Dear Internet Professional:
What a difference one year makes! eBusiness, eContent, eEverything!

All enabled by XML and a family of new Web standards and technologies. XML 2000 focuses on the maturing applications of XML on the Internet, how the new Web technologies are affecting our lives, and a vision for the future. We will explore ways to use XML, how XML is enabling business and publishing, the new challenges XML brings to personal privacy and security, the dramatic new wireless devices that are making the Web accessible to us all in ways we never dreamed, and new leading-edge technologies that are following on the heels of XML. New to the conference this year is an extensive track that focuses on "Knowledge" and the emerging knowledge technologies.

This year we are offering a wide variety of tracks to meet the needs of every attendee.
XML 2000 tracks include:

• Getting Started with XML
• XML: Enabling Business on the Web
• Building an XML Web Site
• Publishing with XML
• Society and Technology
• Device-Independent Web Accessibility
• XML: The Leading Edge
• Web Graphics
• Knowledge Technologies

In addition to our conference tracks, we are proud to offer tutorials designed for newcomers, management, and Web developers. This is an opportunity for you to catch up with the latest developments in the quickly morphing world of the Web. XML 2000 provides updates on the latest standards and activities of the World Wide Web Consortium, OASIS, DISA, and IDEAlliance initiatives. We have assembled outstanding keynote presentations from visionaries of the "new" Web, as well as from technology vendors. For those of you exploring cutting-edge Web tools, our XML exposition is just the place for you to gain an understanding of what's new on the market. And the XML 2000 Press and Analysts Panel is designed to provide an opportunity for press and analysts to answer your questions about the changes XML has brought to the Web and what we might expect in the future.

On Monday, December 4, just before XML 2000, we are offering a choice of special interest focus days. You can register to learn more about syndicating content on the Web using the IDEAlliance ICE standard (Information and Content Exchange), XML Topic Maps (XTM) for Web navigation, Metadata for Publishers (PRISM), Enterprise Content Management, and Web Graphics. If you are from Washington, XML Inside the Beltway is sure to be of interest.

IDEAlliance would like to thank our sponsor companies and co-hosts for helping us bring XML 2000 to you. Co-Hosts include AIIM, BizTalk.org, The Brainstorm Group, DISA, OASIS, and W3C. The Gilbane Report, Wrox Press, XML.com, XML Magazine, and XML Times are our media sponors. IDEAlliance has a mission to provide in-depth education, practical know-how, and future insights. We have all worked hard to ensure that XML 2000 truly provides a vision for the millennium. We hope you have a rewarding conference experience. Please discover, dream, and enjoy!

Dianne Kennedy, Conference Chair