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• Provoking Actions
• Defining Agendas
• Predicting Trends
• Thinking Globally

"Over 70% of corporate leaders believe that the Internet Economy will radically reshape their business."

The advent of the Internet Economy is rapidly redefining the rules of the game across all industries, and right across the global marketplace. In particular it is placing a new emphasis on customer value, smart production and flexible pricing strategies, coupled with providing instant globalization of your industry. Threats from non-traditional competitors are increasing. Companies that can quickly implement innovative strategies will be the winners in the new competitive landscape.

"Business-to-business e-commerce will grow to an estimated $1.3 trillion by 2003."

The 1999 Chief Executive Officers Summit will focus on the strategies that ceos will need to implement to prepare their companies for the challenges and opportunities of the Internet Economy.

Who Will Be There?

CEOs, presidents, managing directors, and entrepreneurs from Fortune 500, Global 2000, Fast-Growth and leading Emerging Market Corporations.

A stimulating cross-fertilization of ideas is facilitated by bringing together a cross section of business leaders, young and established, from all over the world and all types of business including: Telecoms, IT, Energy, Utilities, Financial Services, Healthcare, Professional Services, Manufacturing, Media, Retail and FMCGs.

Honorary Chairman: George P. Shultz, former US Secretary of State

Confirmed speakers for the 1999 Summit include:

Marc Andreessen, CTO, Netscape Communications
Daniel Case, Chairman & CEO, Hambrecht & Quist Group
Domingo Cavallo, Congressman & President, Party Accion por la Republica, Argentina
Joyce Chang, Head of Emerging Markets Research, Merrill Lynch & Co.
Chris Gent, Chief Executive, Vodafone
G�ran Lindahl, CEO, ABB
Bill Joy, CTO, Sun Microsystems

Stimulating Format

The varied and dynamic program is designed to stimulate creative business thinking and informal networking among all the participants:

• Interactive panel debates on the critical issues of the day
• Focused roundtable ‘think-tank’ sessions on specific challenges for CEOs
• In-depth interviews with the world’s most successful corporate leaders
• Networking at the high profile Gala Dinner for Government Ministers and CEOs

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In Strategic Partnership with: MDC Systems

Panelists Include:
Robert McCue, President, MDC Systems
William Wheatley, Executive Vice-President, MDC Systems
C. Stephen Heard, Partner, Whitman Breed Abbot and Morgan
Naresh Mahtani, Partner, Alban, Tay, Mahtani & DeSilva
Jonathon Rosshandler, Partner, Nabarro Nathanson
Herbert Sears, Chairman, General Environment Corp.

ECAs and Multilaterals: How to Optimize ECA and Multilateral Participation in Your Projects in Order to Mobilize Private Capital

Panelists Include:
Adiwarman Idris, Private Sector Group, Asian Development Bank
Johan Bastin, Director: Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure, EBRD
Barbara O’Boyle, VP Project Finance, Export-Import Bank of the United States

Plus participation invited from: The World Bank, IFC, Coface, JEXIM, ECGD, EDC, HERMES, MIGA, IDB, AfDB, EIB, and CDC

Special Luncheon Address:
James Harmon, President & Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States

Project Finance:  Future Options for Capital Markets Financing, Project Finance and Local Finance for Infrastructure Projects

In Strategic Partnership with: Centre

Panelists Include:
Thomas Dickson, Chief Underwriting Officer, Centre
Jan Prins, Managing Director and Head of Special Industry and Project Finance, ABN AMRO Bank

Risk Management: Optimize Political and Currency Risk Mitigation and Insurance to Achieve Attractive Long-term Economics for YourProjects

5:00pm - 6:00pm
WEDC’99 Opening Keynote (Keynote Session 1):
ASSESSING THE IMPACTS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE GLOBAL INTERNET ECONOMY FOR YOUR BUSINESS

Speakers:
George P. Shultz, former US Secretary of State
Bill Joy, Chief Technology Officer, Sun Microsystems

Moderated by:
Consuelo Mack, Anchor CNBC

6:00pm - 7:30pm - Congress Welcoming Reception

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Speakers:
G�ran Lindahl, CEO, ABB (Asea Brown Boveri)
Stanley Fischer, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Joseph Stiglitz, Senior Vice President-Development Economics, and Chief Economist, The World Bank

Moderator:
Paul Steiger, Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal

10:00am - 10:30am Networking Break

10:30am - 10:40am
CEO Summit Opening Remarks

George P. Shultz, former US Secretary of State

10:40am - 12:00pm
Session A: Interactive Panel Discussion
External Factors Driving Change in Your Marketplace and Within Your Organization

Emerging Markets Risk: Assessing When Emerging Markets Will Recover and Which Ones Will Offer the Best Investment and Trade Potential

Consumer Demands: Strategies to Understand Your Consumers’ Habits and Demands to Create An Agile Corporate Model

Chris Gent, Chief Executive, Vodafone Group

Global Demand: Identifying Which Emerging Markets Will Be Key Drivers of Global Demand for Your Products and Services

Joyce Chang, Head of Emerging Markets Research, Merrill Lynch

e-Business: Examining the Economic of e-Business Within Your Industry

Daniel Case, Chairman & CEO, Hambrecht & Quist Group

New Technologies: Which Technologies will Revolutionize Business And How Will the Internet Create an Integrated Global Market for Your Products and Services?

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12:00pm – 12:30pm
Roundtable Think-Tank Session A:
Identifying and Prioritizing the External Factors that will Have the Most Impact on Your Industry

• Each roundtable think-tank will focus on a specific industry sector
• Results of these roundtables will be presented at the beginning of Session B

12:30pm – 2:00pm  Luncheon Address:
Effectively Utilize OPIC Support in Your Infrastructure Projects Plus an Update on New Policy and Infrastructure Finance Initiatives

George Mu�oz, President & CEO, OPIC

2:00pm - 3:20pm
Session B: Interactive Panel Discussion:
Changing Your Corporate Culture, Employee Behavior and Infrastructure to Stimulate Creativity and Profitability

Innovation at Enron: Identifying Success Factors in Fostering Innovation to Successfully Drive Growth and Manage Risks in a Global Corporation

Kenneth Lay, Chairman & CEO, Enron Corp.

Corporate Culture at Hewlett-Packard: Establishing a Results-Orientated Corporate Culture and Ensuring Employee and Customer Satisfaction

Ann Livermore, President & CEO, Enterprise Computing Solutions, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Managing Change at ABB: Effectively Restructuring a Traditional Multinational Industrial Group into an Agile and Competitive Knowledge-Based Player

G�ran Lindahl, CEO, ABB

Entrepreneurs & Ownership at Computer Associates: How to Get 11,000 Employees to Behave Like Entrepreneurs to Drive Innovation, Productivity and Cost Reductions and

Sanjay Kumar, President & COO, Computer Associates International

3:20pm – 4:15pm
Roundtable Think-Tank Session B:
Redesigning Your Corporate Culture and Infrastructure to Stimulate Growth and Increase Shareholder Value

• Each roundtable think-tank takes as its theme a specific area of corporate infrastructure and culture
• Results of these roundtables will be presented at the beginning of Session C

4:15pm - 4:30pm - Networking Break

In Strategic Partnership with Telcordia Technologies

Moderator:
Casimir Skrzypczak, Corporate Vice President and Group President, Professional Services, Telcordia Technologies

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Speakers:
Sir Peter Bonfield, Chief Executive, British Telecom
Kenneth Lay, Chairman & CEO, Enron Corp.

Moderator:
Robert Thomson, US Managing Editor, The Financial Times

9:30am - 10:00am - Networking Break

10:00am - 11:30am
Session C: Interactive Panel Discussion
Rethinking Your Core Business Processes to Increase Your Competitiveness in the Internet Economy

Smart Production Case Study: Creating Flexibility in Product Configuration and Packaging to Respond to Customer Demand

Thomas Stallkamp, President and Member of the Management Board, DaimlerChrysler

Building an e-Corporation Case Study: Critical Success Factors in Building an e-Commerce Company in Highly Competitive and Regulated Markets

Tom Pigott, CEO, Soma.com

Customer Service Case Study: Effectively Utilizing Technology to Provide Customized Products and Services While Simultaneously Opening Channels to New Customers

Christina Jones, President & COO, pcOrder.com

Supply Chain Management Case Study: Developing a Fully Integrated, Synchronized and Seamless Supply-Chain

Gregory Hawkins, CEO, BUY.COM

e-Business in Emerging Markets: Identifying the Potential for e-Business in China and Chinese-Speaking Communities

Edward Zeng, CEO, Unicom-Sparkice

11:30am - 12:00pm
Roundtable Think-Tank Session C
Rethinking Best Practice Strategies for Your Core Business Processes

• Each roundtable think-tank takes as its theme a specific business process
• Results of these roundtables will be presented at the beginning of Session D

12:00pm – 1:30pm Luncheon Address:
How to Effectively Utilize Multilateral Agency Support in Your Infrastructure Projects Plus an Update on New Policy and Infrastructure Finance Initiatives from EBRD

Charles Frank, First Vice-President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

1:30pm – 2:45pm
Session D: Getting the CFO, CTO, COO Perspectives
Implementing New Strategies in Your Organization to Drive Growth

This session will bring CEOS together with leading CFOs, COOs, and CTOs from the world’s leading corporations to plan solutions for implementing new business strategies that will harness the opportunities of the Internet economy.

Structuring Your Internal Organization to Enhance Your Connectivity and Responsiveness to Customers

John Alden, Vice Chairman, UPS

Examining New Guidelines on Corporate Governance and How They Impact Your Ability to Attract Institutional Investors

Charles Valdes, Chairman of the Investment Committee, CalPERS

• Corporate Culture and Infrastructure
• Re-Engineering Business Process and Knowledge Management
• Business Strategies in the Age of E-Business
• Fending Off the Invasion of Non-Traditional Competitors

2:45pm - 3:00pm
Conclusions & Recommendations for Action

3:00pm - 3:10pm - Networking Break

Lawrence Summers, Secretary, US Treasury

3:45pm - Close of Congress

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Joyce Chang

Christina Jones, Founder and President, pcOrder.com

Sanjay Kumar, President, Computer Associates International,   Inc.

Kenneth Lay, Chairman & CEO, Enron Corp.

Goran Lindahl, President & CEO, ABB Ltd

Ann Livermore, President & CEO,  Enterprise Computing Solutions, Hewlett-Packard

Thomas Pigott, Chief Executive Officer, Soma.com

George Shultz, former US Secretary of State, Bechtel Corporation

Thomas Stallkamp, President & Member of the Management Board, DaimlerChrysler Corporation

Charles Valdes, Chairman Investment Committee, CalPERS

Edward Zeng, Founder & CEO, China Unicom-Sparkice

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