Bestselling Author to Deliver National GeoData Forum Keynote.(Brief Article)

Reston, Va.-based GeoData Alliance announced Hal R. Varian, dean of the University of California--Berkeley's School of Information Management and Systems as well as co-author of the bestselling book on business strategy, Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy, will present the keynote address at the 2001 National GeoData Forum to be held Nov. 1-3, 2001, in Denver.

Varian, whose research currently focuses on the economics of information technology and the information economy, recently was identified by Business Week as one of the "25 Most Influential