IBM Chairman/CEO To Keynote at UniForum '96

All-Star Line-Up Includes Lew Platt and Jim Clark

Lou Gerstner, IBM's chairman and chief executive officer, has accepted UniForum's invitation to address the UniForum '96 Trade Show and Conference. He'll be the keynote speaker at a special opening day afternoon session, Wednesday, February 14th, at the Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco. Mr. Gerstner's appearance will mark the first time he has addressed the open systems industry's premier event.

Joining Mr. Gerstner as UniForum '96 keynoters are Lew Platt, chairman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, who will speak Wednesday morning, and Jim Clark, founder and chairman of Netscape Communications. Both will speak on Thursday, February 15. This may be the strongest line-up of keynote speakers ever to appear at UniForum.

Mr. Platt presides over the operations of one of the most successful high-tech firms in history and has the unique challenge of finding ways for his company to keep topping itself. Mr. Clark, who laid the foundation for the success of Silicon Graphics, Inc., is today the head of Netscape Communications, an Internet start-up company, whose initial public offering stunned Wall Street.

Mr. Gerstner, of course, is widely viewed as the corporate hero who has done a tremendous amount in a short time to turn around the fortunes at the still-vast empire of IBM.

UniForum members and those interested in attending these free sessions at UniForum '96 are urged to register early as capacity audiences are expected. Future issues of UniNews will highlight each keynoter with details on their topics.