Wednesday, May 17, 2000

08:00-09:00

Registration and Refreshments

09:00-09:15

Welcome and Introduction

09:15-10:00

Keynote: Innovative Leaders in Globalisation: The Framework
Scott Fraser, Executive Director, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

10:00-10:15

Refreshment Break

10:15-12:15

Plenary: Executive Management of a Global Organisation:
Corporate Governance and Responsibility
Rory Cowan, Chairman and CEO, LionBridge Technologies

12:15-14:00

Luncheon

14:00-16:00

International Growth Strategies: Strategy and Finance

Post-Industrial Global Growth Strategies Don DePalma, Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Idiom Technologies Capitalizing on Japan's E-Conomy: Taking US Products and Services Overseas Mark Mason, Senior Vice President of Global Strategy, Basis Technology Research Professor, Program in International Business, Georgetown University

16:00-18:00

Downtime

18:00-20:30

Reception and Dinner
Guest Speaker: Scott Meltzer, President, CI Group

Thursday, May 18, 2000

08:30-09:00

Refreshments

09:00-11:00

Global Marketing and Service: Marketing and Services
Introduction by Alex Pressman, President and CEO, Uniscape, Inc.

Making Marketing Global Tim Fallen-Bailey, Director, Global Products Group, Sybase, Inc. Nat Yogachandra , Worldwide Marketing Director, Digital Products Business, Eastman Kodak

11:00-11:15

Refreshments

11:15-12:00

How Global Are We? (Midpoint Recap)
Dr. Douglas-Val Ziegler, Sr. Director of Globalisation, Clarify Corporation
Michael G. McKenna, Globalisation Strategist, Sybase, Inc.

12:00-13:00

Luncheon

13:00-15:00

Distributed Operations and Technology Integration: Operations and Technology

Challenges of a Truly Global Development Organisation Toby Phipps, Globalisation Product Manager, PeopleSoft, Inc. Globalizing Team Communication Cathyann Swindlehurst , President, Cygnet International

15:00-15:15

Refreshments

15:15-17:15

Research and Development in a Small World: Research and Development

Global Development at Lotus Kevin Cavanaugh, Vice President, International Product Development, Lotus Development Corporation Global Development Processes at Xerox Raymond Rouse, President, Rouse Enterprises

Friday, May 19, 2000

08:30-09:00

Refreshments

09:00-11:00

Cross-Cultural Organisation and Human Resources Management: Human Resources Management

Women in International Business Tracey Wilen , Channels Management, Operations, Cisco Systems Inc. Doing Business Around the Globe Theodore Dale, Managing Director, Meridian Resources

11:00-11:15

Refreshments

11:15-12:00

How Global are We?
Dr. Douglas-Val Ziegler, Sr. Director of Globalisation, Clarify Corporation
Michael G. McKenna, Globalisation Strategist, Sybase, Inc.

12:00-12:15

Summary and Acknowledgements

12:15-13:15

Luncheon