ADVISORY/BusinessWeek to Hold ``Rethinking The Internet'' Conference on October 18-19, 2001...

News/Assignment Editors and High-Tech

ADVISORY...for Thursday (Oct. 18)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHO:    Topping the list of speakers are:

          --  Ross Bott, Venture Partner, Redpoint Ventures

          --  Ann Cairns, Vice President, Global e-Solutions Head,
            Citibank e-Business

          --  Barbara A. Claitman, e-Business Director, Commercial
            Aviation Services, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

          --  Larry Ellingson, Vice President, Information Systems,
            Alliance Airlines

          --  Tim Geiken, Vice President, Electronic Commerce, Corporate
            Marketing, United Parcel Service

          --  Mark T. Hogan, President, e-GM; Group Vice President,
            General Motors Corporation

          --  Edward J. Jopeck, Director, Security Analysis and Risk
            Management, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Veridian

          --  James M. Kalustian, Executive Vice President, Braun
            Consulting

          --  Shafiq Khan, Vice President, eCommerce, Marriott
            International, Inc.

          --  Eric Lien, Vice President, Global Marketing, SilverStream
            Software Inc.

          --  Fred R. Montoya, Vice President, Worldwide Logistics, Dell
            Computer Corporation

          --  Kenneth S. Price, President, Heritage Environmental
            Services, Inc.

          --  Michael J. Rowen, President, e-Commerce, Capital One
            Financial Corporation

          --  Carl Turza, General Manager, Grainger.com

          --  Hal Varian, Dean, School of Information Management and
            Systems; Professor, Economics, University of California,
            Berkeley

          --  Yoram (Jerry) Wind, Lauder Professor of Marketing;
            Director, SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management
            and Wharton Fellows Program, University of Pennsylvania

WHAT:   Despite the dot-com debacle, e-business is here to stay. Smart
        executives know that their companies still need a blueprint
        for going -- and staying -- digital, and have thus continued
        to forge ahead with aggressive e.biz initiatives, overhauling
        and fine-tuning their strategy to reflect the new realities.
        The conference's sessions -- which include highly interactive
        panels and discussion groups -- will feature senior executives
        who direct e.biz strategy at some of the nation's largest
        companies as well as an impressive mix of industry experts,
        academics and authors.

WHEN:   October 18-19, 2001

WHERE:  The Fairmont Hotel -- 200 North Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL
        60601, Tel: 312/565-8000, eMail: chicago@fairmont.com, Web:
        www.fairmont.com

TO OBTAIN A PRESS PASS or FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Please contact Christine Fountaine (Christine_Fountaine@Businessweek.com; 212-512-3121). For a detailed agenda and speaker list or for more information on BusinessWeek Events, go to http://conferences.businessweek.com/2001/ebizChicago/.