We are pleased to announce that Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO of General Electric Company (and living legend!) will keynote the Sixth Annual BusinessWeek Conference on the Digital Economy, taking place December 6-7 in San Francisco.  In the candid style that is his trademark, Mr. Welch will engage in an unscripted, exclusive conversation with John A. Byrne, senior writer for BusinessWeek and collaborator on Welch's new best-seller Jack: Straight from the Gut.

BusinessWeek online subscribers who register for this special event by November 16, 2001, will receive a special rate of $1,550, $200 off of the regular program fee ($1,750). Please enter DGT-BWL in the "Other Priority Code" field on the registration form to ensure your savings.

To register NOW or for a complete listing of speakers and program details go to http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a14110a44951a63653009a0

Presented each year in conjunction with Hewlett-Packard, the Digital Economy Conference has established itself as a premiere annual gathering of the technology elite, and has featured the likes of Steve Jobs, Jim Barksdale, Jeff Bezos, Meg Whitman, Bob Metcalf, Mark Cuban and Linus Torvalds...in many cases, long before they were household names!

This year's Digital Economy Conference will again bring a dynamic delegation from all industries to explore best practices for achieving innovation and immediate ROI through the power of the Collaborate Enterprise. Participants will be briefed on the extraordinary economies that technology-forward companies are achieving by "working as one" over the Web.  By connecting with customers, suppliers and partners in new ways - both wired and wireless - these new Collaborative Enterprises are radically redefining business processes and creating new value propositions.

In addition to the business sessions, the conference will feature a special address by The Honorable James A. Baker, III, former U.S. Secretary of State (1989 - 1992) and former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1985 - 1988). A key strategist in the post-Cold War era, Mr. Baker will offer his informed perspective on U.S. response to the ongoing threat of global terrorism. His remarks, entitled Moving Forward: What's America's Role in the World? are not to be missed.

Joining Digital Economy's elite speaker roster in 2001:

Michael Aguilar, President and COO, Panasonic Company National 
Marc Andreessen, Chairman and Cofounder, Loudcloud
Bill Bass, Senior Vice President, E-Commerce and International, Lands' End, Inc. 
Joseph Baylock, Group Vice President, Gartner Inc.
Daeje Chin, President and CEO, Digital Media System Business, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Bruce Chizen, President and CEO, Adobe
Eric K. Clemons, Professor of Information, Strategy, and Economics, The Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania 
Lisa J. Colnett, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Process Management, and CIO, Celestica Inc. 
Craig Conway, President and CEO, PeopleSoft, Inc. 
Bob Crowley, President and CEO, Bowstreet
Richard A. DeMillo, Vice President and CTO, Hewlett-Packard Company 
James Hamilton, President, Efficient Networks Inc. 
James E. Heppelmann, Chief Technology Officer and EVP, Software Products, PTC
Konrad Hilbers, Chief Executive Officer, Napster, Inc.
David House, President, CEO, and Chairman, Allegro Networks
John Jordan, Principal, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young 
Raymond Kelly, Former NYPD Commissioner; Senior Managing Director, Global Security, Bear Stearns 
Raymond C.  Kurzweil, Author, The Age of Spiritual Machines 
Daniel O. Leemon, Executive Vice President and CSO, The Charles Schwab Corporation 
Elias Levy, Cofounder and CTO, Security Focus
Webb McKinney, President, Business Customer Organization, and HP-Compaq Merger Integration Manager, Hewlett-Packard Company 
Mike Micucci, Vice President, Solutions Strategy, Commerce One
Lars Nyberg, Chairman and CEO, NCR Corporation 
Robert W. Shaner, President, Wireless Operations, Cingular Wireless
Pradeep Sindhu, Vice Chairman, CTO, and Founder, Juniper Networks, Inc. 
Carl Yankowski, Chief Executive Officer, Palm, Inc.

A much-needed and deserved dose of comic relief will be provided for Digital Economy participants by the irrepressible Martin Short and "The Second City" Comedy Improv Group. Join us for an evening of uproarious entertainment, hilarious impressions and sidesplitting skits.

Don't forget to reserve your space online by November 16th to receive the special rate of $1,550.  Please enter DGT-BWL in the "Other Priority Code" field on the registration form to ensure your savings.  

To register or for a complete listing of speakers and program details go to http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a14110a44951a63653009a0

Email: digital2001@businessweek.com Phone: 212-512-2184.






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