Leading International Companies Discuss Internet

Strategy for Finnish Business At 'Internet Suomi '99', Hosted byFirst Conferences HELSINKI, Finland (PROTEXT) - The most innovative and forwardthinking companies in Finland will head to Helsinki for theupcoming 'Internet Suomi '99' conference, hosted by FirstConferences -- http://www.firstconf.com/internet-suomi -- to hearspeakers from leading international companies discuss successfulstrategies for business in the digital era. Entire management teams from leading Finnish firms andsubsidiaries including ABB, Andersen Consulting, Canon Oy, EUnet,Ford, Fortum, ICL, Kone Oy, Nokia, Novo Group, Outokumpu, andUnilever are among delegates already attending the conference atthe Scandic Hotel Kalastajatorppa, September 22-24 1999. "The fact that several employees from single companies areattending Internet Suomi '99 underlines just how important theInternet has become to every sector of business today," saysWarren Palk, Conference Director, of First Conferences. The event features more than 30 senior level speakers fromrenowned companies around the world. These include Tekes,DoubleClick, Ogilvy One, Bokus.com, Merita, Sun Microsystems,Dell Computer Corporation, GEIS, Diesel, Nokia, KolumbusInternet, Sonera, Autobytel, Autonomy, Mobil Oil, SmithKlineBeecham, Cisco Systems, The Boeing Company and Nortel Networks. They will reveal how to keep up with the latest trends, whatcompanies need to do to stay one step ahead of the competition,and how to exploit the internet for their own commercial gain. The conference program is packed with case studies in whichkey industry figures show exactly how they have profited from theInternet. The two-day event will cover all aspects of InternetStrategy with dual conference streams. The first stream focuseson web development, marketing trends and business to consumer e-commerce, while the second focuses on corporate communicationsand business to business e-commerce. Practical workshops on the third day delve into hands-ondetail in the areas of Web development, IP telephony, Jini andJava technologies and the all important topic of creating e-business. Internet Suomi, sponsored by Sun Microsystems, NortelNetworks, Kolumbus Internet, Cisco Systems and Autonomy andheadlined by Helsingin Sanomat is the latest in the series ofworld leading 'Internet for Business Strategy' events developedby international conference company First Conferences Ltd. Itfollows hot on the heels of similar successful events in Norway,South Africa and the UK. For further information, contact: Warren Palk, Event director, First Conferences Email:

warren@firstconf.com Phone:

+44-171-400-9534, Fax: +44-171-400-9511 Web site: http://www.firstconf.com/internet-suomi otsOriginal Text Service: First Conferences Internet:http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Warren Palk, Event director,of First Conferences, +44-171-400-9534, or fax, +44-171-400-9511,or http://www.firstconf.com/internet-suomi Web site:http://www.firstconf.com http://www.firstconf.com/internet-suomi

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