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March 8 conference to focus on global e-business and "Getting It Done"
Feb. 14, 2001
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Global Business Information Network at Indiana University will present a conference on March 8 for businesses that are looking to understand the new challenges and opportunities offered by e-commerce.
The conference, "Global E-Business: Getting It Done," will be from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Sagamore Ballroom of the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis. The program is a new follow-up to the 55th annual conference of the IU Kelley School of Business at the Convention Center a day earlier.
The GBIN conference will feature the following speakers and topics:
• Todd Spencer, e-commerce principal for the U.S. Central Region of IBM Global Services, who focuses on the design and delivery of enterprise e-commerce and e-marketplace solutions. Spencer has more than 20 years of consulting and application delivery experience spanning manufacturing, distribution and financial environments, including leading consulting roles in strategic systems planning, business re-engineering, and IT solution delivery efforts.
Spencer's presentation will address the challenges and critical success factors for competing in an e-business world, including reasons why it should be a strategic management priority, the emergence of e-marketplaces and new business alliances, and how e-business cultures can be established in most companies.
• David Williams Russell, a partner in the Indianapolis law firm of Bose, McKinney & Evans. Russell chairs the firm's International Practice Group and concentrates his practice in the area of complex international and domestic business transactions including Internet and Cyberspace Law and Electronic Commerce, among other fields of specialization.
His presentation will address global Internet law, including the differences between U.S. and European laws concerning individual rights to privacy and the ownership of knowledge.
• Bradley C. Wheeler, associate professor of information systems in the Kelley School. He teaches the MBA core course in e-business and teaches many executive education programs in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.
Wheeler's presentation will address how firms can accelerate their e-business initiatives, including those involving dramatic shifts in strategic thinking and planning. He also will discuss the e-business challenges and long-held assumptions that enable and constrain management action.
• Alan P. Amling, director of electronic commerce for United Parcel Service and the conference's keynote speaker. He is responsible for the marketing activities of UPS e-commerce solutions, which seeks to provide solutions through the formation of strategic alliances with Internet commerce leaders and the development of new technologies. UPS delivers more than half of all goods sold over the Internet during the holiday season, as well as the tools for "e-tailers" to manage fulfillment and supply chains.
Amling's presentation will address how firms can evaluate their e-logistics strategy, including the integration of e-commerce into traditional bricks and mortar businesses. He also will discuss supply chain transformation and the new forms of competition and models challenging companies' existing supply chains, the linkage between e-commerce and globalization, and the barriers to global e-commerce.
GBIN is a center within IU's Kelley School of Business whose mission is to help companies, non-profit organizations and government agencies succeed in the global economy by gathering and analyzing information on international markets and global trade.
The cost of the conference is $110 per person until Thursday (Feb. 15) and $125 per person afterward. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. Information and online registration can be obtained at GBIN's Web site at http://www.gbin.org or by contacting Beth Quevli at 812-855-6338 or equevli@indiana.edu
(George Vlahakis, 812-855-0846, gvlahaki@indiana.edu)