Plenary

Conference schedule may be subject to change. Demonstrations will be available for viewing throughout the day.
07:30	Registration and Continental Breakfast
08:45	Introduction Allen Brown, Senior Vice President, The Open Group
09:00	Keynote: Diversity - Reality and Management Dr. Alfred Spector, General Manager, IBM Transarc Software, IBM Corporation [Synopsis]
09:30	How we are succeeding with CORBA and Object Technology Wayne Haughey ,Information Technology Leader, AlliedSignal Engines’ Information Systems, AlliedSignal, Inc. [Synopsis]
10:00	Why we built our product around CORBA technology Miguel Garcia Vice President of Software Development, Cable News Network, Inc. (CNN) [Synopsis]
10:30	Coffee Break
11:00	Integrating IT for the Mature Enterprise: The Job of DCE Eliot Solomon, Senior Technical Director, Chair, Securities Industry Middleware Council (SIMC), Senior Technical Director, Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC) [Synopsis]
11:30	Interactive session (audience participation)
12:00	"Speaking as the representative of the DCE vendor community ..." James Curtin, President, Dascom, Inc. [Synopsis]
12:30	Lunch
14:00	Enterprise JavaBeans and RMI Bill Roth, Program Manager, Enterprise JavaBeans Technology, JavaSoftware, Sun Microsystems, Inc. [Synopsis]
14:30	Interactive session (audience participation)
15:00	Why we chose Java/RMI John Jacobs, Manager Retailer and Field Information Systems, Saab Cars, USA, Saab USA [Synopsis]
15:30	Coffee Break
16:00	Collaborative Transactions: Business-friendly Applications for the Next Millenium John Tibbetts, President, Kinexis, Inc. [Synopsis]
16:30	"COM"ing to a Conclusion on Middleware Frank Hayes Software Engineering Senior Manager, Compaq [Synopsis]
17:00	The Open Group Technical Vision How standards led to the development of brands, that prevents market fragmentation, guarantees interoperability, and contributes to the establishment of IT DialTone™. Mike Lambert, Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, The Open Group
17:30	Welcome Joseph De Feo, President and CEO, The Open Group
18:00	Post Conference Cocktail Hour View vendor displays and unwind with cocktails