'InformationWeek' Launches Executive Boot Camps in Association with Stanford Professional Education and S&S World Ventures- Professional Education Courses for IT Executives as They Lead Businesses -PRNewswire "InformationWeek" today announced the launch of the InformationWeek Executive Boot Camp, a series of intensive professional education courses targeted to CIOs, senior IT executives, and other business leaders. The first two InformationWeek Executive Boot Camps, developed in association with Stanford Professional Education and S&S World Ventures, are designed to infuse IT executives with strategic insight into a broad range of key disciplines including finance, law, marketing, human resources, globalization, strategy development, leadership and business creativity, among others. "Too often, IT executives are forced to assimilate the bare-bones essentials of a broad set of business disciplines," said Scott Dinsdale, Senior VP, CIO and CTO of BMG Entertainment and Dean of the Executive Boot Camp program. "InformationWeek Executive Boot Camp helps IT executives dig deeper, enveloping delegates in a high-touch environment of in-depth, integrated business learning." Sixty CIOs and top-tier IT executives will participate in an intensive week of study and address real-world, real-time case studies. Course segments will be led by world-class educators and practitioners such as Watts Wacker (First Matter), Marshall Fisher (Wharton School of Business), and Jim O'Toole (USC). "InformationWeek Executive Boot Camp is the seminal career experience for IT executives who seek to rise above the pack," said Charles Pelton, editor-in-chief, events, InformationWeek. "InformationWeek is taking the initiative to help IT executives become business leaders." Stanford's Professor Tom Kosnik serves as faculty advisor, and BMG Entertainment's Dinsdale serves as dean. Participants will receive Certificates of Completion from InformationWeek and Stanford Professional Education. The first two InformationWeek Executive Boot Camps are scheduled for November 7 to 12, 1999 at the Doral Arrowwood, Westchester, New York, and March 5 to 10, 2000 in Northern California. InformationWeek will launch additional InformationWeek Executive Boot Camps in 2000. "IT education is about more than technology underpinnings," said Kosnik. "An integrated educational approach is the most effective solution to the IT labor shortage and the impact that it has on our economy." InformationWeek Executive Boot Camp is another initiative of the InformationWeek Education Continuum -- the umbrella philosophy that promotes, advocates and encourages IT education. Through a series of initiatives, the InformationWeek Education Continuum encourages students, teachers and professionals to explore and enhance their IT careers. InformationWeek also produces the InformationWeek Conference and InformationWeek Forums -- high-level, interactive, professional development events for IT executives and staffers. InformationWeek is launching an Adopt-a-School program underwritten by local corporations that help secondary and post-secondary schools use InformationWeek Magazine and InformationWeek Online as courseware during the school year. For additional information and underwriting opportunities, call Matt Avery, Business Development Manager, InformationWeek Events, at 781-487-7507 or email mavery@cmp.com. To register, go to http://www.informationweek.com/events. InformationWeek delivers news, strategies, analysis, product and technology information to people who manage technology in business. In addition to the weekly magazine, InformationWeek provides a system of information solutions for people who manage technology in business, including InformationWeek Online (http://www.informationweek.com/), the annual InformationWeek Conference for business and technology executives and InformationWeek Daily, an e-mail news service. CMP Media Inc. is the leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers, and users of technology worldwide. With its portfolio of newspapers, magazines, custom publishing, Internet products, research, consulting and conferences, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. On-line editions of the company's print publications, along with products and services created exclusively for the Internet, can be found on CMPnet at http://www.cmpnet.com/. Stanford Professional Education offers a wide range of courses for professionals who are preparing to take the next step in their careers, while contributing to the economic viability and effectiveness of their organizations. The courses are presented by internationally recognized faculty, industry leaders and visionaries who offer both business theory and practical strategies in an atmosphere infused with Silicon Valley's energy and Stanford's entrepreneurial spirit. S&S World Ventures Inc. develops high-quality interactive forums in both the commercial and social domains -- centered around issues and subjects in need of intense, informed discourse. The core of S&S World Ventures, its personnel and extended faculty, combine a passion for learning and provocative thought with practical experience and excellence in the development of individuals and organizations -- resulting in events and forums with the highest levels of personal and professional impact. 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