ADVISORY/ IDG's Industry Standard Hosts First Boston 'Rooftop Party' for Leaders of Region's Internet Economy

Business Wire, July 27, 2000

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ADVISORY...for Thursday (July 27)

    What: IDG's The Industry Standard magazine, the essential source
for business intelligence on the Internet Economy, presents the first
Boston "Rooftop Party" at the new United States Federal Courthouse on
Thursday, July 27. This invitation-only event is sponsored by
Hewlett-Packard and Banana Republic.

Since their inception in San Francisco more than two years ago,
The Standard's Rooftop(TM) parties have proven to be a successful tool
to bring together a community of senior-level Internet professionals
in a dynamic networking environment.

Boston represents a key region on the Internet Economy map -- an
important high-tech hub and an advantageous location to reach the
movers-and-shakers shaping the region's economy. More than 700
attendees are expected, including those who run leading Internet
companies, as well as those who are financing Internet startups,
serving the Internet industry or heading up major Internet initiatives
for traditional companies.

   When: Thursday, July 27, 2000 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

   Where: The new United States Federal Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Way,
on Boston's Fan Pier.