CMP Media's InformationWeek to Host 2002 Fall Conference On Business Agility: Readiness and ResilienceConference Designed to Educate Business Technology Executives to be Poised to Respond Immediately to any Business Condition or OpportunityPRNewswire CMP Media's InformationWeek, the leading IT media brand, will host the InformationWeek Fall Conference, entitled Business Agility: Readiness and Resilience, September 22-25, 2002, at The Westin La Paloma Resort and Spa in Tucson, Arizona. The event program will explore the new issues raised by Collaborative Business, and will provide Business Technology Executives with a set of survival tactics to help their businesses survive in today's rapidly changing market and economic conditions. Business Agility: Readiness and Resilience is a three-and-a half-day conference that combines panel discussions, keynote speeches, and exclusive InformationWeek Research to offer unique insight into the value of collaboration and best practices for businesses to become more agile and adept in responding to today's business challenges. "Collaborative Business has brought much positive change to the business community, but it's making such swift gains across the industry, businesses must be prepared to respond," said Brian Gillooly, editor-in-chief, InformationWeek Events. "In the current economy, it is becoming much more critical for companies to be prepared to meet challenges and opportunities efficiently. The InformationWeek Fall Conference will offer an advantage to business technology professionals by providing the strategies they need to compete effectively in today's marketplace." The conference program consists of several varied panel discussions that will address critical issues that impact business technology professionals, such as: measuring IT value, global IT organization and governance, Collaborative Business agility, and IT innovation in today's economy. Moderators and panelists include leading business technology executives, editors, and industry luminaries such as: C.K. Prahalad, University of Michigan Professor of Business Administration; Jack Valenti, Chairman & CEO, Motion Picture Association; Eduardo M. Vital, Executive V.P. of IT Services and CIO, Ryder System; and Roy Dunbar, CIO of Eli Lilly. Actor and comedian, Bill Cosby, is also scheduled to entertain the attendees on Tuesday, September 24, at the gala dinner. The InformationWeek Fall Conference will bring together more than 500 business technology professionals and senior IT professionals. The conference is hosted by several leading organizations such as: APC, Avaya, CDW, Citrix Systems, Cognos, Informatica, Information Builders, Intel, Kintana, Kodak Document Imaging, Novell, Sapient, Sterling Commerce, Symantec, Tallan and Teradata, a division of NCR. For more information and a complete agenda for The Twelfth Annual InformationWeek Fall Conference, please visit http://www.informationweek.com/events/02fall. About InformationWeek InformationWeek helps more than 440,000 Business Technology Professionals who buy, build and manage technology drive business innovation powered by technology. In addition to the weekly magazine, InformationWeek provides a platform of information solutions including http://www.informationweek.com/, InformationWeek Research, InformationWeek Events, which includes the InformationWeek Conference for Business Technology Executives and the InformationWeek Daily, an e-mail news service. In November 2001, the leading IT media brand launched Optimize, an InformationWeek Resource for Business Technology Executives. In 2002, InformationWeek was consistently recognized for its commitment to excellence and innovation, receiving several of the industry's top media accolades including top spots in Technology Marketing's Influencers Report, the #1 ranking on Folio's annual list of top trade titles, as well as ASBPE's National Gold Awards for Best Series and Best Web Series. About CMP Media LLC CMP Media LLC (http://www.cmp.com/) is a leading integrated media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum-the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences, and custom publishing. Contact: Tricia Hoban PepperCom (212) 931-6171 thoban@peppercom.com SOURCE: CMP Media LLC CONTACT: Tricia Hoban of PepperCom, +1-212-931-6171, Web site: http://www.informationweek.com/ |