[PLUG] Feb 25: Open Source Panel at the Wharton Tech Conference! (fwd)

["Michael C. Toren" <mct@toren.net>]

Not free; Students $40, Professionals $70

-mct

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From: "Sokolenko, Serhii" <serhiis@wharton.upenn.edu>
To: mct@toren.net, chrish@trilug.org, jeff@purple.com
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 05:06:41 -0500
Subject: Feb 25: Open Source Panel at the Wharton Tech Conference!

Hi,
 
I would appreciate if you could alert the members of the Philadelphia LUG
of the upcoming Wharton Tech Conference and especially the speakers on the
Open Source Panel. 
 
Thanks!
Serhii Sokolenko, WTC Co-Chair
 
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Dear Linux User Group members,

I want to call your attention to the Wharton Technology Conference taking
place on February 25th, 2005 in Philadelphia. The conference is a one day
event with 9 different technology-related panels with keynote speakers.
One of the panels is the Open Source panel which will feature these
exiting speakers from the open source community:

"Open source for the consumer: ready for primetime?"
- Kevin Bedell, Director Training & Consulting Services, Black Duck
  Software
- Greg Bildson, CTO, Lime Wire
- JP Finnell, Director Solutions Department, Novell
- Anthony Long, NA Marketing Contact, OpenOffice.org
- Simon Phipps, Chief Technology Evangelist, Sun Microsystems
- Bill Weinberg, Open Source Architecture Specialist and Linux Evangelist,
  OSDL
- David Ritter, Vice President and Director, The Boston Consulting Group
  (Panel Moderator)

Here is the full information for the entire conference with some
logistical information and directions. We hope to see you there!

Wharton Technology Conference 2005
"Innovating for the masses: the new wave of technology adoption"

DATE/LOCATION
February 25, 2005  (8:30-6:00)
Pennsylvania Convention Center
12th and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.whartontechconference.com

Prices: Students $40 / Professionals $70
Register Today: http://www.wgastore.com/tech.html

DESCRIPTION
Each year, 500 industry professionals, students and executives gather to
discuss the latest in the business of technology. This year, under the
theme "Innovating for the masses: the new wave of technology adoption",
we will explore the crossroads of the technology, media and communication
industries as they seek to overcome maturity and find growth through
convergent technologies that enable innovative business models for mass
markets.

KEYNOTES
http://www.whartontechconference.com/keynotes.php

Lou D'Ambrosio, Group VP Sales, Channels & Marketing, Avaya Ron Garriques,
Executive VP & President, Personal Communications Sector, Motorola Jeff
Weiner, Senior VP, Search & Marketplace, Yahoo!

PANELS

+++ Technologies
Communications - "VOIP: Who will be your next Ma Bell?"
Nanotechnology - "Emerging Nanotechnologies: Off the starting-blocks?"
Digital Media - "In Search of the Killer App - Converging to the Mainstream"

+++ Business Models and Techniques
Open Source - "Open source for the consumer: ready for primetime?"
Venture Capital - "Innovation opportunities in light of the proliferation of broadband access and sophisticated,
convergence-driven device designs"
Entrepreneurship - "Dos and Don'ts of a technology startup: a post dot.com perspective"
Technology Marketing - "Emerging Marketing Techniques to Best Position Your Company"
Buying Technology - "Build, Buy, or Borrow: When Technology Companies Come Together As One"
Small and Medium Businesses - "IT Solutions for the SMB Customer: Capturing an Elusive Market"

Visit http://www.whartontechconference.com/ for full details and mark February 25th in your calendar today!

Serhii Sokolenko
Co-Chair, Wharton Technology Conference

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