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 FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE INVESTORS,
ENTREPRENEURS AND TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVES FROM Initial
agenda and speaker list for invitation-only event now
available at www.futureforward.com BOSTON,
June 12, 2002 – Future Forward Events LLC, organizer of
the Future Forward and Nantucket Conferences, today
released the official agenda and speaker details for its
Future Forward 2002 conference. Future Forward, an
invitation-only event that brings together technology
executives, investors and entrepreneurs from throughout
New England for shared dialogue and networking, is being
held September 26-28, 2002 at the Cranwell Resort in
Lenox, MA. "Future
Forward exists to forge connections between those using
technology to build successful businesses. At Future
Forward, conference participants address new technologies,
market dynamics, and leadership – all with an explicit
New England focus. Future Forward is all about developing,
as a group, a view our region maintain and build upon its
reputation for technological innovation," said Shayne
Gilbert, co-chair of Future Forward 2002. Featured
speakers at this year’s event will include:
Topics
to be explored include:
The
complete Future Forward agenda and speaker list are
available online at http://www.futureforward.com/agenda.html.
All speaker and agenda items are subject to change. About
Future Forward Future
Forward is an invitation-only gathering where the
technology leaders of New England explore emerging
technologies and discuss the dynamics that affect
tech-oriented businesses. Created by the same group that
delivers the sold-out Nantucket Conference each year,
Future Forward exists to help make connections between
technology investors, executives, and innovators at
companies large and small. Members
of the Advisory Committee for Future Forward include
Elizabeth Altman, Vice President & Director of
Business Development at Motorola’s Personal
Communications Sector; Kristen Collins, Founder,
KMCpartners; Jesse Devitte, Chairman of Software
Association of New Hampshire and Managing Director of
Borealis Ventures; Stephen DiPietro, Partner at Deloitte
& Touche; Darryl Gehly, Vice President of Corporate
Development at Molecular; Matt Harris, Co-founder and CEO
of Village Ventures; Tom Hopcroft, President and Founder
of Mass eComm; Paul LeBlanc, President of Marlboro
College; Brenda Philips, Director of Commonwealth
Information Techology Initiative at UMASS; Alyssa Gilbert,
Vice President of Future Forward Events LLC; Scott Kirsner,
Contributing editor at Wired Magazine, Fast Company, and
the @large columnist for the Boston Globe; and Shayne
Gilbert, Founder of Silverweave and author of 90 Days to
Launch. Conference
sponsors include Deloitte & Touche, Molecular,
Nixon/Peabody, Boston.com/DigitalMass, Technology Review
and Interface Tech News. More
information about the Conference is available at http://www.futureforward.com. #
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