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World Congress on Information Technology 2006

“The Digital Life – Unleashing Human Potential”Presentation to WITSA

Steering CommitteeMay 5, 2005

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WCIT 2006 – 3 Days in May

• Day 3-5 – World Congress on IT (WCIT)

Focus on Technology in the society of the 21st Century

Keynote and General Sessions

Business, government and academia involved

True International Participation

Speakers, panels and interviews

Extensive opportunities for social gathering with peers

Novel technologies

• ‘Wall of Information’ – Wireless gone mad

• ‘Star Wars’ presentations

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WCIT 2006 Sample Program Areas

• Wireless Standards and Mobility

• Intellectual Property

• Security – Privacy and Piracy

• Healthcare

• Energy

• Open Source

• Education

• Transportation

• Media & Entertainment

• The Environment

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Speakers

• We will have around 115 speakers for the WCIT event• They will be organized as:

1 “Marquee” speaker 6 ‘Keynote’ speakers 33 General Session speakers ~ 75 additional speakers for a series of parallel sessions

addressing subsets of the Congress• The ‘mix’ of speakers will approximate the mix of the

delegates: 70% Business 20% Government 10% Academia

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WCIT 2006 Confirmed US Business Speakers

• Michael Dell, Chairman, Dell

• John Thompson, CEO, Symantec

• Hector Ruiz, CEO, AMD

• John Chen, Chairman, CEO and President, Sybase

• Anne Mulcahy, Chairman & CEO, Xerox

• Michael Capellas, CEO, MCI

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Entertainment Events and Locations

• The Oasis – Drinks, dinner and live music• Golf Tournament – Barton Creek• Dead Man’s Hand Poker Tournament –

Driskill Hotel – proceeds to charity• Casino Night – Driskill Hotel• Austin City Limits – ‘Texas Swing’• A Taste of Texas – Bob Bullock Museum• ‘Geek Fest’ – La Zona Rosa –Battle of the

High Tech bands• Cinco de Mayo celebration – Auditorium

Shore• 6th Street – ‘You’re on your own!!’

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WCIT 2006 Marketing

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WE NEED WITSA HELP• WITSA Organizations are our PRIMARY point of contact

to Delegates• We intend to travel to at least the top 10 countries (by

number of projected delegates) We need your help with direct emails We need you to identify our audiences for presentations We need you to set up ‘special events’ surrounding our

visits

• We need your recommendation as to ‘group’ WITSA meetings and which ones we should attend

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Profile of Target Sponsors

• $100K + Sponsors

• Influential / Semi-Anchor Sponsors

• Industry Service Categories• Services• Software• Hardware• Government / Military• Affinity• Aerospace / Defense• Energy / Utilities• Financial Institutions

• Top 5 – 10 in Industry

• Geographic Focus

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Our Sponsorship Development Team

• Ben Bentzin – CEO

• Donna Wilcox – VP, Operations & Business Development

• Ainsley Williams – Director, Corporate Development

• Steve Levin – The Van Heyst Group

• Peter Johnson – The Van Heyst Group

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Call to Action

• Submit Company Name and Contact Information (name, title, phone number, e-mail address) to WCIT 2006

Ainsley Williams, awilliams@wcit2006.org

OR

• Complete sponsorship form on website, www.wcit2006.org

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Partial List of WCIT 2006 Sponsors

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World Congress on Information Technology 2006

“The Digital Life – Unleashing Human Potential”