Business Software Alliance to Unveil CEO Survey, Industry White Paper at 2003 Global Tech Summit 10/7/2003
From: Jeri Clausing of the Business Software Alliance, 202-530-5127 or jeric@bsa.org; Doug McGinn, 202-715-1558 or doug.mcginn@dittus.com News Advisory: -- Leading technology executives to provide insights and expectations on next wave of innovation The Business Software Alliance (BSA) will release a CEO survey and white paper on the future of technology during a panel dialogue with leading software CEOs at Global Tech Summit 2003 on Thursday, Oct. 9. The research, conducted for BSA by the global research firm IDC, will be discussed during the Summit's first panel, which will be moderated by CNN anchor Lou Dobbs. The paper, Enabling Tomorrow's Innovations, highlights the visions of the nation's leading technology CEOs on the next wave of breakthrough innovations, the benefits they will deliver, the challenges they may face, and the concrete steps that businesses and governments must take to unleash their potential. WHO: Business Software Alliance WHAT: BSA CEO Survey and IDC White Paper: Enabling Tomorrow's Innovations WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 9 at 9 a.m. (EDT) WHERE: 2003 Global Tech Summit ( http://www.globaltechsummit.net/ ); Atlantic Studios, 950 Massachusetts Ave, N.W., Washington, D.C. Global Tech Summit 2003 serves as a preeminent gathering of the world's leading thinkers to examine new ideas and the promises -- and challenges -- of advancing the networked economy. Global leaders set to join BSA member company CEOs include historian and BBC-PBS commentator James Burke, CNN anchor Lou Dobbs, Intel chairman of the board Andy Grove, inventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and many others. The invitation-only Summit will take place on Thursday, Oct. 9 in Washington, D.C. For additional information, or to register, please visit http://www.globaltechsummit.net. ------ The Business Software Alliance ( http://www.bsa.org ) is the foremost organization dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world. BSA is the voice of the world's commercial software industry and its hardware partners before governments and in the international marketplace. Its members represent one of the fastest growing industries in the world. BSA programs foster technology innovation through education and policy initiatives that promote copyright protection, cyber security, trade and e-commerce. BSA members include Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Avid, Bentley Systems, Borland, Cisco Systems, CNC Software/Mastercam, Entrust, HP, IBM, Intel, Internet Security Systems, Intuit, Macromedia, Microsoft, Network Associates, Novell, PeopleSoft, RSA Security, Sybase and Symantec. | |