9:00 am Plenary

10:30 am Break

TRACK SESSIONS

11:00 am
ebXML
Alan Kotok, Director, Education and Information Resources, DISA
The Electronic Business XML initiative is jointly sponsored by OASIS and UN/CEFACT. Its purpose is to develop a technical framework that will enable XML to be utilized in a consistent manner for the exchange of all electronic business data. Industry groups currently working on XML specifications have been invited to participate in the 18-month project. A primary objective of ebXML is to lower the barrier of entry to electronic business in order to facilitate trade, particularly with respect to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and developing nations. This presentation explains how unlike most messaging frameworks, ebXML is creating an end-to-end architecture that includes not only messaging, but also generic business process models, a core set of common data component, and distributed repositories for storing industry or company requirements.

11:45 am
B2B Relationship Management: A Process-Centric Approach
Greg Olsen, Ph.D., CTO, Extricity
The practice of B2B integration is rapidly evolving from early projects that focused on relatively simple and often experimental data exchange approaches, to projects that need to support true collaboration among independent organizations. Coordination of processes among these organizations is an essential requirement of collaboration. Effective B2B integration solutions not only need to execute these processes, they need to help companies manage all aspects of the relationships they have with partnering organizations. This presentation discusses architectural considerations for B2B relationship management. Particular focus is placed on inter-organizational process modeling and execution, partner information management, distributed change management, the role of B2B standards, and interoperability considerations.

12:30 pm Luncheon and Exposition

2:00 pm
Building a Consumer-oriented, Research and Data-based "Decision Engine"
Mark Poling, Vice President, Technology, SimplyHealth.com
Robust decision support was once available only to large organizations willing to make significant investment in these initiatives. The internet is proving a catalyst to provide these capabilities to the consumer. This discussion will focus on critical components of a consumer facing decision support environment, empowering the consumer and the impact on consumers and sellers.

2:45 pm
The Missing Link of the WWW (Infrastructure)
Rohit Chandra, President and CEO, eCode.com
In this session, the presenter describes the concept of a User Identity Manager as the missing link in the current WWW infrastructure. This concept allows an Internet user to go from the entryway to the search engine, to any destination the user may choose without carrying his user information throughout or without re-entering the same information repeatedly.

3:30 pm Break

4:00 pm
BizTalk Framework
Kevin McCall, Director, Biztalk Initiative, Microsoft Corporation
Abstract to be announced.

4:45 pm
DSL Technologies
Angela Fox, Vice President, Product Development, Simplexity.com
The variations of DSL technology choices can be quite confusing. Many small and medium-sized businesses don't know or understand the strengths and benefits of each type of DSL- ADSL, SDSL, IDSL and xDSL or how to go about selecting the best DSL service for their business. This session provides clarity around this technology; explaining the why's behind the hype, the pain, and the promise of this relatively new technology.