Business Strategies Leveraging the Next-Generation Internet

Wednesday, November 3, 1999

The Norris Center (McCormick Auditorium)

Evanston, Illinois

 

8:30am
REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Enhancing Customer Relations
9:00am The Communication Systems Program and iCAIR:
Joining Forces for this Inaugural Forum
James S. Ettema, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Communication Studies

9:15am E-Commerce for the 21st Century

Presentation: Business Strategies and the Next Generation Internet: E-Commerce, the Digital Economy, and Advanced Communications

Joel J. Mambretti, Director

Northwestern University’s International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR)

9:30am Barnesandnoble.com
Strengthening Customer Relationships: From a Brick & Mortar "Place" to Internet "Space"

Presentation: Customer Relationship Management The Search for a Gestalt

Ms. Patricia Campbell

Vice President of Interactive Marketing

9:55am Starbelly.com
Customization, Personalization, and the Value Proposition
Mr. Brad Keywell

Founder & CEO

10:10am Perspective: Marketing Strategies in an Internet World

Presentation: Marketing Strategies in an Internet World

Paul Wang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Marketing Communications

10:25am
BREAK
Optimizing Enterprise Resources
10:40am Cisco Systems
Our Other Success Story: Internal Resource Management via Internet Technology

Presentation: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Internet Business Solutions

Mr. David Collins

Regional Manager

11:10am Perspective: Towards a Parallel World Gerald Hoffman, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Science

11:35am Managing Change: The Human Element Michael E. Roloff, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Communication Studies

12:00 noon
LUNCH
Adding Value to Supplier Relations
1:00pm Keynote Presentation: IBM
E-Business and the Value Chain
Mr. John Patrick

Vice President, Internet Strategy

2:00pm ANX
Business-to-Business: An Electronic Supply Chain

Presentation: Automotive Network eXchange® (ANX®) Status, Vision, and Directions

Mr. Dennis Kirchoff

Global Electronic Communications, Ford Motor Company

2:30pm Perspective: Cooperation in a Competitive Setting Steven S. Wildman, PhD.

Visiting Scholar and Director from MSU's Quello Center for Telecommunications Management and Law

3:00pm
BREAK
3:15pm Perspective: "UN"-Disintermediation Gerald Hoffman
4:00pm E-Commerce, the Value Chain, and Corporate Strategy THE COMING TSUNAMI Joel J. Mambretti
4:30pm
COCKTAIL RECEPTION