Webinar to Focus on Best Practices in Standards Setting: First-of-its-kind Seminar on Best...

Business Editors/Legal Writers/High-Tech Writers

BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2004

Wednesday, March 3, 2004, 7:30 AM to Noon, Silicon Forest, Oregon,USA

Keynote: Winston Bumpus, Director of Software Standards at Dell, Inc.,

and President of the

Join Kavi Corporation; Preston Gates Ellis, LLP; 3 Public Communications ; AeA; and The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in a seminar on best practices for technology standards organizations on Wednesday, March 3, 2004 from 7:30 am to Noon, at the Greenwood Inn, Beaverton, Oregon, Silicon Forest USA.

A live Web seminar option will be available for those unable to attend in person. For more information, please visit: http://seminar.kavi.com.

Without global standards there are no global markets. Standards provide the basis for cooperation among industry participants and create the means to ensure interoperability among participant's products. The seminar will help you fully understand the risks and opportunities that standards organizations represent and describe the best practices necessary to successfully participate in and operate a standards consortium.

Seating is limited for the event.

The Speakers:

-- Keynote: Winston Bumpus, Director of Software Standards at

Dell, Inc., and President of the Distributed Management Task

Force

-- Legal Best Practices: Frank Curci, partner in the technology

standards practice at Preston Gates Ellis, LLP

-- Infrastructure and Operations Best Practices: John Keith,

President and CTO of Kavi Corporation

-- Best Practices in Compliance and Certification: Allen Brown,

CEO of The Open Group

What You'll Learn:

-- Why standards are important to large and small companies in

the technology industry

-- What are the trends in consortia formation and operation

-- What to look for when you consider joining a consortium

-- What are the legal issues facing consortia and participating

members

-- What kind of business and technology infrastructure does it

take to operate a standards consortium

-- How is compliance to a standard determined and how do

consortia certify interoperability

-- What are the economic considerations for consortia operations

and member company participation

Who Should Attend:

-- CEOs, CTOs and other executives

-- Current consortia members

-- Engineers and new product developers

-- Company attorneys

-- Researchers and other IP architects

-- Marketing and sales managers

Where:

The Greenwood Inn (Tentative Venue)

10700 SW Allen Boulevard

Beaverton, Oregon 97005

Phone: 503-643-7444

Cost:

$75 for AEA and IEEE members

$100 for non-members

For more information, please visit http://seminar.kavi.com