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CTO Forum 2002 Tops Draws Over 400 Attendees
4/10/2002
IDG's InfoWorld CTO Forum 2002 Tops The Mark With Over 400 Attendees
Invitation-Only Event Proves To Be a Major Draw For The Country's Top CTOs and
Senior Technology Executives
San Francisco, California - April 10, 2002 - InfoWorld Media Group, the provider of
in-depth analysis of enterprise technology and strategies through its integrated
online, print, research and events channels, today announced the success of its third
annual CTO Forum. InfoWorld exceeded its goal with over 400 attendees this year at
the invitation-only conference for CTOs and senior executives. The CTO Forum is
being held at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco April 8 - 10. The theme of this
year's conference is "Constructive Disruption" - a focus on pivotal technologies that
arrive on the scene, disrupt the norm, force change and then firmly implant
themselves in our everyday work and social life.
InfoWorld CTO Forum Speaking Events:
- Investing in the Enterprise - Focus on Productivity - Vinod Khosla, General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- The Impact of One of the First XML Web Services Computing Platforms - Mark Lucovsky, Distinguished Microsoft Engineer
- Cars and Technology - General Motors CTO Anthony Scott
- Expanding Moore's Law: Expanding the Silicon Canvas - Pat Gelsinger, CTO, Intel
- Seeing Differently: A Critical Need For Tomorrow's CTOs - Dr. John Seely Brown,
Chief Scientist, Xerox Corporation
- Grid Computing - A New Integrated Model for Services, Software and Hardware -
Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Vice President of Technology Strategy, IBM
- The Positive and Potentially Adverse Effects of 'Nanotechnology' - K. Eric Drexler,
Chairman, The Foresight Institute
- The closing keynote on 4/10 at 4:00 p.m.: Norman E. Lorentz, CTO for the U.S.
Federal Government - Technology Support for Homeland Security and E-Government
Initiatives
"The intellectual capital assembled at the CTO Forum demonstrates once again that
CTOs are a major driving force of new technology," states InfoWorld Media Group's
Editor in Chief Michael Vizard.
For more information on the conference, go to http://ctoforum.infoworld.com.
CTO of The Year Award
InfoWorld's highly coveted CTO of the Year award was presented to U.S. Defense
Information Systems Agency CTO Dawn Meyerriecks at the CTO Forum Monday
evening. As the CTO of a $4 billion agency charged this year with giving U.S. service
men and women command, control and communications capabilities in Afghanistan,
Meyerriecks has shown foresight and visionary leadership under the most
challenging circumstances.
InfoWorld CTO Forum 2002
The third annual InfoWorld CTO Forum 2002 is an exclusive, invitation only event for
250 CTOs and high-level executives. The industry's best and brightest minds will
convene in an interactive peer-to-peer setting. The InfoWorld CTO Forum 2002 takes
place at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco on April 8 - 10, 2002, for 2 *
days of networking, keynotes, panels, practical discussions and working sessions.
About IDG's InfoWorld Media Group
Only InfoWorld Media Group provides cutting-edge coverage and evaluations of IT
products, technology and services for technology experts in senior IT management.
InfoWorld reaches the most influential senior technology experts - who drive their
enterprises' technology purchases - through integrated online, print, research and
events channels. InfoWorld also provides specialized IT coverage for the Chief
Technology Officer, the senior-most company executives who possess deep
technology expertise and experience.
InfoWorld Media Group's coverage of key IT products and technologies is supported
by original research done in InfoWorld's $23 million, dedicated multi-platform,
enterprise test center. Since 1978, InfoWorld has performed the industry's most
trusted testing of technology and products. To learn more about InfoWorld, go to
www.infoworld.com.
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