PLANET2000 Keynote to be Given by HP's Fiorina; Strategic B2B Industry Conference Scheduled for Oct. 8-11 in San Diego.

Business Editors

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2000

PLANET(R)2000 today announced that Carly Fiorina, president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Company, will deliver the keynote address at the PLANET2000 conference in San Diego, Monday, Oct. 9.

PLANET is a leadership forum for The New Economy, bringing together more than 7,000 industry decision makers committed to gaining a competitive advantage. PLANET is scheduled for Oct. 8-11 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego.

"We are thrilled to welcome Carly as our keynote speaker for PLANET2000," said PLANET chairperson Jennifer Tejada. "She is a dynamic leader and industry visionary whose leadership at HP and in the technology field are making headlines worldwide. We believe her address will be a highlight of this year's event."

Fiorina, who took over leadership of HP in July of 1999, is committed to, "Making HP the company that makes the Internet work for customers." She built a reputation for marketing and customer relations savvy while at AT&T. In 1996 she led Lucent's initial public offering (IPO) and spin-off form AT&T (one of the largest and most successful IPOs ever) and became president of Lucent's $19 billion Global Service Provider division

About PLANET

PLANET(R)2000 San Diego, is a strategic business-to-business conference bringing together more than 7,000 industry decision makers committed to gaining a competitive advantage in The New Economy. Sponsors include Andersen Consulting, Ariba, Compaq, CSC, Deloitte Consulting, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Siebel, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sun Microsystems, TradeMatrix, and i2. PLANET is scheduled for Oct. 8-11 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. To learn more, visit our Web site at http://planet.i2.com or call 1-877-4PLANET.