OPENING KEYNOTE
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6
9:00 am

Tom Gwydir
Project Director, Dunn & Bradstreet

Kemal Koeksal
Director of Electronic Commerce, SAP Labs

Chris Wolff
Vice President of Publishing Technology, The West Group, a Thomson Corporation

Mr. Wolff is currently Vice President of Publishing Technology for West Group, part of the Thomson Corporation. Publishing Technology is responsible for the development and production operation of systems involved in the capture, conversion, management, editorial enhancement and product creation across print, CD, and On-line. He has 15 years of experience in the Legal Publishing/Online business, having previously worked at Lexis/Nexis and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing. Chris has been in his current position since the integration between Thomson Legal Publishing and West Publishing in 1996.

VENDOR KEYNOTE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7
4:00 pm

James Utzschneider
Microsoft Corporation

Adobe Systems Inc. Representative to be announced

Sun Microsystems Representative to be announed

CLOSING KEYNOTE
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8
4:00 pm

Phil Gibson
Vice President, Web Business & Sales Automation, National Semiconductor Corporation

Phil has managed various marketing roles in Telecom, Networking, and Personal Systems for National for the last 14 years. He and his Team have developed National's marketing intranet and external WorldWide Website over the last 4 years. National's external Website is rated as the number 1 semiconductor site by design engineers and Phil and his Team are merging that with all of National's legacy systems. Lotus Notes is the primary workflow agent for Sales Force Automation and that combined with Personalized Transaction Sites for customers, creates a very productive Web presence. Increasing service for the design engineer is National's primary objective and improving the productivity of the purchasing agents that support them is the result of the use of these technologies. Phil holds a BSEE from UC Davis and an MBA from USC.

Peter Murray-Rust
Co-Director VHG and Director VSMS, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nottingham University

ANALYST PANEL
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8
2:00 pm

Top industry analysts' answer your questions and provide their own perspectives about XML, new Web-based business models, and predictions for the future.

Chair:

Mark Walter, Seybold Publications

A 20-year veteran of the commercial publishing industry, Mark Walter specializes in helping publishers analyze editorial management and electronic publishing technologies. As editor of The Seybold Report on Internet Publishing he directs Seybold's editorial coverage of Web publishing, and he has spearheaded the company's reporting on SGML- and XML-related technologies. Prior to joining Seybold in 1987 he held technology analyst, editorial, and production positions at McGraw-Hill, Temple University Press, and the Philadelphia service bureau Editing, Design & Production. As a consultant, Mark specializes in helping publishers select technology to automate editorial and production processes for Web and cross-media publishing. Technical areas of expertise include content and asset management, SGML/XML, and cross-media publishing systems. Clients include both commercial and corporate publishers, such as the American Medical Association, Matthew Bender, Merck & Co., the U.S. General Accounting Office, Bell Northern Research, and R.R. Donnelley, among others. Mark also serves on the editorial team of XML.com, a Web resource for XML professionals.

Speakers:

Michael Maziarka, CAP Ventures, Inc.

Michael Maziarka is the Director of the Dynamic Content Software Strategies service at CAP Ventures, providing research and consulting services on document and content management software technology. Prior to joining CAPV, Michael held corporate and product marketing positions at Xyvision and Datalogics. During his tenure at CAPV, Xyvision, and Datalogics, Mr. Maziarka was active in industry initiatives. Michael held the Chair position on the Board of Directors for OASIS (formerly SGML Open); was active in the development of the CALS electronic publishing standards; and participated in J2008 and ANSI committee work. Michael holds an MBA from DePaul University and a B.S. degree in computer engineering from Iowa State University.

Mary Laplante, Fastwater

Donald DePalma, CommonSense Advisory Inc.

Michael Goulde, Patricia Seybold Group

Mr. Goulde is recognized as a leading industry analyst in the areas of the Internet and the World Wide Web, including XML; electronic commerce; application architectures and platforms. Goulde has provided consulting for end-user organizations such as the International Monetary Fund, LIDs, Boo.com, State Street Bank and Trust, Schein Pharmaceutical, Summit Partners, Hale & Dorr, and others. He has also provided consulting services for software and systems providers such as Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Unisys, and others. Prior to joining the group, Goulde was vice president at Open Systems Advisors Incorporated. Prior to that, he founded and directed BIS CAP International's Corporate Information Solutions Service, a strategic analysis, planning, and information service for document imaging and workflow applications. Goulde has also served as the director of Small Computer Research at The Yankee Group. A frequent speaker and panel moderator at industry seminars and conferences, Goulde holds a B.S. degree from Pennsylvania State University, an M.S. degree in psychology from Rutgers University, and an M.B.A. from Northeastern University.

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(Question drop-off boxes will also be available onsite - in the conference registration area.)

WEB STANDARDS UPDATE
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6
11:00 am

Chairperson: Dianne Kennedy, Graphic Communications Association

W3C Web Standards Update (11:00 am)
Get the latest developments in the W3C directly from those who are defining and developing the new standards. Dan Connolly from W3C will host a lively panel update on recommended and emerging Web standards. Dan was the chair of the W3C Working Group that produced HTML 3.2 and HTML 4.0, and collaborated with Jon Bosak to form the W3C XML Working Group and produce the W3C XML 1.0 Recommendation.
by Dan Connolly, World Wide Web Consortium and Working Group Chairs

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HE W3C WEB STANDARDS UPDATE!

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GCARI Standards Update: XML/EDI, ICE, and PRISM (11:45 am)
In addition to serving as host to W3C working groups, over the past year GCA's Research Institute has hosted a number of its own high-profile standards activities. Special interest groups consisting of both users and vendors belonging to GCARI are developing each of the related standards. Get updates on XML/EDI, ICE (Information and Content Exchange), and PRISM (Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata) from a GCARI representative.
by Dianne Kennedy, GCARI

OASIS Standards Update (12:00 noon)
OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, is a non-profit, consortium founded in 1993 and dedicated to the promotion of open specifications for the interchange of structured data. OASIS embraces the complete spectrum of structured information standards including XML, SGML and CGM. The technical officer of OASIS provides an update of OASIS standards including XML.org Registry and Repository, XML Conformance, XML Tables Model, and Docbook.
by Norbert Mikula, DataChannel, Inc. and Chief Technical Officer, OASIS

BizTalk Business Framework Standard Update (12:15 pm)
BizTalk is composed of industry-leading vendors, standards bodies and corporate customers. The BizTalk initiative is an open, standards-based framework to exchange data and integrate applications. Its primary goal is to drive deployment and adoption of XML-related technologies in the marketplace. BizTalk.org will provide resources and support for a wide variety of companies and industry bodies developing XML schemas. Learn more about the business framework being specified by BizTalk in this brief overview.
by James Utzschneider, BizTalk.org

"XML is often called HTML on steriods."
Jon Udell, Computer World, April 12 edition 1999