ADVISORY/Fourth Annual Nasdaq Biotech-Infotech Summitto be Held at UC Berkeley.

Business Editors/High-Tech & Health Writers

ADVISORY... for Sunday (June 25)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

"Into The 21st Century: Genomics and Beyond"

June 25-27, 2000

Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

What:

Members of the media are invited to the 4th Annual International Biotech-Infotech Summit, sponsored by the Nasdaq Stock Market and hosted by the Haas School of Business and the School of Public Health, UC Berkeley. The Summit will address what happens after the first draft of the human genome is completed -- an event expected to be announced any day now.

The key science of functional, or "systems," biology will be discussed by leaders in the field. The Summit will also address implications of the biotech revolution for health care, as well as some of its potential societal impacts. Several panels will investigate commercial biotech's business prospects as well as the current capital investment climate. For a complete agenda, directions, and media registration, please visit www.biotechsummit.com

    Who: Keynote speakers include:

--  Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Center for Systems Biology

--  Randy Scott, Ph.D., President and Chief Scientific Officer,
     Incyte Genomics

--  Bill Joy, Ph.D., Chief Scientist and Corporate Executive Officer,
     Sun Microsystems

--  David Kingsbury, Ph.D., chairman and CEO, Discovery Biosciences

--  Michael Hunkapiller, Ph.D., President, PE Biosystems

--  Carl Feldbaum, President, BIO (Biotech Industry Organization)

--  Steve Burrill, CEO, Burrill & Co.

--  Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, Administrator,
     Health Care Financing Administration (HFCA)

--  Susan Hellmann, M.D., Executive V.P. and Chief Medical Officer,
     Genentech

--  Edward Penhoet, Ph.D., Dean, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley

--  Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Ph.D., Dean, Haas School of Business,
     UC Berkeley

--  Gilbert S. Omenn, M.D., Ph.D., Exec. V.P. for Medical Affairs
     and CEO, University Health System, University of Michigan

--  Craig Taylor, General Partner, Alloy Ventures

--  Eric Roberts, Managing Director, Co-Head , Global Health Care,
     Lehman Brothers


When and Where: Begins Sunday, June 25

5:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m. Reception. Media are welcome -- Empire Room,
Claremont Resort, Spa & Tennis Club, Berkeley, CA. Followed by speech
by Bill Joy of Sun Microsystems.


Summit highlights:

Monday, May 8,  Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
8:30 a.m. Panel: Perfecting the Tools for the Biotech Revolution
1:15 p.m. Panel: Harnessing the Power of Genomic Discoveries
2:30 p.m. Panel: Market Trends and Investment Opportunities
4:00 p.m. Panel: Issues 2000: Biotech Policy in an Election Year
7:30 p.m. Evening Keynote: George Poste, D.V.M., Ph.D.
           "Genomics and Internet-Based Health Care:
            Key Drivers of Radical Change in Medicine"

Tuesday, June 27, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
8:30 a.m.  Panel: E-Health -Changing the Traditional World of Patient
            Care (Chair: Laura Tyson)
10:15 a.m. Breakout sessions: Individual company presentations:
            "Talking Genomics"
11:30 a.m. Panel: Biotech and Big Pharma Product Pipelines