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Climbing over hyperbole is one of the biggest obstacles confronting IT managers today as they select enterprise wireless solutions. Future Forum 2004, Technology Managers Forum's fifth annual conference on wireless technology, is a must-attend event for the corporate IT manager seeking to effectively implement and manage the exciting, but frequently confusing array of wireless devices and applications for the enterprise.
REAL-WORLD CASE STUDIES
The reality of mobile commerce is that once again, IT organizations must design and support applications for a user whose requirements are unknown and for whom the access points are uncharted. Future Forum 2004 speakers will feature IT managers from Fortune 500 companies. Speakers will share their experience about how competing global standards and disparate networks are impacting IT decisions about everything from infrastructure to how we select business partners.

ATTENDANCE BY INVITATION ONLY
What sets Technology Managers Forum events apart? First and foremost, we are a professional association for IT managers at mid-to-large firms. Our agendas are developed with the help of our members and aim to address specifically the concerns of the corporate IT manager. In addition, all of our events are by-invitation-only, and are open only to members or invited guests. See our requirements for attendance section below for more on who is eligible to attend our events. Also, no press is allowed at our events, ensuring free and uncensored discourse among speakers and attendees.
If you meet our requirements for attendance, apply for an invitation to attend below.

Future Forum 2004: Wireless Strategies for the Enterprise will have four Corporate Challenge panel discussions where IT managers and vendors will debate technologies and their effectiveness as solutions for the enterprise. In our two keynote addresses, industry experts will demonstrate effective strategies in the form of case studies.
Date: Thursday, March 25, 2004
Time: 8:30AM—3:45 PM
Location: Bridgewaters conference center, 11 Fulton Street, South Street Seaport, New York City
Click here for directions.

Agenda: (more speaker names TBA--please check back daily)
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast: Exhibits

9:30 - 10:00 MORNING KEYNOTE: Getting Into It: Wireless Access for Your Infrastructure
Traver Gruen-Kennedy, Vice President and Chief Evangelist, Citrix Systems

10:00 - 10:45 CORPORATE CHALLENGE: Still Struggling with Converged Devices: Enterprise Policy vs. Personal Productivity
Moderator: Priscilla Tate, Executive Director, Technology Managers Forum
Panelists:
Carlos Recalde, Executive Director Tech. Americas, KPMG
James Le Mon, Vice President Enterprise Technology Solutions, JP Morgan Chase
James Yeomans, Senior Manager, Data Solutions Engineering Group, Nextel

10:45 - 11:15 Morning Break: Exhibits

11:15 – 12:00 CORPORATE CHALLENGE: Pandora’s Hot Spot: Managing the Occasionally Connected
Moderator: Priscilla Tate, Executive Director, Technology Managers Forum
Panelists:
Jeff Brody, Director Technology & Communications, Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Thomas Ternquist, Manager Commercial Wireless, Port Authority of NY & NJ
Pat Zinno, Director of Communications, Atlantic Health System
Jeff Fisher, Sales Engineering Manager, Softricity
Rob Leach, Manager, Mobility Solutions Marketing, Intel Corporation

12:00 - 12:30 Exhibits

12:30-1:45 PM LUNCH & KEYNOTE: Mobilizing the Enterprise: Case Studies in Extending Business Applications
Jeff Warner, Mobile Consulting Manager, Extended Systems

1:45- 2:15 Exhibits

2:15– 3:00 CORPORATE CHALLENGE: Securing Wireless LANS: When the World is Your Perimeter
Moderator: Priscilla Tate, Executive Director, Technology Managers Forum
Panelists:
Lou Gibaldi, VP Technology Risk Management, JP Morgan Chase
Brian Gibson, VP Network Infrastrcuture, Ryan Beck & Co.
Gabriele Tiberia, Director of Technical Services, AutoOne Insurance
Phil Carter, Area Sales Director, Mobility, New York Metro Area, Cisco Systems

3:00–3:45 Networking Reception & Drawings
Reception of coffee, soda and sweets. Prizes include: Apple iPOD Mini, Radica 20Q games, and B&N gift certificates, courtesy of Technology Managers Forum; HP iPAQ Pocket PC 2215, courtesy of Extended Systems; portable DVD player, courtesy of Citrix Systems; Linksys Wireless Access Point (home use) courtesy of Cisco Systems; 1 AirCard, courtesy of Sierra Wireless; portable DVD player, courtesy of Legra Systems; digital camera, courtesy of Softricity; Nextel/Blackberry and long-life battery, courtesy of Nextel; a copy of Funk Software's Wireless LAN Security software Odyssey (valued at $2,500 USD), courtesy Funk Software.

Gold Sponsors
Citrix Systems	Extended Systems
Silver Sponsors
Cisco Systems	Intel
Nextel	Softricity
Bronze Sponsors
Aruba Networks	Funk Software
Good Technology	Legra Systems
Meru Networks	Sierra Wireless
Vienna Channels

Afzal Khan, Sr. Information Security Analyst, Alliance Capital Management
Joseph Lambert, AVP Network Engineering, Citigroup
James Le Mon, Vice President, JP Morgan Chase
Brian Heery, Mgr. Mobile & Remote Access Technology, Goldman Sachs
David Walter, Manager, Personal & Pervasive Technology, Prudential Financial

REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL ATTENDANCE
You must meet one of the following two criteria to attend. Technology Managers Forum reserves the right to decline any registrant it deems ineligible to attend.

IT MANAGERS, SENIOR LEVEL END-USERS, AT MID-TO LARGE COMPANIES: Attendance at our events is restricted to corporate IT managers actively managing some aspect of technology at a company earning $200 million in gross annual revenue, with at least 200 users. Individual registrants may NOT be press, educators, students, vendors (see note to vendors below), consultants, or anyone not actively managing some aspect of technology at a their company.
TECHNOLOGY MANAGERS FORUM MEMBERS:Technology Managers Forum members (membership subject to approval by Technology Managers Forum) may attend and bring guests, subject to approval by Technology Managers Forum.

HOW DO I APPLY FOR AN INVITATION?

Please apply to attend this event by filling out the registration page on the website. We will let you know the status of your registration within two days.
Or call at 212-787-1122, or email our membership director Victoria Adams at vadams@techforum.com to inquire about registration if you wish to know immediately if you qualify.

NOTE TO VENDORS: Vendor companies must sponsor an event in order to attend. Vendor companies are those companies who would potentially sell their products or services to our attendees. No vendor company employees may attend our events individually. If you are a vendor or consulting firm, call us at 212-787-1122; email our executive director Priscilla Tate at ptate@techforum.com, or inquire online about sponsorship, exhibit, and speaking opportunities. Vendor representatives, i.e. IT managers, for companies that sell their products or services to IT managers, even if they meet the above criteria, are NOT eligible for attendance at Technology Managers events.

ONLY PRE-APPROVED GUESTS MAY ATTEND TECHNOLOGY MANAGERS FORUM EVENTS. WALK-IN REGISTRATIONS FROM NON-MEMBERS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

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