"Behind the Scenes of Silicon
Valley"
and Internet Global Summit INET'99
17 - 26 June, 1999
This special 10th anniversary tour is being organized
for IT professionals. It offers a six-day program of "behind the scene"
visits to companies and research facilities followed by participation in
the INET'99 Conference in San Jose, California from 22 - 25 June 1999. The
tour will be directed by Henri Slettenhaar of Webster University with Wolfgang
Korosec of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) and Pascal Jacot-Guillarmod
of the University of Lausanne in collaboration with the Internet Society,
the Department of Economic Affairs, Geneva Financial Center and the City
of Geneva.
Some of the visits on the program:
About
the tour:
- Round trip air transportation from Switzerland to San
Francisco by Swissair.
- Participants may start and finish the trip from any Swiss
airport. A different return date is also possible.
- Accommodation at the Stanford Terrace Inn in Palo Alto
for 5 nights, an excellent hotel next to the Stanford campus.
- Accommodation at the Crown Plaza in San Jose for 3 nights,
within walking distance of the McEnery Convention Center where Inet'99
is held.
- All ground transportation, visits and Inet'99 Conference
fees are included.
- The number of participants is limited to 20 in order
to maximize interaction among participants and during the site visits.
- The Program
- The purpose of this tour is to look "behind the
scenes" of Silicon Valley visiting companies and organizations which
are not in the limelight (yet) but contribute to the success of the "valley".
This includes product design, early stage funding and coaching of start-up
companies, high-speed communication providers, etc. The visits are planned
for the 6 days preceding INET'99. Additional activities scheduled are visits
to Stanford University and meetings with Silicon Valley personalities,
media companies, and journalists.
- Registration
- Thanks to sponsor contributions the cost of the 10-day
tour is only CHF 3'900.-. This includes economy airfare, shared accommodation,
Inet'99 registration, and all visits. The same program with single accomodation
is available for CHF 4'900.-. See for Details.
Silicon Valley Association
(SVA)
- SVA has organized nine study tours from Switzerland to
Silicon Valley and beyond since 1992. For questions please contact Henri Slettenhaar, Director.
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Academic sponsors:
Corporate sponsors:
- 5/05/99
Apple