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Prominent CEOs, key entrepreneurs including Günther Baierl, Klaus Harisch, Daniel Pearce, Robert Pines and Liam Young, will be featured speakers and panelists at European Directory Marketplace (February 2001/London)
Leading executives from varetis AG, telegate AG, Conduit plc, INFONXX Inc. and Excell Global Services, are scheduled to be featured speakers and panelists at the first European Directory Marketplace (EDM) conference to be held in London, England, on 12-13 February 2001. The announcement was made today by Stuart M. Whitaker, conference organizer and president of Whitaker Associates (USA).
"We are delighted to have lined up such a blue-ribbon panel of entrepreneurial experts to headline our special CEO panel," Whitaker said. The panel will include:
Günther Baierl, president and CEO, varetis AG
Klaus Harisch, CEO, telegate AG
Daniel L. Pearce, Chairman and CEO, Excell Global Services' International Division
Robert A. Pines, co-founder and CEO, INFONXX Inc., and
Liam Young, managing director, Conduit
The EDM conference will focus on the array of new market opportunities and profitable business ventures both private and collaborative being driven by todays universal Internet access to directory information databases, and the rapidly-changing regulatory environment.
Other featured speakers and panelists at the EDM conference representing key telecom, government and regulatory organizations will explore issues associated with directory database technologies, the changing regulatory climate, and the increasing number of profitable opportunities being driven by these advances.
Whitaker noted that the development and marketing of efficient, technology-supported directories, sharing of directory databases, and universal, low-cost directory access -- all critical elements to the continued economic development of Europe will be featured conference topics.
IBM, Nortel, telegate AG and Conduit are lined up as Gold Sponsors for the conference. Signed on as silver sponsors are INFONXX, Philips Speech Processing, varetis AG and VoltDelta.
Details regarding the London conference, including cost and registration forms, can be obtained by contacting Whitaker Associates by phone, mail or email, or via the Internet at
www.whitaker.com.
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