideration
• Who’s potentially liable within the organization
• Select a Year 2000 crisis response team
• How to develop a dependency model and simulation of the enterprise
• Develop an effective Year 2000 communications strategy
• Business relationships that may put your organization at risk
• What the role of the audit team should be
• Value of the Year 2000 insurance
• How to evaluate and select appropriate Year 2000 solutions
• What to do when the job can’t be done

Benefits Of This Seminar

Benefits to Attendees

• Understand why event horizons drive the project plan
• Develop an enterprise-wide Y2K response
• Gain an insight to how staffing levels will post the largest problem in real life
• Identify and develop strategies that address Y2K risks
• Learn how to apply Y2K knowledge gained in other sessions to a real situation
• Build communication plans for disclosing Y2K issues
• Become actively involved in the solution process
• Acquire confidence to eliminate the Y2K crisis

Benefits to Your Company

• Prepare now to reduce future risks and liabilities
• Save time in learning about effective strategies
• Find out how other companies are responding – or how they aren’t
• Avoid mistakes and minimize the overall costs associated with the Year 2000 program

Seminar Outline

Day One

Peter de Jager, Speaker and Consultant of de Jager & Company Limited, is perceived to be the worldwide leader in creating awareness for the Year 2000 computer crisis. His expertise is internationally recognized as he presents in the US, Canada, England, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Peter is also a special advisor for the Year 2000 Task Force, as well as a contributing Editor for both CIO Canada and Datamation.

Morning Session 9:00 - 11:30

1. Year 2000 Status Report
   1. It’s a business problem, not a technical one
   2. Technical ability
   3. Time and available resources
2. The Solution to the Problem
   1. Who should be in charge of the Y2K project
   2. Setting the ‘important’ Y2K project priorities
   3. Managing the non-IT related supply chain
3. Why Testing is the Only Year 2000 Insurance Available
   1. Roles of Year 2000 compliance testing
   2. Building a Year 2000 test plan

(Breaks will be provided at the discretion of the Instructor)

Co-Sponsor Technology Briefing 11:30 - 12:00

Houston - MainWare, Inc.
Atlanta - Millennium Dynamics, Inc.
Baltimore - Digital Equipment Corporation
Philadelphia - CCD

Co-Sponsor Technology Briefing 12:00 - 12:30

Houston - CCD
Atlanta - Digital Equipment Corporation
Baltimore - Axios
Philadelphia - Millennium Dynamics, Inc.

Co-Sponsor Networking Lunch 12:30 - 1:30

Afternoon Session 1:30 - 4:30

1. Threats Facing the Project
   1. The ability of IT to deliver any project on time
   2. The rapidly decreasing HR resources
   3. The tendency to get stuck in analysis paralysis
2. The Management of Good Intentions
   1. Why this project cannot be considered ‘under control’
   2. Why projects are late and management is always surprised
3. Why Embedded Systems Should be Considered an ‘Unsolvable’ Problem
4. Year 2000: A Taste of the Project Hands on Workshop

(Breaks will be provided at the discretion of the Instructor)

Co-Sponsor Reception 4:30 - 5:30

Day Two

Leland Freeman, Managing Director of year 2000 Services of Management Support Technology is a frequent lecturer and author on the Year 2000 problem. Leland is the principal researcher and author of The Year 2000 Resource Book, and has articles published by Datamation.

Morning Session 9:00 - 11:30

1. Year 2000 Business Issues
   1. Business issues versus the technical considerations
   2. Involving business manager s in the Year 2000 problem
   3. Examples of business risks associated with the Year 2000 problem
2. Year 2000 Legal Considerations
   1. The role of legal counsel: Inside and outside
   2. Vendor software compliance
   3. Warranties for Year 2000 work
   4. Liability issues
   5. Legal outsourcing considerations
3. Where Auditors Should Get Involved
   1. Internal versus outside auditors
   2. Compliance determination
   3. Reporting to regulatory agencies and Board of Directors
4. Disclosure and Communications
   1. Assigning responsibility for Year 2000 public relations
   2. Identifying your key stakeholders
   3. Developing communication strategies
   4. Communication to the media

(Breaks will be provided at the discretion of the Instructor)

Co-Sponsor Technology Briefing 11:30 - 12:00

Houston - Digital Equipment Corporation
Atlanta - CCD
Baltimore - Millennium Dynamics, Inc.
Philadelphia - Axios

Co-Sponsor Technology Briefing 12:00 - 12:30

Houston - Millennium Dynamics, Inc.
Atlanta - Axios
Baltimore - CCD
Philadelphia - Digital Equipment Corporation

Co-Sponsor Networking Lunch 12:30 - 1:30

Co-Sponsor Departure - 2:00

Afternoon Session 1:30 - 4:30

1. Developing a year 2000 Crisis Management Team
   1. Identifying where and when crisis may occur
   2. Building a response team before you need it
   3. Contingency resource planning
2. Developing a Year 2000 Dependency Model
   1. Understanding the risk profile of the enterprise
   2. Identifying business relationships and key dependencies
   3. Internal versus external dependencies
   4. Demonstration and simulations using dependency models
3. The Role of Year 2000 Insurance
   1. The value of Year 2000 insurance
   2. What various policies cover
   3. Eligibility requirements for coverage
   4. Examples of Year 2000 insurance policies
4. Additional Resources
   1. Internet sites
   2. Local Year 2000 user Groups

(Breaks will be provided at the discretion of the Instructor)

Conference Sponsor

DCI educates the world’s IT community, providing the industry’s most comprehensive way of obtaining essential knowledge, through a distinctive educational and marketing atmosphere. DCI events bring together the IT professional and the technology provider, effectively meshing both their needs. Our competitive advantage is the importance we place on education and information ¾ applying the highest business and educational standards, within the fastest changing field ¾ IT.

Conference Co-Sponsors

Axios Products, Inc., provides its worldwide customer base with software products, services and solutions for the mainframe MVS environment. We are the exclusive Eastern time zone distributor for the HourGlass 2000™ date simulation software. (Co-Sponsor for Atlanta, Baltimore and Philadelphia only)
	Beyond 1999™ is a fully integrated tool set for high-speed and high-accuracy conversion, using automated analysis,parsing, and code-writing capabilities. It was developed specifically for Year 2000 compliance. Beyond 1999™ is available for COBOL, PL/I and other mainframe languages
Digital Equipment Corporation is the world leader in implementing and supporting networked platforms and applications in multivendor environments. Building on its core competencies in software, systems, networks, and services, DIGITAL -- working with its business partners -- provides a complete range of information processing solutions from personal computers to integrated worldwide networks and Year 2000 services.
MainWare, Inc. is a software development and consultant company, specializing in utility and conversion software since 1984. The company currently markets HourGlass 2000, a date/time simulator running under MVS, with extensive support for the testing of batch and on-line application programs with future or past dates and times. Each user can run application simulating dates and times without affecting other users. (Co-Sponsor for Houston only)

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DCI's Year 2000 Seminar Series
Strategies for Survival

$595 each