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Wednesday, May 12
- Tim
Berners-Lee
Director
W3C Consortium
A graduate of Oxford University, England, Tim is now with
the Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT). He directs the World Wide Web
Consortium, an open forum of companies and organizations with
the mission to lead the Web to its full potential. He wrote the
first Web client (browser-editor) and server in 1990 while working
at CERN, and is generally acknowledged as the inventor of the
Web.
- John
Patrick
Vice
President, Internet Technology
IBM Corporation
As IBM's chief Internet technology officer, John leads
the company's effort to create innovative technologies that will
Web-enable computer users worldwide. He has created a number
of innovative programs at IBM, including the alphaWorks Web site
and IBM's successful "Get Connected" program to expand
the use of the Internet both within the company and to serve
as a model for other companies.
Thursday, May 13
- Greg
Papadopoulos
Chief Technology Officer,
Sun Microsystems
As Chief Technology Officer, Greg is responsible for assessing
Sun's technological investments, as well as directing the activities
of Sun Laboratories and associated advanced development programs.
He has held several positions at Sun since joining in 1994, including
vice president of technology and advanced development for Sun's
systems business; chief scientist for server systems engineering;
and Chief Scientist for enterprise servers and storage.
- Bob
Metcalfe
(see
also www.infoworld.com/metcalfe)
Vice President Technology
International Data Group
A renowned technology pundit, Bob is the inventor of Ethernet
and founder of 3Com Corporation. In 1992 he joined the International
Data Group where he serves as a director, vice president of technology,
and writer of an internationally syndicated weekly column in
InfoWorld. Some of his favorite subjects have included Internet
futures, the "pay-as-we-go" Internet, dismantling telecom
monopolies, the role of governments in shaping the convergence
of technology markets, and the impact of technology on learning.
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