ADVISORY/How Will the Internet Impact California's Economic Future? The UCLA Anderson Forecast, Monday, Dec. 11, 2000, Will Focus on the Internet's Impact in the Coming Decade

Business Wire, Nov 8, 2000

Business/Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...for Monday (Dec. 11)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:   The 49th annual UCLA Anderson Business Forecast Conference
        will explore the impact of the Internet on the economic future
        of the U.S., California and Los Angeles. In addition to
        providing the customary long-term economic outlook for the
        nation and for California, the conference will also try to
        capture the social, cultural economic changes wrought by the
        Internet through a series of panels led by the nation's most
        influential authorities. UCLA computer science professor
        Leonard Kleinrock and Jeffrey Cole, director of the UCLA
        Center for Communication Policy, are speakers.

        THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR U.S. AND CALIFORNIA
    --  Edward Learner, director, The Anderson Business Forecast
    --  Tom Lieser, senior economist, The Anderson Business Forecast
    --  Mark Schniepp, director, California Economic Forecast Project

       HOW THE INTERNET IS CHANGING YOUR LIFE
   --  Jeffrey Cole, director, UCLA Center for Communication Policy

       KEYNOTE ADDRESS: HOW THE INTERNET IS CHANGING ITSELF
   --  Leonard Kleinrock, professor, UCLA Computer Science Department

        HOW THE INTERNET IS CHANGING ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY
   --   Duke Bristow, associate researcher, The Price Center for
        Entrepreneurial Studies
   --   Alfred Osborne, director, The Price Center for Entrepreneurial
        Studies

        HOW THE INTERNET IS CHANGING BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS SUPPLY CHAIN
    --  Uday Karmarkar, director, Center for Management in the
        Information Economy
    --  Walter McManus, executive director, Global Forecasting, J.D.
        Power and Associates

    HOW THE INTERNET IS CHANGING BUSINESS-TO-CONSUMER PRODUCT DELIVERY
    -- Bruce Willison, Dean of The Anderson School
    -- Dominique Hanssens, professor of marketing, The Anderson School
    -- Jamey Place, Chief of E-Commerce, Mellon Bank

WHERE: The Anderson School at UCLA
       Korn Convocation Hall

WHEN: Monday, Dec. 11, 2000
      9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

COST: $350 registration fee.

MEDIA CONTACT: Kimberly Lisella, 310/206-7707

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PLEASE CONTACT: Winnie Ocean, Business
Forecasting Office, 310/206-1495